The Holy Qor-aan 002:252
فَهَزَمُوۡهُمۡ بِاِذۡنِ اللّٰهِ ۙ وَقَتَلَ دَاوودُ جَالُوۡتَ وَاٰتٰٮهُ اللّٰهُ الۡمُلۡكَ وَالۡحِکۡمَةَ وَعَلَّمَه مِمَّا يَشَآءُ ؕ وَلَوۡلَا دَفۡعُ اللّٰهِ النَّاسَ بَعۡضَهُمۡ بِبَعۡضٍ لَّفَسَدَتِ الۡاَرۡضُ وَلٰـکِنَّ اللّٰهَ ذُوۡ فَضۡلٍ عَلَى الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ○
Fa-ha-za-moo-hoom-bay-iz-nil-laa-hay. Wa-qa-ta-la-da-woo-do-jaa-loo-ta Wa-aa-taa-hool-laa-hool-mool-ka-wul-hik-ma-ta Wa-ul-la-ma-hoo-mim-maa-ya-shaa-o. Wa-lao-laa-duf-ool-laa-hin-naa-sa Bau-dzo-hoom-bay-bau-dzin-la-fa-sa-da-til-ur-dzo Wa-laa-kin-nul-laa-ha-zoo-fudz-lim-alul-aa-la.meen
Thus they routed them by Allah’s grace. And David downed Jaloot. And Allah gave him the Kinghood and the Wisdom And taught him out of all that He pleased. And if there was no repelling of some people With some others, the whole world would be in a chaos. But Allah is the Lord of Grace to the whole world.
- فَ — Fa — So (= Consequently; as a result; then; therefore; yet)
- هَزَمُوۡ — Ha-za-moo — They routed (= 1. Downed; harnessed; overcome; overpowered; overwhelmed; subdued. 2. Annihilated; defeated; destroyed; killed; ruined. 3. Fought, drove off, put or pushed the opponents in flight; ran off)
- هُمۡ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Refers to Jaloot’s army)
- بِ — Bay — With (= The Arabic word بِ literally means ‘with’ in English.
- اِذۡنِ — Iz-ni…(l) — Plan (= Command; decision; decree; direction; guidance; help;
- leave; order; permission; scheme; will)
- اللّٰهِ — La-hay — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
- قَتَلَ — Qa-ta-la — Downed (= 1. Defeated; overpowered; suppressed. 2. Killed; slew)
- دَاوودُ — Daa-woo-do — David (= Proper name; the name of a prophet of Israelites)
- جَالُوۡتَ — Jaa-loo-ta — Jaaloot (= Proper name; some say it refers to Goliath)
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above)
- اٰتٰ — Aa-taa — Gave (= Awarded; bestowed; blessed; gifted; granted; rewarded
- هُ — Ho…(ol) — Him (= Pronoun refers to David, the prophet)
- اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho…(l) — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
- الۡمُلۡكَ — Mool-ka — The Kinghood (= n., For translation of this word as The Supreme Power when used for the Almighty Allah and The Kinghood when used for Man; see Note 002:248)
- وَ — Wa…(ul) — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above)
- الۡحِکۡمَةَ — Hik-ma-ta — The Wisdom (= Ability to distinguish good from bad, right from wrong. Administered appropriate instruction. Comprehension; intelligence; understanding; shrewdness. Translating الۡحِكۡمَةَ as ‘The knowledge of Islamic laws and jurisprudence’ is supported by verse 003:066 since Abraham prayed that way many centuries before Islam practically forecasting about the Holy Prophet, s.a.w. See our Commentary “The Wisdom“)
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above)
- عَلَّمَ — Ul-la-ma — Taught (= Educated; instructed; trained; tutored)
- هٗ — Hoo — Him (= Pronoun referring to aforesaid; that; single male person
- مِمَّا — Mim-maa — Out of all that (= From whatever, by selecting a part from the huge lot of)
- يَشَآءُ — Ya-shaa-o — He wills (= Chooses, decides, decrees, desires, destines, dictates, mandates, likes, orders, pleases, prefers, rules, selects, wants or wishes
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above)
- لَو — Laoo — If (= In case. Refers to a condition)
- لَا — Laa — No (= Absolute denial; never; not at all; total negation)
- دَفۡعُ — Duf-o…(ol) — Repelling * (= n., Beat, check, containment, control, defeat, discarding, end, push back, prevention, rejection, reversal, reversion, stoppage, thwarting or turning back)
- اللّٰهِ — Laa-hay…(in) — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
- النَّاسَ — Naa-sa — People (= Mankind; men; populace. A/t/a ‘A section of mankind‘)
- بَعۡضَ — Bau-dza — Some (= A few; others; one set of people)
- هُمۡ — Hoom — Them (= Pronoun; refers to all human beings)
- بِ – Bay — By (= By means of; with; with the use of)
- بَعۡضٍ — Bau-dzin — Some (= A few; others; another set of people)
- لَّ — La — Definitely (= 1. Absolutely; doubtlessly; positively; surely; verily) Entirely; totally; utterly; wholesomely)
- فَسَدَتِ — Fa-sa-da-ti(l) — Be in a chaos (= Filled with corruption; become bad, corrupted, polluted ruined or spoiled; succumbed to or thrown into an utter chaos, disorder and mischief)
- الۡاَرۡضُ — Ur-dzo — The world (= The world or earth around us; life on earth)
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ above)
- لٰـکِنّ — Laa-kin…(ul) — However (= But; nevertheless)
- ٱللَّهَ — Laa-ha — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
- ذُ و — Zoo — Lord of (= Controller, grantor, master or owner of a lot of; very)
- فَضۡلٍ — Fudz-lin — Grace (= Abundance; blessings; bounty; kindness. Bountiful. Gracious. Munificent)
- عَلَى — Alul — On / To (= Above; for; towards; upon; also ‘to’)
- الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ — Aa-la-meen — Whole world (= All creatures; everyone everywhere; people; the whole wide world; universe. See 081:030)
* Note 002:252. Most translations have stated this section as “Had Allah not repelled” and construed the operative word as a verb in the past tense. If that was the case, the word used would have been عَ فَ دَ (da-fa-aa) and translated as beaten, checked, contained, controlled, defeated, discarded, ended, pushed back, prevented, rejected, repelled, reversed, reverted, stopped, thwarted or turned back.
But that is not the case. The original text has used the word of دَفۡعُ (duf-o) which is a noun. Thus its accurate translation is ‘beat, check, containment, control, defeat, discarding, end, push back, prevention, rejection, repelling, reversal, reversion, stoppage, thwarting or turning back.’ And this true translation is set above.
002:253
The Holy Qor-aan 002:253
تِلۡكَ اٰيٰتُ اللّٰهِ نَـتۡلُوۡهَا عَلَيۡكَ بِالۡحَـقِّ وَاِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَ○
Til-ka-aa-yaa-tool-laa-hay Nut-loo-ha-alai-ka-bil-huq-qay Wa-in-na-ka-may-nul-moor-sa-lee-n.
These are the revelations of Allah. We narrate them to you with good reason. And definitely you are one of the Messengers
* Note 002:253. The last five words of this verse [اِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَ] have been repeated in the Holy Qor-aan in verses 002:253 and 036:004. The general consensus is that the addressee of these words is only the Holy Prophet Mohammed s.a.w.
The Almighty Allah has named the Holy Prophet Mohammed s.a.w at four places the Holy Qor-aan.
Allah knows all and knows the best. He could have easily named Mohammed s.a.w at all places where the Holy Qor-aan has used the pronoun كَ for ‘you single male’ if the intention was to refer to him only and no other.
That is perhaps why the translations that have narrowed down the said pronoun كَ for ‘you single male’ to only Mohammed s.a.w led them to construe three to several hundred of the verses as munsookh and treat them as abrogated, invalid, obsolete, over-written or non-practical.
The Munir Commission of the West Pakistan High Court ruled that Ahmadi sect is the only one group that believes that every word, clause and verse of the Holy Qor-aan is as valid, operative and practical today as it was the day when it was revealed to the Holy Prophet s.a.w fourteen centuries ago.
Dr Al-Hilali and Dr Khan in the Notes under this verse have mentioned many a hearsay reports of the quotes of the Holy Prophet s.a.w called Hadeeth about the Caliphate system. Some stated that he s.a.w was the Last Prophet. Some claimed that the Prophethood had ended in Islam and was replaced by the advent of Khaleefahs as the succession to God’s messengers in future. Some established superiority of one caliph to whom the allegiance [Baiy-yah] was made first over the caliph to whom the allegiance was solemnized subsequently. A belief in any such reports and claims depends upon what sect one belongs to. A columnist in a New York Moslem publication in the first decade of twenty-first century AD named the conduct of one Khleefah as Oos-we-ha-sa-na although the Holy Qor-aan has eternalized that distinction and honor for only Abraham and his followers [060:005] and the Holy Prophet s.a.w [033:022] and any attempt to pin that unique honor on anyone else is not proper.