Surah 60. Al-Mumtahana, Ayah 13
| يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَوَلَّوْا قَوْمًا غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَدْ يَئِسُوا مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ كَمَا يَئِسَ الْكُفَّارُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْقُبُورِ |
| Transliteration | : | yaa 'ayyuhaa 'alladhena 'aamano laa tatawallaw qawm(an) ghad.iba 'allaah calay -him qad ya'iso min al- 'aakhirah ka-maa ya'isa al- kuffaar min as.h.aab al- qubor |
| Pickthall | : | O ye who believe! Be not friendly with a folk with whom Allah is wroth, (a folk) who have despaired of the Hereafter as the disbelievers despair of those who are in the graves. |
| Asad | : | O YOU who have attained to faith! Be not friends with people whom God has condemned!22 They [who would befriend them] are indeed bereft of all hope of a life to come23 - just as those deniers of the truth are bereft of all hope of [ever again seeing] those who are [now] in their graves.24 |
| Malik | : | O believers! Do not befriend those who have incurred the wrath of Allah. Indeed they despair of the Hereafter, just as the unbelievers despair of those buried in the graves. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | O ye who believe! turn not (for friendship) to people on whom is the Wrath of Allah. Of the Hereafter they are already in despair just as the Unbelievers are in despair about those (buried) in graves. 5429 5430 |
Note - 22Cf. 58:14 and the corresponding note [25], which
explains the reference to those "who would be friends
with people whom God has condemned".
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Note - 23I.e., only people without any real belief in a life to
come can remain "neutral" between right and wrong.
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Note - 24I.e., because they utterly reject the idea of
resurrection.
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Note - 5429So we come back to the theme with which we started in
this Sura: that we should not turn for friendship and
intimacy to those who break Allah's Law and are outlaws
in Allah's Kingdom. The various phrases of this question,
and the legitimate qualifications, have already been
mentioned, and the argument is here rounded off. Cf. also
lviii. 14.
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Note - 5430The Unbelievers, who do not believe in a Future Life, can
therefore have no hope beyond this life. Miserable indeed
is this life to them; for the ills of this life are real
to them, and they can have no hope of redress. But such
is also the state of others-People of the Book or not-who
wallow in sin and incur the divine Wrath. Even if they
believe in a Future Life, it can only be to them a life
of horror, punishment, and despair. For those of Faith
the prospect is different. They may suffer in this life,
but this life to them is only a fleeting shadow that will
soon pass away. The Reality is beyond; there will be full
redress in the Beyond, and Achievement and Felicity such
as they can scarcely conceive of in the terms of this
life.
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Cf. 58:14 and the corresponding note [25], which explains the reference to those "who would be friends with people whom God has condemned". |
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I.e., only people without any real belief in a life to come can remain "neutral" between right and wrong. |
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So we come back to the theme with which we started in this Sura: that we should not turn for friendship and intimacy to those who break Allah's Law and are outlaws in Allah's Kingdom. The various phrases of this question, and the legitimate qualifications, have already been mentioned, and the argument is here rounded off. Cf. also lviii. 14. |
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The Unbelievers, who do not believe in a Future Life, can therefore have no hope beyond this life. Miserable indeed is this life to them; for the ills of this life are real to them, and they can have no hope of redress. But such is also the state of others-People of the Book or not-who wallow in sin and incur the divine Wrath. Even if they believe in a Future Life, it can only be to them a life of horror, punishment, and despair. For those of Faith the prospect is different. They may suffer in this life, but this life to them is only a fleeting shadow that will soon pass away. The Reality is beyond; there will be full redress in the Beyond, and Achievement and Felicity such as they can scarcely conceive of in the terms of this life. |
