Surah 14. Ibrahim, Ayah 44
| وَأَنْذِرِ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمُ الْعَذَابُ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا رَبَّنَا أَخِّرْنَا إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ نُجِبْ دَعْوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِعِ الرُّسُلَ ۗ أَوَلَمْ تَكُونُوا أَقْسَمْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ زَوَالٍ |
| Asad | : | Hence, warn men of the Day when this suffering may befall them, and when those who did wrong [in their lifetime] will exclaim: "O our Sustainer! Grant us respite for a short while, so that we might respond to Thy call and follow the apostles!"57 [But God will answer:] "Why - were you not aforetime wont to swear that no kind of resurrection and retribution awaited you?58 |
| Malik | : | O Muhammad forewarn mankind of the Day when Our punishment will overtake them; when the wrongdoers will say: "Our Rabb! Give us a little more respite: we will answer Your call and follow the Rasools!" But it will be said to them, "Are you not the same people who once swore that you would never suffer a decline? |
| Pickthall | : | And warn mankind of a day when the doom will come upon them, and those who did wrong will say: Our Lord! Reprieve us for a little while. We will obey Thy call and will follow the messengers. (It will be answered): Did ye not swear before that there would be no end for you? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | So warn mankind of the Day when the Wrath will reach them: then will the wrongdoers say: "Our Lord! respite us (if only) for a short term: we will answer Thy Call and follow the apostles!" "What! were ye not wont to swear aforetime that ye should suffer no decline? 1924 |
| Transliteration | : | Waanthiri alnnasa yawma yateehimu alAAathabu fayaqoolu allatheena thalamoo rabbana akhkhirna ila ajalin qareebin nujib daAAwataka wanattabiAAi alrrusula awalam takoonoo aqsamtum min qablu ma lakum min zawalin |
Note - 57Cf. 6:27.
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Note - 58Lit., "that there would be no going down [or "no
removal"] whatever for you" - i.e., no passing-over from
earthly life to a life in the hereafter, attended by
God's retribution of sins: a reference to many people's
refusal, often mentioned in the Qur'an, to believe in
life after death and. hence. in God's ultimate judgment.
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Note - 1924Zawal = decline from the zenith, as that of the sun,
decline from the highest point reached by a heavenly body
in its course through the sky. The ungodly are apt to
think that their power will remain in the ascendant, on
account of some material advantages given them
temporarily by Allah, but they are constantly receiving
warnings in history and revelation and from the example
of others before them. There is a warning to the
contemporary Pagan Makkans here; but the warning is
perfectly general, and for all time.
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Lit., "that there would be no going down [or "no removal"] whatever for you" - i.e., no passing-over from earthly life to a life in the hereafter, attended by God's retribution of sins: a reference to many people's refusal, often mentioned in the Qur'an, to believe in life after death and. hence. in God's ultimate judgment. |
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Zawal = decline from the zenith, as that of the sun, decline from the highest point reached by a heavenly body in its course through the sky. The ungodly are apt to think that their power will remain in the ascendant, on account of some material advantages given them temporarily by Allah, but they are constantly receiving warnings in history and revelation and from the example of others before them. There is a warning to the contemporary Pagan Makkans here; but the warning is perfectly general, and for all time. |
