22. Sura al-Hajj
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
وَأَنَّ
السَّاعَةَ
آتِيَةٌ لَّا
رَيْبَ فِيهَا...
22: 7. And verily the Hour will come: there can be no doubt about it,
...وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِي الْقُبُورِ ﴿٧﴾
or about (the fact) that Allah will raise up all who are in the graves.
وَمِنَ
النَّاسِ مَن
يُجَادِلُ فِي
اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ
عِلْمٍ وَلَا
هُدًى وَلَا
كِتَابٍ مُّنِيرٍ
﴿٨﴾
22: 8. Yet there is among men such a one as disputes about Allah, without knowledge, without guidance, and without a Book of Enlightenment --
C2779. For "Book of Enlightenment- see 3:184 and n. 490.
1 understand "knowledge- to mean here their human knowledge or intelligence, -guidance" to mean divine guidance, such as comes from Allah or prophets of Allah or a revelation from Allah, and the "Book of Enlightenment- to mean the fundamental guide to good conduct, the clear rules laid down in all Dispensations to help men to lead good lives.
The "Book of Enlightenment" may mean a revealed Book in which case "Guidance" would refer to divine guidance through a prophet of Allah. (R).
ثَانِيَ
عِطْفِهِ لِيُضِلَّ
عَن سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ...
22: 9. (Disdainfully) bending his side, in order to (lead men) astray from the Path of Allah;
...لَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ...
for him there is disgrace in this life,
C2780. Some Commentators think this refers to Abu Jahl, but the words are perfectly general, and this type of man is common in all ages.
The same may be said about verse 3 above:
Commentators give the immediate reference to one Nadhar ibn Harith.
...وَنُذِيقُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ ﴿٩﴾
and on the Day of Judgment we shall make him taste the Penalty of burning (Fire).
ذَلِكَ
بِمَا
قَدَّمَتْ
يَدَاكَ...
22: 10. (It will be said):
"This is because of the deeds which thy hands sent forth,
...وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ ﴿١٠﴾
for verily Allah is not unjust to His servants."
C2781. 'What you suffer is the consequence of your own sinful deeds; Allah is just; He is not unjust in the least to any of His creatures'. (R).
Asad’s Version:
(22:7)
And [know, O man] that the Last Hour is bound to come, beyond any doubt, and that God will [indeed] resurrect all who are in their graves.
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22:8
And yet, among men there is many a one that argues about God without having any knowledge [of Him], without any guidance, and without any light-giving revelation –
(22:9)
scornfully turning aside [from the truth] so as to lead [others] astray from the path of God.
Disgrace [of the spirit] is in store for him in this world; 7 and on the Day of Resurrection We shall make him taste suffering through fire; (22: 10) [and he shall be told:] "This is an outcome of what thine own hands have wrought - for, never does God do the least wrong to His creatures!"
6 See surah 20, note 99.
7 Since many unrighteous people apparently "prosper" in this world, it is clear that the disgrace
of which the above verse speaks is of a moral nature - namely, a gradual coarsening of all moral
Perceptions and, thus, a degradation of the spirit.
25.Surah Al Furqan
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
بَلْ
كَذَّبُوا
بِالسَّاعَةِ...
25: 11. Nay, they deny the Hour (of the Judgment to come):
C3066. Denying the Hour of Judgment means denying the power of Justice and Truth to triumph; it means asserting the dominion of Evil. But Allah himself will punish them, as shown in the following verses.
... وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِالسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا ﴿١١﴾
but We have prepared a Blazing Fire for such as deny the Hour:
إِذَا
رَأَتْهُم مِّن
مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ
سَمِعُوا لَهَا
تَغَيُّظًا
وَزَفِيرًا
﴿١٢﴾
25: 12. When it sees them from a place far off, they will hear its fury and its raging sigh.
C3067. For zafir, a deep emission of breath or a sigh, see n. 1607 to 11:106.
Here the Fire is personified. It is raging with hunger and fury, and as soon as it sees them from ever so far, it emits a sigh of desire. Till then they had not realised their full danger.
Now, just as their heart begins to tremble with terror, they are bound together-like with like,-and cast into the roaring flames!
Asad’s Version:
25:11
But nay! It is (the very coming of] the Last Hour to which they give the lie! However, for such as give the lie to [the announcement of] the Last Hour We have readied a blazing flame:
(25: 12) when it shall face them from afar,' they will hear its angry roar and its hiss; (25: 13) and when they are flung, linked [all) together, into a tight space within, they will pray for extinction there and then! 10
[[Asad’s note - 10 For a tentative explanation of the allegory of the sinners' being "linked together" in hell, see my note 64 on 14:49. As regards the "tight space" into which they will be flung, Zamakhshari remarks: "Distress is accompanied by [a feeling of] constriction, just as happiness is accompanied by [a feeling of] spaciousness; and because of this, God has described paradise as being 'as vast as the heavens and the earth [3 : 1 3 3] . " ]]
