Stem شَّٰهِدِينَ - Quranic Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And remember the time when Allah took a covenant from the people through the Prophets, saying: ‘Whatever I give you of the Book and Wisdom and then there comes to you a Messenger, fulfilling that which is with you, you shall believe in him and help him.’ And He said: ‘Do you agree, and do you accept the responsibility which I lay upon you in this matter?’ They said, ‘We agree;’ He said, ‘Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses.’

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور جب اللہ نے نبیوں کا میثاق لیا کہ جبکہ میں تمہیں کتاب اور حکمت دے چکا ہوں پھر اگر کوئی ایسا رسول تمہارے پاس آئے جو اس بات کی تصدیق کرنے والا ہو جو تمہارے پاس ہے تو تم ضرور اس پر ایمان لے آؤ گے اور ضرور اس کی مدد کرو گے۔ کہا کیا تم اقرار کرتے ہو اور اس بات پر مجھ سے عہد باندھتے ہو؟ انہوں نے کہا (ہاں) ہم اقرار کرتے ہیں۔ اس نے کہا پس تم گواہی دو اور میں بھی تمہارے ساتھ گواہ ہوں۔

French

Et souvenez-vous lorsqu’Allāh prit un engagement avec le peuple par l’intermédiaire des Prophètes, en disant : « Quoi que Je vous donne du Livre et de la Sagesse, quand un Messager viendra à vous, accomplissant ce qui est avec vous, vous croirez en lui et vous l’aiderez. » Puis Il dit : « Êtes-vous d’accord et acceptez-vous la responsabilité que Je vous impose à cet égard ? » Ils répondirent : « Nous acceptons. » Il dit : « Alors soyez témoins et Je suis avec vous parmi les témoins. »

German

Und (gedenket der Zeit) da Allah (mit dem Volk der Schrift) den Bund der Propheten abschloss (und sprach): "Was immer Ich euch gebe von dem Buch und der Weisheit – kommt dann ein Gesandter zu euch, erfüllend, was bei euch ist, so sollt ihr unbedingt an ihn glauben und ihm unbedingt helfen." Er sprach: "Seid ihr einverstanden, und nehmet ihr diese Verantwortung Mir gegenüber an?" Sie sprachen: "Wir sind einverstanden." Er sprach: "So bezeugt es, und Ich bin mit euch unter den Zeugen."

Chinese

(要铭记), [a]安拉向 (有经的人经由他们的) 圣人取约[256]时, 说: “我已赐给你们经典和智慧。今后当证实[257]你们所守的经典 (所预言) 的使者到来时, 你们必须信仰他, 帮助他。”他 (安拉) 又说: “你们 (以自己教徒的代表身份), 同意这项重约吗? 他们说: “我们应允了。”安拉说: “那么, 你们作证吧! 我也和你们一同作证。”

Italian

E ricordate il tempo in cui Allah strinse un patto col popolo per mezzo dei profeti, dicendo: «Qualsiasi parte del libro o della saggezza che Io vi dia e poi venga a voi un messaggero per compiere ciò che è già con voi, crediate in lui e lo aiutiate.» Egli disse: «Siete d'accordo e accettate la responsabilità che vi do a questo proposito?» Essi risposero: «Siamo d'accordo.» Egli disse: «Dunque siate testimoni, e Io sono con voi, tra i testimoni.»

Spanish

Y acordaos de cuando Al-lah estableció una alianza con el pueblo a través de los Profetas, diciendo: “Cuando os dé el Libro y la Sabiduría y os llegue después un Mensajero, cumpliendo lo que ya tenéis, creed en él y ayudadle”. Y Él dijo: “¿Estáis de acuerdo y aceptáis la responsabilidad que os impongo a este respecto?”. Dijeron: “Aceptamos”. Él dijo: “Dad, pues, testimonio y Yo estaré con vosotros entre los testigos.”

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور (اس وقت کو بھی یاد کرو) جب اللہ نے (اہل کتاب سے) سب نبیوں[2] والا پختہ عہد لیا تھا کہ جو بھی کتاب اور حکمت میں تمہیں دوں پھر تمہارے پاس کوئی (ایسا) رسول آئے جو اس کلام کو پورا کرنے والا ہو جو تمہارے پاس ہے تو تم ضرور [3]ہی اس پر ایمان لانا اور ضرور اس کی مدد کرنا (اور) فرمایا تھا کہ کیا تم اقرار کرتے ہو اور اس پر میری (طرف سے) ذمہ داری قبول کرتے ہو؟ (اور) انہوں نے کہا تھا‘ ہاں ہم اقرار کرتے ہیں‘ فرمایا اب تم گواہ رہو اور میں بھی تمہارے ساتھ گواہوں میں سے (ایک گواہ) ہوں۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

And remember the time [a]when Allah took a covenant[433] from the people through the Prophets, saying, ‘Whatever I give you of the Book and Wisdom and then there comes to you a Messenger, fulfilling[433A] that which is with you, you shall believe in him and help him.’ And He said, ‘Do you agree, and do you accept the responsibility which I lay upon you in this matter?’ They said, ‘We agree.’ He said, ‘Then bear witness and I am with you among the witnesses.’[433B]

English - Five Volume Translation

And remember the time [a]when Allah took a covenant from the people through the Prophets, saying: ‘Whatever I give you of the Book and Wisdom and then there comes to you a Messenger, fulfilling what is with you, you shall believe in him and help him.’ And He said, ‘Do you agree, and do you accept the responsibility which I lay upon you in this matter?’ They said, ‘We agree;’ He said, ‘Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses.’[370]

5:13.

Important Words:

میثاق النبیین (covenant from the people through the Prophets) literally means, Covenant of the Prophets. According to Arabic usage, the expression اخذ الله میثاق النبیین (lit. Allah took the covenant of the Prophets) may refer either to a covenant which the Prophets of God entered into with Him, or to a covenant which God took from the people through their Prophets. In this verse, the words are used in the latter sense, which is supported by another reading of میثاق النبیین as reported by Ubayy bin Ka‘b and ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ud, i.e. میثاق الذین اوتوا الکتاب meaning, the covenant of those who were given the Book (Muhit). This rendering is supported by the words that follow, i.e. and then there comes to you a Messenger fulfilling what is with you, because it was to the people and not to their Prophets that the Messenger of God came. The meaning given above gains further support from the fact that as other Prophets were dead at the time of the Holy Prophet, they could naturally render him no help and there was thus no sense in taking any covenant from them to this effect.

Commentary:

This verse is considered to apply to other Prophets in general and to the Holy Prophet in particular. Both applications are correct. The verse lays down a general rule. The advent of every Prophet takes place in fulfilment of certain prophecies made by a previous Prophet in which he enjoins his followers to accept the next Prophet when he makes his appearance. If the Prophet comes in fulfilment of the prophecies con-tained in the scriptures of one people only, as was the case with Jesus and other Israelite Prophets, then only that people are bound to accept and help him; but if the scriptures of all religions predict the coming of a Prophet, as in the case of the Holy Prophet, then all nations are bound to accept him.

The Holy Prophet appeared in fulfilment of the prophecies not only of the Israelite Prophets (Isa. 21:13-15. Deut. 18:18; 33:2. John 14:25, 26; 16:7-13) but also of the Aryan seers and Buddhist and Zoroastrian sages. We have the following prophecy in Dasatir, the sacred Scripture of the Parsis: "When the people of Iran will begin to do such, (i.e.evil) deeds, there shall appear from among the Arabs a man whose followers shall abolish the crown, the throne, the kingdom, and the religion of Iran. The headstrong shall become humble and a house without idols shall take the place of idol-houses and fire-temples, and to it shall they turn their faces in worship" (Safrang Dasatir, p. 188, Siraji Press, Delhi). The words are too clear to need comment. A similar prophecy is found in Jamaspi, a work of Jamaspi, the first successor of Zoroaster (Jamaspi, published by Nizamul-Masha’ikh, Delhi, 1330 A.H.).

The word مصدقا (fulfilling; for the meaning of which see 3:42) has been used here to denote the criterion by which a true claimant to prophethood is distinguished from a false one. But if the word is taken in the sense of "verifying or confirming or declaring to be true" as is sometimes done, this verification or confirmation can be no test of knowing a true Prophet from an impostor, for even an impostor can declare the previous scriptures to be true. The word has, therefore, been rightly translated here as "fulfilling" for it is only by "fulfilling" in his person the prophecies contained in the previous scriptures that a claimant can prove his truth, it being beyond the power of an impostor to fulfil the previous prophecies in his person.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

یاد کرو، اللہ نے پیغمبروں سے عہد لیا تھا کہ، "آج ہم نے تمہیں کتاب اور حکمت و دانش سے نوازا ہے، کل اگر کوئی دوسرا رسول تمہارے پاس اُسی تعلیم کی تصدیق کرتا ہوا آئے جو پہلے سے تمہارے پاس موجود ہے، تو تم کو اس پر ایمان لانا ہوگا اور اس کی مدد کرنی ہوگی" یہ ارشاد فرما کر اللہ نے پوچھا، "کیا تم اِس کا اقرار کرتے ہو اور اس پر میری طرف سے عہد کی بھاری ذمہ داری اٹھاتے ہو؟" اُنہوں نے کہا ہاں ہم اقرار کرتے ہیں اللہ نے فرمایا، "اچھا تو گواہ رہو اور میں بھی تمہارے ساتھ گواہ ہوں

English - Sahih

And [recall, O People of the Scripture], when Allah took the covenant of the prophets, [saying], "Whatever I give you of the Scripture and wisdom and then there comes to you a messenger confirming what is with you, you [must] believe in him and support him." [Allah] said, "Have you acknowledged and taken upon that My commitment?" They said, "We have acknowledged it." He said, "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اورجب الله نے نبیوں سے عہد لیا اور البتہ جو کچھ میں تمہیں کتاب ابور علم سے دوں پھر تمہارے پاس پیغنبر آئے جو اس چیز کی تصدیق کرنے والا ہو جو تمہارے پاس ہے البتہ اس پر ایمان لے آنا اور البتہ اس کی مدد کرنا فرمایا کیاتم نے اقرار کیا اور اس شرط پر میرا عہد قبول کیا انہوں نے کہا ہم نے اقرار کیا الله نے فرمایا تو اب تم گواہ رہو میں بھی تمہارے ساتھ گواہ ہوں

English - Talal Itani

And when took Allah covenant (of) the Prophets, "Certainly, whatever I (have) given you of (the) Book and wisdom then comes to you a Messenger confirming that which (is) with you, you must believe in him and you must help him." He said, "Do you affirm and take on that (condition) My Covenant?" They said, "We affirm." He said, "Then bear witness, and I (am) with you among the witnesses."

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

5:13.

256

مِيْثَاقُ النَّبِيّٖن (Mithaqun-Nabiyyin) 这措词既可表示众先知与安拉的圣约, 也可表示安拉通过众先知从人们取得的圣约, 此处最后一个意义, 因为正如被乌巴耶•彬•卡布 (أُبَیّ بِنْ كَعْب)和阿布杜拉•彬•麦斯武德 (عَبْدُ الله بِنْ مَسْعُوْد) 所证实的那样, 这个词语的另一解释是 مِيْثَاقَ الَّذِيْنَ أُوتُو الْكِتَاب (Mithaqalladhina ’utul-Kitab), 意思是有经的人的誓约 (مُحِيْط, Muhit)。这个翻译也为以下的话所证实, 即 “那时你们会遇到一位证实你们所遵循的经典的使者,”因为安拉的使者是来到有经的人中间, 而不是来到他们的众先知中间。

257

此处 مُصَدِّقْ (Musaddiq) 用来指区别真伪宣称者的评判标准。此词在此处正确地被译作 “证实”, 因为只有亲自应验前面启示的经文中所含的预言, 宣称者才能证明自己的真理。

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

2

سب نبیوں والا سے مراد یہ ہے کہ جو عہد سب نبی اپنی امتوں سے لیتے چلے آئے ہیں۔

3

پہلے بتایا گیا ہے کہ دو تاکیدوں کے موقعہ پر جیسا کہ یہاں ہیں ایک تاکید کے معنے ’’ضرور‘‘ کے لفظ سے کیے گئے ہیں اور دوسری تاکید کے لئے ’’ہی‘‘ کے لفظ سے اس سے ترجمہ بالکل لفظی ہو جاتا ہے اور کوئی لفظ ترجمہ سے باہر نہیں رہ جاتا۔

English - Arberry

And when God took compact with the Prophets: 'That I have given you of Book and Wisdom; then there shall come to you a Messenger confirming what is with you -- you shall believe in him and you shall help him; do you agree?' He said. 'And do you take My load on you on that condition?' They said, 'We do agree.' God said, 'Bear witness so, and I shall be with you among the witnesses.'

English - Maududi

And recall when Allah took a covenant from the Prophets: 'This is the Book and the Wisdom which I have given you. But should a Prophet come to you confirming that which is already with you, you shall believe in him and shall help him. So saying, Allah asked: 'Do you agree and accept to take up the burden of the covenant?' They answered: 'We agree,' He said: 'Then bear wirness; and I will be with you among the witness.

English - Ahmed Ali

Remember when God covenanted the prophets (and said): "If after I have given you the Law and the judgement there comes an apostle to you who confirms the truth already with you, you will surely believe him and help him;" and asked: "Do you accept and agree to the terms of My covenant?" They said: "We accept." "Then you be witness," said God, "and I shall be witness with you.

English - Yusuf Ali

Behold! Allah took the covenant of the prophets, saying: "I give you a Book and Wisdom; then comes to you a messenger, confirming what is with you; do ye believe in him and render him help." Allah said: "Do ye agree, and take this my Covenant as binding on you?" They said: "We agree." He said: "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

5:13.

370

Important Words:

میثاق النبیین (covenant from the people through the Prophets) literally means, Covenant of the Prophets. According to Arabic usage, the expression اخذ الله میثاق النبیین (lit. Allah took the covenant of the Prophets) may refer either to a covenant which the Prophets of God entered into with Him, or to a covenant which God took from the people through their Prophets. In this verse, the words are used in the latter sense, which is supported by another reading of میثاق النبیین as reported by Ubayy bin Ka‘b and ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ud, i.e. میثاق الذین اوتوا الکتاب meaning, the covenant of those who were given the Book (Muhit). This rendering is supported by the words that follow, i.e. and then there comes to you a Messenger fulfilling what is with you, because it was to the people and not to their Prophets that the Messenger of God came. The meaning given above gains further support from the fact that as other Prophets were dead at the time of the Holy Prophet, they could naturally render him no help and there was thus no sense in taking any covenant from them to this effect.

Commentary:

This verse is considered to apply to other Prophets in general and to the Holy Prophet in particular. Both applications are correct. The verse lays down a general rule. The advent of every Prophet takes place in fulfilment of certain prophecies made by a previous Prophet in which he enjoins his followers to accept the next Prophet when he makes his appearance. If the Prophet comes in fulfilment of the prophecies con-tained in the scriptures of one people only, as was the case with Jesus and other Israelite Prophets, then only that people are bound to accept and help him; but if the scriptures of all religions predict the coming of a Prophet, as in the case of the Holy Prophet, then all nations are bound to accept him.

The Holy Prophet appeared in fulfilment of the prophecies not only of the Israelite Prophets (Isa. 21:13-15. Deut. 18:18; 33:2. John 14:25, 26; 16:7-13) but also of the Aryan seers and Buddhist and Zoroastrian sages. We have the following prophecy in Dasatir, the sacred Scripture of the Parsis: "When the people of Iran will begin to do such, (i.e.evil) deeds, there shall appear from among the Arabs a man whose followers shall abolish the crown, the throne, the kingdom, and the religion of Iran. The headstrong shall become humble and a house without idols shall take the place of idol-houses and fire-temples, and to it shall they turn their faces in worship" (Safrang Dasatir, p. 188, Siraji Press, Delhi). The words are too clear to need comment. A similar prophecy is found in Jamaspi, a work of Jamaspi, the first successor of Zoroaster (Jamaspi, published by Nizamul-Masha’ikh, Delhi, 1330 A.H.).

The word مصدقا (fulfilling; for the meaning of which see 3:42) has been used here to denote the criterion by which a true claimant to prophethood is distinguished from a false one. But if the word is taken in the sense of "verifying or confirming or declaring to be true" as is sometimes done, this verification or confirmation can be no test of knowing a true Prophet from an impostor, for even an impostor can declare the previous scriptures to be true. The word has, therefore, been rightly translated here as "fulfilling" for it is only by "fulfilling" in his person the prophecies contained in the previous scriptures that a claimant can prove his truth, it being beyond the power of an impostor to fulfil the previous prophecies in his person.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

a

5:13.

433

The expression Mithaqun-Nabiyyin may either signify the covenant of the Prophets with God or the covenant which God took from the people through their Prophets. The expression has been used here in the latter sense because another reading of the expression as supported by Ubayy bin Ka‘b and ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ud is Mithaqalladhina ’utul-Kitab meaning, the covenant of those who were given the Book (Muhit). This rendering is also supported by the words that follow, i.e. and then there comes to you a Messenger fulfilling that which is with you, because it was to the people and not to their Prophets that the Messengers of God came.

433A

The word Musaddiq has been used here to denote the criterion by which a true claimant is distinguished from a false one. The word has been rightly translated here as "fulfilling," for it is only by "fulfilling" in his person the prophecies contained in the previous revealed Scriptures that a claimant can prove his truth.

433B

This verse is also considered to apply to other Prophets in general and to the Holy Prophet in particular. Both applications are correct. The verse lays down a general rule. The advent of every Prophet takes place in fulfilment of certain prophecies made by a previous Prophet in which he enjoins his followers to accept the next Prophet when he makes his appearance. If the Prophet comes in fulfilment of the prophecies contained in the Scriptures of one people only, as was the case with Jesus and other Israelite Prophets, then only that people are bound to accept and help him: but if the Scriptures of all religions predict the coming of a Prophet, as in the case of the Holy Prophet, then all nations are bound to accept him. The Holy Prophet appeared in fulfilment of the prophecies not only of the Israelite Prophets (Isa. 21: 13-15. Deut. 18: 18; 33: 2. John 14: 25, 26; 16: 7-13) but also of the Aryan seers and Buddhist and Zoroastrian sages (Safrang Dasatir, p. 188, Siraji Press, Delhi Jamaspi, published by

English - Pickthall

When Allah made (His) covenant with the prophets, (He said): Behold that which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will come unto you a messenger, confirming that which ye possess. Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him. He said: Do ye agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this (matter)? They answered: We agree. He said: Then bear ye witness. I will be a witness with you.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And when Allah made a covenant through the prophets: Certainly what I have given you of Book and Wisdom -- then a Messenger comes to you verifying that which is with you, you shall believe in him, and you shall aid him. He said: Do you affirm and accept My compact in this (matter)? They said: We do affirm. He said: Then bear witness, and I (too) am of the bearers of witness with you.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Call to mind when Allah took from their people, through the Prophets, a firm covenant: Whatever I give you of the Book and Wisdom and then there comes to you a Messenger, fulfilling that which is with you, you shall most surely believe in him and help him. Do you then promise and accept the obligation I lay upon you in this respect? They affirmed: We promise. Allah said: Then bear witness and I am also a witness along with you.

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