081:024 to 030

 Continued from 081:016 to 023

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        081:024                                  ○   وَلَقَدۡ رَاٰهُ بِالۡاُفُقِ الۡمُبِيۡنِۚ

                 Wa-la-qud-raa-ho-bil-oof-quil-mo-bee-n

                And he most certainly saw Him on the clear horizon

• وَ  — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
• لَ — La — Certainly * (= Absolutely; assuredly; categorically; clearly; definitely
  doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; positively, really; verily; seriously; sincerely; specifically; surely; truly. See our Commentary “2 Words of Emphasis used together Multiply Effect“)
• قَدۡ — Qud — Certainly * (= Absolutely; assuredly. See more meanings of لَ above)
• رَا — Raa — Saw (= 1. Beheld; looked; took notice. 2. Deemed; imagined; perceived; thought. A/t/a Ref to ‘a vision that the Holy Prophet s.a.w had at Mt Hira’, or he saw ‘himself shining in the resplendence of his own light)
• هُ — Ho — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Him or It **)
• بِ — B..(il) —  With (= The Arabic word بِ literally means ‘with’ in English)
• الۡاُفُقِ — Ooof-qu…(il) — Horizon (= The area where sky seems to meet the earth; as far as one can see; the most distant location; the remotest part of the world. Mostly pointed towards the ‘East’ )
• الۡمُبِيۡنِ– Mo-bee-n — Clear (= Without any blemish, hindrance or obstruction which sometime clouds or fogs the horizon)

** Note 081:024. Like other instances quoted in our Commentary Islam -207 Translations With Different Ideas,  in this verse too the translators have stated differently as to whom this pronoun هُ has referred.

(a) M Zafrulla Khan stated that ‘Him’ refers to the Almighty God.

(b) Many translators including Allamah Nooruddin, M Muhammad Ali and M M Pickthall stated that ‘Him’ refers to ‘Himself’ ( صَاحِبُكُمۡ = your companion) the Holy Prophet s.a.w.

(c) Malik Ghulam Farid stated that this is an ‘It’ that refers to the ‘Glorious future of Islam” or “him … saw himself in the distant East in the person of the Promised Messiah.”

(d) Dr Khan, Dr Al-Hilali and N J Dawood stated that this is ‘Him’ that refers to the angel “Jibrail (Gabriel)”

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        081:025                            ○       وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِيۡنٍ‌

                Wa-maa-ho-wa-alul-ghai-bay-bay-dza-nee-n

                 And He is not miserly with the Unseen

• وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
• مَاۤ — Maa — Not (=Absolutely not; never; no; not at all)
• هُو — Ho-wa — He (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to ‘your companion’)
• عَلَى — Ala…(ul) — On (= Above; against; before; during; for; on; on top of; over; to; upon)
• الۡغَيۡبِ — Ghai-bay — The Unseen * (= Hidden invisible or secret realities hitherto unknown. The unknown. The unseen. Things beyond being seen)
• بِ — Bay — With (= The Arabic word بِ literally means ‘with’ in English. Here it implies ‘with respect to’ or ‘relative to)
• ضَنِيۡنٍ‌ — Dza-nee-n — Miserly (= Forgetful, grudging, limited, niggardly or restricted to disclose or withholds info today about the Unseen, prophecies or events that will happen in the future)

* Note 081:025. God is generous in giving  the knowledge of the future and of things that man has not yet seen or known. Some translators have referred غَيۡبَ to the unknown history of past nations, and that could include the history of evolutionary stages of mankind.

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         081:026                            ○   وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطٰنٍ رَّجِيۡم ٍ ۙ‏

                Wa-maa-ho-wa-bay-qao-lay-shai-taa-nir-ra-jee-m

                And this is not a word of the accursed Satan

• وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
• مَاۤ — Maa — Not (= Absolutely not; never; no; not at all)
• هُو — Ho-wa T– his (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the Holy Qor-aan)
• بِ — Bay — With (= The Arabic word بِ literally means ‘with’ in English)
• قَوۡلِ — Qao-lay — A word * (= Refers to the Holy Qor-aan revealed to the Holy Prophet s.a.w)
•  شَيۡطٰنٍ — Shai-taa-n..(ir) — The Satan (= n., s., Bad, false or evil deity, friend or leader; devil; evil spirited person; polytheists; rebellious ringleader. Also, hypocrite; idolater; Satanic companion; the evil personified. The single Satan)
•  رَّجِيۡم– Ra-jeem — The Accursed (= Banished; discarded; driven or thrown away; ousted; rejected; stone-worthy; worth being disowned and discarded; worthy of being stoned; outcast)

* Note 081:026a. Literally the word قَوۡلِ means (a) saying, speech, statement, utterance, message or call, (b) declaration, direction, information or instruction, and (c) announcement, assertion, broadcast, conveyance, explanation, exposition or specification. And the comrades of Satan had not revealed this Admonition, the Holy Qor-aan  (026:211).

** Note 081:026b.  The Satan has been named along with the adjective  رَّجِيۡم   in this verse as well as in 003:037 and 016:099

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        081:027                                           ○       فَاَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُوۡنَ ؕ‏

                Fa-aina-tuz-ha-boo-n

               So where are you going by leaving the Qor-aan

• فَ — Fa — So (= Consequently; as a result; so; then; thus; therefore; yet)
• اَيۡنَ — Aina — Where (= Which direction or destination; wither)
• تَذۡهَبُوۡنَ — Tuz-ha-boon — Are you going (= 1. Proceeding; wandering. 2. Bent; inclined. 3 Where is that you are headed)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         081:028                                   ○   اِنۡ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكۡرٌ لِّلۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ

                  In-ho-wa-il-laa-zik-roon-lil-aa-la-mee-n

                 This surely is no less than a reminder to the worlds

• اِنۡ — In — Surely (= Absolutely; certainly definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; positively; really; seriously; truly; verily)
• هُو — Ho-wa — This (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to  قَوۡلُ رَسُوۡلٍ كَرِيۡمٍ  ‘the word of the Gracious Messenger’)
• اِلَّا — Il-laa — No less than (= Apart from; but; besides; excluding; save; unless)
• ذِكۡرٌ — Zik-ro…(on)–  Reminder (= Admonition; help in recalling and remember things a person may have forgotten. memory; mention; talk; message; reflection; remembrance; thinking; warning)
• لِ — L …(il) — For (= For the benefit, object, purpose or reason of; intended for; with intent to)
• لۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ — Aa-la-meen — The worlds (= pl., All contemporaries, mankind or people. All that exists. Nations of the time. People living at the time. The Universe. The whole wide world. A/t/a All life, creation and creatures including the Jinn in some translations)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         081:029                             ○     لِمَنۡ شَآءَ مِنۡكُمۡ اَنۡ يَّسۡتَقِيۡمَ ؕ‏

                Lay-mun-shaa-aa-min-koom-un-yus-ta-qee-m

                For whoso among you wished to go straight

• لِ — Lay — For (= For the benefit, object, purpose or reason of; intended for; with intent to)
• مَنۡ — Mun — Whoso (= Anyone; whoever; whatever; whom; whomever)
• شَآءَ — Shaa-aa — Wished (= Decided; desired; liked; wanted; willed. Has the will)
• مِنۡ — Min — From among (= From or out of the class, category, count, kind, several persons or things)
• کُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You men. Generally this way the Holy Qor-aan addresses both men and women)
• اَنۡ — Un — That (= Since; so that; for the purpose)
• يَّسۡتَقِيۡمَ — Yus-ta-qee-m — Go straight (= Attain His eminence. Choose, find, go, seek, search, take or walk the correct course, proper path, right road or stay upright. Also, has the will to stay upright on the right lines and appropriate ways)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         081:030          ○     وَمَا تَشَآءُوۡنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ

                Wa-maa-ta-shaa-oo-na-il-laa-un-ya-shaa-ul-laa-ho-rub-bool-aa-la-meen

And you can’t will unless Allah the Lord Provident to the Universe wills

• وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
• مَاۤ — Maa — Can’t (= Absolutely not; never; no; not all)
• تَشَآءُوۡنَ — Ta-shaa-oo-na — You will (= Choose, decide, desire, like, please, select, want or wish. “You can’t even wish for something unless Allah has willed that way first”)
• اِلَّا — Il-laa — Unless (= Apart from; but; besides; except; excluding; save)
• اَنۡ — Un — That (= Since; so that; for the purpose)
• يَّشَآءَ — Ya-shaa-a — He wills (= Chooses, decides, decrees, desires, destines, dictates, mandates, likes, orders, pleases, prefers, rules, selects, wants or wishes)
• اللّٰهُ — Laa-hoo — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
• رَبُّ — Rub-b..(ool) — Lord Provident (= The Almighty Allah who fills all needs of all His creatures. Cherisher. Creator;. Guardian. Lord Provident. Master. The Only One Who provides all that sustains life. Ultimate Provider of air, water, food and whatever we and all other creatures need to live and subsist)
• الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ‏ — Aa-la-meen — The universe (= n., pl., As an attribute of God Almighty the word implies no limits. It means the Universe, all His creations, all that exists in whole Universe, all that has life, and Mankind. See Note 001:002. A/t/a All life, creation and creatures including the Jinn in some translations)

Note:081:030a.   The last two word of this verse have appeared in different contexts such as the following.    Man is to thankfully pray to Allah as the Lord God of the whole wide world (001:002, 006:046, 039:076).   Adam’s son said. ‘I fear Allah who is the Lord God of the whole wide world’ (005:029)    He is full of blessings to the whole wide world (007:055).    He sent His messengers as the Lord God of the whole wide world (007:061, 007:068).    He is the absolute Controller of everything in the whole wide world (081:030).    On the Judgment Day all people will have to stand before Him as the Lord God of the whole wide world (083:007).

He is mentioned as the Provider of the whole wide world in many other places as well.  Moses was asked by Pharaoh as to who He was (026:023).    The magicians saw their magical snakes devoured by the rod of Moses and expressed their belief in Him (026:048).    Wrongdoers would admit their sin of holding the Satan and his comrades equal to Him (026:099).    Noah told his nation that the reward for trying to guide them was to come from Him (026:110).    And very similar were the resposes of other Prophets such as Hood (026:128), Sualeh (026:146), Lot (026:165), and Shoaib (026:181).

Also, Allah had conferred His blessings and preferred the children of the Israel over all other people in the whole wide world (002:047 and 002:123).    He is the Lord God of Grace and Munificent to the whole wide world (002:252).    His message is meant for the whole wide world (081:028).    See our Commentary “Repetitions in the Holy Qor-aan have benefits.” See our Commentary Repetitions in the Holy Qor-aan have benefits.

Note 081:030b.   The Rule of Universal Application provided in this verse is that nothing happens without God’s will.   He controls and has always good reason for not even a leaf falling without knowing of it (006:060).   The followers of Moses used it (002:071) to make excuses for not slaughtering the cow as mandated.   The Holy Qor-aan has stated this rule in many ways and words to make man understand it (006:066).

Reproduced also is the following. Note:003:034: The word الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ‏ as used in this verse has been translated differently.

• M Zafrullah Khan narrowed it down to mean only the “people of their times.”
• Allama Nooruddin verbalized it for “all people of time.”
• Dr Al-Hilali and Dr Khan extended it to mean the entire “mankind and jinn of their times.”
• N J Dawood expanded it further by saying “all His creatures.”