The Holy Qor-aan 021:113
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قَـٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحۡكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ
Qaa-la-rub-beh-koom-bil-huq-qay-wa-rub-bo-nur Raah-maa-nool-moos-ta-aa-no Alaa-maa-ta-say-foo-n
He said, “God! please decide in Truth.” “And our God The Most Beneficent is whose help and guidance Is sought against what you allege.”
- قَا لَ — Qaa-la — He prayed (= v., s., m., 3rd person. Said; begged; beseeched; invoked; implored; requested; supplicated)
- رَبِّ — Rub-b…(eh) — God (= The Almighty Allah who fills needs of all creatures;
Cherisher; Creator; Guardian; Master; Lord Provident. The Only One Who provides all that sustains life. The Ultimate Provider of air, water, food and whatever we and all other creatures need to live and subsist) - ٱحۡكُم — Eh-koom — Decide (= v., m/f., s., 2nd person. Adjudicate; judge; make judgment. Announce a verdict after determining facts and finalizing the conclusions)
- بِ — Bay — With (= The Arabic word بِ literally means ‘with’ in English. Based upon. In accordance with)
- الۡحَـقِّ — Huq-qay — The Truth (= Appropriate; appropriateness; equitable; in equity. In justice; just cause; justified conduct; justification. Fair; in fairness and propriety. In suitability. Suitably. Reasonableness; solid good reason. Right; right Faith; exact particulars; total truth; precise truth; truthfulness)
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
- رَبُّ — Rub-bo — God (= The Almighty Allah who fills needs of all creatures;
Cherisher; Creator; Guardian; Master; Lord Provident. The Only One Who provides all that sustains life. The Ultimate Provider of air, water, food and whatever we and all other creatures need to live and subsist) - نَآ — Na…(ur) — Our (= pro., pl., 1st person. Us. Used with God’s name it reflects the authoritative way a higher-up talks to a subordinate)
- الرَّحۡمٰنِ — Raah-maan — Beneficent (= superlative form indicates the greatest, the highest, the most. and highlights that none more than Him is … The One who fully, totally and wholly benefits all, to the maximum, with no condition, limitation or restriction. Compassionate. Gracious)
- ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ — Moos-ta-aa-no — Sought * (= Is, can and will be … asked, beseeched, implored and sought for help and guidance)
- عَلٰى — Alaa — Against (= Against; for; on; on top of; over; regarding; to; upon)
- مَا — Maa — What (= 1. All that; whatever; whatsoever. 2. Which; whichever)
- تَصِفُونَ — Ta-say-foon — You allege ** (= Accuse; ascribe; assert; attribute; blame; describe; state
* Note 021:113a. Translators have mostly applied this prayer to the spiritual side; see our Commentary titled as “The Holy Qor-aan – Spiritual Guidance Book.” One example is the translation of ‘Blasphemies you, the infidels, utter.’
Dr Khan and Dr Al-Hilali wrote, “Help is to be sought against which you attribute (unto Allah that He has offspring, and unto Muhammad s.a.w that he is a sorcerer and unto the Qur’an that that it is poetry).”
The Note #1928 by Malik Ghulam Farid explained this verse as following [Italicized words are for emphasis]:
“The Holy Prophet is commanded to offer the prayer contained in this verse as a protection against the powers of evil that were to be let loose upon the world in the Latter Days in the form of Gog and Magog. It is clear from the Bible that in the time of Gog and Magog physical force will not be the only danger to Islam. There will be other factors which will constitute a far greater source of danger to it. The Holy Prophet may also be represented as praying in this verse that the duration of the possession of Palestine by the Jews may be the shortest possible and that it may revert to its legitimate heirs – the Muslims.”
** Note 021:113b. This is one of the prayers perpetually applicable and tremendously beneficial in hard times. Its application in the spiritual events stated above in some translations is indeed spectacular. But also its marvelous effectiveness in the worldly matters of the people is well-established. People have prayed that way for their personal, professional, health, fiscal or familial needs. Many groups have collectively sought help for their unique hardships by use of such prayers. We all need prayers like this for protection when faced with situations like the following — even in USA which undoubtedly is the most powerful nation on earth.
Clergy’s evangelical fear-mongering about next life ending in menacing demands to pay cash now. Political maneuvers to muster public support on the domestic issues and preemptive strikes overseas. Legislators, lobbyists and leisure-lovers developing money-grabbing schemes that go on multiplying. Patients seeking 2nd opinion for another chance at life after a quote for shyster-recommended surgery. Rampant broad daylight cheating, fraud and stealing covered under the blanket of Buyer-Beware. Banking camouflages, financial futures, hedge-funds and insurance webs eating locked-in pensions. Travel attractions and gaming opportunities set up in front of simpler citizens as traps they can’t see. Tempting money-making schemes targeting the unsophisticated low-income folks and senior citizens. Innocent defendants. Crime victims. The list goes on and on with no prevention except prayer. But the Prayers For Acceptance that the Holy Qor-aan has provided have always produced results. And the prayer in this verse has invariably delivered excellent consequences.
The Righteous
The Righteous
The verse 002:003 in the Holy Qor-aan tells of those who are مُتَّقِيۡنَ (Moot-ta-qeen). The singular of the word is مُتَّقِيۡ. Dozens of derivative words flow from the same one root.
The word مُتَّقِي in its meanings portrays “one who walks through thorny bushes taking all possible care that his clothes are not caught in and torn by their branches” – Ubayy bin K’ab, a distinguished companion of the Holy Prophet, s.a.w.
The love for dress creates fear of its getting dirty and results in lifting it up. Love breeds fear that spurs the result of avoiding wrong move. The word تَقۡوا conveys an intense love of a lover that causes fear that his bad act will ignite anger, annoyance or antagonism in the beloved.
Author A Yusuf Ali’s Note 26 reads: “.. the fear of God which according to the writer of Proverbs (1.7) in the Old Testament ..” stems out of Bible. We won’t translate the Holy Qor-aan that way.
The word تَقۡوا means an act of nobility, piety and righteousness. مُتَّقِي is one who preaches professes, practices and those acts. Translation of these words has varied in words, phrases and verbiages though reflect similar meanings. The best translation of اتَّقُوا is you love and as follows.