Surah 26. Ash-Shu'araa, Ayah 113
| إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ |
| Asad | : | Their reckoning rests with none but my Sus-tainer: if you could but understand [this]!50 |
| Malik | : | their account is the concern of my Rabb, if you could use your common sense! |
| Pickthall | : | Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew; |
| Yusuf Ali | : | "Their account is only with my Lord if ye could (but) understand. |
| Transliteration | : | In hisabuhum illa AAala rabbee law tashAAuroona |
Note - 50This is obviously a retort to the unbelievers' suggestion
(elliptically implied here) that those "abject" followers
of Noah had declared their faith in him, not out of
conviction, but only in order to gain some material
advantages. Noah's answer embodies a cardinal principle
of Qur'anic ethics and, hence, of Islamic Law: No human
being has the right to sit in judgment on another
person's faith or hidden motives; whereas God knows what
is in the hearts of men, society may judge only by
external evidence (az-zahir), which comprises a person's
words as well as deeds. Thus, if anyone says, "I am a
believer", and does not act or speak in a manner
contradicting his professed faith, the community must
consider him a believer.
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This is obviously a retort to the unbelievers' suggestion (elliptically implied here) that those "abject" followers of Noah had declared their faith in him, not out of conviction, but only in order to gain some material advantages. Noah's answer embodies a cardinal principle of Qur'anic ethics and, hence, of Islamic Law: No human being has the right to sit in judgment on another person's faith or hidden motives; whereas God knows what is in the hearts of men, society may judge only by external evidence (az-zahir), which comprises a person's words as well as deeds. Thus, if anyone says, "I am a believer", and does not act or speak in a manner contradicting his professed faith, the community must consider him a believer. |
