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 Surah Al-'Ankabut 29:52-63 [6/7] ↕
  
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قُلْSay,
كَفَىٰ`Sufficient is
بِٱللَّهِAllah
بَيْنِىbetween me
وَبَيْنَكُمْand between you
شَهِيدًا‌ۖ(as) Witness.
يَعْلَمُHe knows
مَاwhat
فِى(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِthe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ‌ۗand the earth.
وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those who
ءَامَنُواْbelieve
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِin [the] falsehood
وَكَفَرُواْand disbelieve
بِٱللَّهِin Allah,
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَthose,
هُمُthey
ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ(are) the losers.`
﴿٥٢﴾
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَAnd they ask you to hasten
بِٱلْعَذَابِ‌ۚ[with] the punishment.
وَلَوْلَآAnd if not
أَجَلٌ(for) a term
مُّسَمًّىappointed,
لَّجَآءَهُمُsurely (would) have come to them
ٱلْعَذَابُthe punishment.
وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُمBut it will surely come to them
بَغْتَةًsuddenly
وَهُمْwhile they
لَا(do) not
يَشْعُرُونَperceive.
﴿٥٣﴾
يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَThey ask you to hasten
بِٱلْعَذَابِthe punishment.
وَإِنَّAnd indeed,
جَهَنَّمَHell,
لَمُحِيطَةُۢwill surely, encompass
بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَthe disbelievers
﴿٥٤﴾
يَوْمَOn (the) Day
يَغْشَـٰهُمُwill cover them
ٱلْعَذَابُthe punishment
مِنfrom
فَوْقِهِمْabove them
وَمِنand from
تَحْتِbelow
أَرْجُلِهِمْtheir feet,
وَيَقُولُand He will say,
ذُوقُواْ`Taste
مَاwhat
كُنتُمْyou used
تَعْمَلُونَ(to) do.`
﴿٥٥﴾
يَـٰعِبَادِىَO My servants
ٱلَّذِينَwho
ءَامَنُوٓاْbelieve!
إِنَّIndeed,
أَرْضِىMy earth
وَٲسِعَةٌ(is) spacious,
فَإِيَّـٰىَso only
فَٱعْبُدُونِworship Me.
﴿٥٦﴾
كُلُّEvery
نَفْسٍsoul
ذَآئِقَةُ(will) taste
ٱلْمَوْتِ‌ۖthe death.
ثُمَّThen
إِلَيْنَاto Us
تُرْجَعُونَyou will be returned.
﴿٥٧﴾
وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those who
ءَامَنُواْbelieve
وَعَمِلُواْand do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ[the] righteous deeds,
لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمsurely We will give them a place
مِّنَin
ٱلْجَنَّةِParadise
غُرَفًاlofty dwellings,
تَجْرِىflow
مِنfrom
تَحْتِهَاunderneath it
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُthe rivers,
خَـٰلِدِينَwill abide forever
فِيهَا‌ۚin it.
نِعْمَExcellent is
أَجْرُ(the) reward
ٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَ(of) the workers
﴿٥٨﴾
ٱلَّذِينَThose who
صَبَرُواْ(are) patient
وَعَلَىٰand upon
رَبِّهِمْtheir Lord
يَتَوَكَّلُونَput their trust.
﴿٥٩﴾
وَكَأَيِّنAnd how many
مِّنof
دَآبَّةٍa creature
لَّا(does) not
تَحْمِلُcarry
رِزْقَهَاits provision.
ٱللَّهُAllah
يَرْزُقُهَاprovides (for) it
وَإِيَّاكُمْ‌ۚand (for) you.
وَهُوَAnd He
ٱلسَّمِيعُ(is) the All-Hearer,
ٱلْعَلِيمُthe All-Knower.
﴿٦٠﴾
وَلَئِنAnd if
سَأَلْتَهُمyou ask them,
مَّنْ`Who
خَلَقَcreated
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِthe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَand the earth,
وَسَخَّرَand subjected
ٱلشَّمْسَthe sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَand the moon?`
لَيَقُولُنَّSurely they would say
ٱللَّهُ‌ۖ`Allah.`
فَأَنَّىٰThen how
يُؤْفَكُونَare they deluded?
﴿٦١﴾
ٱللَّهُAllah
يَبْسُطُextends
ٱلرِّزْقَthe provision
لِمَنfor whom
يَشَآءُHe wills
مِنْof
عِبَادِهِۦHis slaves
وَيَقْدِرُand restricts
لَهُۥٓ‌ۚfor him.
إِنَّIndeed,
ٱللَّهَAllah
بِكُلِّof every
شَىْءٍthing
عَلِيمٌ(is) All-Knower.
﴿٦٢﴾
وَلَئِنAnd if
سَأَلْتَهُمyou ask them,
مَّن`Who
نَّزَّلَsends down
مِنَfrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِthe sky
مَآءًwater
فَأَحْيَاand gives life
بِهِthereby
ٱلْأَرْضَ(to) the earth
مِنۢ بَعْدِafter
مَوْتِهَاits death?`
لَيَقُولُنَّSurely, they would say,
ٱللَّهُ‌ۚ`Allah.`
قُلِSay,
ٱلْحَمْدُ`All Praises
لِلَّهِ‌ۚ(are) for Allah.`
بَلْBut
أَكْثَرُهُمْmost of them
لَا(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَuse reason.
﴿٦٣﴾

قُلۡ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ بَيۡنِىۡ وَبَيۡنَكُمۡ شَهِيۡدًا ​ۚ يَعۡلَمُ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ​ ؕ وَالَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوْا بِالۡبَاطِلِ وَكَفَرُوۡا بِاللّٰهِ ۙ اُولٰٓـئِكَ هُمُ الۡخٰسِرُوۡنَ‏  وَيَسۡتَعۡجِلُوۡنَكَ بِالۡعَذَابِ​ؕ وَلَوۡلَاۤ اَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ الۡعَذَابُؕ وَلَيَاۡتِيَنَّهُمۡ بَغۡتَةً وَّهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُوۡنَ‏  يَسۡتَعۡجِلُوۡنَكَ بِالۡعَذَابِؕ وَ اِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيۡطَةٌ ۢ بِالۡكٰفِرِيۡنَۙ‏   يَوۡمَ يَغۡشٰٮهُمُ الۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَمِنۡ تَحۡتِ اَرۡجُلِهِمۡ وَيَقُوۡلُ ذُوۡقُوۡا مَا كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ‏  يٰعِبَادِىَ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡۤا اِنَّ اَرۡضِىۡ وَاسِعَةٌ فَاِيَّاىَ فَاعۡبُدُوۡنِ‏   كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ الۡمَوۡتِ ثُمَّ اِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُوۡنَ‏  وَالَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوۡا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَـنُبَـوِّئَنَّهُمۡ مِّنَ الۡجَـنَّةِ غُرَفًا تَجۡرِىۡ مِنۡ تَحۡتِهَا الۡاَنۡهٰرُ خٰلِدِيۡنَ فِيۡهَا ​ؕ نِعۡمَ اَجۡرُ الۡعٰمِلِيۡنَ​ۖ‏  الَّذِيۡنَ صَبَرُوۡا وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُوۡنَ‏  وَكَاَيِّنۡ مِّنۡ دَآبَّةٍ لَّا تَحۡمِلُ رِزۡقَهَا ۖ اللّٰهُ يَرۡزُقُهَا وَاِيَّاكُمۡ​​ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيۡعُ الۡعَلِيۡمُ‏  وَلَـئِنۡ سَاَلۡتَهُمۡ مَّنۡ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضَ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمۡسَ وَالۡقَمَرَ لَيَقُوۡلُنَّ اللّٰهُ​ۚ فَاَنّٰى يُؤۡفَكُوۡنَ‏  اَللّٰهُ يَبۡسُطُ الرِّزۡقَ لِمَنۡ يَّشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهٖ وَيَقۡدِرُ لَهٗ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِكُلِّ شَىۡءٍ عَلِيۡمٌ‏  وَلَـئِنۡ سَاَلۡتَهُمۡ مَّنۡ نَّزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَاَحۡيَا بِهِ الۡاَرۡضَ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ مَوۡتِهَا لَيَقُوۡلُنَّ اللّٰهُ​ؕ قُلِ الۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰهِ​ؕ بَلۡ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُوۡنَ‏ 
Translation
(29:52) Say (O Prophet): “Allah suffices as a witness between me and you. He knows whatever is in the heavens and the earth. As for those who believe in falsehood and are engaged in infidelity with Allah, it is they who will be the losers.” (29:53) They ask you to hasten in bringing chastisement93 upon them. Had there not been an appointed term for it, the chastisement would have already visited them; in fact it will come down upon them all of a sudden (at its appointed time) while they will not be aware of it. (29:54) They ask you to hasten the chastisement upon them although Hell encompasses the unbelievers. (29:55) (They will become aware of it) the Day when the chastisement will overwhelm them from above and from under their feet, and He will say to them: “Taste now the consequence of the deeds that you used to commit.” (29:56) O My servants who believe, verily My earth is vast; so serve Me alone.94 (29:57) Every being shall taste death, then it is to Us that you shall be sent back.95 (29:58) We shall house those who believed and acted righteously in the lofty mansions of Paradise beneath which rivers flow. There they shall remain for ever. How excellent a reward it is for those who acted (in obedience to Allah),96 (29:59) who remained steadfast97 and put their trust in their Lord!98 (29:60) How many an animal there is that does not carry about its sustenance. Allah provides sustenance to them and to you. He is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.99 (29:61) If you were to ask them:100 “Who created the heavens and the earth and Who has kept the sun and the moon in subjection?” they will certainly say: “Allah.” How come, then, they are being deluded from the Truth? (29:62) Allah enlarges the sustenance of any of His servants whom He will, and straitens the sustenance of whom He will. Surely Allah has knowledge of everything. (29:63) If you were to ask them: “Who sent down water from the sky and therewith revived the earth after its death?” they will certainly say: “Allah.” Say: “To Allah alone be praise and thanks.”101 But most people do not understand.
Commentary

93. That is, “They are challenging you again and again that If you are a true messenger and they are really denying the truth, then you should not delay the torment with which you threaten them.”

94. This is an allusion to the Hijrah, which implies this: if you feel that it is becoming difficult to worship God in Makkah, you may leave it and move to another place where you can live as the true servants of God, for God’s earth is vast. You should serve Allah and not your nation and country. This shows that the real thing is not the nation and the home and the country but the worship of Allah. If at any time the demands of the nation and country’s love clash with the demands of Allah’s worship, it is the time of trial for the believer’s faith. The true believer will worship Allah and spurn the nation and the country and home. The false claimant to the faith will abandon the faith and remain clinging to his nation and his country and home. This verse is clearly indicative of the fact that a true worshiper of God can be a patriot but he cannot be a worshiper of the nation and the country. For him the worship of God is the dearest thing in life for the sake of which he will sacrifice everything else, but with never be prepared to sacrifice it for anything else.

95. That is, “Do not be anxious for your life: one has to die sooner or later. No one has come to live forever in this world. Therefore, your real problem is not how to save life, but your real problem is how to save your faith, and fulfill the requirements of God worship. You have ultimately to return to Us. If you lost your faith for the sake of saving your life, the result in the Hereafter will be different. But if you lost your life for the sake of saving your faith, the result will be just the opposite. Therefore, you should be anxious only about what you will bring when you return to Us. Will you come with a faith sacrificed for the sake of life, or a life sacrificed for the sake of the faith?”

96. That is, “Even if you remained deprived of all the worldly blessings because of your faith and righteousness and ended up as a total failure from the worldly point of view, you should rest assured that you will be compensated for it; and not only compensated but rewarded excellently.”

97. “Who are patient: who remained steadfast in faith in the face of hardships and afflictions and losses and persecutions; who have endured the consequences of the faith and have not turned away; who have seen the advantages and benefits of abandoning the faith and have not been lured away by them; who have seen the disbelievers and the wrongdoers prosper in the world and have not cast even a stray glance at their wealth and splendor.”

98. “In their Lord put their trust: who did not put their trust in their possessions and their business and their clans and tribes but in their Lord; who were prepared to fight every power and endure every danger for the sake of their faith only on the basis of their trust in their Lord irrespective of the worldly means, and left their homes if their faith so demanded; who trusted their Lord that He would not let go waste the rewards of their faith and good works, and were sure that He would succor His believers and righteous servants even in this world and bless them with the best rewards in the Hereafter as well.”

99. That is, “While migrating you should not be worried about your means of livelihood as you should not worry about your life’s safety. For none of the birds and the animals of the land and the sea that you find around yourself carries its provision with it. Allah is providing for all of them; wherever they go they get their provision through Allah’s bounty. Therefore, do not be disheartened by the thought that if you left your homes for the sake of your faith, you would have nothing to eat. Allah will provide for you as well from the sources from which He is providing for the countless of His other creatures.”

Precisely the same thing was taught by the Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) to his disciples when he had said:

“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than treat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." (Matthew. 6: 2434).

The background of these discourses of the Quran and the Gospel is the same. There always comes a stage in the way of the propagation of the truth when the follower of the truth is left with no alternative but to stake his very life only with trust in Allah, regardless of the support and means of the material world. In these conditions, those who are too calculating about the possibilities of the future and seeking guarantees of the safety of life and assurance of provisions cannot do anything. Indeed, such conditions are changed only by the efforts and power of those who rise fearlessly in face of every danger and are even prepared to risk their very lives. It is all due to their sacrifices that ultimately the Word of Allah is raised high and all other words and creeds stand humbled and subdued before it.

100. From here the discourse is again directed to the disbelievers of Makkah.

101. Here the word al-hamdu-lillah (Praise be to Allah) gives two meanings: (1) “When all this is done by Allah, then He alone is worthy of all praise, and none else”, and (2) “Thank God that you yourselves also admit this.”