13. Surah Ar Ra'd, Medina 96

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَلَوْ أَنَّ قُرْآنًا سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ...

13: 31.  If there were a Qur'án with which mountains were moved,

or the earth were cloven asunder,

...أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتَى...

or the dead were made to speak, (this would be the one!)

...بَل لِّلّهِ الأَمْرُ جَمِيعًا...

But, truly, the Command is with Allah in things!

C1847. Everything is possible and in Allah's power. His Plan is beneficent and all-embracing. But it is not for His creatures to dictate to Him, or demand what He should do, or how He should do it.

The Command is with Allah in all things. The Believers know His omnipotence, and they also know that He will order His world for the best.

...أَفَلَمْ يَيْأَسِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ أَن لَّوْ يَشَاء اللّهُ لَهَدَى النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا...

Do not the Believers know, that, had Allah (so) willed, He could have guided all mankind (to the Right)?

...وَلاَ يَزَالُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ تُصِيبُهُم بِمَا صَنَعُواْ قَارِعَةٌ...

But the Unbelievers -- never will disaster cease to seize them for their (ill) deeds,

...أَوْ تَحُلُّ قَرِيبًا مِّن دَارِهِمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ وَعْدُ اللّهِ...

or to settle close to their homes, until the Promise of Allah come to pass,

...إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ ﴿٣١﴾

for, verily, Allah will not fail in His promise.

C1848. Let not the Unbelievers think that if they seem to prosper for a time, that is the end of the matter. They are warned about three things.

1.     Their ill deeds must carry evil consequences for them all the time, though they may not perceive them for a certain time.

2.     Their homes, their places of resort, the circles in which they move, will also be haunted by their ill deeds and their consequences. For evil makes a complex of its environment. The walls of Jericho, when they fall, must bring down all Jericho in its ruins.

3.     The ultimate Disaster, the final Reckoning, must come, for Allah never fails in His promise. True values must eventually be restored: the good to the good, and the evil to the evil.

The Commentators draw illustrations from the life of the Prophet, his exile from Makkah, and his restoration. A similar miracle works in all history. But the Command is with Allah.

Yuksel’s Version:

13:31

Yuksel If there were a Quran/recitation with which mountains were moved, the earth were sliced, or the dead were made to speak… No, to God is all matters. Did not those who acknowledge know that if God wished He would have guided all the people? As for those who reject, until God's promise comes true, a disaster will continue to strike them or alight at near their homes because of what they do. God does not breach the appointment.

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3. Sura al-Imran

Medina 89 [200 verses]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ النَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لاَّ رَيْبَ فِيهِ...

3: 9. "Our Lord!

Thou art He that will gather mankind together against a day about which there is no doubt:

...إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ ﴿٩﴾

for Allah never fails in His promise."

C349. This is the prayer of those who are firmly grounded in knowledge. The more they know the more they realise how little they know.

But they have Faith. The glimpses they get of Truth they wish to hold fast in their hearts, and they pray to Allah to preserve them from deviating even from what light they have got.

They are sure of their eventual return to Allah, when all doubts will be solved.

Asad’s Version:

3: 9 …verily, God never fails to fulfill his promise.