Stem حَشَرۡ - Quranic Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And even if We send down unto them angels, and the dead speak to them, and We gather to them all things face to face, they would not believe, unless Allah enforced His will. But most of them behave ignorantly.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور اگر ہم نے ان کی طرف فرشتوں کو اُتارا ہوتا اور اُن سے مُردے کلام کرتے اور ہم ان کے سامنے تمام چیزیں اکٹھی کر دیتے تب بھی وہ ایسے نہ تھے کہ ایمان لے آتے سوائے اس کے کہ اللہ چاہتا۔ لیکن اُن میں سے اکثر جہالت سے کام لیتے ہیں۔

French

Et même si Nous faisions descendre des anges sur eux, et que les morts leur parlaient, et que Nous rassemblions toutes choses devant eux, ils ne croiraient pas, à moins qu’Allāh le veuille. Mais la plupart d’entre eux sont ignorants.

German

Und sendeten Wir auch Engel zu ihnen hinab, und die Toten sprächen zu ihnen, und Wir versammelten alle Dinge ihnen gegenüber, sie würden doch nicht glauben, es wäre denn Allahs Wille. Jedoch die meisten von ihnen sind unwissend.

Chinese

即使我向他们下降天使, [b]死者[453]对他们说话, 而且我把每一件东西都聚集在他们的面前[454], 但如无安拉的意旨, 他们还不会信仰, 而且他们大多数人都是无知的。

Italian

E anche se Noi mandassimo loro degli angeli e parlassero loro i morti e radunassimo davanti a loro occhi tutte le cose, non crederebbero, a meno che Allah non imponga la Sua volontà. Ma la maggior parte di loro agisce per ignoranza.

Spanish

Pues aunque les enviáramos a los ángeles, les hablaran los muertos y reuniéramos frente a ellos todas las cosas, no creerían a menos que Al-lah ejecutara Su Voluntad. Pero la mayoría de ellos se comportan como ignorantes.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور اگر ہم ان پر فرشتے نازل کرتے اور مردے ان سے کلام کرتے اور ہر اک چیز کو ہم ان کے آمنے سامنے کھڑا کر دیتے تو بھی وہ اللہ کی مشیت کے بغیر ایمان نہ لاتے‘ بلکہ ان میں سے بہت سے جاہل ہیں۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

And even if We send down unto them angels, and [b]the dead[898] speak to them, and We gather to them all things face to face,[899] they would not believe, unless God enforced His Will. But most of them are ignorant.

English - Five Volume Translation

And even if We send down unto them angels, and [a]the dead speak to them, and We gather to them all things face to face, they would not believe, unless Allah enforced His will. But most of them behave ignorantly.[853]

13:32.

Commentary:

The subject of the previous verse is continued in this one. One of the functions of the angels is to suggest good ideas to men and to invite them to virtue (2:32). They sometimes perform this function through the medium of dreams and visions. The opening words of the verse refer to this very function.

The words, the dead speak to them, refer to the testimony of pious men of the past to the truth of a Divine Messenger either by means of prophecies which are handed down to posterity in writing or orally, or by their appearing to men in dreams and visions.

There is another way also in which the dead may speak to men. This happens when a person who is spiritually dead or a nation which is devoid of spiritual life is quickened to life by seeing the truth of their Prophet and then testifies to his truth before other persons or nations.

The words, and We gather to them all things face to face, refer to the testimony of the different objects of nature to the truth of a Prophet before his enemies. The different objects of nature bear testimony in the form of earthquakes, pestilences, storms, floods, famines and other visitations. These things come upon the enemies of a Prophet as punishments from heaven. Nature itself appears to be angry with them; the very elements are up in arms against them. All things that are God’s (and what is there that is not God’s?) stand up in opposition to the enemies of a Divine Messenger. Thus it is that both heaven and earth bear testimony to a Prophet’s truth.

It should be noted that all these signs were actually shown in the time of the Holy Prophet. As for the angels, they appeared at the Battle of Badr and were even seen by some of the disbelievers (Jarir, iv. 47), but those who were hard-hearted did not believe. They knew the Holy Prophet to be a truthful and upright man but, surrounded by evil associates and swayed by evil passions, they denied his claims. In the beginning even men like Abu Jahl were impressed by the truth and honesty of the Holy Prophet; for it is recorded that when the verses of the Quran were recited to Abu Jahl for the first time, he admitted that it was the truth. In spite of this, however, he exclaimed, "When did we follow the children of ‘Abd Manaf?" (an ancestor of the Holy Prophet), meaning that he could not accept the leadership of the Prophet. Thereafter he gradually increased in perversity, so much so that at the Battle of Badr he actually prayed to God to destroy whichever of them (meaning himself and the Holy Prophet) had created mischief and discord among his people. The prayer was heard, but he himself was its victim. His case is a typical instance of how the hearts of men were hardened because they rejected the Holy Prophet at the very outset, in spite of knowing him to be sincere and truthful.

The words, most of them behave ignorantly, imply that they will not believe unless God forces His will on them and compels them to accept the truth; but God will not do that, and these people are so foolhardy that they would not change their hostile attitude unless compelled to do so.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

اگر ہم فرشتے بھی ان پر نازل کر دیتے اور مُردے ان سے باتیں کرتے اور دنیا بھر کی چیزوں کو ہم ان کی آنکھوں کے سامنے جمع کر دیتے تب بھی یہ ایمان لانے والے نہ تھے، الا یہ کہ مشیت الٰہی یہی ہو کہ وہ ایمان لائیں، مگر اکثر لوگ نادانی کی باتیں کرتے ہیں

English - Sahih

And even if We had sent down to them the angels [with the message] and the dead spoke to them [of it] and We gathered together every [created] thing in front of them, they would not believe unless Allah should will. But most of them, [of that], are ignorant.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور اگر ہم ان پر فرشتے بھی اتار دیں اور ان سے مردے باتیں بھی کریں اور ان کے سامنے ہم ہر چیز کو زندہ بھی کر دیں تو بھی یہ لوگ ایمان لانے والے نہیں مگر یہ کہ الله چاہے لیکن اکثر ان میں سے جاہل ہیں

English - Talal Itani

And (even) if [that] We (had) [We] sent down to them the Angels and spoken to them the dead and We gathered before them every thing face to face, not they were to believe unless [that] wills Allah. But most of them (are) ignorant.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

b

13:32.

453

天使的职能之一, 是向人们提出好的思想并要求他们接受真理 (41:32, 33)。有时他们通过梦和精神境界来完成这种职能。已死的正直的人们, 可以在梦中出现在人们眼前来为先知的宣称作证。还有另一种已死的人向人们说话的方式。一个精神已死的民族, 由於他们的先知的教导而在一种新的精神生活中复生时, 他们精神上的复生, 可以说是, 对不信的人在说话, 而且证实先知所宣称的真理。

454

这些话指的是自然界不同对象的明证, 这些对象以地震、瘟疫、饥馑、战争与其他天灾的形式来证明先知的真理。这样, 自然界本身看来对不信的人在生气; 各种自然力量在对他们进行战争。

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

Though We had sent down the angels to them, and the dead had spoken with them, had We mustered against them every thing, face to face, yet they would not have been the ones to believe, unless God willed; but most of them are ignorant.

English - Maududi

Even if We had sent angels down to them and the dead had spoken to them, and even if We had assembled before them all the things, face to face, they would still not believe unless it be Allah's will that they believe. Most of them behave in utter ignorance.

English - Ahmed Ali

Even if We send down the angels to them, and the dead should speak to them, and We gather all things before their eyes, they will not believe, unless God should will, for most of them are ignorant.

English - Yusuf Ali

Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak unto them, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah's plan. But most of them ignore (the truth).

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

13:32.

853

Commentary:

The subject of the previous verse is continued in this one. One of the functions of the angels is to suggest good ideas to men and to invite them to virtue (2:32). They sometimes perform this function through the medium of dreams and visions. The opening words of the verse refer to this very function.

The words, the dead speak to them, refer to the testimony of pious men of the past to the truth of a Divine Messenger either by means of prophecies which are handed down to posterity in writing or orally, or by their appearing to men in dreams and visions.

There is another way also in which the dead may speak to men. This happens when a person who is spiritually dead or a nation which is devoid of spiritual life is quickened to life by seeing the truth of their Prophet and then testifies to his truth before other persons or nations.

The words, and We gather to them all things face to face, refer to the testimony of the different objects of nature to the truth of a Prophet before his enemies. The different objects of nature bear testimony in the form of earthquakes, pestilences, storms, floods, famines and other visitations. These things come upon the enemies of a Prophet as punishments from heaven. Nature itself appears to be angry with them; the very elements are up in arms against them. All things that are God’s (and what is there that is not God’s?) stand up in opposition to the enemies of a Divine Messenger. Thus it is that both heaven and earth bear testimony to a Prophet’s truth.

It should be noted that all these signs were actually shown in the time of the Holy Prophet. As for the angels, they appeared at the Battle of Badr and were even seen by some of the disbelievers (Jarir, iv. 47), but those who were hard-hearted did not believe. They knew the Holy Prophet to be a truthful and upright man but, surrounded by evil associates and swayed by evil passions, they denied his claims. In the beginning even men like Abu Jahl were impressed by the truth and honesty of the Holy Prophet; for it is recorded that when the verses of the Quran were recited to Abu Jahl for the first time, he admitted that it was the truth. In spite of this, however, he exclaimed, "When did we follow the children of ‘Abd Manaf?" (an ancestor of the Holy Prophet), meaning that he could not accept the leadership of the Prophet. Thereafter he gradually increased in perversity, so much so that at the Battle of Badr he actually prayed to God to destroy whichever of them (meaning himself and the Holy Prophet) had created mischief and discord among his people. The prayer was heard, but he himself was its victim. His case is a typical instance of how the hearts of men were hardened because they rejected the Holy Prophet at the very outset, in spite of knowing him to be sincere and truthful.

The words, most of them behave ignorantly, imply that they will not believe unless God forces His will on them and compels them to accept the truth; but God will not do that, and these people are so foolhardy that they would not change their hostile attitude unless compelled to do so.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

b

13:32.

898

One of the functions of the angels is to suggest good ideas to men and to invite them to truth (41:32, 33). Sometimes they perform this function through dreams and visions. The righteous, who are dead, appear to men in dreams to testify to the claim of the Prophets. There is another way in which the dead speak to men. When a people who are spiritually dead are quickened to a new spiritual life by the teaching of their Prophet, their spiritual regeneration, as it were, speaks to the disbelievers and testifies to the truth of his claim.

899

The words refer to the testimony of the different objects of nature which bear testimony to the truth of a Prophet in the form of earthquakes, pestilences, famines, wars and other visitations. Thus nature itself appears to be angry with disbelievers; the very elements are up in arms against them.

English - Pickthall

And though We should send down the angels unto them, and the dead should speak unto them, and We should gather against them all things in array, they would not believe unless Allah so willed. Howbeit, most of them are ignorant.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And even if We send down to them the angels and the dead speak to them and We bring together all things before them, they would not believe unless Allah please, but most of them are ignorant.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Even if We had sent down angels to them, and the dead had spoken to them, and We had gathered before them all things face to face, they would not have believed, unless Allah had so willed. Most of them behave ignorantly.

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