Surah Ar-Ra'd 13:32-37 - Quran Translation Commentary

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41. Ha-Meem-As-Sajdah

Surah 13. Ar-Ra'd

Verses [Section]: 1-7[1], 8-18 [2], 19-26 [3], 27-31 [4], 32-37 [5], 38-43 [6]

Quran Text of Verse 32-37وَ لَقَدِAnd certainlyاسْتُهْزِئَwere mockedبِرُسُلٍMessengersمِّنْfromقَبْلِكَbefore youفَاَمْلَیْتُbut I granted respiteلِلَّذِیْنَto those whoكَفَرُوْاdisbelievedثُمَّthen اَخَذْتُهُمْ ۫I seized themفَكَیْفَand howكَانَwasعِقَابِ My penalty اَفَمَنْIs then He Whoهُوَ(He)قَآىِٕمٌ(is) a Maintainerعَلٰیofكُلِّeveryنَفْسٍۭsoulبِمَاfor what كَسَبَتْ ۚit has earnedوَ جَعَلُوْاYet they ascribeلِلّٰهِto Allah شُرَكَآءَ ؕpartnersقُلْSay سَمُّوْهُمْ ؕName themاَمْOrتُنَبِّـُٔوْنَهٗ(do) you inform Himبِمَاof whatلَاnotیَعْلَمُHe knowsفِیinالْاَرْضِthe earthاَمْorبِظَاهِرٍof the apparentمِّنَof الْقَوْلِ ؕthe wordsبَلْNayزُیِّنَ(is) made fair-seemingلِلَّذِیْنَto those whoكَفَرُوْاdisbelieveمَكْرُهُمْtheir plottingوَ صُدُّوْاand they are hinderedعَنِfrom السَّبِیْلِ ؕthe Pathوَ مَنْAnd whoeverیُّضْلِلِ(by) AllahاللّٰهُAllah lets go astrayفَمَاthen notلَهٗfor himمِنْanyهَادٍ guide لَهُمْFor themعَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentفِیinالْحَیٰوةِthe lifeالدُّنْیَا(of) the worldوَ لَعَذَابُand surely the punishmentالْاٰخِرَةِ(of) the Hereafter اَشَقُّ ۚ(is) harderوَ مَاAnd notلَهُمْfor themمِّنَagainstاللّٰهِAllahمِنْanyوَّاقٍ defender 13. Ar-Ra'd Page 254مَثَلُThe exampleالْجَنَّةِof Paradiseالَّتِیْwhichوُعِدَ(is) promised الْمُتَّقُوْنَ ؕ(to) the righteousتَجْرِیْflowsمِنْfromتَحْتِهَاunderneath it الْاَنْهٰرُ ؕthe riversاُكُلُهَاIts foodدَآىِٕمٌ(is) everlasting وَّ ظِلُّهَا ؕand its shadeتِلْكَThisعُقْبَی(is the) endالَّذِیْنَof those who اتَّقَوْا ۖۗ(are) righteousوَّ عُقْبَیand (the) endالْكٰفِرِیْنَ(of) the disbelieversالنَّارُ (is) the Fire وَ الَّذِیْنَAnd those (to) whomاٰتَیْنٰهُمُWe have given themالْكِتٰبَthe Bookیَفْرَحُوْنَrejoiceبِمَاۤat whatاُنْزِلَhas been revealedاِلَیْكَto youوَ مِنَbut amongالْاَحْزَابِthe groupsمَنْ(those) whoیُّنْكِرُdeny بَعْضَهٗ ؕa part of itقُلْSayاِنَّمَاۤOnlyاُمِرْتُI have been commandedاَنْthatاَعْبُدَI worshipاللّٰهَAllahوَ لَاۤand notاُشْرِكَI associate partners بِهٖ ؕwith HimاِلَیْهِTo HimاَدْعُوْاI callوَ اِلَیْهِand to Himمَاٰبِ (is) my return وَ كَذٰلِكَAnd thusاَنْزَلْنٰهُWe have revealed itحُكْمًا(to be) a judgment of authority عَرَبِیًّا ؕ(in) Arabicوَ لَىِٕنِAnd ifاتَّبَعْتَyou followاَهْوَآءَهُمْtheir desiresبَعْدَ مَاafter whatجَآءَكَcame to youمِنَof الْعِلْمِ ۙthe knowledgeمَاnotلَكَfor youمِنَagainstاللّٰهِAllahمِنْanyوَّلِیٍّprotectorوَّ لَاand notوَاقٍ۠defender

Translation of Verse 32-37

(13:32) Messengers have been mocked at before you, so I let the disbelievers go on for a while. Then I seized them. So, how was My punishment

(13:33) Is then He, who is watchful over everyone and over whatever he does, (equal to their false deities?) Still they have made partners with Allah. Say, “Give their names. Is it that you are informing Him of something on earth He does not know, or of just empty words?” But, their ill- designs have been made alluring for the disbelievers, and they have been barred from the Path. And for the one whom Allah deprives of guidance, there is no one to guide

(13:34) For them there is punishment in the worldly life, and indeed the punishment of the Hereafter is even harder, and for them there is none to save them from Allah

(13:35) Here is the description of the Paradise promised to the God-fearing: underneath it the rivers flow; its food is everlasting and (so is) its shade. This is the ultimate abode of the God-fearing while the ultimate abode of the disbelievers is Fire

(13:36) Those to whom We have given the Book are happy with what has been sent down to you. And among their groups there are those who deny some of it. Say, “I am commanded only to worship Allah and not to ascribe partners to Him. To Him I call and to Him is my return.”

(13:37) Thus We have sent it down, being a command in Arabic. And if you follow their desires, after the knowledge that has come to you, there shall be neither a friend for you against Allah, nor a savior

Commentary

Verse:32 Commentary it was said to comfort him: وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُ‌سُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُ‌وا ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ (And Messengers have been mocked at before you, so I let the disbelievers go on for a while. Then I seized them. So, how was My punishment?) In other words, it means that conditions faced by the Holy Prophet were not faced by him alone. There were prophets before him who had been facing similar conditions when their deniers were not seized immediately upon the commitment of their crime and they continued to make fun of the prophets. When they reached the limit, they were seized by Divine punishment and what a seizure that was which left none of them active enough to go on with their confrontation. Verse:33 Commentary In the verse: أَفَمَنْ هُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ (Is then He, who is watchful over everyone ... 33), the ignorance and irrationality of the disbelievers has been exposed by saying that these people are certainly short on sense when they equate inert idols with His pure Being, a Being that watches everyone and is the ultimate reckoner of everyone's deeds. Then, it was said that the real reason behind their unreasonable attitude is that shaitan has made their very ignorance look good in their sight and, therefore, this they take to be 'achievement' and 'success.' Verse:34 Commentary - - - Verse:35 Commentary - - - Verse:36 Commentary - - - Verse:37 Commentary - - -