Surah 38. Sad, Ayah 70
| إِنْ يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ |
| Transliteration | : | 'in yoh.aa 'ilay -ya 'illaa 'anna-maa 'anaa nadher muben |
| Pickthall | : | It is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner. |
| Asad | : | had it not been revealed unto me [by God] - to no other end than that l might convey [unto you] a plain warning"53 |
| Malik | : | I am informed about all this through a revelation because I am assigned the mission of a plain Warner." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | "Only this has been revealed to me: that I am to give warning plainly and publicly." 4224 |
Note - 53Lit., "otherwise than that I be (illa annama ana) a plain
warner" - i.e., of the prospect of spiritual
self-destruction inherent in a wilful disregard of the
fact of God's existence and oneness, which is the core of
all religious cognition and, hence, of all true
prophethood.
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Note - 4224Two things are implied in Mubin: (1) that the warning
should be clear and perspicuous; there should be no
mincing of matters, no ambiguity, no compromise with
evil, vii. 184; (2) that the warning should be delivered
publicly, before all people, in spite of opposition and
persecution, xxvi. 115. Both these ideas I have tried to
express in this passage.
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Lit., "otherwise than that I be (illa annama ana) a plain warner" - i.e., of the prospect of spiritual self-destruction inherent in a wilful disregard of the fact of God's existence and oneness, which is the core of all religious cognition and, hence, of all true prophethood. |
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Two things are implied in Mubin: (1) that the warning should be clear and perspicuous; there should be no mincing of matters, no ambiguity, no compromise with evil, vii. 184; (2) that the warning should be delivered publicly, before all people, in spite of opposition and persecution, xxvi. 115. Both these ideas I have tried to express in this passage. |
