Surah 7. Al-A'raf, Ayah 3
| اتَّبِعُوا مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ ۗ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ |
| Asad | : | "Follow what has been sent down unto you by your Sustainer, and follow no masters other than Him."3 How seldom do you keep this in mind! |
| Malik | : | Say: "O people, follow what has been brought down to you from your Rabb and do not follow other patrons besides Him." Yet little do they take admonition. |
| Pickthall | : | (Saying): Follow that which is sent down unto you from your Lord, and follow no protecting friends beside Him. Little do ye recollect! |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord and follow not as friends or protectors other than Him. Little it is ye remember of admonition. 991 |
| Transliteration | : | IttabiAAoo ma onzila ilaykum min rabbikum wala tattabiAAoo min doonihi awliyaa qaleelan ma tathakkaroona |
Note - 3Some of the great Muslim thinkers, and particularly Ibn
Hazm and Ibn Taymiyyah, maintain that the expression
awliya' (here rendered as "masters") denotes, in this
context "authorities" in the religious sense of the word,
implying a prohibition of attributing legal validity -
side by side with Qur'anic ordinances - to the subjective
opinions of any person below the Prophet. See in this
connection 5:101, and the corresponding notes.
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Note - 991This is added in order that men might not be puffed up
with such little knowledge as they possessed, for there
are great heights to be scaled in the spiritual kingdom.
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Some of the great Muslim thinkers, and particularly Ibn Hazm and Ibn Taymiyyah, maintain that the expression awliya' (here rendered as "masters") denotes, in this context "authorities" in the religious sense of the word, implying a prohibition of attributing legal validity - side by side with Qur'anic ordinances - to the subjective opinions of any person below the Prophet. See in this connection 5:101, and the corresponding notes. |
