Surah 26. Ash-Shu'araa, Ayah 227
| إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانْتَصَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | 'illaa 'alladhena 'aamano wa- camilo as.- s.aalih.aat wa- dhakaro 'allaah kather(an) wa- intas.aro min bacdi maa z.alamo wa- sa- yaclam 'alladhena z.alamo 'ayy munqalab yanqalibon |
| Pickthall | : | Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned! |
| Asad | : | [Most of them are of this kind -] save those who have attained to faith, and do righteous deeds, and remember God unceasingly, and defend them-selves [only] after having been wronged,101 and [trust in God's promise that] those who are bent on wrong-doing will in time come to know how evil a turn their destinies are bound to take!102 |
| Malik | : | However, an exception is made for those (poets) who believe, do good deeds, engage much in the remembrance of Allah and defend themselves when wronged, showing no vindictiveness. The unjust oppressors will soon find out what vicissitudes their affairs will take. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Except those who believe work righteousness engage much in the remembrance of Allah and defend themselves only after they are unjustly attacked. And soon will the unjust assailants know what vicissitudes their affairs will take! 3238 3239 |
Note - 101Thus the Qur'an makes it clear that a true believer may
fight only in self-defence: cf. {22:39-40}, the earliest
reference to war as such, and {2:190-194}, where the
circumstances making war fully justified are further
elaborated.
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Note - 102Lit., "by what [kind of] turning they will turn".
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Note - 3238Poetry and the fine arts which are to be commended are
those which emanate from minds steeped in Faith, which
try to carry out in life the fine sentiments they express
in their artistic work, aim at the glory of Allah rather
than at self-glorification or the fulsome praise of men
with feet of clay, and do not (as in Jihad) attack
anything except aggressive evil. In this sense a perfect
artist should be a perfect man. Perfection may not be
attainable in this life, but it should be the aim of
every man, and especially of one who wishes to become a
supreme artist, not only in technique but in spirit and
essentials. Among the commendable poets contemporary with
the holy Prophet may be mentioned Hassan and Labid: the
latter had the honour of being one of the seven whose
poems were selected for "hanging" (the Mu'allaqat) in the
Days of Ignorance.
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Note - 3239These were the scurrilous rhymesters, who were doomed to
come to an evil end.
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Thus the Qur'an makes it clear that a true believer may fight only in self-defence: cf. {22:39-40}, the earliest reference to war as such, and {2:190-194}, where the circumstances making war fully justified are further elaborated. |
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Poetry and the fine arts which are to be commended are those which emanate from minds steeped in Faith, which try to carry out in life the fine sentiments they express in their artistic work, aim at the glory of Allah rather than at self-glorification or the fulsome praise of men with feet of clay, and do not (as in Jihad) attack anything except aggressive evil. In this sense a perfect artist should be a perfect man. Perfection may not be attainable in this life, but it should be the aim of every man, and especially of one who wishes to become a supreme artist, not only in technique but in spirit and essentials. Among the commendable poets contemporary with the holy Prophet may be mentioned Hassan and Labid: the latter had the honour of being one of the seven whose poems were selected for "hanging" (the Mu'allaqat) in the Days of Ignorance. |
