Stem عَرَضْ - Quranic Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Verily, We offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to bear it and were afraid of it. But man bore it. Indeed, he is capable of being unjust to, and neglectful of, himself.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

یقیناً ہم نے امانت کو آسمانوں اور زمین اور پہاڑوں کے سامنے پیش کیا تو انہوں نے اسے اٹھانے سے انکار کر دیا اور اس سے ڈر گئے جبکہ انسانِ کامل نے اسے اٹھا لیا۔یقیناً وہ (اپنی ذات پر) بہت ظلم کرنے والا (اور اس ذمہ داری کے عواقب کی) بالکل پرواہ نہ کرنے والا تھا۔

French

En vérité, Nous avons offert la Responsabilité de la Loi Divine aux cieux et à la terre et aux montagnes, mais ils ont refusé de la porter et ils en ont eu peur. Mais l’homme l’a prise sur lui. En vérité, il a été extrêmement cruel envers lui-même sans faire attention aux conséquences.

German

Wir boten das vollkommene Vertrauenspfand* den Himmeln und der Erde und den Bergen, doch sie weigerten sich, es zu tragen, und schreckten davor zurück. Aber der Mensch nahm es auf sich. Fürwahr, er ist sehr ungerecht, unwissend.

Chinese

我把一个极好的信托物 («古兰经») 委托天地和山岳, 但它们都拒绝担负它, 它们害怕它, 但人却担负了它。确实他是 (使自己) 担负痛苦的,不顾一切 (后果)。[1039]

حَمَلَ الْاَمَانَةَ (Hamalal-Amanata) 意指他自己担负起或接受这一信托;他辜负了它。ظَلُوْم (Zalum) 是 ظَالِمْ (Zalim) 的加强形式, 而 Zalim 是来自 ظَلَمَ (Zalama) 的主动语态分词, 它的意思是他把东西放错了地方;而 ظَلَمَهٗ (Zalama-hu) 则意指他迫使自己担负起他的权力或能力所不及的责任。 جَهُوْل (Jahul) 是 جَاهِل (Jahil) 的加强形式, 意指, 疏忽的;鲁莽的;掉以轻心的 (Lane)。

人类被赋予极大的天然能力与力量, 在他们身上能吸收和显示出安拉的常德而成为他们的创造主的映像 (2:31)。这确实是一项重大的信托, 因为在整个宇宙中, 只有人类被发现有能力来履行这项重大的信托; 其他一些生命物与存在物--------天使、诸天、地球和山岳都不能履行这项信托。似乎可以说, 他们拒绝承担这一信托。人类接受了这个责任, 因为只有人类能够履行这项任务。他们是能 ظَلُوْم (Zalum, 对自己不公平) 和 جَهُوْل (Jahul, 忽视自己) 的。他们是能够对自己不公平的意思是, 为了他们的创造主他们能够承受任何困苦和忍受任何牺牲。他们是能够忽视或不注意自己的, 意思是, 在履行他们重大和神圣的信托时, 是能够忘记自己的利益以及对舒适和安逸的生活的愿望的。(2) 如果把 اَلْاَمَانَة (al-Amanat) (信托) 的意思理解为 «古兰经» 的律令而把 اَلْاِنْسَان (al-Insan) 理解为完美无缺的人, 即穆圣的话, 那么, 这节经文的意思将会是, 在天上和地上所有的居住者中间, 只有穆圣能受托来启示这部最完美和最后的经典--------«古兰经», 因为没有其他人或其他存在物具有这样的必不可少的伟大品质来充分而恰当地履行这一重大职责。(3) 如果把 حَمَلَ (Hamala) 的意思理解为辜负或虚伪对待一项信托的话, 那么, 这节经文的意思将会是, 安拉把经典信托给人类及地上、天上的其他存在物。除了人类以外, 其余的都不辜负这一信托, 也就是说, 他们充分、忠诚地执行着要求他们服从的一切律令, 整个自然界都忠实于他的律令, 天使们也忠诚、切实地履行他们的职责 (16:50, 51)。只有被赋予自由意志和决定能力的人类, 由于他们是不义的, 却蔑视并违背安拉的律令, 玩忽他们的职责。这节经文的这一意义, 由 41:12 所证实。

Italian

In verità, Noi offrimmo il Mandato ai cieli e alla terra e ai monti, ma essi si rifiutarono di sorreggerlo e ne ebbero paura. L'uomo, invece, lo sorresse. In verità, egli fu troppo crudele con sé stesso, incurante delle conseguenze.

Spanish

En verdad, ofrecimos la Confianza a los cielos, y a la tierra, y a las montañas, pero se negaron a aceptarla y la temieron. Pero el hombre la aceptó. En verdad, fue demasiado cruel hacia sí mismo, y no consideró las consecuencias.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

ہم نے کامل امانت (یعنی شریعت) کو آسمانوں اور زمین اور پہاڑوں کے سامنے پیش کیا تھا۔ لیکن اس کے اٹھانے سے انہوں نے انکار کر دیا اور اس سے ڈر گئے لیکن انسان نے اس کو اٹھالیا۔ وہ یقیناً بہت ظلم کرنے[1] والا (اور) عواقب سے بے پروا تھا۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

Verily, We offered the trust of the Divine Law to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to bear it and were afraid of it. But man bore it. Indeed, he is capable of being unjust to, and neglectful of, himself.[2374]

English - Five Volume Translation

Verily, We offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to bear it and were afraid of it. But man bore it. Indeed, he is capable of being unjust to, and neglectful of, himself.[3128]

Important Words:

حملھا (bore it). حمله means, he bore or carried it, or carried it off or away; he gave him a beast upon which to ride. حمل بدینmeans, he bore or took upon himself the responsibility for the payment of debt. حمل الامانة means, he took upon himself or accepted the trust, or he betrayed the trust, he proved false to it (Lane & Aqrab). See also 7:177.

ظلوما (unjust) is the intensive form of ظالم which is active participle from ظلم which means, he did wrong or acted unjustly, wrongfully or tyrannically; he put the thing in a wrong place or in a place not its own. ظلمه means, he imposed upon him a thing that was beyond his power or ability (Lane & Aqrab). See also 2:36 & 17:60.

جھولا (neglectful) is the intensive form of جاھل which is active participle from جھل (jahila) which means, he was ignorant. جھل علیه means, he acted towards him in a silly and foolish manner and wrongly. جھل الحق means, he neglected or ignored the truth. جاھل means, ignorant, neglectful; foolish or silly and wrong in conduct (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

This verse has presented commentators of the Quran with some difficulty. In view of different significations of the words used, the verse seems to be susceptible of the following interpretations:

(1) Taking the word حمل as meaning to accept, and امانة as signifying the trust of man’s love of God, the verse would mean that a great spiritual destiny awaited man. He was made God’s vicegerent on earth (2:31). He was gifted with the great capacities and powers to assimilate and manifest in his person Divine attributes and to become the image of his Creator. This was indeed a great trust which man, alone of all the universe, was found capable of discharging, other beings and things—the angels, the heavens, the earth and the mountains—being quite unequal to the task. They refused, as it were, to bear it. Man accepted this responsibility because he alone could discharge it, as he had been endowed with great natural qualities. He was capable of being ظلوم (unjust to himself) and جھول (neglectful of himself) i.e. he could be unjust to himself in the sense that he could bear any hardship and undergo any sacrifice for the sake of his Creator, and he was capable of being neglectful in the sense that in the discharge of his great and sacred trust he could be neglectful of his own interest and desire for a life of ease and comfort.

(2) Taking امانة (trust), however, in the sense of the Law of the Quran and الانسان signifying the perfect man, i.e. the Holy Prophet, the verse would mean that of all the denizens of the heavens, and earth, and of all great men, and leaders of thought, the Holy Prophet alone was found to be capable of being entrusted with the revelation of the most perfect and final Law—the Quran, because no other man, or being was endowed with those great qualities which were indispensable for the full and adequate discharge of this great responsibility.

(3) Taking حمل in the sense of betraying or proving false to a trust, the verse would mean that the trust of the divine law was imposed upon man and other terrestrial and celestial beings. All of them with the exception of man refused to betray this trust, i.e. they carried out fully and faithfully all the laws to which they were made subject. The whole nature was true to its laws and the angels also carried out their duties loyally and faithfully (16:51). It is man alone who having been endowed with discretion and volition defies and violates Divine commandments because he is unjust and neglects and ignores his duties and responsibilities. This meaning of the verse is supported by 41:12 wherein it is stated that the heavens and earth were commanded to carry out the laws that were imposed on them and they gave their willing and unconditional obedience to them.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

ہم نے اس امانت کو آسمانوں اور زمین اور پہاڑوں کے سامنے پیش کیا تو وہ اُسے اٹھانے کے لیے تیار نہ ہوئے اور اس سے ڈر گئے، مگر انسان نے اسے اٹھا لیا، بے شک وہ بڑا ظالم اور جاہل ہے

English - Sahih

Indeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

ہم نے آسمانوں اور زمین اور پہاڑوں کے سامنے امانت پیش کی پھر انہوں نے اسکے اٹھانے سے انکار کر دیا اور اس سے ڈر گئے اور اسے انسان نے اٹھا لیا بے شک وہ بڑا ظالم بڑا نادان تھا

English - Talal Itani

Indeed, We [We] offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to bear it and they feared from it; but bore it the man. Indeed, he was unjust ignorant.

Chinese Commentary ^*

1039

حَمَلَ الْاَمَانَةَ (Hamalal-Amanata) 意指他自己担负起或接受这一信托;他辜负了它。ظَلُوْم (Zalum) 是 ظَالِمْ (Zalim) 的加强形式, 而 Zalim 是来自 ظَلَمَ (Zalama) 的主动语态分词, 它的意思是他把东西放错了地方;而 ظَلَمَهٗ (Zalama-hu) 则意指他迫使自己担负起他的权力或能力所不及的责任。 جَهُوْل (Jahul) 是 جَاهِل (Jahil) 的加强形式, 意指, 疏忽的;鲁莽的;掉以轻心的 (Lane)。

人类被赋予极大的天然能力与力量, 在他们身上能吸收和显示出安拉的常德而成为他们的创造主的映像 (2:31)。这确实是一项重大的信托, 因为在整个宇宙中, 只有人类被发现有能力来履行这项重大的信托; 其他一些生命物与存在物--------天使、诸天、地球和山岳都不能履行这项信托。似乎可以说, 他们拒绝承担这一信托。人类接受了这个责任, 因为只有人类能够履行这项任务。他们是能 ظَلُوْم (Zalum, 对自己不公平) 和 جَهُوْل (Jahul, 忽视自己) 的。他们是能够对自己不公平的意思是, 为了他们的创造主他们能够承受任何困苦和忍受任何牺牲。他们是能够忽视或不注意自己的, 意思是, 在履行他们重大和神圣的信托时, 是能够忘记自己的利益以及对舒适和安逸的生活的愿望的。(2) 如果把 اَلْاَمَانَة (al-Amanat) (信托) 的意思理解为 «古兰经» 的律令而把 اَلْاِنْسَان (al-Insan) 理解为完美无缺的人, 即穆圣的话, 那么, 这节经文的意思将会是, 在天上和地上所有的居住者中间, 只有穆圣能受托来启示这部最完美和最后的经典--------«古兰经», 因为没有其他人或其他存在物具有这样的必不可少的伟大品质来充分而恰当地履行这一重大职责。(3) 如果把 حَمَلَ (Hamala) 的意思理解为辜负或虚伪对待一项信托的话, 那么, 这节经文的意思将会是, 安拉把经典信托给人类及地上、天上的其他存在物。除了人类以外, 其余的都不辜负这一信托, 也就是说, 他们充分、忠诚地执行着要求他们服从的一切律令, 整个自然界都忠实于他的律令, 天使们也忠诚、切实地履行他们的职责 (16:50, 51)。只有被赋予自由意志和决定能力的人类, 由于他们是不义的, 却蔑视并违背安拉的律令, 玩忽他们的职责。这节经文的这一意义, 由 41:12 所证实。

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

1

علماء نے لکھا ہے اور یہی درست ہے کہ ظلم کرنے والے سے مراد اپنی جان پر ظلم کرنے والا ہے۔ یعنی اپنے نفس کو حرام چیزوں سے جبراً روک سکتا ہے۔

English - Arberry

We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to carry it and were afraid of it; and man carried it. Surely he is sinful, very foolish.

English - Maududi

We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to carry it and were afraid of doing so; but man carried it. Surely he is wrong-doing, ignorant.

English - Ahmed Ali

We had offered the Trust (of divine responsibilities) to the heavens, the earth, the mountains, but they refrained from bearing the burden and were frightened of it; but man took it on himself. He is a faithless ignoramus.

English - Yusuf Ali

We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the Mountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but man undertook it;- He was indeed unjust and foolish;-

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

3128

Important Words:

حملھا (bore it). حمله means, he bore or carried it, or carried it off or away; he gave him a beast upon which to ride. حمل بدینmeans, he bore or took upon himself the responsibility for the payment of debt. حمل الامانة means, he took upon himself or accepted the trust, or he betrayed the trust, he proved false to it (Lane & Aqrab). See also 7:177.

ظلوما (unjust) is the intensive form of ظالم which is active participle from ظلم which means, he did wrong or acted unjustly, wrongfully or tyrannically; he put the thing in a wrong place or in a place not its own. ظلمه means, he imposed upon him a thing that was beyond his power or ability (Lane & Aqrab). See also 2:36 & 17:60.

جھولا (neglectful) is the intensive form of جاھل which is active participle from جھل (jahila) which means, he was ignorant. جھل علیه means, he acted towards him in a silly and foolish manner and wrongly. جھل الحق means, he neglected or ignored the truth. جاھل means, ignorant, neglectful; foolish or silly and wrong in conduct (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

This verse has presented commentators of the Quran with some difficulty. In view of different significations of the words used, the verse seems to be susceptible of the following interpretations:

(1) Taking the word حمل as meaning to accept, and امانة as signifying the trust of man’s love of God, the verse would mean that a great spiritual destiny awaited man. He was made God’s vicegerent on earth (2:31). He was gifted with the great capacities and powers to assimilate and manifest in his person Divine attributes and to become the image of his Creator. This was indeed a great trust which man, alone of all the universe, was found capable of discharging, other beings and things—the angels, the heavens, the earth and the mountains—being quite unequal to the task. They refused, as it were, to bear it. Man accepted this responsibility because he alone could discharge it, as he had been endowed with great natural qualities. He was capable of being ظلوم (unjust to himself) and جھول (neglectful of himself) i.e. he could be unjust to himself in the sense that he could bear any hardship and undergo any sacrifice for the sake of his Creator, and he was capable of being neglectful in the sense that in the discharge of his great and sacred trust he could be neglectful of his own interest and desire for a life of ease and comfort.

(2) Taking امانة (trust), however, in the sense of the Law of the Quran and الانسان signifying the perfect man, i.e. the Holy Prophet, the verse would mean that of all the denizens of the heavens, and earth, and of all great men, and leaders of thought, the Holy Prophet alone was found to be capable of being entrusted with the revelation of the most perfect and final Law—the Quran, because no other man, or being was endowed with those great qualities which were indispensable for the full and adequate discharge of this great responsibility.

(3) Taking حمل in the sense of betraying or proving false to a trust, the verse would mean that the trust of the divine law was imposed upon man and other terrestrial and celestial beings. All of them with the exception of man refused to betray this trust, i.e. they carried out fully and faithfully all the laws to which they were made subject. The whole nature was true to its laws and the angels also carried out their duties loyally and faithfully (16:51). It is man alone who having been endowed with discretion and volition defies and violates Divine commandments because he is unjust and neglects and ignores his duties and responsibilities. This meaning of the verse is supported by 41:12 wherein it is stated that the heavens and earth were commanded to carry out the laws that were imposed on them and they gave their willing and unconditional obedience to them.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

2374

Hamalal-Amanata means, he took upon himself or accepted the trust; he betrayed it. Zalum is the intensive form of Zalim which is active participle from Zalama, which means, he put the thing in a wrong place; and Zalama-hu means, he imposed upon himself a burden which it was beyond his power or ability to bear. Jahul is the intensive form of Jahil which means, neglectful; foolish; heedless (Lane).

Man is gifted with great natural capacities and powers to assimilate and manifest in his person Divine attributes and to become the image of his Creator (2:31). This is, indeed, a great trust which man, alone of all the universe, was found capable of discharging; other beings and things—the angels, the heavens, the earth and the mountains being quite unequal to it. They refused, as it were, to bear it. Man accepted this responsibility because he alone could discharge it. He is capable of being Zalum (unjust to himself) and Jahul (neglectful of

English - Pickthall

Lo! We offered the trust unto the heavens and the earth and the hills, but they shrank from bearing it and were afraid of it. And man assumed it. Lo! he hath proved a tyrant and a fool.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

Surely We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to be unfaithful to it and feared from it, and man has turned unfaithful to it. Surely he is ever unjust, ignorant --

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

We offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to undertake it and were afraid of it. But man undertook it. Indeed he is capable of inflicting great hardship upon himself, disregardful of consequences.

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