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English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Will then He, Who stands over every soul to note what it earns, let them go unpunished? Yet, they ascribe partners to Allah. Say, ‘Name them.’ Would you inform Him of what He does not know in the earth? Or, is it a mere empty saying? Nay, but the design of the disbelievers has been made to appear beautiful in their eyes, and they have been kept back from the right way. And he whom Allah lets go astray shall have no guide.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

پس کیا وہ جو ہر نفس پر نگران ہے کہ اس نے کیا کمایا (برحق محاسبہ کا اہل نہیں؟)۔ اور انہوں نے اللہ کے شریک ٹھہرائے ہیں۔ تو کہہ دے ان کے نام تو گنواؤ۔ یا کیا پھر تم اُسے ایسی بات سے آگاہ کرو گے جس کا وہ ساری زمین میں کوئی علم نہیں رکھتا؟ یا (یہ) محض دکھاوے کی باتیں ہیں؟ حقیقت یہ ہے کہ جن لوگوں نے کفر کیا اُن کے لئے اُن کے فریب خوبصورت بنا دیئے گئے۔ اور وہ (ہدایت کی) راہ سے روک دئے جائیں گے۔ اور جسے اللہ گمراہ قرار دے دے اسے ہدایت دینے والا کوئی نہیں۔

French

Ainsi, Celui Qui surveille chaque âme pour noter ce qu’elle acquiert, les laissera-t-Il s’en sortir impunis ? Cependant, ils attribuent des associés à Allāh. Dis : « Nommez-les. » Ou bien, Le renseignerez-vous sur ce qu’Il ne sait pas sur la terre ? Où sont-ce des paroles pour faire voir ? Non, mais le dessein des mécréants a été embelli à leurs yeux, et ils ont été empêchés de suivre le bon chemin. Et celui qu’Allāh laisse s’égarer n’aura aucun guide.

German

Wird denn der, Der über allen wacht, was sie tun (sie nicht fragen)? Dennoch stellen sie Allah Götter zur Seite. Sprich: "Nennet sie." Wolltet ihr Ihm etwas verkünden, was Er auf der Erde nicht kennt? Oder ist es nur leere Rede? Nein, aber der böse Plan der Ungläubigen ist ihnen schön gemacht, und sie sind abgehalten worden vom Weg. Und wen Allah zum Irrenden erklärt, der soll keinen Führer finden.

Chinese

[e]他们设立了与安拉同等的崇拜对象, 难道监视每个人行为的 (安拉将不惩罚他们?) 你 (对他们) 说: “说出你们设立的崇拜对象的名称来。难道你们告诉他(安拉) 地面上他所不知道的? 或者这是空话? 实际上, 不信者的图谋已被做得对他门是美观的, 他们在正道上被阻止了。[a]凡是被安拉遗弃于迷途的人, 他们将没有领导者。”

Italian

Vorrà dunque Colui, che sta al di sopra di ogni anima per annotare che cosa si è guadagnata, lasciarli andare senza punizione? Eppure, essi attribuiscono compagni ad Allah. Di' loro: «Nominateli!» Sarete voi a informarLo di quanto Egli non conosce sulla terra? O sono semplicemente parole vane? Però il disegno dei miscredenti è stato fatto apparire bello ai loro occhi, e così essi sono stati tenuti lontani dalla retta via. E colui che Allah lascia fuorviare non avrà più guida.

Spanish

¿Acaso Quien está sobre cada alma para anotar lo que se merece, los va a dejar sin castigo? Y sin embargo, adscriben partícipes a Al‑lah. Diles: “¡Nombradlos!” ¿Podéis informarle de algo que desconozca de la tierra? ¿Se trata simplemente de una forma de hablar sin sentido? No, pero se ha hecho que la intriga de los incrédulos apareciera favorable ante sus ojos y han sido apartados del camino recto. Pues aquél a quien Al‑lah deja que se extravíe no tendrá guía.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

تو کیا وہ (خدا) جو ہر ایک شخص کے اعمال پر نگران ہے (ان سے نہ پوچھے گا) اور انہوں نے تو اللہ کے کئی ایک شریک (بھی) بنائے (ہوئے) ہیں (ان سے) کہو۔ تم ان (بناوٹی خداؤں) کے نام (تو) بتاؤ۔ یا کیا تم (لوگ) اس (خدا) کو کوئی ایسی بات بتاؤ گے جو زمین پر موجود تو ہے لیکن وہ (اسے) نہیں جانتا۔ یا تم صرف منہ سے یہ باتیں کرتے ہو بلکہ جن لوگوں نے انکار کیا ہے ان کو ان کی (اپنی ہی) فریب کاری خوبصورت (شکل میں) دکھائی گئی ہے اور انہیں درست راستہ سے ہٹا دیا گیا ہے اور جسے اللہ ہلاک کرے اسے راہ دکھانے والا کوئی نہیں (مل سکتا) ۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

Will then He, Who stands over every soul watching what it earns, let them go unpunished? Yet [c]they ascribe partners to Allah. Say, ‘Do name them.’[1445] Would you inform Him of what He does not know in the earth? Or, is it a mere empty saying? Nay, but the design of the disbelievers has been made to appear[1446] beautiful in their eyes, and they have been kept back from the right way. And [a]he whom Allah lets go astray shall have no guide.

English - Five Volume Translation

Will then He, Who stands over every soul to note what it earns, let them go unpunished? Yet, [a]they ascribe partners to Allah. Say, ‘Name them.’ Would you inform Him of what He does not know in the earth? Or, is it a mere empty saying? Nay, but the design of the disbelievers has been made to appear beautiful in their eyes, and they have been kept back from the right way. And [b]he whom Allah lets go astray shall have no guide.[1645]

6:101; 10:67; 13:17.

17:98; 39:24, 37.

Commentary:

The words, Who stands over every soul to note what it earns, contain another reason why God delays punishment. The argument is that as God is keeping close watch over every soul and nothing, however remote and secret, is hidden from His knowledge and He is also All-Powerful, He needs no hurry to punish the disbelievers; for if only punishment were the object, He could bring the offenders to book whenever He liked. The postponement of punishment is not therefore a thing to be scoffed or wondered at. The wonder rather is that disbelievers do not ponder over the fact that they are offenders against God’s Kingdom and yet they do not fear His punishment and desire to hasten it.

The words, they ascribe partners to Allah, mean that if disbelievers pondered over their own beliefs and actions they would readily discover that they were sinning against God by ascribing co-partners to Him and have therefore rightly incurred His displeasure.

The simple words, Say, Name them, embody a mighty argument against shirk. Idolaters are called upon to describe what function their gods perform. The word "name" in the verse does not mean personal name but attributive name, for the personal names of some of the gods have been given in the Quran itself (71:24). The demand that idolaters should name the functions of their gods is such as cannot fail to bring home to them the absurdity of their beliefs. Suppose, for instance, the idolaters say about one of their gods that his function or attribute is that he can or does bestow children. Now the possession of such a power by a god would imply that he has control not only over the birth of children but over numberless other things which have direct or indirect bearing on geniture. Thus, in order to bestow children, the god to whom this attribute is ascribed must have control over diet and medicinal drugs and must have control over even the working of man’s physical system. He must also have knowledge of hidden things so that he may know the genital defects of the parents and also know what medicine will suit the special circumstances of the case. Besides, he must be able to impart the knowledge of hidden things to others. For instance, he must be able to inspire the physician or the patient as to what medicine and what food will remove the defect. In short, until a god possesses an all-comprehensive knowledge and unlimited powers, he will not be able to perform even one single function. On the other hand, if it be supposed that each and every god possesses all the powers required for his special function, then the existence of so many gods would become superfluous, besides being a potential source of discord and disorder; for in that case each one of these gods would be the Supreme Being, a position which is impossible to imagine.

The words, Name them, may also be an expression of contempt, meaning that the gods of the disbelievers are so worthless that even the mention of their names would put them to shame.

The words, Would you inform Him of what He does not know in the earth?, contain yet another powerful argument against shirk. If there had been any other gods, argues the verse, the fact ought to have been made known by God Himself through a Prophet or through angels, or the alleged co-partners of God should themselves have made that announcement, but no such communication or announcement has ever been known to exist. Hence, the verse takes idolaters to task by telling them that by ascribing co-partners to God they presume to inform Him of something of which He Himself has no knowledge.

The expression, or is it a mere empty saying?, means that idolaters say these things only with their tongues and have no real faith in them. The verse asks disbelievers whether they really believe in what they allege. In this way, an appeal has been made to human nature, which often proves a very successful way of bringing home the truth.

It often happens that when a man commits a fraud or imposture in order to procure worldly advantage, he himself gradually falls a prey to his own imposture which, by and by, begins to appear attractive to him. Thus man’s design is made to look fair to him not by God, but by man himself. Some men ascribe divine powers to certain creatures, not because they really believe them to be gods beside Allah, but to impose upon simple-minded people and to cheat them of their possessions. But, as time goes on, their own trick begins to appeal to them, and they become the dupes of their own fraud. This is the significance of the words, Nay, but the design of the disbelievers has been made to appear beautiful in their eyes.

The expression, and they have been kept back from the right way, signifies that when a man severs his connection with God, he becomes involved in shirk, whether hidden or visible. Man cannot remain without a companion. When he leaves God, the inevitable result is that he begins to seek the support of petty things, which gradually gives rise to shirk.

Here the Quran differs from the students of comparative religion. According to the latter, polytheism preceded the belief in one God. According to the Quran the reverse is true, and history supports the Quran. We see that Muslims and Jews were worshippers of one God in the beginning, but afterwards many of them virtually reverted to polytheism and idolatry. The case of Christians is still worse. They were first believers in the Unity of God but took to deifying Jesus afterwards and the whole community became stuck in the quagmire of shirk. Why should we not assume that the same was the case with the peoples of remote antiquity?

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

پھر کیا وہ جو ایک ایک متنفس کی کمائی پر نظر رکھتا ہے (اُس کے مقابلے میں یہ جسارتیں کی جا رہی ہیں کہ) لوگوں نے اُس کے کچھ شریک ٹھیرا رکھے ہیں؟ اے نبیؐ، اِن سے کہو (اگر واقعی وہ خدا کے اپنے بنائے ہوئے شریک ہیں تو) ذرا اُن کے نا م لو کہ وہ کون ہیں؟ کیا تم اللہ کو ایک نئی بات کی خبر دے رہے ہو جسے وہ اپنی زمین میں نہیں جانتا؟ یا تم لوگ بس یونہی جو منہ میں آتا ہے کہہ ڈالتے ہو؟ حقیقت یہ ہے کہ جن لوگوں نے دعوت حق کو ماننے سے انکار کیا ہے ان کے لیے اُن کی مکاریاں خوشنما بنا دی گئی ہیں اور وہ راہ راست سے روک دیے گئے ہیں، پھر جس کو اللہ گمراہی میں پھینک دے اُسے کوئی راہ دکھانے والا نہیں ہے

English - Sahih

Then is He who is a maintainer of every soul, [knowing] what it has earned, [like any other]? But to Allah they have attributed partners. Say, "Name them. Or do you inform Him of that which He knows not upon the earth or of what is apparent of speech?" Rather, their [own] plan has been made attractive to those who disbelieve, and they have been averted from the way. And whomever Allah leaves astray - there will be for him no guide.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

بھلا جو ہر کسی کے سر پر لیے کھڑا ہے جو اس نے کیا ہے اور انہوں نے الله کے لیے شریک بنا رکھے ہیں کہہ دو ان کے نام بتلاؤ کیا الله کو وہ بات بتاتے ہو جسے وہ زمین میں نہیں جانتا یا اوپر ہی کی باتیں کرتے ہو بلکہ کافروں کے فریب انہیں بھلے معلوم کرائے گئے ہیں اور وہ راستہ سے روکے گئے ہیں اور جسے الله گمراہ کرے پھر اسے کوئی بھی ہدایت دینے والا نہیں ہے

English - Talal Itani

Is then He Who (He) (is) a Maintainer of every soul for what it has earned? Yet they ascribe to Allah partners. Say, "Name them. Or (do) you inform Him of what not He knows in the earth or of the apparent of the words?" Nay, (is) made fair-seeming to those who disbelieve their plotting, and they are hindered from the Path. And whoever (by) Allah Allah lets go astray then not for him any guide.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

17:98; 39:24, 37.

e

6:101; 10:67; 13:17.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

What, He who stands over every soul for what it has earned? -- And yet they ascribe to God associates. Say: 'Name them! Or will you tell Him what He knows not in the earth? Or in apparent words?' Nay; but decked out fair to the unbelievers is their devising, and they are barred from the way; and whomsoever God leads astray, no guide has he.

English - Maududi

Is it, then, in regard to Him Who watches over the deeds of every person that they are acting blasphemously by setting up His associates? Tell them: "Name those associates (if Allah Himself has made them His associates)! Or are you informing Allah of something the existence of which He does not even know?" Or do people arbitrarily utter empty words? Indeed, their foul contriving has been made to seem fair to the unbelievers and they have been barred from finding the Right Way. Whomsoever Allah lets go astray will have none to guide him.

English - Ahmed Ali

Who is it who stands (watch) over every soul for what it does? Yet they ascribe compeers to God. Say: "Then name them. Or are you announcing to God what He does not know on the earth? Or is it only empty talk? In fact, the unbelievers' plots are made to look attractive to them, so that they are held back from the right path. Whosoever God allows to go astray has none to show him the way.

English - Yusuf Ali

Is then He who standeth over every soul (and knoweth) all that it doth, (like any others)? And yet they ascribe partners to Allah. Say: "But name them! is it that ye will inform Him of something he knoweth not on earth, or is it (just) a show of words?" Nay! to those who believe not, their pretence seems pleasing, but they are kept back (thereby) from the path. And those whom Allah leaves to stray, no one can guide.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

6:101; 10:67; 13:17.

b

17:98; 39:24, 37.

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