Surah 33. Al-Ahzab, Ayah 21
| لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا |
| Asad | : | VERILY, in the Apostle of God you have a good example for everyone who looks forward [with hope and awe] to God and the Last Day, and remembers God unceasingly.24 |
| Malik | : | You have indeed, in the life of Rasool-Allah, the 'Best Model' for him whose hope is in Allah and the Day of the Hereafter, and who engages himself much in the remembrance of Allah. |
| Pickthall | : | Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the last Day, and remembereth Allah much. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Ye have indeed in the Apostle of Allah a beautiful pattern of (conduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day and who engages much in the praise of Allah. 3694 3695 |
| Transliteration | : | Laqad kana lakum fee rasooli Allahi oswatun hasanatun liman kana yarjoo Allaha waalyawma alakhira wathakara Allaha katheeran |
Note - 24This verse (and the passage that follows) connects with
verses {9-11} above, and especially with verse 11 -
"there and then were the believers tried, and shaken with
a shock severe" - which summarizes, as it were, their
experiences during the critical days and weeks of the War
of the Trench. Although it is addressed, in the first
instance, to those early defenders of Medina who were
thus exhorted to emulate the Prophet's faith, courage and
steadfastness, the above verse is timeless in its import
and its validity for all situations and conditions. -
Since the verb rajawa, as well as the noun-forms rajw,
rujuww and raja' derived from it, carry the connotation
of both "hope" and "fear" (or "awe"), I have rendered
yarju accordingly.
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Note - 3694We now have the psychology of the Believers,-God-fearing
men, led by that pattern of men and of leaders, Muhammad
Al-Mustafa.
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Note - 3695Cf. xxvi. 227: see especially the last clause of that
verse in a Makkan Sura, which was amply fulfilled in
Madinah.
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This verse (and the passage that follows) connects with verses {9-11} above, and especially with verse 11 - "there and then were the believers tried, and shaken with a shock severe" - which summarizes, as it were, their experiences during the critical days and weeks of the War of the Trench. Although it is addressed, in the first instance, to those early defenders of Medina who were thus exhorted to emulate the Prophet's faith, courage and steadfastness, the above verse is timeless in its import and its validity for all situations and conditions. - Since the verb rajawa, as well as the noun-forms rajw, rujuww and raja' derived from it, carry the connotation of both "hope" and "fear" (or "awe"), I have rendered yarju accordingly. |
