Surah 9. At-Tauba, Ayah 110
| لَا يَزَالُ بُنْيَانُهُمُ الَّذِي بَنَوْا رِيبَةً فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَقَطَّعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ |
| Transliteration | : | laa yazaal bunyaan -hum 'alladhe banaw rebah fe qulob -him 'illaa 'an taqat.t.aca qulob -hum wa- 'allaah calem h.akem |
| Pickthall | : | The building which they built will never cease to be a misgiving in their hearts unless their hearts be torn to pieces. Allah is Knower, Wise. |
| Asad | : | the building which they have built will never cease to be a source of deep disquiet in their hearts until their hearts crumble to pieces.146 And God is all-knowing, wise. |
| Malik | : | The foundation of those who so build is never free from suspicion and shakiness in their hearts until their hearts are cut to pieces. Allah is Knowledgeable, Wise. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | The foundation of those who so build is never free from suspicion and shakiness in their hearts until their hearts are cut to pieces. And Allah is All-Knowing Wise. 1360 |
Note - 146Lit., "unless their hearts are cut into many pieces" -
i.e., until they die. In verses {109-110}, the reference
to "the building which they have built" is, obviously,
widened beyond the preceding allusion to houses of
worship, and allegorically circumscribes here all the
"works" and the behaviour of men.
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Note - 1360"Their hearts cut to pieces" i.e., they meet their death.
The parable is continued further. The heart of man is the
seat of his hopes and fears, the foundation of his moral
and spiritual life. If that foundation is on an
undermined sand-cliff already crumbling to pieces, what
security or stability can he have? He is being shaken by
alarms and suspicions and superstitions, until like the
edge of a sand-cliff they are cut clean away and fall
into a heap of ruin and his spiritual life and all its
land-marks are destroyed.
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Lit., "unless their hearts are cut into many pieces" - i.e., until they die. In verses {109-110}, the reference to "the building which they have built" is, obviously, widened beyond the preceding allusion to houses of worship, and allegorically circumscribes here all the "works" and the behaviour of men. |
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"Their hearts cut to pieces" i.e., they meet their death. The parable is continued further. The heart of man is the seat of his hopes and fears, the foundation of his moral and spiritual life. If that foundation is on an undermined sand-cliff already crumbling to pieces, what security or stability can he have? He is being shaken by alarms and suspicions and superstitions, until like the edge of a sand-cliff they are cut clean away and fall into a heap of ruin and his spiritual life and all its land-marks are destroyed. |
