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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 22:15 | |
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| 22:15 من كان يظن ان لن ينصره الله في الدنيا والاخرة فليمدد بسبب الى السماء ثم ليقطع فلينظر هل يذهبن كيده مايغيظ | |
| Transliteration | Man kana yathunnu an lan yansurahu Allahu fee alddunya waal-akhirati falyamdud bisababin ila alssama-i thumma liyaqtaAA falyanthur hal yuthhibanna kayduhu ma yagheethu |
| Literal | Who was thinking/assuming that God will never/not give him victory/aid in the present world and the end (other life), so he should extend/spread with a motive/connection to the sky/space, then he should cut (it) off/sever , so he should look/see does his plot/conspiracy/deceit eliminate (E) what angers/enrages (him)? |
| Yusuf Ali | If any think that Allah will not help him (His Messenger) in this world and the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the ceiling and cut (himself) off: then let him see whether his plan will remove that which enrages (him)! |
| Pickthal | Whoso is wont to think (through envy) that Allah will not give him (Muhammad) victory in the world and the Hereafter (and is enraged at the thought of his victory), let him stretch a rope up to the roof (of his dwelling), and let him hang himself. Then let him see whether his strategy dispelleth that whereat he rageth!. |
| Arberry | Whosoever thinks God will not help him in the present world and the world to come; let him stretch up a rope to heaven, then let him sever it, and behold whether his guile does away with what enrages him. |
| Shakir | Whoever thinks that Allah will not assist him in this life and the hereafter, let him stretch a rope to the ceiling, then let him cut (it) off, then let him see if his struggle will take away that at which he is enraged. |
| Sarwar | Those who thought that God would never grant victory to (Muhammad), in this world nor in the life hereafter (and now that he is victorious) should hang themselves by the necks from the ceiling, then cut the rope and see if this can do away with what has enraged them. |
| Khalifa | If anyone thinks that GOD cannot support him in this life and in the Hereafter, let him turn completely to (his creator in) heaven, and sever (his dependence on anyone else). He will then see that this plan eliminates anything that bothers him. |
| Hilali/Khan | Whoever thinks that Allah will not help him (Muhammad SAW) in this world and in the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the ceiling and let him strangle himself. Then let him see whether his plan will remove that whereat he rages! |
| H/K/Saheeh | Whoever should think that Allah will not support [Prophet Muúammad] in this world and the Hereafter let him extend a rope to the ceiling, then cut off [his breath], and let him see: will his effort remove that which enrages [him]? |
| Malik | If anyone thinks that Allah will not help His Messenger in this world and in the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the sky if he can and cut a hole to peep through and see for himself whether his device can avert that which irritates him.[15] |
| QXP | If anyone thinks that Allah cannot help him in this world and in the life to come, let him reach out unto the heaven by any other means and thus try to make headway. And then let him see whether his approach will dispel the cause of his anguish. |
| Maulana Ali | Whoever thinks that Allah will not assist him in this life and the Hereafter, let him raise (himself) by some means to the heaven, then let him cut (it) off, then let him see if his plan will take away that at which he is enraged. |
| Free Minds | Whosoever thinks that God will not grant him victory in this world and the Hereafter, then let him extend his request to the heavens, then let him stop and see whether this action has removed his obstacles. |
| Qaribullah | If any one thinks that Allah will not give him (Prophet Muhammad) victory in this present world and in the Everlasting Life, let him stretch a rope to heaven, and let him sever it. Then, let him see if his guile does away with that which has enraged him. |
| George Sale | Whoso thinketh that God will not assist his Apostle in this world, and in the world to come, let him strain a rope towards heaven, then let him put an end to his life, and see whether his devices can render that ineffectual, for which he was angry. |
| JM Rodwell | Let him who thinketh that God will not help His Apostle in this world and in the next, stretch a cord aloft as if to destroy himself; then let him cut it, and see whether his devices can bring that to nought at which he was angry! |
| Asad | If anyone thinks that God will not succour him [I.e., that God is not enough to succour him: obviously an allusion to the type of man who "worships God on the border-line of faith" (verse 11 above) and therefore doubts His power to guide men towards happiness in this world and in the hereafter. The assumption of the majority of the commentators that the personal pronoun "him" relates to the Prophet Muhammad is, to my mind, very far-fetched and certainly not warranted by the context.] in this world and in the life to come, let him reach out unto heaven by any [other] means and [thus try to] make headway: [The rendering of la-yaqta as "let him [try to] make headway" is based on the accepted, tropical use of the verb qataa (lit., "he cut") in the sense of "traversing a distance": and this is the interpretation of yaqta by Abu Muslim (as quoted by Razi). The expression "by any [other] means" (bi-sabab) relates to what has been said in verses 12 - 13 above.] and then let him see whether this scheme of his will indeed do away with the cause of his anguish. [Lit., "that which causes anger" or "exasperation", i.e., anguish at finding himself helpless and abandoned.] |
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