4. Sura an-Nisa, Medina

The Quranic Text& Ali’s Version:

لَّن يَسْتَنكِفَ الْمَسِيحُ أَن يَكُونَ عَبْداً لِّلّهِ وَلاَ الْمَلآئِكَةُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ...   

4: 172. Christ disdaineth not to serve and worship Allah, nor do the angels, those nearest (to Allah):

C677. Christ often watched and prayed, as a humble worshipper of Allah; and his agony in the Garden of Gethsemane was full of human dignity, suffering, and self-humiliation (see Matt. 26:36-45).

... وَمَن يَسْتَنكِفْ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ وَيَسْتَكْبِرْ فَسَيَحْشُرُهُمْ إِلَيهِ جَمِيعًا ﴿١٧٢﴾

those who disdain His worship and are arrogant, He will gather them all together unto Himself to (answer).

C678. The disdainful and the arrogant are the crew of Satan, who will be gathered together before the Supreme Throne for punishment.

Others version:

4: 172

Asad Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God’s servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him.

Pickthall The Messiah will never scorn to be a slave unto Allah, nor will the favored angels. Whoso scorneth His service and is proud, all such will He assemble unto Him;

Asad Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God’s servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself:

Transliteration Lay yastankifal masihu ay yaku_na 'abdala lilla_hi wa lal mala_'ikatul muqarrabu_n(a), wa may yastankif 'an 'iba_datihi wa yastakbir fa sayahsyuruhum ilaihi jami'a_(n).

40. Sura al Mu’min

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا...

40: 59. The Hour will certainly come:

therein is no doubt:

C4433. "The Hour" is the crown and consummation of man's life on this earth,-the gateway to the Hereafter.

... وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

yet most men believe not.

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ...

40: 60. And your Lord says:

"Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer):

C4434. As this life is not the end of all things, and we are to have its fulfilment in the Hereafter: we have only to pray to the Lord of the Present and the Hereafter, and He will hear us, forgive us, guide us, and make our Path smooth.

But Pride will have its fall,-and its humiliating Punishment: Cf. 37:18.

... إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾

But those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell – in

Asad’s Version:

40:59 Verily, the Last Hour is sure to come: of this there is no doubt; yet most men will not believe it. 42

(40:60)[Asad] But your Sustainer says: "Call unto Me, [and) I shall respond to you! 43 Verily, they who are too proud to worship Me will enter hell, abased!"