Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 74
| ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَهِيَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةً ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْمَاءُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | thumma qasat qulob -kum min bacdi dhaalika fa- hiya ka- al- h.ijaarah 'aw ashadd qaswah wa- 'inna min al- h.ijaarah la- maa yatafajjar min -hu al- anhaar wa- 'inna min -haa la- maa yashshaqqaq fa- yakhruj min -hu al- maa' wa- 'inna min -haa la- maa yahbit. min khashyah 'allaah wa- maa 'allaah bi- ghaafil can maa tacmalon |
| Pickthall | : | Then, even after that, your hearts were hardened and became as rocks, or worse than rocks, for hardness. For indeed there are rocks from out which rivers gush, and indeed there are rocks which split asunder so that water floweth from them. And indeed there are rocks which fall down for the fear of Allah. Allah is not unaware of what ye do. |
| Asad | : | And yet, after all this, your hearts hardened and became like rocks, or even harder: for, behold, there are rocks from which streams gush forth; and, behold, there are some from which, when they are cleft, water issues; and, behold, there are some that fall down for awe of God59 And God is not unmindful of what you do! |
| Malik | : | But even after seeing that your hearts became hard like a rock or even harder, for there are some rocks from which rivers gush out, and there are some which break asunder and water comes out of them, and there are some which fall down with the fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Thenceforth were your hearts hardened; they became like a rock and even worse in hardness. For among rocks there are some from which rivers gush forth; others there are which when split asunder send forth water; and others which sink for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unmindful of what ye do. 82 |
Note - 59For an explanation of this allusion, see 7:143. The
simile of "the rocks from which streams gush forth" or
"from which water issues" serves to illustrate its
opposite, namely, dryness and lack of life, and is thus
an allusion to the spiritual barrenness with which the
Qur'an charges the children of Israel.
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Note - 82The sinner's heart gets harder and harder. It is even
harder than rocks, of which a beautiful poetical allegory
is placed before us. In nature we think there is nothing
harder than rocks. But there are rocks that weep
voluntarily, like repentant hearts that come to God of
their own accord; such are the rocks from which rivers
and springs flow spontaneously, sometimes in small
trickles, sometimes in big volumes. Then there are rocks
which have to be split or dug into or blown up with
dynamite, and underneath we find abundant waters, as in
wells beneath rocky soil. Such are the hearts of a less
degree of fineness, which yet melt into tears when some
great blow or calamity calls the mind to higher things.
And lastly, there are the rocks which slip or sink by
geological pressure or in an earthquake, and send forth
large spouts of water, as happened, for example, in the
Bihar earthquake of 1934; such sinking or quaking may be
poetically ascribed to fear. So there are hearts which
will come to God by no higher motive than fear, but yet
fear will melt them into tears of repentance. But the
hardened sinner is worse than all these. His case is
worse than that of rocks, for nothing will melt him.
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For an explanation of this allusion, see 7:143. The simile of "the rocks from which streams gush forth" or "from which water issues" serves to illustrate its opposite, namely, dryness and lack of life, and is thus an allusion to the spiritual barrenness with which the Qur'an charges the children of Israel. |
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The sinner's heart gets harder and harder. It is even harder than rocks, of which a beautiful poetical allegory is placed before us. In nature we think there is nothing harder than rocks. But there are rocks that weep voluntarily, like repentant hearts that come to God of their own accord; such are the rocks from which rivers and springs flow spontaneously, sometimes in small trickles, sometimes in big volumes. Then there are rocks which have to be split or dug into or blown up with dynamite, and underneath we find abundant waters, as in wells beneath rocky soil. Such are the hearts of a less degree of fineness, which yet melt into tears when some great blow or calamity calls the mind to higher things. And lastly, there are the rocks which slip or sink by geological pressure or in an earthquake, and send forth large spouts of water, as happened, for example, in the Bihar earthquake of 1934; such sinking or quaking may be poetically ascribed to fear. So there are hearts which will come to God by no higher motive than fear, but yet fear will melt them into tears of repentance. But the hardened sinner is worse than all these. His case is worse than that of rocks, for nothing will melt him. |
