Surah 15. Al-Hijr, Ayah 60
| إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | 'illaa imra'ah -hu qaddarnaa 'inna -haa la- min al- ghaabiren |
| Pickthall | : | Except his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should be of those who stay behind. |
| Asad | : | excepting only his wife, [of whom God says,] 'We have ordained [that], behold, she should be among those who stay behind!'"42 |
| Malik | : | except his wife, who, Allah says, has been destined to remain with those who will stay behind." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | "Except his wife who we have ascertained will be among those who will lag behind." 1987 |
Note - 42See 7:83 and the corresponding note [66], as well as
11:81 and 66:10. My interpolation of the words "of
whom God says" is necessitated by the elliptic use of the
verb qaddarna - which, in the sense of "We have ordained"
or "decreed", is an act attributed in the Qur'an
invariably, and exclusively, to God. As I have repeatedly
pointed out in my notes, God's "ordaining" a sinner to
commit a sin or His "decreeing" that he should remain
deaf to the voice of truth is a metonym for the natural
law instituted by Him, which has been explained in surah
{2}, note [7]; it refers also, generally speaking, to
God's absolute fore-knowledge of how any of His creatures
will act in a given situation (Zamakhshari). See also
note [56] on 11:34 and note [4] on 14:4.
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Note - 1987See xi. 81, and n. 1577.
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See 7:83 and the corresponding note [66], as well as 11:81 and 66:10. My interpolation of the words "of whom God says" is necessitated by the elliptic use of the verb qaddarna - which, in the sense of "We have ordained" or "decreed", is an act attributed in the Qur'an invariably, and exclusively, to God. As I have repeatedly pointed out in my notes, God's "ordaining" a sinner to commit a sin or His "decreeing" that he should remain deaf to the voice of truth is a metonym for the natural law instituted by Him, which has been explained in surah {2}, note [7]; it refers also, generally speaking, to God's absolute fore-knowledge of how any of His creatures will act in a given situation (Zamakhshari). See also note [56] on 11:34 and note [4] on 14:4. |
