Surah 107. Al-Ma'un, Ayah 1
| أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِ |
| Transliteration | : | 'a- ra'ayta 'alladhe yukadhdhib bi- ad- den |
| Pickthall | : | Hast thou observed him who belieth religion? |
| Asad | : | HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law?1 |
| Malik | : | Have you seen the one who denies the Day of Judgment? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Seest thou one who denies the Judgment (to come)? 6281 |
Note - 1I.e., who denies that there is any objective validity in
religion as such and, thus, in the concept of moral law
(which is one of the primary connotations of the term din
- cf. note [3] on 109:6). Some commentators are of the
opinion that in the above context din signifies
"judgment", i.e., the Day of Judgment, and interpret this
phrase as meaning "who calls the Day of Judgment a lie".
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Note - 6281Din may mean either (1) the Judgment to come, the
responsibility in the moral and spiritual world, for all
actions done by men, or (2) Faith, Religion, the
principles of right and wrong in spiritual matters, which
often conflict with selfish desires or predilections. It
is men who deny Faith or future responsibility, that
treat the helpless with contempt and lead arrogant
selfish lives.
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I.e., who denies that there is any objective validity in religion as such and, thus, in the concept of moral law (which is one of the primary connotations of the term din - cf. note [3] on 109:6). Some commentators are of the opinion that in the above context din signifies "judgment", i.e., the Day of Judgment, and interpret this phrase as meaning "who calls the Day of Judgment a lie". |
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Din may mean either (1) the Judgment to come, the responsibility in the moral and spiritual world, for all actions done by men, or (2) Faith, Religion, the principles of right and wrong in spiritual matters, which often conflict with selfish desires or predilections. It is men who deny Faith or future responsibility, that treat the helpless with contempt and lead arrogant selfish lives. |
