Surah 47. Muhammad, Ayah 22
| فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ |
| Asad | : | [Ask them:] "Would you, perchance, after having turned away [from God's commandment, prefer to revert to your old ways, and] spread corruption on earth, and [once again] cut asunder your ties of kinship?"28 |
| Malik | : | Now what can be expected of you if you are put in authority, other than to do evil in the land and violate the ties of blood. |
| Pickthall | : | Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Then is it to be expected of you if ye will do no mischief in the land and break your ties of kith and kin? 4847 |
| Transliteration | : | Fahal AAasaytum in tawallaytum an tufsidoo fee alardi watuqattiAAoo arhamakum |
Note - 28The above interpolations are in tune with the explanation
of this passage advanced by almost all of the classical
commentators, who regard this rhetorical "question" as an
allusion to the chaotic conditions of pre-Islamic Arabia,
its senseless internecine wars, and the moral darkness
from which Islam had freed its followers. Nevertheless,
this verse has, like the whole of the passage of which it
forms a part, a timeless import as well.
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Note - 4847It is no use to say, as the Quraish said, that it is not
seemly to fight against kith and kin. From one point of
view the stand against sin brings "not peace, but a
sword". It is a case of either subduing evil or being
subdued by evil. If evil gets the upper hand, it is not
likely to respect ties of kith and kin. It did not in the
case of the holy Prophet and his adherents, and had to be
suppressed, to bring about the conditions necessary for
peace.
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The above interpolations are in tune with the explanation of this passage advanced by almost all of the classical commentators, who regard this rhetorical "question" as an allusion to the chaotic conditions of pre-Islamic Arabia, its senseless internecine wars, and the moral darkness from which Islam had freed its followers. Nevertheless, this verse has, like the whole of the passage of which it forms a part, a timeless import as well. |
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It is no use to say, as the Quraish said, that it is not seemly to fight against kith and kin. From one point of view the stand against sin brings "not peace, but a sword". It is a case of either subduing evil or being subdued by evil. If evil gets the upper hand, it is not likely to respect ties of kith and kin. It did not in the case of the holy Prophet and his adherents, and had to be suppressed, to bring about the conditions necessary for peace. |
