Stem رَاۡفَۃً - Quranic Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who accepted him compassion and mercy. But monasticism which they invented for themselves — We did not prescribe it for them — for the seeking of Allah’s pleasure; but they did not observe it with due observance. Yet We gave those of them who believed their due reward, but many of them are rebellious.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

پھر ہم نے ان کے آثار پر متواتر اپنے رسول بھیجے اور عیسیٰ ابن مریم کو بھی پیچھے لائے اور اسے ہم نے انجیل عطا کی اور ان لوگوں کے دلوں میں جنہوں نے اس کی پیروی کی نرمی اور مہربانی رکھ دیں۔ اور ہم نے ان پر وہ رہبانیت فرض نہیں کی تھی جو انہوں نے بدعت بنا لی مگر اللہ کی رضاجوئی (فرض کی تھی) پس انہوں نے اس کی رعایت کا حق ادا نہ کیا۔ پس ہم نے ان میں سے ان کو جو ایمان لائے (اور نیک عمل بجا لائے) ان کا اجر دیا جبکہ ایک بڑی تعداد ان میں بدکرداروں کی تھی۔

French

Ensuite Nous avons fait marcher sur leurs pas Nos Messagers, et Nous avons fait que Jésus, fils de Marie, les suive, et Nous lui avons donné l’Evangile. Et Nous avons mis de la compassion et de la miséricorde dans le cœur de ceux qui le suivaient. Et le monachisme qu’ils inventèrent - Nous ne l’avions pas prescrit pour eux – seulement pour rechercher le plaisir d’Allāh ; mais ils ne l’observèrent pas dans l’esprit où c’était voulu. Néanmoins, Nous avons donné à ceux qui croyaient d’entre eux la récompense qui leur était due, mais beaucoup d’entre eux furent des rebelles.

German

Dann ließen Wir Unsere Gesandten ihren Spuren folgen; und Wir ließen Jesus, den Sohn der Maria, (ihnen) folgen, und Wir gaben ihm das Evangelium. Und in die Herzen derer, die ihm folgten, legten Wir Güte und Barmherzigkeit. Das Mönchstum jedoch, das sie sich erfanden – das schrieben Wir ihnen nicht vor – um das Trachten nach Allahs Wohlgefallen; doch sie befolgten es nicht auf richtige Art. Dennoch gaben Wir denen unter ihnen, die gläubig waren, ihren Lohn, aber viele unter ihnen waren ruchlos.

Chinese

[b]继而我使我的使者效法他们; 使玛尔彦之子, 伊撒效法他们, 我赐给了他 «新约» (Injil) 并在他的信徒心中[c]培养了怜悯和仁慈。他们为寻求安拉的喜悦自创了修道院制度--------这不是我为他们规定的, 但他们没有遵守它像其所应遵守的。我赐给了他们中的信仰者 (适当的) 报酬。可是他们多数人都是反叛的。

Italian

Quindi facemmo camminare sulle loro orme i Nostri messaggeri. E Noi facemmo sì che Gesù, figlio di Maria, li seguisse, e gli demmo il Vangelo. E ponemmo compassione e misericordia nei cuori di quelli che lo seguirono. Ed il monachesimo, una loro innovazione, non fummo Noi a prescriverlo, ma loro stessi per ottenere il favore di Allah. Ma essi non lo praticarono come avrebbe dovuto essere praticato. Eppure, a quelli di loro che credettero Noi demmo la giusta ricompensa; ma molti di loro sono ribelli.

Spanish

Entonces hicimos que Nuestros Mensajeros siguieran sus pasos; e hicimos que Jesús, hijo de María, los siguiera, entregándole el Evangelio. Y pusimos en los corazones de los que lo aceptaron, compasión y misericordia. Pero la vida monástica que innovaron no es lo que les prescribimos, sino que lo hicieron para buscar el favor de Al-lah; pero no la practicaron de acuerdo con su verdadero espíritu. Y sin embargo a quienes creyeron de entre ellos, les otorgamos su debida recompensa, aunque muchos de ellos son rebeldes.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

پھر ہم نے ان کے (یعنی اولاد نوح و ابراہیم کے) بعد اپنے رسول ان کے نقش قدم پر چلا کر بھیجے اور عیسیٰ ابن مریم کو بھی ان کے نقش قدم پر چلایا اور اس کو انجیل بخشی۔ اور جو اس کے متبع ہوئے ہم نے ان کے دل میں رافت اور رحمت پیدا کی اور انہوں نے کنوارا رہنے کا طریق اختیار کیا‘ جسے انہوں نے خود اختیار کیا تھا۔ ہم نے یہ حکم ان پر فرض نہیں کیا تھا (گو) انہوں نے اللہ کی رضا حاصل کرنے کیلئے یہ طریق اختیار کیا تھا مگر اس کاپورا لحاظ نہ رکھا۔ پس ان میں سے جو مومن تھے ان کو ہم نے مناسب حال اجر بخشا اور ان میں سے بہت سے فاسق تھے۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

Then [b]We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and we gave him the Gospel. [c]And We put compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. And monasticism they invented—We did not prescribe it for them—for the seeking of Allah’s pleasure;[2999] but they observed it not as it should be observed. Yet We gave those of them, who believed, their due reward, but many of them are rebellious.

English - Five Volume Translation

Then We [a]caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and we gave him the Gospel, [b]And We created in the hearts of those who accepted him compassion and mercy. But monasticism which they invented for themselves—We did not prescribe it for them—for the seeking of Allah’s pleasure; but they did not observe it with due observance. Yet We gave those of them who believed their due reward, but many of them are rebellious.[4168]

2:88; 5:47.

5:83.

Commentary:

The verse may mean that the followers of Jesus invented monasticism in order to seek Allah’s pleasure but Allah had not prescribed it for them; or they invented monasticism which God had not prescribed for them—He had only prescribed for them the seeking of His pleasure.

In v. 26, it was stated that God had sent down المیزان (Balance) in order that people may act with equity and justice, i.e. by avoiding extremes they should adopt the golden mean or the middle course in all their affairs and actions because that was the best and the safest course. In the present verse the example of a people—the Christians—has been cited to show that the adoption of an extreme course by them, with howsoever good intentions, led them away from the goal they had sought to attain. They invented the institution of monkery in order, as they thought, to seek the pleasure of God, and in conformity with, according to them, Jesus’s own teaching and practice. The adage that the road to Heaven is paved with good intentions was never better illustrated than in the case of Christians for whom monkery proved a source of many evils. They started with monasticism and ended with giving themselves up to the worship of Mammon. By implication the Muslims were told that because a great Prophet had been raised for them, by following whom they would be given great worldly power and wealth, they should not go to the other extreme and give themselves up to the pursuit of material gains and physical pleasures. While monasticism has been decried and deplored as repugnant to human nature, the Holy Prophet also is reported to have said: لارھبانیة فی الاسلام i.e. there is no monasticism in Islam (Ibn Athir). Islam is not a religion for dreamers and visionaries who live in a world of their own conception, entirely divorced from the hard realities of life, but it is a practical system which gives effective and full guidance in mundane as well as spiritual affairs. It has not left any aspect of crowded human life for which it has not laid down practical guidance. There is no place in Islam for such an impracticable teaching as "take no thought for the morrow" (Matt. 6:34). It emphatically enjoins a Muslim "to look to what he sends forth for the morrow" (59:19). According to Islam a true Muslim is one who discharges fully and completely the obligations he owes to his fellow beings (حقوق العباد) as he discharges those he owes to his Creator (حقوق اللّٰه).

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

اُن کے بعد ہم نے پے در پے اپنے رسول بھیجے، اور ان سب کے بعد عیسیٰؑ ابن مریم کو مبعوث کیا اور اُس کو انجیل عطا کی اور جن لوگوں نے اس کی پیروی اختیار کی اُن کے دلوں میں ہم نے ترس اور رحم ڈال دیا اور رہبانیت انہوں نے خود ایجاد کرلی، ہم نے اُسے اُن پر فرض نہیں کیا تھا، مگر اللہ کی خوشنودی کی طلب میں انہوں نے آپ ہی یہ بدعت نکالی اور پھر اس کی پابندی کرنے کا جو حق تھا اسے ادا نہ کیا اُن میں سے جو لوگ ایمان لائے ہوئے تھے اُن کا اجر ہم نے ان کو عطا کیا، مگر ان میں سے اکثر لوگ فاسق ہیں

English - Sahih

Then We sent following their footsteps Our messengers and followed [them] with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did so] seeking the approval of Allah. But they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

پھر اس کے بعد ہم نے اپنے اور رسول بھیجے اور عیسیٰ ابن مریم کو بعد میں بھیجا اور اسے ہم نے انجیل دی اور اس کے ماننے والوں کے دلوں میں ہم نے نرمی اور مہربانی رکھ دی اور ترک دنیا جو انہوں نے خود ایجاد کی ہم نے وہ ان پرفرض نہیں کی تھی مگر انہوں نے رضائے الہیٰ حاصل کرنے کے لیے ایسا کیا پس اسے نباہ نہ سکے جیسے نباہنا چاہیئے تھا تو ہم نے انہیں جو ان میں سے ایمان لائے ان کا اجر دے دیا اور بہت سے تو ان میں بدکار ہی ہیں

English - Talal Itani

Then We sent on their footsteps Our Messengers and We followed with Isa, son (of) Maryam, and We gave him the Injeel. And We placed in (the) hearts (of) those who followed him compassion and mercy. But monasticism they innovated - not We prescribed it for them - only seeking (the) pleasure (of) Allah, but not they observed it (with) right observance. So We gave those who believed among them their reward, but most of them (are) defiantly disobediently.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

b

2:88; 5:47.

c

5:83.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

Then We sent, following in their footsteps, Our Messengers; and We sent, following, Jesus son of Mary, and gave unto him the Gospel. And We set in the hearts of those who followed him tenderness and mercy. And monasticism they invented -- We did not prescribe it for them -- only seeking the good pleasure of God; but they observed it not as it should be observed. So We gave those of them who believed their wage; and many of them are ungodly.

English - Maududi

In their wake, We sent a succession of Our Messengers, and raised Jesus, son of Mary, after all of them, and bestowed upon him the Evangel, and We set tenderness and mercy in the hearts of those that followed him. As for monasticism, it is they who invented it; We did not prescribe it for them. They themselves invented it in pursuit of Allah's good pleasure, and then they did not observe it as it ought to have been observed. So We gave their reward to those of them that believed. But many of them are wicked.

English - Ahmed Ali

Then in their train We sent Our apostles, and succeeding them Jesus, son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel, and put into the hearts of his followers compassion and kindness. But they created monasticism which had not been prescribed for them by Us except for seeking the pleasure of God; yet they did not observe it as it should have been rightly observed. So We gave those among them who were believers their reward; but most of them are disobedient.

English - Yusuf Ali

Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our messengers: We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him Compassion and Mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them: (We commanded) only the seeking for the Good Pleasure of Allah; but that they did not foster as they should have done. Yet We bestowed, on those among them who believed, their (due) reward, but many of them are rebellious transgressors.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

2:88; 5:47.

b

5:83.

4168

Commentary:

The verse may mean that the followers of Jesus invented monasticism in order to seek Allah’s pleasure but Allah had not prescribed it for them; or they invented monasticism which God had not prescribed for them—He had only prescribed for them the seeking of His pleasure.

In v. 26, it was stated that God had sent down المیزان (Balance) in order that people may act with equity and justice, i.e. by avoiding extremes they should adopt the golden mean or the middle course in all their affairs and actions because that was the best and the safest course. In the present verse the example of a people—the Christians—has been cited to show that the adoption of an extreme course by them, with howsoever good intentions, led them away from the goal they had sought to attain. They invented the institution of monkery in order, as they thought, to seek the pleasure of God, and in conformity with, according to them, Jesus’s own teaching and practice. The adage that the road to Heaven is paved with good intentions was never better illustrated than in the case of Christians for whom monkery proved a source of many evils. They started with monasticism and ended with giving themselves up to the worship of Mammon. By implication the Muslims were told that because a great Prophet had been raised for them, by following whom they would be given great worldly power and wealth, they should not go to the other extreme and give themselves up to the pursuit of material gains and physical pleasures. While monasticism has been decried and deplored as repugnant to human nature, the Holy Prophet also is reported to have said: لارھبانیة فی الاسلام i.e. there is no monasticism in Islam (Ibn Athir). Islam is not a religion for dreamers and visionaries who live in a world of their own conception, entirely divorced from the hard realities of life, but it is a practical system which gives effective and full guidance in mundane as well as spiritual affairs. It has not left any aspect of crowded human life for which it has not laid down practical guidance. There is no place in Islam for such an impracticable teaching as "take no thought for the morrow" (Matt. 6:34). It emphatically enjoins a Muslim "to look to what he sends forth for the morrow" (59:19). According to Islam a true Muslim is one who discharges fully and completely the obligations he owes to his fellow beings (حقوق العباد) as he discharges those he owes to his Creator (حقوق اللّٰه).

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

b

2:88; 5:47.

c

5:83.

2999

The verse may mean that the followers of Jesus invented monasticism in order to seek Allah’s pleasure but Allah had not prescribed it for them; or the meaning is that they invented monasticism which God had not prescribed for them—He had only prescribed for them the seeking of His pleasure. In v. 26 it was stated that God had sent down al-Mizan in order that by avoiding extremes people should adopt the golden mean in all their affairs and actions. In the present verse the example of a people—the Christians—has been cited to show that the adoption of an extreme course by them, with howsoever good intentions, led them away from the goal they had sought to attain. They invented the institution of monkery in order, as they mistakenly thought, to seek the pleasure of God, and in conformity with, according to them, Jesus’s own teaching and practice, but it proved to be a source of many social evils. They started with adopting monasticism and ended by giving themselves up to the worship of Mammon

English - Pickthall

Then We caused Our messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow, and gave him the Gospel, and placed compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. But monasticism they invented - We ordained it not for them - only seeking Allah's pleasure, and they observed it not with right observance. So We give those of them who believe their reward, but many of them are evil-livers.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

Then We made Our messengers to follow in their footsteps, and We made Jesus son of Mary to follow, and We gave him the Gospel. And We put compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. And (as for) monkery they innovated it -- We did not prescribe it to them -- only to seek Allah’s pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due observance. So We gave those of them who believed their reward, but most of them are transgressors.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus son of Mary to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel We put compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. They took up monasticism for the seeking of Allah’s pleasure. We did not prescribe it for them; but then they did not observe it duly. We bestowed upon those of them who believed their due reward, but many of them are rebellious.

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