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۞ وَإِن تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌ قَوْلُهُمْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا أَءِنَّا لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ۗ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَغْلَٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ
27:68; 37:17; 50:4.
36:9; 76:5.
The shackles of false beliefs and evil practices.
27:68; 37:17; 50:4.
36:9; 76:5.
Commentary:
This verse purports to say that it is no matter of wonder that God should have granted such miraculous success to the Holy Prophet and should have brought about moral and spiritual reformation through him. What really would be a subject for wonder would be that the world should become corrupt and God should take no steps to reform it or that disbelievers could not rise to a new life after having fallen spiritually. When the water of life comes, death must depart.
The words, these it is who shall have shackles round their necks, and they shall be the inmates of the Fire, contain a warning that those who despair of the grace of God must burn in the fire of regret and remorse and those who reject and abandon the ways of God in favour of their self-devised plans and schemes, which are like so many shackles round their necks, must come to grief. It is a pity, however, that instead of turning their attention to the propagation of Islam and prayer and spiritual regeneration, present-day Muslims insist on legalizing interest and insurance policies, etc.
c
27:68; 37:17; 50:4.
d
36:9; 76:5.
a
27:68; 37:17; 50:4.
b
36:9; 76:5.
1617
Commentary:
This verse purports to say that it is no matter of wonder that God should have granted such miraculous success to the Holy Prophet and should have brought about moral and spiritual reformation through him. What really would be a subject for wonder would be that the world should become corrupt and God should take no steps to reform it or that disbelievers could not rise to a new life after having fallen spiritually. When the water of life comes, death must depart.
The words, these it is who shall have shackles round their necks, and they shall be the inmates of the Fire, contain a warning that those who despair of the grace of God must burn in the fire of regret and remorse and those who reject and abandon the ways of God in favour of their self-devised plans and schemes, which are like so many shackles round their necks, must come to grief. It is a pity, however, that instead of turning their attention to the propagation of Islam and prayer and spiritual regeneration, present-day Muslims insist on legalizing interest and insurance policies, etc.
a
27:68; 37:17; 50:4.
b
36:9; 76:5.
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The shackles of false beliefs and evil practices.
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّى نَسْفًا
پہاڑ کے معنے ہم پہلے لکھ چکے ہیں۔ لغت میں بڑے آدمی کے بھی ہوتے ہیں۔ (اقرب)
56:6; 70:10; 101:6.
The reference in the word al-Jibal (mountains) here is to the powerful Christian nations of the West. The prophecy in this verse is in regard to their complete destruction. The decline of the West has already begun. The last two World Wars have greatly weakened it (Spengler’s "Decline of the West" & Toynbee’s "A Study of History"). See also {1666}.
56:6; 70:10; 101:6.
Important Words:
الجبال (mountains) is the plural of جبل (a mountain). Figuratively, the word جبل means, (1) chief of a tribe or community; (2) a learned man who towers above those around him (ھو جبل) i.e. he is like a mountain and does not move from his place); (3) a niggard; (4) a great hardship or calamity (Lane & Aqrab). See also 13:32.
The reference in the word الجبال (mountains) here is to the powerful Christian nations of the west. The prophecy contained in this verse is that these great powerful nations will be scattered as dust. The decline of the west has already begun. The last two World Wars have considerably weakened the hold of the West over the East and eastern nations are gradually coming into their own.
This decline of the West is too patent to be overlooked and western political thinkers themselves realize and admit it. The reader is referred to Spengler’s "Decline of the West", and Toynbee’s "A Study of History". See also 18:8, 9.
a
56:6; 70:10; 101:6.
819
اَلْجِبَال (Al-Jibal, 山岳) 这一单词这里指的是强大的西方基督教国家。这节中的预言是关于他们的彻底灭亡。西方的衰落已经开始。前两次世界大战已经大大削弱了西方。{斯彭德 (Spengler) 著作的 “Decline of the West” 和汤因比 (Toynbee) 著作的 “A Study of History”}。
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پہاڑ کے معنے ہم پہلے لکھ چکے ہیں۔ لغت میں بڑے آدمی کے بھی ہوتے ہیں۔ (اقرب)
a
56:6; 70:10; 101:6.
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Important Words:
الجبال (mountains) is the plural of جبل (a mountain). Figuratively, the word جبل means, (1) chief of a tribe or community; (2) a learned man who towers above those around him (ھو جبل) i.e. he is like a mountain and does not move from his place); (3) a niggard; (4) a great hardship or calamity (Lane & Aqrab). See also 13:32.
The reference in the word الجبال (mountains) here is to the powerful Christian nations of the west. The prophecy contained in this verse is that these great powerful nations will be scattered as dust. The decline of the west has already begun. The last two World Wars have considerably weakened the hold of the West over the East and eastern nations are gradually coming into their own.
This decline of the West is too patent to be overlooked and western political thinkers themselves realize and admit it. The reader is referred to Spengler’s "Decline of the West", and Toynbee’s "A Study of History". See also 18:8, 9.
a
56:6; 70:10; 101:6.
1851
The reference in the word al-Jibal (mountains) here is to the powerful Christian nations of the West. The prophecy in this verse is in regard to their complete destruction. The decline of the West has already begun. The last two World Wars have greatly weakened it (Spengler’s "Decline of the West" & Toynbee’s "A Study of History"). See also {1666}.
فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا
Important Words:
قاعاً (barren and level) is derived from قاع which means, he desisted, recoiled or drew back; he inclined to one side while walking. القاع means, an even place; plain or level land that produces nothing; plain or soft land, low and free from mountain and herbage (Aqrab & Lane).
صفصفا (level plain) is derived from صف which means, he placed or stationed in a row.
صفصف means, a level or an even tract of land or ground. ارض صفصف signifies, a smooth and level or even land or a waterless desert (Lane).
Commentary:
The reference in the verse seems to be to the complete destruction of the material power and resources of the western nations. See also 18:8, 9.
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Important Words:
قاعاً (barren and level) is derived from قاع which means, he desisted, recoiled or drew back; he inclined to one side while walking. القاع means, an even place; plain or level land that produces nothing; plain or soft land, low and free from mountain and herbage (Aqrab & Lane).
صفصفا (level plain) is derived from صف which means, he placed or stationed in a row.
صفصف means, a level or an even tract of land or ground. ارض صفصف signifies, a smooth and level or even land or a waterless desert (Lane).
Commentary:
The reference in the verse seems to be to the complete destruction of the material power and resources of the western nations. See also 18:8, 9.
لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجًا وَلَآ أَمْتًا
这一暗示似乎是指社会主义和民主主义的兴起。那时, 强大的帝国将被消灭, 人类社会各个部份的社会和经济条件将普遍上升。
The allusion seems to be to the rise of Socialism and Democracy when great and powerful empires will be swept away and there will be a general levelling up of the social and economic conditions of different sections of human society.
Important Words:
امتاً (elevation) is infinitive noun fromأمت (amata). أمت means, he measured it; he betook himself to it. أمت (amtun) means, a measure of distance; doubt; curvity or crookedness or unevenness; ruggedness in one place and smoothness in another; one part being high or more prominent than another; an elevated place; a hillock, etc. (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The allusion seems to be to the rise of socialism and democracy in our own time when great and powerful empires were to be swept away and there was to be a general levelling up of the social and economic conditions of different sections of human society. This process has already begun.
820
这一暗示似乎是指社会主义和民主主义的兴起。那时, 强大的帝国将被消灭, 人类社会各个部份的社会和经济条件将普遍上升。
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Important Words:
امتاً (elevation) is infinitive noun fromأمت (amata). أمت means, he measured it; he betook himself to it. أمت (amtun) means, a measure of distance; doubt; curvity or crookedness or unevenness; ruggedness in one place and smoothness in another; one part being high or more prominent than another; an elevated place; a hillock, etc. (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The allusion seems to be to the rise of socialism and democracy in our own time when great and powerful empires were to be swept away and there was to be a general levelling up of the social and economic conditions of different sections of human society. This process has already begun.
1852
The allusion seems to be to the rise of Socialism and Democracy when great and powerful empires will be swept away and there will be a general levelling up of the social and economic conditions of different sections of human society.
أَيَعِدُكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا مِتُّمْ وَكُنتُمْ تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَنَّكُم مُّخْرَجُونَ
17:50; 36:79; 50:4.
17:50; 36:79; 50:4.
17:50; 36:79; 50:4.
d
17:50; 36:79; 50:4.
c
17:50; 36:79; 50:4.
c
17:50; 36:79; 50:4.
قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
17:99; 27:68; 37:17; 56:48.
قرآن مجید میں اس جگہ پھر حرف سوال کو دہرایا گیا ہے۔ مگر چونکہ اردوں میں ایک دفعہ سوال کا حرف آجائے تو اگلے تمام فقروں کے ساتھ لگتا جاتا ہے۔ ہم نے ترجمہ میں دوسری جگہ کے سوالیہ حرف کو حذف کر دیا ہے۔
17:99; 27:68; 37:17; 56:48.
17:99; 27:68; 37:17; 56:48.
b
17:99; 27:68; 37:17; 56:48.
2
قرآن مجید میں اس جگہ پھر حرف سوال کو دہرایا گیا ہے۔ مگر چونکہ اردوں میں ایک دفعہ سوال کا حرف آجائے تو اگلے تمام فقروں کے ساتھ لگتا جاتا ہے۔ ہم نے ترجمہ میں دوسری جگہ کے سوالیہ حرف کو حذف کر دیا ہے۔
a
17:99; 27:68; 37:17; 56:48.
c
17:99; 27:68; 37:17; 56:48.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
Commentary:
This and the next few verses deal with a worn out and hackneyed objection of disbelievers about life after death. It further says that these people—the Arabs, have completely despaired of their future. They do not believe that the appearance of the Holy Prophet will raise them from a degraded and corrupt people into a living nation and therefore instead of accepting him, they oppose him.
a
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
a
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
2859
Commentary:
This and the next few verses deal with a worn out and hackneyed objection of disbelievers about life after death. It further says that these people—the Arabs, have completely despaired of their future. They do not believe that the appearance of the Holy Prophet will raise them from a degraded and corrupt people into a living nation and therefore instead of accepting him, they oppose him.
a
13:6; 37:17; 50:4.
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
13:6; 27:68; 50:4.
13:6; 27:68; 50:4.
13:6; 27:68; 50:4.
Commentary:
"Resurrection" referred to in this verse may mean Resurrection after death or it may mean the great moral transformation brought about by the Holy Prophet. The verse purports to say that when disbelievers are told that they will have to account for their rejection of the teaching of Islam about the next life they say that they cannot believe that such a thing can ever happen, and with respect to the great change that Islam is destined to bring about in the lives of men, their denial, too, is firm and unequivocal.
b
13:6; 27:68; 50:4.
c
13:6; 27:68; 50:4.
3284
Commentary:
"Resurrection" referred to in this verse may mean Resurrection after death or it may mean the great moral transformation brought about by the Holy Prophet. The verse purports to say that when disbelievers are told that they will have to account for their rejection of the teaching of Islam about the next life they say that they cannot believe that such a thing can ever happen, and with respect to the great change that Islam is destined to bring about in the lives of men, their denial, too, is firm and unequivocal.
b
13:6; 27:68; 50:4.
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
13:6; 50:4; 56:48.
13:6; 50:4; 56:48.
a
13:6; 50:4; 56:48.
a
13:6; 27:68; 50:4; 56:48.
3306
Commentary:
The disbeliever used to mock at the idea that there was a life after death and that man after having been reduced to dust and ashes would ever come to life again.
a
13:6; 50:4; 56:48.
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ
13:6; 23:37.
13:6; 23:37.
b
13:6; 23:37.
b
13:6; 23:36; 27:68; 37:17.
3858
Commentary:
Greater is the disbelievers’ wonder at the idea, says the verse, that when they are dead and are reduced to dust, they will get a new life.
b
13:6; 23:37.
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا
Commentary:
What a graphic description of the great change that was to be brought about by the Holy Prophet, and of how the prophecy was fulfilled!
4097
Commentary:
What a graphic description of the great change that was to be brought about by the Holy Prophet, and of how the prophecy was fulfilled!
وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
37:18.
17:50; 23:83; 37:17; 56:48.
Denial of Resurrection and the Hereafter, whether by word of mouth or conduct, is at the root of all sin and crime in the world. There can be no real and effective check on sin, or incentive to good works, without a true and real belief in the Life after death.
17:50; 23:83; 37:17; 56:48.
Commentary:
Denial of the Resurrection and afterlife whether by word of mouth or conduct is at the root of all sin and crime in the world. This is why, next to belief in the existence of God the greatest stress has been laid in the Quran on life after death. There can be no real and effective check on sin, or incentive to good works, without a true and real belief in life after death.
a
37:18.
a
17:50; 23:83; 37:17; 56:48.
4118
Commentary:
Denial of the Resurrection and afterlife whether by word of mouth or conduct is at the root of all sin and crime in the world. This is why, next to belief in the existence of God the greatest stress has been laid in the Quran on life after death. There can be no real and effective check on sin, or incentive to good works, without a true and real belief in life after death.
a
17:50; 23:83; 37:17; 56:48.
2970
Denial of Resurrection and the Hereafter, whether by word of mouth or conduct, is at the root of all sin and crime in the world. There can be no real and effective check on sin, or incentive to good works, without a true and real belief in the Life after death.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ
当巨大的变化发生的时候; 或者当强有力的和有影响力的人遭受失败的时候; 或者当历史悠久的旧制度被彻底摧毁的时候。总而言之, 当整个腐败的秩序死亡的时候。
یعنی دنیا کے بادشاہ بھی تباہ کر دیئے جائیں گے۔
When great changes take place, or when powerful and influential men are laid low; or when old and time-honoured institutions are destroyed, root and branch. In short, when the whole corrupt order dies out.
78:21; 81:4.
Commentary:
The purport of the verse is: When great changes take place, or when powerful and influential men are brought low; or when old and time-honoured institutions are destroyed, root and branch. In short, when the whole corrupt order changes. For جبال see 14:47.
1561
当巨大的变化发生的时候; 或者当强有力的和有影响力的人遭受失败的时候; 或者当历史悠久的旧制度被彻底摧毁的时候。总而言之, 当整个腐败的秩序死亡的时候。
2
یعنی دنیا کے بادشاہ بھی تباہ کر دیئے جائیں گے۔
a
78:21; 81:4.
4507
Commentary:
The purport of the verse is: When great changes take place, or when powerful and influential men are brought low; or when old and time-honoured institutions are destroyed, root and branch. In short, when the whole corrupt order changes. For جبال see 14:47.
3211
When great changes take place, or when powerful and influential men are laid low; or when old and time-honoured institutions are destroyed, root and branch. In short, when the whole corrupt order dies out.