Surah 11. Hud, Ayah 113
| وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- laa tarkano 'ilaa 'alladhena z.alamo fa- tamass -kum an- naar wa- maa la- -kum min doni 'allaah min awliyaa' thumma laa tuns.aron |
| Pickthall | : | And incline not toward those who do wrong lest the Fire touch you, and ye have no protecting friends against Allah, and afterward ye would not be helped. |
| Asad | : | And do not incline towards, nor rely upon, those who are bent on evildoing142 lest the fire [of the hereafter] touch you: for [then] you would have none to protect you from God, nor would you ever be succoured [by Him].143 |
| Malik | : | Do not be inclined to those who are unjust, lest you be seized by the fire; and you will not have any protector besides Allah, nor you shall be helped. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And incline not to those who do wrong or the Fire will seize you; and ye have no protectors other than Allah nor shall ye be helped. |
Note - 142The verb rakana comprises the concepts of inclining (in
one's feelings or opinions) towards, as well as of
relying on, someone or something, and cannot be
translated by a single word; hence my composite rendering
of the phrase la tarkanu. The use of the past tense in
alladhina ,zalamu indicates - as is often the case in the
Qur'an - deliberate and persistent evildoing; this term
is. therefore, suitably rendered as "those who are bent
on evildoing".
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Note - 143According to Zamakhshari, the particle thumma at the
beginning of this last clause does not signify a sequence
in time ("and then" or "afterwards") but, rather, a
stress on the impossibility (istib'ad) of their ever
being succoured by God.
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The verb rakana comprises the concepts of inclining (in one's feelings or opinions) towards, as well as of relying on, someone or something, and cannot be translated by a single word; hence my composite rendering of the phrase la tarkanu. The use of the past tense in alladhina ,zalamu indicates - as is often the case in the Qur'an - deliberate and persistent evildoing; this term is. therefore, suitably rendered as "those who are bent on evildoing". |
