003:014

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                                   003: 014

 

قَدۡ كَانَ لَـكُمۡ اٰيَةٌ فِىۡ فِئَتَيۡنِ الۡتَقَتَا ؕ  فِئَةٌ تُقَاتِلُ فِىۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰهِ وَاُخۡرٰى كَافِرَةٌ يَّرَوۡنَهُمۡ مِّثۡلَيۡهِمۡ رَاۡىَ الۡعَيۡنِ‌ؕ  وَاللّٰهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصۡرِهٖ مَنۡ يَّشَآءُ  ‌ؕ اِنَّ فِىۡ ذٰ لِكَ لَعِبۡرَةً لِّاُولِى الۡاَبۡصَارِ‏

 

Qud-kaa-na-la-koom-aa-ya-toon                                                                                                        Fee-fay-aa-tai-nil-ta-qa-taa                                                                                                                 Fay-aa-toon-to-qaa-tay-lo-fee-sa-bee-lil-laa-hay                                                                           Wa-ookh-raa-kaa-fay-ra-toon                                                                                                             Ya-rao-na-hoom-mith-lai-him-rau-yul-aiy-n                                                                                  Wul-laa-ho-yo-uy-yay-do-bay-nus-ray-he-mun-ya-shaa-o                                                         In-na-fee-zaa-lay-ka-la-ib-raa-tun-lay-olil-ub-saa-r.

 

Surely there was a remarkable Sign for you                                                                     In the two groups that met in combat.                                                                            One group was fighting in the cause of Allah                                                                And the other disbelievers were                                                                                   Seeing them twice as the eye saw.  **                                                                               And by God Allah supports with His help whomever he pleases.                             Certainly in all this is a lesson for those who have the vision.

 

  • قَدۡ — Qud — Surely (= Word laying emphasis; certainly; definitely, verily)
  • كَانَ — Kaa-na — Had been (= Conveys continuation; One in 3rd person had been)
  • لّ — La — For (= For the benefit, object, purpose or reason of)
  • کُمۡ — Koom — You all (= Refers to you all)
  • اٰيَةٌ — Aa-ya-toon — Sign (= n., An argument, corroboration, indication,  insinuation, pointer, portent, sign, suggestion, symbol or token. See Note 002:074)
  • فِىۡ — Fee — In (= 1. Amidst, among, contained or inside a duration, event time, place, period, thing or situation.  2. Concerning; in reference, regarding; relative to)
  • فِئَتَيۡنِ — Fay-aa-tai-n..(il) — Two parties (= pl of …. 1. Assembly, band; bunch, contingent, faction; folks; force; gathering; henchmen; group; people; sect; supporter; tribe. 2. Army; force; combatant; company; fighters; hosts; opponent)
  • الۡتَقَتَا — Il-ta-qa-taa — Met in combat (= Combated, confronted, encountered, faced, fought, met or pitched against each other in a battle-field)
  • فِئَةٌ — Fay-aa-toon — One group (= s., 1. Assembly, band; bunch, contingent, faction;  folks; force; gathering; henchmen; group; people; sect; supporter; tribe.  2. Army; force; combatant; company; fighters; hosts; opponent)
  • تُقَاتِلُ — To-qaa-tay-lo — Fought (= v., Attack; battle; combat; fight; fight back; oppose; push back; resist; retaliate; strive; struggle; war.  Also, act in self-defense. For other possible meanings, see 002:192)
  • فِىۡ  — Fee — In (= In; concerning; regarding; in reference; relative to. Also, amidst, during or inside a time, place or event)
  • سَبِيۡلِ — Sa-bee-l … (il) — Cause (= n., s., Action; alternative; cause, course; escape; line;  means; measure; method; path; pretext; remedy; road; way. See Note 004:089  & Phrase fee-sa-be-lil-laa-hay)
  • اللّٰهِ‌ — Laa-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)
  • اُخۡرٰى — Ookh-raa– The other (= The second opposing group)
  • كَافِرَةٌ — Kaa-fay-ra-toon — Disbelievers  (= n., pl., A bunch, group, host or party of the disbelievers, faithless, unappreciative, unbelievers or ungrateful.  1. Those who denied, refused or rejected faith to believe in Allah, the Holy Qor-aan and Islaam to become Moslem.  2 Acted ungratefully; failed to appreciate, thank or gratefully utilize Almighty God’s blessings and opportunities provided to them.  3. Heretics; infidels; resistors to God; unbelievers)
  • يَّرَوۡن — Ya-rao-na –They seeing (= v., pres., Beholding; coming across; facing; observing; taking notice; watching. Some translations accentuated the verbs by adding to them the adjective ‘clearly’)
  • هُمۡ‌ — Hoom — Their (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid persons)
  • مِّثۡلَيۡ — Mith-lai — Twice (= Double the number, quality or quantity)
  • هِم — Him –Their (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid persons)
  • رَاۡىَ — Rau-ya…(ul) — Saw (= v., past., Beheld; came across; faced; observed; sight;  took notice; watched)
  • الۡعَيۡنِ‌ — Ai-nay — The eye (= The organ of vision or of light sensitivity)
  • وَ — Wa…(ul) –And (= This وَ vaao is tantamount to taking oath; solemn declaration)
  • اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
  • يُؤَيِّدُ — Yo-uy-yay-do — Empowers (= Aids; assists; helps; props; strengthens; supports)
  • بِ — Bay — With (= About; due to; in ref to; relative to; on account of)
  • نَصۡرِ — Nus-ray — Help (= n., Aid, assistance, guidance, might, power, promotion, rescue, succor or support that leads to a victory)
  • هٖ — He — His (= Pronoun referring to that aforesaid single male person)
  • مَنۡ — Mun…(ya) — Whomever (= What; which; whoever)
  • يَّشَآءُ — Ya-shaa-o — He pleases (= v., pres., Does or will choose, decide, decree, desire, destine, dictate; like, mandate, order, please; prefer; rule, select, want, will or wish)
  • اِنَّ — In-na — Surely (= Absolutely; certainly; definitely; doubtlessly; indeed; positively; really; surely; truly; verily)
  • فِىۡ — Fee — In (= Inside a situation; concerning; regarding. See  فِىۡ  above)
  • ذٰلِكَ — Zaa-lay-ka — All this (= Right in here)
  • لَ — La — Certainly (= Absolutely; definitely; positively; surely; truly; verily)
  • عِبۡرَةً‏ — Ib-raa-ton — A lesson (= n., Curse; experience to remember; precedent of a terrible doom; warning)
  • لِّ — Lay — For (= For the benefit, object, purpose or reason)
  • اُولِى‏ — Olil n– Those who have (= Masters; owners; with)
  • الۡاَبۡصَارِ — Ub-saa-r — The vision (= Men of vision, comprehension or understanding. Seers. The discerning individuals who have eyes that see)

 

* Note 003:014. The real importance of the ruling in this verse is lasting and perpetual. The Believers are given a cart blanche mandate that if true in their Faith they will always win against much bigger, larger and stronger foes. The condition is that the Believers must be so in the real sense of the word with full faith in the Almighty God and not merely with a lip-service.

It is the application of this rule to one instance as its illustration where the translations vary. The Battle of Badr was fought on March 13, 624 AD [“17 Ramadan, 2 AH in the Islamic calendar” – Wikipedia]. On one side were about 1,000 armed soldiers invaders from Mecca. The other side was 313 Moslem Believers who were hardly equipped for a war. Odds were heavily stacked against Moslems and yet they defeated the 3-times-larger army.

The phrase seeing them twice them in this verse has been translated in different ways. The translations differ regarding Who saw with their own eyes and Whom did they see. The verse has used two words  هُمۡ  and  هِمۡ  and they both are pronouns. Do both these pronouns refer to only one side? If so, which one? Or, one pronoun to one side and the other to the opposing faction? That is why the following different interpretations exist.

  1. The believers saw the invaders twice their own number whereas actually they were three times the number of Believers.
  2. The invaders saw the believers twice their actual number which really was only 313 (as generally stated, or 319 as stated by N J Dawood).
  3. The believers saw themselves as if they were twice their own actual number.
  4. The invaders saw themselves as if they were twice their actual number of 1000.
  5. Both groups appeared in their own eyes — as well as to those of their opponents — twice their actual numbers.
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003:013

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                          003:013

 

قُلۡ لِّلَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا سَتُغۡلَبُوۡنَ وَتُحۡشَرُوۡنَ اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَ‌ؕ وَبِئۡسَ الۡمِهَادُ‏

 

Qool-lil-la-ze-na-ka-fa-roo-sa-toogh-la-boo-na                                                                            Wa-toh-sha-roo-na-elaa-ja-hun-na-ma-wa-bae-sul-may-haa-d

 

You say to those who disbelieved, “Soon you will be downed                                  And herded towards Hell and an evil destination.”

 

  • قُلۡ — Qool — You say (= Announce; broadcast; convey; declare; elaborate; explain; expound; inform; preach; profess; reply; specify; state; tell; warn. Read our Commentary ‘You Say’ means)
  • لِّ — L…(il) — To (= For the benefit, object, purpose or reason of)
  • ٱلَّذِينَ — La-ze-na — Those who (= pl., m., 3rd person. People; Also articles or persons)
  • كَفَرُوۡا — Ka-fa-roo — Disbelieved (= v., past t., pl., 3rd person. Denied, refused or rejected the Faith to believe in Allah, the Holy Qor-aan and Islaam and become Moslems. Became heretics, infidels, unbelievers or ungrateful. See the Note 002:007 for more meanings)
  • سَ — Sa — Soon (= In near term; in the near future; in a short while)
  • تُغۡلَبُوۡنَ — Toogh-la-boo-na — You will be downed (= v., Defeated; discomfited; dominated; won  over; overcome; overpowered; prevailed over; put under control and total subservience; vanquished)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conjunction that connects words, phrases or clauses)
  • تُحۡشَرُوۡنَ — Toh-sha-roo-na — You will be herded (= v., Assembled, banded and pushed together; driven; gathered)
  • اِلٰى‌ — Elaa — Toward (= In the direction of; to)
  • جَهَنَّمَ — Ja-hun-na-ma — Hell (= Gehenna; Purgatory)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conjunction that connects words, phrases or clauses)
  • بِئۡسَ — Bae-sa…(ul) — Evil (= Bad; miserable; undesirable; unfortunate; worst possible)
  • الۡمِهَادُ — May-haa-d — Destination (= Abode; bed to lie on; end of a line, journey, road, travel; place to rest; rest stop; resting place)
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Soora Baqarah Contents

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Abid

CONTENTS

Soo-ra-tool-Ba-qa-rah

Some of the content of the longest Chapter 2 of the Holy Qor-aan

Allah is One. There is no God besides Him – 002:164, 002:256

Allah knows what people conceal or reveal – 002:079, 002:285

Allah shows signs so that you show your wisdom – 002:074

Allah wastes no actions of anyone: Believers, Jews, Christians or Sabiens 002:063

Basics [labeled as Pillars] of Islam – 002:001 to 002:006

Believers differ from Disbelievers – 002:007 to 002:017, 002:027, 002:028

Believers listen – 002:105

Charity to please Allah – 002:196, 002:262 to 002:268

Charity in loans – 002:246, 002:281

Charity – Practices mandated on Israelites – 002:084 to 002:094

Creation of Man and reaction of angels – 002:031 to 002:040

Good, Excel in doing – 002:149

Fasting – 002:184 to 002:188

Hajj (Pilgrimage, Safa & Marva) – 002:159, 002:190, 002:197 to 002:204

Islam – What is it all about – 002:178

Israelites history – Blessings and violations – 002:041 to 002:094, 002:247 to 002:252

Law re bequests – 002:181 to 002:183

Law re compensation – 002:179, 002:180

Law re divorces and women – 002:223 to 002:242

Law re evidence – 002:283, 002:084

Law re loans, mortgages and commercial transactions – 002:283, 002:284

Law re marriages – 002:222

Law re wars – 002:190 to 002:196, 002:218,

Man exhorted to worship Allah who has provided so much – 002:022 to 002:030

Mandated Prayers and Charity – Israelites [002:044], – Moslems [002:111, 002:178]

Mosque – 002:115

Paradise – 002:026, 002:083, 002:112

Parable – Of fire and lightening, clouds and rain – 002:018 to 002:021

Parable – Of tiny insect – 002:027

Paradise for Believers – 002:026, 002:083

Prayers for blessings of this life and the Hereafter – 002:202

Prayers (Aayatool Koorsee) and those for Everything – 002:256, 002:285 to 002:287

Prayers for progeny [by Abraham and eternalized] – 002:127 to 002:130

Prayers for patience on suffering loss – 002:157

Prohibitions – Drinking [002:220]. Foods [002:174]. Gambling [002:220].

Prophets: Abraham and several in his progeny [002:125 to 002:141, 002:259 to 002:261].  Adam – [002:032 to 002:036].  David [002:252].  Isaac [002:134, 002:131, 002:141].  Ishmael [002:134, 002:137, 002:141].  Jacob [002:132 to 002:036].  Jesus son of Mary [002:088].  Moses [002:052, 002:055, 002:056, 002:068, 002:088, 002:093].  Solomon [002:103]

Qiblah changed – The direction to face prayers. 002:143 to 002:151

Religion, No compulsion in – 002:257

Sin with intent vs. Mistake without intent – 002:082

 

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002:273

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                                     002:273

 

لَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكَ هُدٰٮهُمۡ وَلٰـكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَهۡدِىۡ مَنۡ يَّشَآءُ‌ ؕ   وَمَا تُنۡفِقُوۡا مِنۡ خَيۡرٍ فَلِاَنۡفُسِكُمۡ‌ؕ  وَمَا تُنۡفِقُوۡنَ اِلَّا ابۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ اللّٰهِ‌ؕ   وَمَا تُنۡفِقُوۡا مِنۡ خَيۡرٍ يُّوَفَّ اِلَيۡكُمۡ وَاَنۡـتُمۡ لَا تُظۡلَمُوۡنَ○‏

 

Lai-sa-alai-ka-ho-daa-hoom                                                                                                              Wa-laa-kin-nul-laa-ha-yah-dee-mun-ya-shaa-o                                                                         Wa-maa-toon-fay-qoo-min-khai-rin-fa-lay-un-fo-say-koom                                                    Wa-maa-toon-fay-qoo-na-il-lub-tay-ghaa-aa-wuj-hil-laa-hay                                                 Wa-maa-toon-fay-qoo-min-khai-rin-yo-wuf-fa-alai-koom                                                    Wa-un-toom-laa-tooz-la-moon

 

No binding duty on you is guiding them                                                                        But Allah guides whomever He chooses.                                                                           And what you spend out of good things is for yourself.                                         And you never spend anything except to seek the attention of Allah.              And whatever of good things you spend will be fully returned to you.              And you certainly won’t be wronged.

 

  • لَيۡسَ — Lai-sa — No (= Never; not; not all; absolute and total negation
  • عَلَيۡ — Alai– On (= Above; for; on top of; over; upon. Refers to the burden, binding duty, obligation, requirement or responsibility with which you are charged to deliver by honoring it)
  • كَ — Ka — You (= pro., s., m., 2nd person. You single male. The addressee of this divine message is initially the Holy Prophet s.a.w and secondarily every Moslem, in fact every human being. See the Note under 002:005)
  • هُدٰ ى — Ho-daa — Guiding (= n., The action of setting up someone on correct course,  linear lines, proper path, right road or wise ways)
  • ھُمۡ‌ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3 rd person. Refers to the disbelievers and heretics who have no faith in the Almighty God)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  •  لٰـكِنَّ — La-kin-na(ul) — But (= However; instead; nevertheless; yet)
  • ٱللَّهَ — Laa-ha — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
  • يَهۡدِىۡ — Yah-dee — Guides (= v., pres., Coddles on correct course; direct accurately  towards the best way; gives the best direction; leads on  linier lines; puts on proper path; shows the right road
  • مَنۡ — Mun… (..y) — Whom (= Any one; whoever; whomever; whomsoever)
  • يَّشَآءُ — Ya-shaa-o — He chooses (= v., pres., Decrees; decides; desires; destines; dictates;  likes; mandates; orders; pleases; prefers; rules; selects; wants; wills; wishes)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See  وَ  above)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — What (= All that; whatever; whatsoever. Refers to everything of value   including one’s time, talent, energy, abilities, potentials and every kind of physical assets, money, property, possessions and wealth)
  • تُنۡفِقُوۡا — Toon-fay-qoo — You spend (= v., Contribute; donate; give in charity. Expend, lay, put or use for noble purposes. Help those in need. Invest in good causes.  Practice giving alms.  You spend your  belongings, substance and wealth in the causes of Allah)
  • مِنۡۢ — Min — Out of (= Among or from the class, category or count of)
  • خَيۡرٍ — Khai-rin — Good things (=All God-given gifts and things of value such as one’s time, talent, energy, abilities and potentials and physical including all kinds of assets, money, property, possessions and wealth. A/t/a ‘pure wealth’)
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; resultantly; so; thereafter; therefore; yet)
  • لِ — Lay — For (= For the benefit, object, purpose or reason; intended for)
  • اَنۡفُسِ — Un-fo-say — Selves (= n., pl., Hearts; individuals; minds; own sake; persons;  souls)
  • كُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m & f., 2nd person. You. The Holy Qor-aan states this way when addressing both men and women  jointly)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See  وَ  above)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — Never (= Absolute negation. No. Not at all)
  • تُنۡفِقُوۡنَ — Toon-fay-qoo-na– You spend (= v., Contribute; donate; give in charity. See تُنۡفِقُوۡا above)
  • اِلَّا — Il-laa…(ub) — Except (= Apart from; besides; excluding; other than; save)
  • ابۡتِغَآءَ — (Ub) tay-ghaa-aa — Seeking (= Aspiring; desiring; going after; looking for; pursuing;  searching; trying for; wanting and wishing to get)
  • وَجۡهِ — Wuj-hay…(l) — Attention (= Countenance; face; favor; focus; pleasure)
  • اللّٰهِ — La-hay — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See  وَ  above)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — What (= All that; whatever; whatsoever. Everything of value including one’s time, talent, energy. etc. See مَاۤ above)
  • تُنۡفِقُوۡا — Toon-fay-qoo — You spend (= v., Contribute; donate; give in charity. See تُنۡفِقُوۡا above)
  • مِنۡۢ — Min — From (= From the class, category or count of; out of)
  • خَيۡرٍ — Khai-rin — Good things (=All God-given gifts and things of value. See خَيۡرٍ above)
  • يُّوَفَّ — Yo-wuf-fa — Fully returned (= v., Credited; paid back; rebounded; repaid; reversed;  rewarded)
  • اِلَيۡ — Alai — To (= In the direction of; to; towards. For the advantage)
  • كُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m & f., 2nd person. You.  See كُمۡ above)
  • وَ  — Wa — And (= pro., pl., m & f., 2nd person. You. See  وَ  above)
  • اَنۡ — Un — Certainly (= Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed;     positively; really; seriously; surely; truly; verily)
  • تُمۡ — Toom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You. The Holy Qor-aan and other scriptures state that way when they address both men and women jointly)
  • لَا — Laa — Not (= Absolute negation; denying; no; nor; not)
  • تُظۡلَمُوۡنَ — Tooz-la-moon — Wronged (= v., pass., Given less than the due or diminished returns. Dealt with or treated unfairly, unjustly, inadequately or inappropriately. Shorted. Short-changed)

** Note 002:273.  M Mohammad Ali in his Note 359 made a very significant point that strikes at the very root, and contradicts the Mullah-fabricated concept, of Jihad. He stated as follows.

The Muslim society had “to repel its enemies in the interests of its existence. It show that the Muslims did not fight to bring the disbelievers into the folds of Islam; for that, the Prophet is told in words, was not his responsibility. It was for the good of their people, the defence of the Muslim community that the Muslims were required to raise subscriptions”.

 

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002:270

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                               002:270

 

يُؤۡتِى الۡحِكۡمَةَ مَنۡ يَّشَآءُ‌‌ ۚ وَمَنۡ يُّؤۡتَ الۡحِكۡمَةَ فَقَدۡ اُوۡتِىَ خَيۡرًا كَثِيۡرًا‌ ؕ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ اِلَّاۤ اُولُوا الۡاَلۡبَابِ○‏

 

Yoe-til-hik-ma-ta-mun-ya-shaa-o                                                                                                  Wa-mun-yoe-tul-hik-ma-ta                                                                                                               Fa-qud-oo-tay-ya-khai-run-ka-thee-raa.                                                                                      Wa-maa-yuz-zuk-ka-ro-il-laa-o-lool-ul-baab.

 

He grants wisdom to whomever He chooses.                                                              And whoever is given the wisdom                                                                                     Has indeed been given a lot of good.                                                                              And none heeds except those with the understanding.

 

  • يُؤۡتِى — Yoe-tee…(l) — He grants (= v., pr., Awards; bestows; blesses; confers; gifts; gives)
  • الۡحِكۡمَةَ — Hik-ma-ta — Wisdom   *    (= Ability to distinguish good from bad, right from wrong.  Administered appropriate instruction. Comprehension;  intelligence; understanding; shrewdness.  See the Note below and our Commentary “The Wisdom”)
  • مَنۡ — Mun…(ya) — Whomever (= Anyone; what; which; who; whoever; whom)
  • يَّشَآءُ‌‌ — Ya-shaa-o — He chooses (= Decides; decrees; desires, destines, dictates; mandates, likes, orders, pleases; prefers; rules; selects; wants; wills; wishes)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • مَنۡ — Mun….(yo) — Whoever (= Anyone, what; which; who)
  • يُّؤۡتَ — Yo-ta…(ul) — Given (= v., past., pl., 2nd person. Awarded; bestowed; blessed; conferred; gifted; got; granted; handed down; received)
  • الۡحِكۡمَةَ — Hik-ma-ta — Wisdom (= Ability to distinguish good from bad, right from wrong.  Administered appropriate instruction. See  الۡحِكۡمَةَ  above
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; resultantly; so; thereafter; therefore; yet)
  • قَدۡ — Qud — Indeed (= Certainly; definitely, surely; verily)
  • اُوۡتِىَ — Oo-tay-ya — Is given (= v., pass., Awarded; bestowed; blessed; conferred; gifted; granted; handed down; has received)
  • خَيۡرًا — Khai-run — Good (= Appreciably happy or pleasant acts, benefits, blessings, bounties, deeds, favors, goodness, persons, occasions, richness or things.  2. Comparatively superior; of best,  greater, higher or more value.  3. At apex; noblest; tops)
  • كَثِيۡرًا‌ — Ka-thee-raa — Lot of (= Abundant; abundantly; again & again; a lot; ample; in exceeding quality & quantity; great deal; many; much more; multitudes; plenty; plentifully; plump; overflowing; repeatedly; repetitiously; several times. A/t/a Done a great favor)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ   above)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — None (= Nobody; no one; none at all)
  • يَذَّكَّرُ — Yuz-zuk-ka-ro — Heeds (= v., Bears in mind.  Calls to mind.  Comprehends. Gets admonished,  forewarned or reminded.  Grasps the meanings.  Pays attention.  Ponders.  Recalls.  Receives admonition. Recollects.  Reflects.  Remembers.  Takes heed. Thinks about. Understands. Undertakes to analyze, celebrate, discuss, dissect, elaborate, extol, extrapolate, grasp, glorify, interpret, join, mention, participate, remember, share, talk, translate, teach or tutor in academic discussions, community prayer groups, congregational gatherings and similar situations of invocations that follow the famous Hadeeth (quotation of the Holy Prophet, s.a.w) to the effect that Angels invoke prayers for those who sit in the gatherings that glorify Allah)
  • اِلَّا — Il-laa — Except (= Apart from; besides; excluding; save; unless)
  • اُولُوا — O-loo…(ol) — Those with (= Endowed with; master; owner; possessor; who have. Also, ‘Men of senses or understanding’)
  • الۡاَلۡبَابِ‏ — Ul-baab — Understanding (= n., Awareness; balanced view; common sense; comprehension; high intellect; pure wisdom; real sense; with clear and sound mind and wisdom. A/t/a, ‘Men of senses’ and ‘Men of understanding’)

 

* Note 002:270.  The word الۡحِكۡمَةَ has been translated in many different ways.

The literal meanings of word الۡحِكۡمَةَ (Ul-hik-mah) include the following.  Ability to distinguish good from bad, right from wrong. Administered appropriate instruction.  Balancing ability.  Comprehension. Intelligence.  Understanding.  Shrewdness.  Many verses including the 002:130, 002:152 and 002:232 have been translated with those meanings of the word.

But quoting the Tafsir At-Tabari, the eminent scholars Dr Al-Hilali and Dr Khan have translated this word in the verse 002:252 as the ‘Prophethood’ and stated as follows.

“Allah gave him[Dawud (David)] the kingdom[after the death of Talut (Saul) and Samuel] and Al-Hikmah (Prophethood) and taught him of that which He willed.”

The word الۡحِكۡمَةَ (Ul-hik-mah) has also been translated as the ‘Knowledge of Islamic laws and jurisprudence.’  Such interpretation is supported by the verse 003:066 because Abraham (a) had prayed that way many centuries before Islam and b) had practically made a forecast about the coming of the Holy Prophet s.a.w and advent of Islam.

Construing Abraham’s aforesaid prayer and forecast to translate this word as ‘Knowledge of Islamic laws and jurisprudence’ is open to the criticism (albeit unjustified in spirit) that what Abraham had sought by his invocation many centuries before Islaam could not be about Islam.

All above extrapolations are plausible in translating الۡحِكۡمَةَ as used in the verse 002:270.

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002:269

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                         002:269

 

اَلشَّيۡطٰنُ يَعِدُ كُمُ الۡـفَقۡرَ وَيَا ۡمُرُكُمۡ بِالۡفَحۡشَآءِ‌ ۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَعِدُ كُمۡ مَّغۡفِرَةً مِّنۡهُ وَفَضۡلًا ؕ وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيۡمٌۚؕ

 

Ush-shai-taa-no-ya-aiy-da-ko-mool-fuk-ra                                                                                  Wa-yau-mo-ro-ko-mool-fah-shaa-aiy                                                                                            Wul-laa-ho-ya-aiy-do-toom-mugh-fay-ra-ton                                                                             Min-ho-wa-fudz-laa.                                                                                                                        Wul-laa-ho-waa-say-oon-alee-m.

 

The Satan promises you poverty                                                                                           And incites you to wicked ways.                                                                                        And by God Allah promises you forgiveness                                                                     And abundance from Him.                                                                                                        And by God Allah is All-Embracing, All-knowing.

 

  • اَلشَّيۡطٰنُ — Ush-shai-taa-no — The Satan (= n., s., A bad, evil or false deity, friend, leader or Satanic companion. The devil. The Evil Embodiment. The evil One. The evil spirited person. The evil personified. Polytheist. Rebellious ringleader. Also, a hypocrite; an idol-worshipper)
  • يَعِدُ — Ya-aiy-do — Promises (= v., pres., s., m., 3rd person. Assures; guarantees; gives   out or holds out his word; incites; lures; pledges; prompts; spurs; swears; tempts; undertakes; urges; vouches. A/t/a, Satan threatens with the poverty unless you commit lewd or niggardly acts to avoid poverty, become rich and, accumulate wealth)
  • کُمُ — Ko-mo…(ol) — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person., You. The Holy Qor-aan states that way when addressing both men and women jointly
  • الۡـفَقۡرَ — Fuk-ra — Poverty (= Destitution; straitened situation)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • يَاۡ مُرُ — Yau-mo-ro —  He incites (= v., pres., s., 3rd person. Here the word describes Satan’s actions towards man and can be translated as he bids, enjoins, exhorts, directs, incites, instructs, moves, motivates, prompts, spurs, spurts, tempts or urges   deviously, secretly, sneakily and underhandedly.   For translations of this word when used to describe man’s actions towards fellow human beings and God’s actions towards man, see our commentary titled as the ‘Commandments and Prohibitions‘)
  • کُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person., You. See  کُمُ  above)
  • بِ — B…(il) — With (= The Arabic word  بِ  literally means ‘with’ in English)
  • الۡفَحۡشَآءِ‌ — Fah-shaa-aiy — Wicked ways (= n., pl., Abominations.  Indecencies.  Illegalities. Inherently bad, evil, foul, immoral, improper, lewd, obscene, repulsive, shameful, sinful or unseemly acts, conducts, deeds, practices or things. Violations. A/t/a niggardliness or tenaciousness)
  • وَ — Wa… (ul) — And (= The وَ  vaao is tantamount to taking oath; solemn declaration or calling as a witness.  Normally a Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; also; and; but; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
  • يَعِدُ — Ya-aiy-do — Promises (= v., pres., s., m., 3rd person. Assures. See  يَعِدُ  above)
  • کُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person., You. See  کُمُ  above)
  • مَّغۡفِرَةً — Mugh-fay-ra-ton — Forgiveness (= n., Excusing; looking over; pardon; protection; salvation)
  • مِّنَ — Min — From (= From the class, category, count or person of)
  • هُ — Ho — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the Almighty God)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • فَضۡلًا — Fudz-laa — Abundance (= Abundant blessing; affluence; bounty; kindness;  plenteous goodness)

   {The next 4 words are identical to those in 002:262}

  • وَ — Wa (..ul) — And (= The وَ  vaao is tantamount to taking oath; solemn declaration or calling as a witness.  Normally a Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; also; and; but; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
  • وَاسِعٌ — Waa-say-oon — All-Embracing (= superlative form indicates the biggest, the greatest and the highest highlighting that none more than Him is Generous and Enormous Whose Wide Watch extends everywhere. All-Pervading. Amply giving. Infinitely Bountiful. Munificent. Omnipresent.  Who fills needs of all His creatures. Persistently plentiful in Abundance. Unimaginably Expansive. Vastly Sufficient)
  • عَلِيۡمٌ‏ — Alee-m — All-Knowing (= superlative form indicates the greatest, the highest, the most, and highlights that none more than Him knows, is knowing. Informed to the maximum. Has total and perfect knowledge. Has nothing out of sight. Knows all.  Nothing whatever is beyond or out of His knowing.  Well-Acquainted. Well-Aware. Most Knowledgeable
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002:267

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                           002:267

 

اَيَوَدُّ اَحَدُ كُمۡ اَنۡ تَكُوۡنَ لَهٗ جَنَّةٌ مِّنۡ نَّخِيۡلٍ وَّاَعۡنَابٍ تَجۡرِىۡ مِنۡ تَحۡتِهَا الۡاَنۡهٰرُۙ لَهٗ فِيۡهَا مِنۡ كُلِّ الثَّمَرٰتِۙ وَاَصَابَهُ الۡكِبَرُ وَلَهٗ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَآءُ  ۖۚ فَاَصَابَهَاۤ اِعۡصَارٌ فِيۡهِ نَارٌ فَاحۡتَرَقَتۡ‌ؕ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَـكُمُ الۡاٰيٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَفَكَّرُوۡنَ

     

Aa-ya-wud-do-aa-ha-da-koom-un-ta-koo-na-la-hoo                                                                Jun-na-toon-min-na-khee-lin-wa-au-naa-bin                                                                               Tuj-ree-min-tah-tay-hul-un-haa-ro                                                                                                  La-hoo-fee-haa-min-kool-lith-tha-ma-raa-tay                                                                              Wa-asaa-ba-hool-kay-ba-ro                                                                                                                 Wa-la-hoo-zoor-ree-ya-toon-dzo-aa-faa-o                                                                                       Fa-asaa-ba-haa-aiy-saa-roon-fee-hay                                                                                            Naa-roon-fauh-ta-ra-qut                                                                                                                     Ka-zaa-lay-ka-yo-buy-yay-nool-laa-ho-la-ko-mool                                                                       Aaa-yaa-tay-la-ul-la-koom-ta-ta-fuk-ka-roo-n.

 

Would anyone of you like that he has                                                                                   A garden of date-palms and grapes                                                                                    Flowing underneath it are the rivers.                                                                                  For him therein are all kinds of fruits.                                                                            And old age has reached him                                                                                                   And he has kids – weak and vulnerable.                                                                              Then a whirlwind has reached it                                                                                            In it a fire so it (the fire) burnt it (the garden) down.                                                    Like this Allah explains to you                                                                                            The signs so that you reflect. **

 

  • أ — Aa — Would (= Question mark. Equivalent to Can, Do, Does or Will)
  • يَوَدُّ — Ya-wud-do — Like (= v., pres., Cherish; crave; desire; long for; love; seek; want; willingly go after; wish)
  • اَحَدُ — Aa-ha-do — Anyone (= One. A single person)
  • کُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You. The Holy Qor-aan states this way when addressing both men and women jointly
  • اَنۡ — Un — That (= If; in case)
  • تَكُوۡنَ — Ta-koo-na — Has been ( =v., 3rd person. Used to. Conveys continuation. Indicates an act’s continuity from the past to the present and leading into the future, such as ‘continued doing’ or ‘went on doing’)
  • لَ — La — For (=1. For the attention, benefit, convenience, credit, object, determination, person, purpose; reason; to; towards)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid person)
  • جَنَّةٌ — Jun-na-toon — Garden (= See the Commentary tiled as “The Paradise“ )
  • مِّنۡ — Min — From       *       (= From the class, category, count or out of.  A translator added “planted with” without original text saying that)
  • نَّخِيۡلٍ — Na-khee-lin — Date palms (= Palms that bear the fruit of dates)
  • وَّ — Wa –And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • اَعۡنَابٍ — Au-naa-bin — Grapes (= Vines; Vineyards)
  • تَجۡرِىۡ  —  Tuj-ree — Flowing (= v., Carrying stuff; coursing; cruising; moving about; running; running with irrigation water; sailing. A/t/a ‘served with’)
  • مِنۡۢ — Min — From (= From the class, category or count of; out of)
  • تَحۡتِ — Tah-tay — Underneath (= Below; beneath; in; sub-soil; through; underground)
  • هَا — Ha…(ul) — It (= Them; those ‘shown, specified or stated right here’)
  • الۡاَنۡهٰرُ — Un-haa-ro — Rivers (= n., pl., Bodies of abundant supplies of water; running streams; source of plenteous underground moisture)
  • لَ — La — For (= Belonging; for the attention, benefit, convenience, credit, object, determination, person or purpose)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid person)
  • فِىۡ — Fee — In (= Contained or located inside)
  • هَا — Haa — It (= pro., s., f., 3rd person., Refers to aforesaid thing. In instant case ‘the garden’)
  • مِنۡۢ —  Min — From (= From the class, category or count of; out of)
  • كُلِّ — Kool…(ith) — Full (= All; total; entire; whole; every kind of)
  • الثَّمَرٰتِ — Tha-ma-raa-tay — Fruits (= n., pl., 1. Fruits; crops harvested; edibles produced by or from the plants and trees; yield.  2. Fruits of effort made, labor performed, service rendered or toil done. Gains from using one’s abilities, blessings, capabilities; capacities, faculties, qualities, talents one has or possesses. Usufruct of the assets, education, facilities, opportunities or qualifications one acquires)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Additionally; in addition to; also.  See وَّ  above)
  • اَصَابَ — Asaa-ba — Reached (= v., past., m., Arrived; came to; delivered; fell upon; hit;  landed on; overcome; overtook; reached; smite; struck; touched. Here the coming of old age implies its slowly but surely catching up with the owner of the garden)
  • هُ — Ho…(ol) — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid person)
  • الۡكِبَرُ — Kay-ba-ro — Old age (= Pensioners’ age; senior citizens; well-advanced in age)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Additionally; in addition to; also.  See وَّ  above)
  • لَ — La — For (= For the attention, benefit, convenience, credit, object, determination, person, purpose; reason; to; towards)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid person)
  • ذُرِّيَّةٌ — Zoor-ree-ya-toon — Children (= Children; descendants; family; future generations; kids; race; offspring)
  • ضُعَفَآءُ — Dzo-aa-faa-o — Very weak  *  (= pl., Feeble; in capable of taking care of themselves; small; unable to fend for themselves; vulnerable; weak and young. One translator added “helpless children to support“ without the original text stating all that)
  • فَ  — Fa — Then (= All of a sudden; suddenly out of the blue)
  • اَصَابَ — Asaa-ba — Reached (= v., past., Arrived; came; fell on; hit; landed; overtook;  struck; smitten by. Here the word implies a whirlwind suddenly and violently striking the garden)
  • هَا — Haa — It (= pro., s., f., 3rd person. This pronoun pointing to a thing in feminine gender refers to aforesaid جَنَّةٌ (garden)
  • اِعۡصَارٌ — Aiy-saa-roon — Whirlwind (= Fiery whirlwind. Tornado. A fierce hurricane, storm or typhoon on land that may or may not have arisen out of ocean waters)
  • فِىۡ — Fee — In (= Contained or located inside; carrying)
  • هِ — Hay — It (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid whirlwind)
  • نَارٌ‌ — Naa-roon — Fire (= Blaze; flames)
  • فَ — Fa…(h) — So (= Consequently; as a result; thus; thereafter; therefore)
  • احۡتَرَقَتۡ — Ah-ta-ra-kut — Burnt down * (= v., Scorched; torched it down. A translator said it was “planted with … all manner of fruits … blasted and consumed by” without the original text stating all that)
  • كَ — Ka — Like     *       (= Example; identical to; resembling; similar to; similar;    similitude.  The concept from here till the end of this verse is stated earlier in the verse 002:220)
  • َذٰلِكَ — Zaa-lay-ka — This is how (= Refers to the aforesaid statements)
  • يُبَيِّنُ — Yo-buy-yay-no(ol) — Makes clear (= Clarifies; elaborates; espouses; explains; expounds; makes crystal clear, plain and obvious)
  • اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
  • لَ — La — For (= For the benefit, object, purpose or reason)
  • كُمُ — Ko-mo…(l) — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person.,  You. The Holy Qor-aan states that way when addressing both men and women jointly)
  • الۡاٰيٰتِ — Aa-yaa-tay — Signs (= pl of., 1. Manifestation; message; narrative; revelation; verse.   2. Command; direction; evidence; law; order.  3. Corroboration; indication; lesson; portent; proof; pointer; symbol; token.  4. Every element to create the  crystal clear picture leading to an absolute conviction.   5. Argument, part or portion that highlights or points to something)
  • لَعَلَّ — La-ul-la — So that (= Haply; hopefully; in order that; wishing the result to be)
  • کُمۡ —  Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person.,  You. The Holy Qor-aan states that way when addressing both men and women jointly)
  • تَتَفَكَّرُوۡنَ — Ta-ta-fuk-ka-roo-n — May reflect  (= Give some thought; consider; ponder; think about)

 

* Note 002:267. The translation of the last part is ‘This is how Allah makes the revelations clear to you so that you will reflect.’  The original text has used the pronoun ‘koom’ twice and underscored the emphasis on ‘you’ as the addressee.  Paraphrasing this sentence by using ‘you’ only once as the English language would ordinarily do has been avoided here intentionally. See another example under 002:243.

But some examples of paraphrasing like the following are significant.  The translator there has conveyed the gist in his own words rather than providing an accurate translation of the original text. “Would any of you, being a man well-advanced in age with helpless children to support, wish to have his garden planted with palm-trees, vines and all manner of fruits, and watered by running streams – blasted and consumed by a fiery whirlwind”? – N. J. Dawood

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002:266

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                          002:266

 

وَمَثَلُ الَّذِيۡنَ يُنۡفِقُوۡنَ اَمۡوَالَهُمُ ابۡتِغَآءَ مَرۡضَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَ تَثۡبِيۡتًا مِّنۡ اَنۡفُسِهِمۡ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍۢ بِرَبۡوَةٍ اَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَاٰتَتۡ اُكُلَهَا ضِعۡفَيۡنِ‌ۚ فَاِنۡ لَّمۡ يُصِبۡهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ‌ؕ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ بَصِيۡرٌ○‏

 

Wa-ma-tha-lool-la-zee-na-yoon-fay-qoo-na                                                                                Um-waa-la-ho-moob-tay-ghaa-aa-mur-dzaa-til-laa-hay                                                          Wa-tuth-be-ton-min-un-fo-say-him                                                                                                Ka-ma-tha-lay-jun-na-tin-bay-rub-wa-tin.                                                                               Asaa-ba-haa-waa-bay-loon-fa-aa-tut-dzay-fai-nay                                                                    Fa-in-lum-yo-sib-haa-waa-bay-loon-fa-tul-loon.                                                                          Wul-laa-ho-bay-maa-tau-ma-loo-na-ba-see-r.

 

The example of those who spend                                                                                         Their assets to seek pleasure of Allah                                                                                  And to strengthen their own hearts                                                                                Have the likeness of (=are like) a garden with a height.                                              Heavy rain struck it. So its harvest came twice as much.                                              But if no heavy rain reaches it, then light rain suffices.                                              And by God Allah is the Seer with all you do.

 

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Additionally; in addition to; also)
  • مَثَلُ — Ma-tha-lool — Example (= Alike; duplicate; identical; illustration. Comparable in case, kind, likeness, looks, quality, recital, similarity; similitude. Of comparable, kind, quality shape or type)
  • ٱلَّذِينَ — La-zee-na — Those who (= Refers to ‘all those men, masculine gender’)
  • يُنفِقُونَ — Yoon-fay-qoo-na — They spend (= v., pres., pl., 3rd person. Contribute, donate, expend, give, invest, lay out, put or use. The Holy Qor-aan has used this word for any or all above acts done for any charity, good cause, noble purpose or poor person)
  • اَمۡوَالَ — Um-waa-la — Assets (= n., pl of: Money; property; resource; valuable; wealth.  See the Note 002:262)
  • هُمُ — Ho-mo — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid spenders)
  • ابۡتِغَآءَ — (O)b-tay-ghaa-aa — Seeking (= Aspiring; desiring; going after; looking for; pursuing; searching; trying for; wanting and wishing to get)
  • مَرۡضَاتِ — Mur-dzaa-t(il) — Pleasure (= Appreciation; approval; satisfaction)
  • اللّٰهِ — Laa-hay — Allah (= The Almighty God; the One Only worthy of worship)
  • وَ  — Wa — And (= Additionally; in addition to; also)
  • تَثۡبِيۡتًا — Tuth-be-ton — Strengthen (= Cement, consolidate, make strong, reassure, reinforce or support themselves or their inner selves)
  • مِّنۡ — Min — From (= From the class, category or count of; out of)
  • اَنۡفُسِ — Un-fo-say — Hearts (= n., pl., Their own inner selves. The core or deep down the inside of one’s heart; souls; spirits)
  • هِمۡ — Him — Their (= pro., pl., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid spenders)
  • كَ — Ka — Like (= Identical to; resembling; similar to)
  • مَثَلِ — Ma-tha-lay — Example (= Alike; duplicate; identical; illustration. Comparable in case, kind, likeness, looks, quality, recital, similarity; similitude. Of comparable, kind, quality shape or type)
  • جَنَّةٍۢ — Jun-na-tin — Garden (= Orchard.  See the Commentary tiled as “The Paradise“)
  • بِ — Bay — With (= The Arabic word  بِ  literally means ‘with’ in English. But translating it with an ‘in’ or ‘on’ is also acceptable)
  • رَبۡوَةٍ — Rub-wa-tin — A height    *      (= Fertile ground on an elevated ground or plateau; high on higher land or on a high hill, on hill-side or plateau)
  • اَصَابَ — Asaa-ba — Struck (= v., past., m., 3rd person. Affected; arrived; befallen; befell; came to; fell on; hit; landed on; overcame; overtook; reached; smut; struck; suffered by; touched; was delivered. A/t/a, ‘falls’ which as a verb in the present tense is an inaccurate translation of what the Holy Qor-aan has stated as a verb in the past tense)
  • هَا — Haa — It (= pro., s., f., 3rd person., Refers to the aforesaid garden)
  • وَابِلٌ — Waa-bay-loon — Heavy rain (= Heavy shower; rain-storm; torrential rain)
  • فَ — Fa — So (= Consequently; as a result; then; thereafter; therefore)
  • اٰتَتۡ‌ — Aa-tut —  She/it Came (= v., Brought forth; came out with; delivered; grew; produced; sprouted)
  • اُكُلَ — O-ko-la — Harvest (= Crop; fruit; output; produce; yield)
  • هَا — Haa — Its  (= pro., s., f., 3rd person., Refers to the aforesaid garden)
  • ضِعۡفَيۡنِ‌ — Dzay-fai-nay — Twice as much (= Double or two-fold increases in its normal harvest; manifold)
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; thereafter; therefore)
  • اِنۡ — In — If (= Even if; in case)
  •  لَمۡ — Lum — No (= Never; no, not at all)
  • يُصِبۡ — Yo-sib — Reaches (= v., [Modzaaray = Present participle that covers both the present and future tense] Arrives; comes; falls on; hits; lands on; overtakes; strikes; smites)
  • هَا — Haa —  It (= pro., s., f., 3rd person., Refers to the aforesaid garden)
  • وَابِلٌ — Waa-bay-loon — Heavy rain (= Heavy shower; rain-storm; torrential rain)
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; then; thereafter; therefore)
  • طَلٌّ‌ — Tul-loon — Light rain (= Little moisture, small drizzle or water from the dew suffices it)
  • وَ — Wa…(ul) — And (=وَ vaao is tantamount to taking oath; solemn declaration)
  • اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
  • بِمَا — Bay-maa — Whatever (= Combination of two words. بِ  means ‘with / in’ and مَاۤ   means ‘all that, whatever, whatsoever or whenever.’  The combination بِمَا  (bay-maa) means ‘with all that, whatever, whatsoever or whenever’)
  • تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ — Tau-ma-loona — You do (= Act; perform)
  • بَصِيۡرٌ — Ba-see-r — Seer (= superlative form indicates the greatest, the highest, the most. and highlights that none sees more than Him. All-seeing; look out; looks after; mindful; observer; overseer; one who takes cognizance very well; sees well as the top-seer; watch; watchful)

 

* 002:266.  Some translations of this verse reflect how apparently trivial differences can magnify into huge issues. The translation of the original text is ‘garden on or with a height.’

A translation ‘Garden situated on a highly fertile land’ obviously missed the word  بِ  between the garden and height.  The repercussions of using the phrase of a highly fertile land precipitated some one-half of a century later.

Ahmadis Moslems in 1947 migrated from India to Pakistan.  They bought a barren tract of water-less salinity-rich land and settled on it. They named it  رَبۡوَةٍ   (Rabwah] and that in about 50 years grew into a sizeable city. Pakistani Legislators did not like Ahmadies using the name of Rabwah [رَبۡوَةٍ with the alleged and assumed meanings of a highly fertile land] for the city Ahmadies had built from a scratch. So the Legislator used legislative power to legislatively change the name of the city from  رَبۡوَةٍ to Chenab Nagar.

It is not known how many of the Pakistani Legislators actually knew the Arabic enough to even know the difference between  رَبۡوَةٍ جَنَّةٍۢ  and جَنَّةٍۢ بِرَبۡوَةٍ.  But they could not have felt so aggressively offended if their Mullah community had not infuriated them by mistranslating the original text with — instead of without — the word  بِ  between the garden and the height.

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002:265

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                              002:265

 

يٰۤـاَيُّهَا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَا تُبۡطِلُوۡا صَدَقٰتِكُمۡ بِالۡمَنِّ وَالۡاَذٰىۙ كَالَّذِىۡ يُنۡفِقُ مَالَهٗ رِئَآءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالۡيَوۡمِ الۡاٰخِرِ‌ؕ فَمَثَلُهٗ كَمَثَلِ صَفۡوَانٍ عَلَيۡهِ تُرَابٌ فَاَصَابَهٗ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهٗ صَلۡدًا‌ؕ لَا يَقۡدِرُوۡنَ عَلٰى شَىۡءٍ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوۡا ‌ؕ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهۡدِى الۡقَوۡمَ الۡـكٰفِرِيۡنَ○‏

 

Yaa-auy-yo-hul-la-zee-na-aa-ma-noo                                                                                               Laa-toob-tay-loo-sa-da-qaa-tay-koom                                                                                           Bil-mun-nay-wul-aa-zaa                                                                                                                      Kul-la-ze-yoon-fay-qo-maa-la-hoo-ray-aa-un-naa-say                                                                Wa-laa-yoe-may-no-bil-laa-hay-wul-yao-mil-aa-khir.                                                              Fa-ma-tha-la-hoo-ka-mith-lay-suf-waa-nin                                                                                  Alai-hay-to-raa-boon-fa-aa-saa-ba-hoo                                                                                        Waa-bsy-loon-fa-ta-ra-ka-hoo-sul-daa.                                                                                           Laa-yoq-da-roo-na-alaa-sha-in-mim-maka-sa-oo.                                                                     Wul-laa-ho-laa-yah-dil-qao-mil-kaa-fay-ree-n.

 

Listen, you all who have believed!                                                                                         Do not void your charities                                                                                                         With the reminders of generosity and injury                                                                     Like him who spends his wealth as a show-off to the people                                       And does not believe in Allah and the Coming Day.                                                      So his example is like that of a smooth rock                                                                  On which there is fine dust; then struck it                                                                          Heavy rain and left behind it totally bare.                                                                          They have no control over what they earned.                                                              And surely Allah does not guide the ungrateful people.

 

The Holy Qor-aan has used the Phrase Yaa-auy-yo-hul-la-zee-na-aa-ma-noo many times

  • يٰۤ — Yaa — Listen (= Be attentive; hearken; pay attention; O!)
  • اَيُّهَا — Auy-yo-ha(ul) — You all (= All addressees; entire audience; whole lot of listeners)
  • ٱلَّذِينَ — Ul-la-zee-na — Those who (= pl., m, 3rd person. Those articles, things or persons
  • اٰمَنُوۡۤ — Aa-ma-noo — They Believed (= v., past., pl., 3rd person. Believed in the Holy Qor-aan; became Moslems. Accepted, acknowledged, admitted or witnessed their entry in Iss-laam. See Commentaries like Islam – 101, Phrase Aa-ma-noo-wa-aa-may-loos … and Believe and Disbelieve that floodlight other aspects how the Holy Qor-aan has used this word)
  •  لَا — Laa — Do not (= Absolute negation; denying; no; nor; not)
  • تُبۡطِلُوۡا — Toob-tay-loo — You void (= Cancel; falsify; mar; negate; nullify; spoil; ruin. Make or render null, vain, void or worthless)
  • صَدَقٰتِ — Sa-da-qaa-tay — Charities (= n., pl., Acts of kindnesses; alms; almsgiving; charitable contributions; donations; generosities; generous giving; good deeds; real noble expenditures; sincere spending in causes of Allah; true charities. A/t/a Acts, ideas, plans, public performance, scheme or thoughts relative to the charities)
  • كُمۡ — Koom — Your (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You. The Holy Qor-aan states this way when addressing both men and women jointly
  •   بِ — Bay…(l) — With (= The Arabic word  بِ  literally means ‘with’ in English)
  • الۡمَنِّ — Mun-nay — Reminders (= n., Ironic jeering; contempt; disparagement; disrespect; insult; malicious digging in; mocking; reminder of generosity; reproach; sarcasm; scorn; teasing; taunt. Also show of obligation)
  • وَ — Wa…(ul) — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • الۡاَذٰى — Aa-zaa — Injury (= n., Act that harms or hurts physically; a psychological or social insult; words that cause humiliation, injury, insult, pain or stress to the recipient of the aforesaid charity, donation or contribution. Also, mischief-making)
  • كَ — Ka…(ul) — Like (= Identical with; in resemblance with; similar to)
  • الَّذِىۡ — La-zee — Him who (= s., m., 3rd person article, thing or person; he; who)

{ The essence of the next 14 words is repeated in 004:039 }

  • يُنۡفِقُ — Yoon-fay-qo — Spends(= v., pres., s., 3rd person. Contributes, donates, expends, gives, invests, lays out, puts or uses. The Holy Qor-aan has used this word for any or all above acts done for any charity, good cause, noble purpose or poor person)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — All that (= What; whatever or whatsoever)
  • لَ — La — Belongs to (= For, for the benefit, purpose or reason, or owned by.  See Note 002:262 to realize مَا ل as a combination of two words which as a single word mean all and everything that a person has, owns or controls.  As such this word includes all his (1) affluence, gains, goods, moneys possessions, properties, riches, substance and wealth and (2) time, talent and tasks that produce positives results in far bigger, broader and wider scale, scope, segment and situations that improve others individual and societal lives)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid person who contributes and donates his assets)
  • رِئَآءَ — Ray-aa-un — Show off (= n., Affectation; artifice; demonstration; display; ploy; exhibit; flamboyance; for only the eyes of the people; illusionary; just to be seen; make-belief; ostentation; pretension; put up; showiness; brazenness; view)
  • النَّاسِ — Naa-say — The people (= Factions; folks; mankind; groups; men; nations; tribes. Human beings. All people regardless of color, creed, culture or country of origin)
  • وَ — Wa– And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; See وَ  above)
  •  لَا — Laa — Not at all (= Absolutely not; no; never)
  • يُؤۡمِنُ — Yoe-may-no — Believe (= Becomes a believer; enters faith)
  • بِ — B…(il) — In (= About; of; in reference to; relative to; with. This word in Arabic word literally means ‘with’, but used with Allah conveys more accurately with the translation of ‘in’)
  • اللّٰهِ — Laa-hay — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
  • وَ — Wa…(ul) — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; See وَ  above)
  • الۡيَوۡمِ — Yao-m…(il) — Day (= Time; end of period or term)
  • الۡاٰخِرِ‌ — Aa-khay-ray — Coming (= Last; later; Judgment Day; Reincarnation; yet to come)
  • فَ — Fa — So (= Consequently; in result; so; thereafter; therefore; thus)
  • مَثَلُ — Ma-tha-lo — Example (= Alike; duplicate; identical; illustration. Comparable in  case, kind, likeness, looks, quality, recital, similarity; similitude. Of comparable, kind, quality shape or type)
  • هٗ — Hoo — His (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid person who contributes and donates his assets)
  • كَ — Ka — Like (= Identical with; in resemblance with; similar to)
  • مَثَلِ — Ma-tha-lay — Example (= Alike; duplicate; identical; illustration. Comparable in  case, kind, likeness, looks, quality, recital, similarity; similitude. Of comparable, kind, quality shape or type)
  • صَفۡوَانٍ — Suf-waa-nin — Smooth rock (= Barren rock; rock that by long exposure to natural elements has turned very smooth on its surface)
  • عَلَيۡ — Alai — On (= Above; for; over; to; upon)
  • هِ — Hay — it (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid smooth rock)
  • تُرَابٌ — To-raa-boon — Fine dust (= Dirt; earth; thin layer of well-ground dust; soft coat of dust)
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; in result; so; thereafter; therefore; thus)
  • اَصَابَ — Aa-saa-ba — Struck (= v., past., m., 3rd person. Affected; arrived; befallen; befell; came to; fell on; hit; landed on; overcame; overtook; reached; smut; struck; suffered by; touched; was delivered. A/t/a, ‘falls’ which as a verb in the present tense is an inaccurate translation of what the Holy Qor-aan has stated as a verb in the past tense)
  • هٗ — Hoo — It (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid smooth rock)
  • وَابِلٌ — Waa-bay-loon — Heavy rain (= Heavy shower; rain-storm; torrential rain)
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; in result; so; thereafter; therefore; thus)
  • تَرَكَ — Ta-ra-ka — Left behind (= v., past., s., 3rd person. Abandoned; deserted; discarded; disowned; forsaken; redundant rejected; treated useless)
  • هٗ — Hoo — It (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the aforesaid smooth rock)
  • صَلۡدًا — Sul-daa — Totally bare (= Barren; naked with no trace of former cover of thin dust; totally bare and hard. A/t/a, washed it clean )
  •  لَا — Laa — Do not (= Absolute negation; denying; no; nor; not)
  • يَقۡدِرُوۡنَ  — Yuq-day-roo-na — They control (= v., pl., Able to gain, have or secure authority, domain or power)
  • عَلَى — Alaa — Over (= Above; for; on; upon)
  • شَىۡءٍ — Shai-in — Anything (= Aught; to the least)
  • مِّمَّا — Mim-maa — Out of what (= Combination of two words. The first word  مِنۡ (min)  means among, from or out of the class, category, kind count or several persons or things. The second word  مَاۤ (maa) means all that, what or whatever. See 002:203)  
  • كَسَبُوۡا — Ka-sa-boo — They earned (= past., s., m., 3rd person. Accomplished; accumulated; achieved; acquired; bagged; brought about; committed; completed; earned; did; gained; gathered; secured; received in recompense for putting in effort; won. A/t/a, ‘They imagined that they had earned’)
  • وَ — Wa (..ul) — And surely (= Used here as the word of oath or solemn declaration)
  • اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
  •  لَا — Laa — Not (= Absolute negation; denying; no; nor; not)
  • يَهۡدِى — Yah-de…(il) — Guides (= v., pres., Coddles on correct course; direct accurately  towards the best way; gives the best direction; leads on linier lines; puts on proper path; shows the right road)
  • الۡقَوۡمَ — Qao-ma…(ul) — The people (= Folks; nation; men at large)
  • الۡـكٰفِرِيۡنَ — Kaa-fay-ree-n — Ungrateful (= 1. Thankless; unappreciative.  2. Deniers; disbelievers; infidels; unbelievers)
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002:264

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                                    002:264

 

  قَوۡلٌ مَّعۡرُوۡفٌ وَّمَغۡفِرَةٌ خَيۡرٌ مِّنۡ صَدَقَةٍ يَّتۡبَعُهَاۤ اَذًى‌ؕ وَاللّٰهُ غَنِىٌّ حَلِيۡمٌ

 

Qao-loon-mau-roo-foon-wa-mugh-fay-raa-toon                                                                     Khai-roon-min-sa-da-qa-tin-yut-ba-o-haa-azun                                                                         Wul-laa-ho-gha-nee-yoon-ha-leem

 

One kind word and forgiveness (are)                                                                                  Better than a charity that’s followed by injury.                                                                 And by God Allah is Self-sufficient, Extremely Tolerant.

 

  • قَوۡلٌ — Qao-loon — One word (= Advice; saying; speech; talk; word)
  • مَّعۡرُوۡفٌ  Mau-roo-foon —  Kind (= Appropriate; customary, decent, equitable, fair,  generous, graceful, honorable, just, kind, legal, proper, reasonable, suitable or within rights)
  • وَّ — Wa — And (= Additionally in addition to; also)
  • مَغۡفِرَةٌ — Mugh-fay-ra-toon — Forgiveness (= n., Accommodation; covering faults; excusing; forbearing; forgiving; tolerating)
  • خَيۡرٌ — Khai-roon — Better (= Appreciable, happy or pleasant act, deed, thing, person or occasion. Preferable alternative. Comparatively superior; of greater, higher or more value)
  • مِّنۡ — Min — From (= Compared with; out of a large number of choices)
  • صَدَقَةٍ — Sa-da-qa-tin — A charity (= n., s., Act of true kindness; charitable contribution; donation)
  • يَّتۡبَعُ — Yut-ba-o — Followed by (= v., s., Ended, pursue or tailed by)
  • هَا — Haa — That (= Refers to the aforesaid act of kindness)
  • اَذًى — A-zun — Injury (= n., Act that harms or hurts physically; a psychological or social insult; words that cause humiliation, injury, insult, pain or stress to the recipient of aforesaid charity, contribution or donation – A/t/a mischief-making)
  • وَ — Wa…(ul) — And (= The وَ  vaao is tantamount to taking oath; solemn declaration or calling as a witness. Normally a Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; also; and; but; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah (= The One and the Only One Almighty God)
  • غَنِىٌّ — Gha-nee-yoon — Self-sufficient (= superlative form indicates the greatest, the highest, the most and highlights that none more than Him is far above needing anyone. Beyond need of or dependence on anybody. Free of wanting anything. Has no wants. Independent)
  • حَلِيۡمٌ‏ — Ha-lee-m — All-Forbearing (= superlative form indicates the greatest, the highest, the most and highlights that none more than Him is Who accommodates, excuses, forbears, overlooks, pardons, puts up with, and tolerates. Extremely Tolerant. Highly Indulgent. Most Forbearing)
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