Sad
ص88 āyāt · 23 tafsīrs
ص وَالْقُرْآنِ ذِي الذِّكْرِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
1. Saad. By the Qur’ān containing reminder. The discussion on similar letters has already passed in the beginning of Sūrah Al-Baqarah. I swear by the Qur’ān which is full of admonition, reminding mankind that which benefits them in their worldly life and the Afterlife. The matter is not as the idolaters think, namely that Allah has partners beside Him.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
or 88 verses, revealed after [surat] al-Qamar. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [38:1] Sad-. God knows bed what He means by this [letter]. By the Qur’an bearing the Remembrance, that is, [bearing] the Pronouncement; or [what is meant is that the Qur’an is a Book] of renown (the re^Jjonse to this oath has been omitted, in other words: ‘It is not as the Meccan disbelievers say, that there are many gods’). [38:2] Nay, but those who disbelieve, from among the people of Mecca, dwell in conceit, in self-glory and [in] disdain of faith, and defiance, disagreement with, and e…
Open in library →بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ
Al-Mukhtasar
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2. But the disbelievers are in fanaticism and arrogance towards the oneness of Allah, and in opposition to Muhammad (peace be upon him) and hatred for him.
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كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
3. How many generations who denied their messengers before them have I destroyed, they called out seeking help when the punishment fell upon them. But the time was not the time to be saved from the punishment where seeking help from Him would benefit them.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
ry and [in] disdain of faith, and defiance, disagreement with, and enmity towards, the Prophet (s). [38:3] How many — in other words, many — a generation, a community of pad communities, We have destroyed before them, and they cried out, when the chastisement was sent down on them, when it was no longer the time for escape, that is to say, the time was not one for fleeing (the [suffixed] ta [of wa- lata\ is extra; the sentence is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of [the verb] nadaw, ‘they cried out’) in other words, they called for help but the situation was such that t…
Open in library →وَعَجِبُوا أَن جَاءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
4. And they expressed surprise when a messenger came to them from themselves to warn them of Allah’s punishment if they remain in their disbelief. And the disbelievers said when they saw the proof for the truthfulness of what Muhammad (peace be upon him) brought: “This is a magician who performs magic on people, and a liar in claiming that he is a messenger from Allah who receives revelation.
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no escape or deliverance; but Still the Meccan disbelievers have not taken heed from their example. [38:4] And they marvel that a Warner has come to them from among themselves, a messenger from among their number, to warn them and to threaten them with [the punishment of] the Fire after resur¬ rection — and this [warner] is the Prophet (s).…
Open in library →أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَٰهًا وَاحِدًا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
5. Has he made the numerous gods into one God, besides whom there is no god? This act of his is extremely strange”.
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وَانطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ امْشُوا وَاصْبِرُوا عَلَىٰ آلِهَتِكُمْ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ يُرَادُ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
6. And their leaders and elders went, saying to their followers: “Carry on with what you are upon and do not enter the religion of Muhammad. Remain firm on worshipping your gods. That which Muhammad is calling you towards, namely worshipping one god, is something planned which he wants so that he can dominate over us and have followers for himself.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
they objedtedj: how could one god suffice for all of creation? Lo! that is indeed a curious thing’. [38:6] And the council from among them go about, from the place of their assembly at the house of Abu Talib and [the place] where they heard the Prophet (s) say, ‘Say: there is no god except God’, saying, ‘Go!, they say to one another, go, and Stand by your gods, adhere firmly to worship of them; lo! this, that has been mentioned concerning the Oneness of God, is indeed a thing sought, from us. [38:7] We never heard of this in the latter-day creed, namely, the creed of Jesus.…
Open in library →مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِي الْمِلَّةِ الْآخِرَةِ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
7. We have not heard the oneness of Allah which Muhammad is calling us towards in what we found our fathers on nor in the religion of Jesus (peace be upon him). What we have heard from him is nothing but a lie and fabrication.
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أَأُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِن بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِّن ذِكْرِي بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا عَذَابِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
8. Is it right that the Qur’ān is revealed to him from amongst us and he is chosen for it, and it is not revealed to us whereas we are great leaders?” But these idolaters are in doubt about the revelation which is revealed to you. And they have not yet tasted the punishment of Allah, so they have been deceived due to their being given respite. If they were to taste it, they would not have the audacity to disbelieve in Allah and doubt what is revealed to you.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
tter-day creed, namely, the creed of Jesus. This is surely [nothing] but an invention, [mere] lies. [38:8] Has the Remembrance, the Qur’an, been revealed to him, Muhammad (s), out of [all of] us’, when he is neither the elder nor the nobleft among us? In other words, it could not have been revealed to him (read a-unzila pronouncing both hamzas, or not pronouncing the second one, but in both cases inserting an intervening alif or without [this insertion]).…
Open in library →أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَزِيزِ الْوَهَّابِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
9. Or do these denying idolaters have treasures of the grace of your Lord, the Mighty whom nobody can overpower, who gives what He wants to whom He wants? And from His treasures is prophethood, so He gives it to whom He wishes. It is not for them that they should give it to whom they want and stop it from whom they want.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
s brought — but then [in such a case] their belief [in the Prophet] would be of no benefit to them. [38:9] Or do they possess the treasuries of your Lord’s mercy, the Mighty, the Vidor, the BeStower?, [treasuries] such as prophethood and otherwise, so that they might give it to whomever they want? [38:10] Or do they possess the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them? If this is what they claim: Then let them ascend by the means, [of ascension] that lead to the heaven and bring [down] some revelation ( wahy ) and then assign it exclusively to whomever they wish (…
Open in library →أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْأَسْبَابِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
10. Or do they have the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and possession of everything therein so they may chose who to give it to? If this is what claim they are making then let them adopt the means to go up to the heavens so they can then rule how they wish from above the heavens in who should be given and who should be held back from.
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جُندٌ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِّنَ الْأَحْزَابِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
11. These deniers of Muhammad (peace be upon him) are a defeated army like the armies which came before them who denied their messengers and so I destroyed them. So that will occur with this army as occurred with others.
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كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْأَوْتَادِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
12. These deniers are not the first to deny, because the people of Noah, Aad, and the powerful Pharaoh denied before them.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
ophets before you: these were defeated and destroyed, and likewise We shall destroy these [people]. [38:12] Before them the people of Noah denied (the inflection of [the verb kadhdabat, ‘denied’, that is governed by] qawmu, ‘people’, is in the feminine person because of the [implicit] sense), 1 and [so did those of] c Ad and Pharaoh, he of the flakes — he used to fix four stakes for the person who incurred his wrath and tie to these [Stakes] that person’s hands and feet and then torture him — [38:13] and Thamud and the people of Lot and the dwellers in the wood, a small forest, namely, th…
Open in library →وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ أُولَٰئِكَ الْأَحْزَابُ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
13. And Thamud, the people of Lot and the people of Shu’ayb denied. Those are the groups who were all united in their denial of the messengers and disbelief of what they brought.
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إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
14. There is not a single one of these groups except that it denied the messengers. So Allah’s punishment was justified for them and His punishment befell them, even though it was delayed for a while.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
e wood, a small forest, namely, the people of Shu'ayb, peace be upon him — those were the factions. [38:14] Each one, of the factions, did not but deny the messengers, for when they deny one, they have [in effect] denied them all, since their call [to God] is [the same] one, namely, the call to [affirmation of] His Oneness.…
Open in library →وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
15. These deniers of Muhammad (peace be upon him) are not waiting except for the second blowing of the Trumpet in which there shall be no return. Then the punishment will fall upon them if they had died in a state of denial.
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وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
16. And they said mockingly: “Our Lord, give us our share of punishment in the worldly life before the day of judgment”.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
on that will herald chastisement for them,/or which there will be no revoking (read fawdq orfuwaq). [38:16] And they said — after the following [verse] was revealed, As for him who is given his book in his right hand ... to the end [of the verse, Q. 69:19] — ‘Our Lord, haflen on for us the record of our deeds before the Day of Reckoning’ — they said this mockingly. [38:17] God, exalted be He, says: Bear patiently what they say and remember Our servant David, the one of fortitude, that is to say, [the one] of fortitude in worship: he used to fast every other day and keep vigil for half th…
Open in library →اصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُودَ ذَا الْأَيْدِ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
17. O Messenger, be patient on the things these deniers say which do not please you, and remember My servant David, who had the power to fight his enemies and persevere in Allah’s obedience. He used to turn to Allah frequently through repentance and actions which please Him.
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إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِشْرَاقِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
18. I subjugated the mountains with David. They would exalt with his exalting at the end of the day and its beginning at sunrise.
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vigil for the [laSt] sixth. Indeed he was a penitent [soul], always returning to what pleases God. [38:18] Truly We disposed the mountains to glorify [God] with him, with the same glorification, at evening, at the time of the night prayer, and at sunrise, at the time of the morning prayer, which is when the sun has fully risen with its light extending everywhere. [38:19] And, We disposed, the birds, muflered [in flocks], gathered before him, glorifying with him; each, of the mountains and birds, turning to him, reverting to obedience of him by glorifying [God with him].
Open in library →وَالطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةً كُلٌّ لَّهُ أَوَّابٌ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
19. And I subjugated the birds held in the air. Each of them was obedient, exalting out of following him.
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وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
20. And I strengthened his kingdom through the awe, strength and help against his enemies I had given him. And I gave him prophethood and correctness in his affairs. And I gave him clear eloquence in every objective, and decisiveness in speech and wisdom.
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the mountains and birds, turning to him, reverting to obedience of him by glorifying [God with him]. [38:20] And We flrengthened his Kingdom, We reinforced it with guards and hosts: every night there thirty thousand men would be standing guard at his sanctuary; and gave him wisdom, prophethood and sound judgement in [all] matters, and decisive speech, [the ability to formulate] a satisfactory statement [for a decision] in any endeavour.
Open in library →وَهَلْ أَتَاكَ نَبَأُ الْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
21. O Messenger, has the news of the two disputants come to you, when they climbed upon the place of worship of David (peace be upon him)?
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
sive speech, [the ability to formulate] a satisfactory statement [for a decision] in any endeavour. [38:21] And has there come to you, O Muhammad (s) (the purpose of the interrogative [indicated by hal\ here is to provoke curiosity and a desire to listen to what will follow) the tale of the disputants, when they scaled the san fluary?, David’s sanctuary, that is, his place of prayer, for they had been prohibited from entering by the [front] gates because of his being engaged in worship, in other words, [has it come to you] their tale and their account?
Open in library →إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَىٰ دَاوُودَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَا إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الصِّرَاطِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
22. When they entered upon David suddenly, so he became frightened due to their strange act of entering upon him in this most unusual of ways. When they saw his fear, they said: “Do not fear. We are two disputants, one of us having wronged the other, so judge between us justly and do not be unjust when you judge between us, and guide us to the right path which is the path of correctness”.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
of his being engaged in worship, in other words, [has it come to you] their tale and their account? [38:22] When they entered upon David, and he was frightened by them. And they said, ‘Do not fear; we are, two disputants (some say that this means ‘two groups’, in order to agree with the plural person [of the verb dakhalu, ‘they entered’]; others say, ‘two individuals’ with the plural person actually denoting these two; al-khasm may refer to a one or more individuals.…
Open in library →إِنَّ هَٰذَا أَخِي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي الْخِطَابِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
23. One of the disputants said to David (peace be upon him): “This man is my brother. He has ninety-nine ewes and I have one ewe. He asked me to give him that too and he has overpowered me in proof”.
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قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَيَبْغِي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
24. Then David judged between them and addressed the claimant, saying: “Your brother has wronged you when he asked you to add your ewe to his ewes. And many partners oppress one another by taking their rights and not being fair, except the believers who do good actions, for they are fair with their partners and do not wrong them. But those attributed with that are few”. And David (peace be upon him) was convinced that I only put him to test through this dispute, so he sought forgiveness from his Lord and prostrated to get close to Him, and repented to Him.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
vercame me in speech’, in other words, in the argument; so the latter conceded charge of it to him. [38:24] He said, ‘He has certainly wronged you by asking for your ewe that he may add it to his sheep. And indeed many associates infringe upon [the rights of] one another, except such as believe and per¬ form righteous deeds, but few are they!’ ( ma emphasises the ‘fewness’). As the two angels were ascend¬ ing to the heaven one said to the other, ‘He has certainly passed judgement on himself!’ David was thus alerted [to his deed].…
Open in library →فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُ ذَٰلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
25. So I responded to him and forgave him that. And he is amongst the close ones with Me, and for him is a good return in the Afterlife.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
So he sought forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing, in other words, prostrate, and repented. [38:25] So We forgave him that and indeed he has [a Station of] nearness with Us, that is, [even] more good [things] in this world, and a fair return, in the Hereafter.
Open in library →يَا دَاوُودُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ فَاحْكُم بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
26. O David, I made you a deputy on earth to execute worldly and religious rulings and judgments, so judge between people with justice. And do not follow desires in your judgement between people, by inclining towards one of the disputants due to relationship or friendship, or by turning away from him due to enmity, whereby desires will misguide you from Allah’s straight path. Those who go astray from Allah’s straight path will have a severe punishment due to their forgetting the day of reckoning, because if they were to remember it and fear it they would not incline to their desires.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
ess with Us, that is, [even] more good [things] in this world, and a fair return, in the Hereafter. [38:26] ‘O David! We have indeed made you a vicegerent on the earth, managing the affairs of people; so judge juStly between people and do not follow desire, that is, the desires of the soul, that it then lead you aStray from the way of God, that is to say, from the proofs that indicate [the truth of] His Oneness.…
Open in library →وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلًا ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِ
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27. And I did not create the heavens or the earth in vain, but rather I created them out of complete wisdom to prove the power of Allah and so that He is obeyed in them. That is the belief of those who deny the truth who believe they were created in vain. So woe to these disbelievers who believe this from the fire of hell on the Day of Judgment, when they die on the disbelief and bad opinion of Allah they are upon.
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ertain of [the truth of] the Day of Reckoning, they would have [fird] been believers in this world. [38:27] And We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in vain, frivo¬ lously. That, namely, the creation of what has been mentioned as being for no [particular] purpose, is the supposition of those who disbelieve, from among the people of Mecca. So woe — a valley [in hell-fire] 2 — to the disbelievers from the Fire!
Open in library →أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ
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28. I will never make those who believe in Allah, follow His messenger and do good deeds like those who make the corruption on earth through disbelief and sins, nor will I make those who are mindful of their Lord by carrying out His orders and refraining from His prohibitions like the disbelievers and hypocrites who are engrossed in sins. Making them both equal is an injustice which does not befit Allah.…
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among the people of Mecca. So woe — a valley [in hell-fire] 2 — to the disbelievers from the Fire! [38:28] Or shall We treat those who believe and perform righteous deeds like those who cause corrup¬ tion in the earth; or shall We treat the God-fearing like the profligate? This was revealed when the Mec¬ can disbelievers said to the believers, ‘In the Hereafter we will receive the same [reward] as that which you will receive’ (am, ‘or’, contains the [rhetorical] hamza of denial).
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29. This Qur’ān is a book I revealed to you, O Prophet, abundant in good and benefit. I revealed it so that people ponder over its verses and contemplate its meanings, and so that the people of enlightened superior intellect take lessons from it.
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ame [reward] as that which you will receive’ (am, ‘or’, contains the [rhetorical] hamza of denial). [38:29] A Book ( kitabun, the predicate of a missing subject, namely, hadha, ‘this is’) that We have re¬ vealed to you, full of blessing, that they may contemplate (yaddabbaru is actually yatadabbarii, but the ta has been assimilated with the dal) its signs, [that] they may refled: upon its meanings and become believers, and that they may remember, that they may be admonished — those people of pith, those possessors of intelled. [38:30] And We bestowed on David, Solomon, his son — what an…
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30. And I granted David his son Solomon, as a favour from Me to him and a grace so that he is pleased. What an excellent servant Solomon was. He would abundantly repent and turn to Allah.
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إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَشِيِّ الصَّافِنَاتُ الْجِيَادُ
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31. Remember when at the time of Asr purebred fast horses were presented to him, standing on three feet with one foot raised. These purebred horses continued to be presented to him until sunset.
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e was a penitent [soul], always returning [to God] with glorification and remembrance at all times. [38:31] When one evening — which is the period after midday — there were displayed before him the
Open in library →فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ
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32. So Solomon said: “I preferred love of wealth, these horses being part of it, over the remembrance of my Lord until the sun set.
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h [horse], the sun set and he had not performed the afternoon prayer. So he was greatly distressed. [38:32] He said, ‘Lol I have loved, I have desired, the love of [worldly] good things, that is, [of] horses, over the remembrance of my Lord’, that is, [over] the afternoon prayer, until it, that is, the sun, disap¬ peared behind the [night’s] veil, [until] it was concealed by that which veils it from sight.
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33. Return these horses to me”. So they returned them to him, then he began striking their legs and necks with his sword.
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isap¬ peared behind the [night’s] veil, [until] it was concealed by that which veils it from sight. [38:33] Bring them back to me!, that is, the horses that were displayed; and they so brought them back. Then he set about slashing, with his sword, [their] legs (al-siiq is the plural of saq) and necks, in other words, he slaughtered them and cut off their legs as an offering [of atonement] to God, exalted be He, for having been diStradted by them from the prayer.…
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34. And I tested Solomon and put on his chair part of a child, and that was when he swore by Allah that he will sleep with all of his wives and each one of them will bring forth a horseman to strive in Allah’s way. But he did not say in this oath of his: “if Allah wills”. So he slept with all of them, but none of them gave birth except one who gave birth to part of a child. Then Solomon repented to his Lord.
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tter and faster that these [horses], and this was the wind, which blew at his command as he wished. [38:34] And We certainly tried Solomon: We tested him by wresting his kingdom from him, because he had married a woman [solely] out of his desire for her. She used to worship idols in his [own] home with¬ out his knowledge. Now, [control of] his kingdom lay in his ring.…
Open in library →قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَهَبْ لِي مُلْكًا لَّا يَنبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدِي إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ
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35. Solomon said: “My Lord, forgive me my sins and grant me a kingdom especially for me which no person will have after me. My Lord, You give abundantly and are very generous”.
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y days later, after he had managed to acquire the ring. He wore it and sat upon his throne [again], [38:35] He said, ‘My Lord! Forgive me and grant me a kingdom that shall not belong to anyone after me, in other words, other than me (this [use of min ba’di to mean ‘other than me’] is similar to [Q. 45:23] fa-man yahdih min ba’di’Llah, ‘who will guide him other than God?’).…
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36. So I responded to him and made the wind subservient to him. It would obey his order, gently. There was no shaking in it, despite its strength and its fast movement. It would carry him wherever he wanted.
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وَالشَّيَاطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّاءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ
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37. And I made the satans subservient to him, complying with his orders. Some of them were builders and others were divers who would dive into the seas and take out pearls from them.
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وَآخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِي الْأَصْفَادِ
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38. And from the satans there were rebellious ones who were made subservient for him. They were tied up in shackles, unable to move.
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هَٰذَا عَطَاؤُنَا فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
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39. “O Solomon, this is My gift which I granted you in response to what you asked of Me. So give whom you want and stop from whom you want, as I will not take you to account in your giving or holding back”.
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oo, from among them, bounded together in fetters, in shackles with their hands tied to their necks. [38:39] And We said to him: ‘This is Our gift. So beStow, grant thereof to whomever you wish, or with¬ hold, from giving, without any reckoning’, in other words, without your being called to account for any of this. [38:40] And indeed he has [ a Station of] nearness with Us and a fair resort — a similar [Statement] has already appeared [in another verse above]. [38:41] And mention also Our servant Job, when he called out to his Lord, [saying], ‘Lo! Satan has afflided me with hardship, har…
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40. And Solomon is amongst the close ones with us, and he has a good return which he will return to, and it is Paradise.
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وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ
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41. O Messenger, remember My servant Job when he called upon Allah, his Lord: “The satan has afflicted Me with a tiring and tormentful matter”.
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ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ
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42. So I said to him: “Strike your foot on the ground”. So he struck his foot on the ground, then water sprung forth for him from it, which he would drink and bathe from and through it, his difficulty and pain would go.
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Satan, even though all things are from God, to show reverence [in his call] to Him, exalted be He. [38:42] And it was said to him: ‘Stamp your foot, on the ground — and he stamped [it] and a 4 ? ring of water gushed forth, and it was said: This is a cool bath, [cool] water for you to wash with, and a drink’, for you to drink of.…
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43. So I responded to him and removed the difficulty he was affected by, and I gave him his family and added to them a like number of sons and grandsons, as a mercy from Me to him and a reward for his patience, and so that the people of superior intellect are reminded that the outcome of patience is ease and reward.
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وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَاضْرِب بِّهِ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِرًا نِّعْمَ الْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ
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44. When Job became angry with his wife, he swore an oath he will lash her a hundred times, so I said to him: “O Job, take a bunch of stalks in your hand and hit her with them, to fulfil your oath. And do not break the oath you made”. So he took a bunch of stalks and hit her with them. I found him to be patient in what I afflicted him with. What an excellent servant he was. He would turn to Allah abundantly.
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mercy, a grace, from us, and a reminder, an admonition, to people of pith, possessors of intellect. [38:44] And [We said to him], ‘Take in your hand a bunch of twigs, or some blades of grass, and smite therewith, your wife — for he had sworn to smite her a hundred times on one occasion when she was late in coming to him — and do not break [your] oath’, by not smiting her: so he took a hundred rushes and smote her with them once [and that sufficed to fulfil his oath]. Truly We found him to be deadfad. What an excellent servant!, [was] Job.…
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45. O Messenger, remember My servants I chose and the messengers I sent: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They were people of strength in Allah’s obedience and seeking His pleasure, and they were people of true insight into the truth.
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llent servant!, [was] Job. Indeed he was a penitent [soul], always returning to God, exalted be He. [38:45] And mention [also] Our servants Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob — men of fortitude, vigorous in their worship, and insight, deep understanding of religion (a variant reading [for ‘ibadana, ‘Our serv¬ ants’] has [singular] ‘abdana, ‘Our servant’, with Ibrahima as the explication thereof, and what follows as being a supplement to ‘abdana, ‘Our servant’).
Open in library →إِنَّا أَخْلَصْنَاهُم بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى الدَّارِ
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46. I favoured them with a special favour I chose them with, which was filling their hearts with the remembrance of the abode of the Afterlife, preparing for it through good actions and calling people towards acting for it.
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hima as the explication thereof, and what follows as being a supplement to ‘abdana, ‘Our servant’). [38:46] Assuredly We purified them with an exclusive [thought], namely, the remembrance of the Abode, of the Hereafter: in other words to [always] remember it and to work for it (a variant reading [for bi-khdlisatin dhikral-dar ] has the genitive construction [bi-khalisati dhikral-dar ], making this [dhikra al-dar, ‘remembrance of the Abode’] the explicative thereof). [38:47] And indeed in Our sight they are of the eled, the excellent ( akhydr is the plural of khayyir).
Open in library →وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْأَخْيَارِ
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47. And they were with Me amongst those I chose for My obedience and worship, and whom I selected to bear My message and convey it to the people.
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وَاذْكُرْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِ وَكُلٌّ مِّنَ الْأَخْيَارِ
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48. O Prophet, remember Ishmael, the son of Abraham, and remember Elisha, and remember Dhul-Kifl, and praise them well as they deserve it. And all of these were amongst the chosen and selected in Allah’s sight.
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:47] And indeed in Our sight they are of the eled, the excellent ( akhydr is the plural of khayyir). [38:48] And mention [also] Our servants Ishmael, and Elisha, who was a prophet (the lam [here in al- Yasa‘\ is extra) and Dhu’l-Kifl — there is disagreement over whether he was a prophet; it is said that [he was so called because] he looked after ( kafala ) a hundred prophets who had sought refuge with him from being killed.…
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49. This is a reminder of these people through good praise in the Qur’ān. And for the Mindful through carrying out the orders of Allah and refraining from His prohibitions is a good return in the abode of the Afterlife.
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جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ الْأَبْوَابُ
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50. This good return is gardens of residence they will enter on the Day of Judgment, whose doors will be opened to welcome them.
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indeed for the God-fearing, who comprise them, there will tridy be a fair return, in the Hereafter — [38:50] Gardens of Eden (janndti ‘Adnin is either a substitution for, or an explicative supplement to, husna ma’dbin, ‘a fair return) whose gates are [flung] open for them; [38:51] reclining therein, on couches; therein they call for plenteous fruit and drink. [38:52] And with them [there] will be maidens of redrained glances, restricting their eyes to their Spouses, of a like age, of the same age, girls who are thirty three years of age ( atrdb is the plural of tirb). [38:53] ‘This, that…
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51. Reclining on couches which will be adorned for them. They will ask their attendants to present to them the many different types of fruit they will desire and the drinks they will desire, such as wine and so forth.
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وَعِندَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ
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52. And with them will be women, all of similar age, whose gaze will be limited only to their husbands.
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هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ
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53. O Alah-conscious people, this is the pleasant reward you are being promised on the day of judgment for your good deeds you used to do in the world.
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إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُ مِن نَّفَادٍ
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54. This reward I have mentioned is My provision I will give to the Alah-conscious on the Day of Judgment, and it is continuous provision which will not pause or end.
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re is a shift in the address away from the third [to the second] person]) for the Day of Reckoning. [38:54] This is indeed Our provision, which will never be exhauded’, in other words, one which will never cease (this [laSt] sentence [ma lahu min nafadin] is a circumstantial qualifier referring to rizquna, ‘Our provision; or it is a second predicate of inna, ‘indeed’, meaning that it will be ‘everlasting’). [38:55] 77 iaf, which is mentioned, will be [the reward] for the believers [is so]; but for the insolent (this is a new sentence) there will surely be an evil [place of] return — [38:…
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55. This that I mentioned is the reward of the Mindful. And those who trespass the limits of Allah through disbelief and sins will have a reward different to that of the Mindful, so for them is a bad return they shall return to on the day of judgment.
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جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ
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56. This reward is hell which will surround them, and they will suffer its heat and flames. From it they will have a spread, so what an evil spread is theirs.
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l surely be an evil [place of] return — [38:56] Hell, which they will enter — an evil reding place! [38:57] This, chastisement — inferred [as so] by what follows — let them then tade it: burning hot water and pus (read ghasdq or ghassdq), the feStering matter excreted by the inhabitants of the Fire; [38:58] and other ( dkhar may be plural or singular) kinds [of torment] resembling it, in other words, like the boiling water and pus mentioned, in pairs, of all sorts, in other words, their chastisement will consist of various kinds.
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57. This punishment is extremely hot water, and pus which will flow from the bodies of the people of hell being punished in it, so they should taste it as it is their drink. However it is a drink which does not quench thirst.
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وَآخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِ أَزْوَاجٌ
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58. And they will have another punishment like this punishment. They will have a number of various punishments they will be punished with in the Afterlife.
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هَٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُو النَّارِ
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59. And when the people of hellfire will enter, they will dispute with one another, cursing and disassociating from one another. When it will be said to those already in the fire: “This is a new group of those that will inhabit the fire with you, they will respond:” “May they not be welcome, they will suffer the punishment like we are suffering”
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entioned, in pairs, of all sorts, in other words, their chastisement will consist of various kinds. [38:59] And it will be said to them as they enter the Fire with their followers: ‘This is a horde about to plunge, to enter, with you, into the Fire violently — at which point those who used to be followed say: no welcome [is there] for them [here]!, in other words, [they will find] no comfort for them [here]. They will indeed roail in the Fire’. [38:60] They, the followers, say, ‘Nay, but for you [there is] no welcome! You prepared this, that is, dis¬ belief/or us.…
Open in library →قَالُوا بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ
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60. The group of followers will say to their leaders who were followed: “But rather you, O leaders who were followed, no welcome to you, as you are what caused us this painful punishment by misguiding us and leading us astray”. What a terrible settlement this is, the settlement of hell fire for them all.
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قَالُوا رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِي النَّارِ
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61. The followers will say: “Our Lord, whoever lead us astray from the guidance after it came to us, double his punishment in the fire”.
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repared this, that is, dis¬ belief/or us. So what an evil abode!’, for us and for you, is the Fire. [38:61] They, also, say, ‘Our Lord, whoever prepared this for us, give him double his chastisement, that is, [give him in addition] the like of his chastisement, for his disbelief, in the Fire!’ [38:62] And they, the disbelievers of Mecca, say, while they are in the Fire: ‘What is the matter with us that we do not see [here] men whom we used to count, in the world, among the wicked?
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62. And the arrogant transgressors will say: “Why do we not see with us in the fire men we used to consider in the world amongst the wretched who deserved punishment?
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أَتَّخَذْنَاهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْأَبْصَارُ
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63. Was our mocking them a mistake and so they did not deserve to be punished, or was our mocking them right, and they have entered the fire but we have not seen them yet?”
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matter with us that we do not see [here] men whom we used to count, in the world, among the wicked? [38:63] Did we treat them mockingly? (read sukhriyyan, or sikhriyyan ), did we use to deride them in [the life of] the world (the [final] ya [in sikhriyya ] is attributive). In other words, are they miss¬ ing? Or have [our] eyes missed them [here]?’, so that we have not caught sight of them. Such [men] were the poor among the Muslims, like ‘Ammar [b.…
Open in library →إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ
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64. This which has been mentioned to you, namely the arguments of the disbelievers on the Day of Judgment, is the truth in which there is no dispute or doubt.
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قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا مُنذِرٌ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ
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65. O Muhammad, say to the disbelievers from your people: “I am only a warner to you of Allah’s punishment, lest it fall upon you due to disbelief and denying His messengers. And there is no god who deserves to be worshipped besides Allah, as He is unique in His greatness, qualities and names, and He is the Subduer who has subdued everything. So everything submits to Him.
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ll necessarily take place, which is, the wrangling of the inhabitants of the Fire — as shown above. [38:65] Say, O Muhammad (s), to the disbelievers of Mecca: ‘I am only a Warner, to threaten [disbeliev¬ ers] with [punishment in] the Fire. And there is no god except God, the One, the All-Compelling, of [all] His creatures; [38:66] Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, Whose way [always] prevails, the [ever] Forgiving’, of His friends. [38:67] Say, to them: ‘It is a tremendous tiding [38:68] from which you are turning away, namely, the Qur’an, of whi…
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66. And He is the Lord of the heavens, the Lord of the earth and Lord of whatever is in between them. And He is Mighty in His kingdom, with nobody to overpower Him, and He is Forgiving of the sins of His servants who repent to Him”.
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قُلْ هُوَ نَبَأٌ عَظِيمٌ
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67. O Messenger, say to these deniers: “The Qur’ān is a news of great status.
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أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ
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68. You are turning away from this news of great status; you do not turn towards it.
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مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ
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69. I do not have knowledge of the discussion between the angels regarding the creation of Adam, if Allah had not revealed to me and taught me.
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you and in which I have brought you what can only be known by revelation, and that is God’s saying: [38:69] I had no knowledge of the High Council, that is to say, [of] the angels, when they disputed, in the matter of Adam, when God, exalted be He, said [to them]: ‘I am appointing on earth a vicegerent’, to the end [of the verse, Q. 2:30]. [38:70] All that is revealed to me is that I am juSt a plain Warner’, one whose warning is clear. [38:71] Mention, when your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am about to create a human being out of clay, and this was Adam.
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70. Allah only reveals to me what He reveals, and I am a clear warner to you of His punishment”.
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إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ
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71. Remember when your Lord said to the angels: “I am going to create a man from clay, and he is Adam (peace be upon him).
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فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ
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72. So once I have proportioned his form, made his appearance right and blown My spirit into him, prostrate to him”.
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Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am about to create a human being out of clay, and this was Adam. [38:72] So when I have proportioned him, completed him, and breathed in him, [when I have] caused to flow [therein], My spirit, so that he becomes a living [being] — the addition of ‘the .‘fj^irit’ to Adam is an honour for him; the ‘Spirit’ is a subtle body that gives life to a human being by permeating him — then fall down in prostration before him!’ — a prostration of salutation [that is actually] a bow. [38:73] Thereat the angels prostrated, all of them together (there are two emphases h…
Open in library →فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ
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73. So the angels obeyed the command of their Lord, so all of them prostrated by way of greeting and honour, and none of them remained except that they prostrated to Adam.
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إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ
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74. Besides Iblis who was too arrogant to prostrate. And through his being arrogant to the command of his Lord, he was from the disbelievers.
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the angels prostrated, all of them together (there are two emphases here [kulluhum and ajma’un ]); [38:74] except Iblis, the father of the jinn, who was among the [audience of] angels; he was disdainful and he was one of the disbelievers, according to God’s knowledge, exalted be He.
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75. Allah said: “O Iblis, what stopped you from prostrating to Adam whom I created with My hands? Did pride stop you from prostrating or were you arrogant and haughty over your Lord from before?”
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he was disdainful and he was one of the disbelievers, according to God’s knowledge, exalted be He. [38:75] Hesaid, ‘Olblisi What prevents you from prostrating before that which I have created with My own hands?, in other words, whose creation I [Myself] have undertaken. This [in itself] is an honour for Adam, as God has [Himself] undertaken the [unmediated] creation of all creatures.…
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76. Iblis said: “I am better than Adam. You created me from fire and you created him from clay. And fire is a more noble substance than clay”.
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m? [38:76] He said, ‘I am better than him. You created me from fire and You created him from clay’. [38:77] He said, ‘Then begone hence, that is, from Paradise — or, it is said, [begone] from the heavens — for you are indeed accursed, outcast. [38:78] And indeed My curse shall be on you until the Day of Judgement’, [the Day] of Requital. [38:79] He said, ‘My Lord, then reprieve me until the day when they, mankind, will be raised’. [38:80] He said, ‘Then you will indeed be among the reprieved [38:81] until the day of the known time’, the time of the first Blast. [38:82] He said, ‘Now, by…
Open in library →قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ
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77. Allah said to Iblis: “Get out of Paradise, because you are accursed and reviled.
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am better than him. You created me from fire and You created him from clay’. [38:77] He said, ‘Then begone hence, that is, from Paradise — or, it is said, [begone] from the heavens — for you are indeed accursed, outcast. [38:78] And indeed My curse shall be on you until the Day of Judgement’, [the Day] of Requital. [38:79] He said, ‘My Lord, then reprieve me until the day when they, mankind, will be raised’. [38:80] He said, ‘Then you will indeed be among the reprieved [38:81] until the day of the known time’, the time of the first Blast. [38:82] He said, ‘Now, by Your might, I shall sur…
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78. And you are to be rejected from Paradise until the day of recompense, which is the day of judgment”.
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قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
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79. Iblis said: “Give me respite and do not make me die until the day You raise Your servants”.
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قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ
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80. Allah said: “You are amongst those given respite.
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إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ
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81. Until the day of the known time which is fixed for your destruction”.
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قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
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82. Iblis said: “I swear by Your power and domination that I shall misguide all of the children of Adam.
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إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
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83. Except whom You protect from my misguiding and You have chosen to worship You alone”.
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m all, [38:83] except those servants of Yours among them who will be saved’, namely, the believers. [38:84] He said, ‘So the truth is — and the truth I [always] Speak (read both [words] in the accusative [fa’l-haqqa wa’l-haqqa ]; or with the firSt in the nominative and the second in the accusative because of the verb [aqulu, ‘I SJieak’] that follows.…
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84. Allah said: “The truth is from Me and the truth is what I say. I do not say anything besides it.
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لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
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85. On the Day of Judgment, I shall fill hell with you and your children, O Iblis, and those from the children of Adam who follow you in your disbelief, all of you”.
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, ‘the truth is [this] oath from Me’, the re^Jionse to which is the following [la-amla’anna ...]) — [38:85] I shall assuredly fill Hell with you, by way of [filling it with] your progeny, and with whoever of them follows you, that is, of mankind, all together’. [38:86] Say: ‘I do not ask of you, in return for this, for delivering the Message [to you], any reward, any fee; nor am I an impoStor, so as to make up the Qur’an myself. [38:87] It is only, in other words, the Qur’an is only, a reminder, an admonition, for all worlds, [those of] humans, jinn and [other] rational beings, [but] exc…
Open in library →قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ
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86. Say - O Messenger, to these idolaters: “I do not ask you for any reward for the advice I convey to you, and I am not of the pretentious by bringing more than what I have been ordered with.
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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
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87. The Qur’ān is only a reminder to those who are accountable amongst men and jinns.
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وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ
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88. And you will come to know the news of this Qur’ān and that it is true, after a short time when you die”.
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n, for all worlds, [those of] humans, jinn and [other] rational beings, [but] excluding the angels. [38:88] And you will assuredly come to know, O disbelievers of Mecca, its tiding, the news of its truth, in [due] time’, that is to say, on the Day of Resurrection {'Urn, ‘knowing’, is here being used in the sense of ‘urf ‘experience’; the prefixed lam [in la-ta’lamunna, ‘you will assuredly know’] is for an implicit oath, in other words [what is meant is] wa’Llahi [la-ta’lamunna, ‘By God you will assuredly know’]). Meccan, except for verses 52, 53 and 54, which are Medinese; it consists of…
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