Surah 65. At-Talaq, Ayah 8
| وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِ فَحَاسَبْنَاهَا حِسَابًا شَدِيدًا وَعَذَّبْنَاهَا عَذَابًا نُكْرًا |
| Transliteration | : | wa- ka-'ayyin min qaryah catat can 'amr rabb -haa wa- rusul -hi fa- h.aasabnaa -haa h.isaab(an) shaded(an) wa- cadhdhabnaa -haa cadhaab nukr(an) |
| Pickthall | : | And how many a community revolted against the ordinance of its Lord and His messenger, and we called it to a stern account and punished it with dire punishment, |
| Asad | : | AND HOW MANY a community has turned with disdain from the commandment of its Sustainer and His apostles!16 - whereupon We called them all to account with an accounting severe, and caused them to suffer with a suffering unnameable: |
| Malik | : | How many townships have rebelled against the commandments of their Rabb and His Rasools! Stern was Our reckoning with them and exemplary was Our punishment. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | How many populations that insolently opposed the command of their Lord and of His apostles did We not then call to account to severe account? And We imposed on them an exemplary Punishment. 5521 5522 |
Note - 16This connects with, and stresses, the fact that all the
preceding injunctions are divinely ordained.
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Note - 5521Insolent impiety consists not only in the breach of the
rites of religion. Even more vital is the defiance of the
laws of nature which Allah has made for us. These laws,
for us human beings include those which relate to our
fellow-beings in society to whom kindness and
consideration form the basis of our social duties. Our
duties to our families and our children in intimate
matters such as were spoken of in the last Section, are
as important as any in our spiritual life. Peoples who
forgot the moral law in marriage or family life perished
in this world and will have no future in the Hereafter.
The lessons apply not only to individuals but to whole
nations or social groups.
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Note - 5522This refers to the present life: apparently the Hereafter
is implied in verse 10 below.
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Insolent impiety consists not only in the breach of the rites of religion. Even more vital is the defiance of the laws of nature which Allah has made for us. These laws, for us human beings include those which relate to our fellow-beings in society to whom kindness and consideration form the basis of our social duties. Our duties to our families and our children in intimate matters such as were spoken of in the last Section, are as important as any in our spiritual life. Peoples who forgot the moral law in marriage or family life perished in this world and will have no future in the Hereafter. The lessons apply not only to individuals but to whole nations or social groups. |
