21. Surah Al Anbiya

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ ﴿١١٠﴾

21: 110. "It is He Who knows what is open in speech and what ye hide (in your hearts).

C2765. The Messenger of Allah freely and impartially teaches all how to carry out Allah's Will and live a good life.

If some of them are hypocrites and come into the Ummah (Brotherhood) from baser motives and not the pure motives of the love of Allah, their motives and conduct will be judged by Allah and not by men.

وَإِنْ أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَّكُمْ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ ﴿١١١﴾

21: 111.  "I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant of (worldly) livelihood (to you) for a time.

C2766. In the same way if men who come into the Brotherhood from pure motives and yet feel aggrieved that those outside are better off from a worldly point of view, they are wrong.

It may be that the fleeting enjoyment of this world's goods is but a trial, and they should be grateful for being saved from temptation.

Asad’s Version:

21:110

"Verily, He knows all that is said openly, just as He [alone] knows all that you would conceal.

(21:111)

But [as for me,] I do not know whether, perchance, this [delay in God's judgment] is but a trial for you, and a [merciful] respite for a while." 105

[[Asad’s note - 105 Lit., "enjoyment [of life] for a while": i.e., a chance, mercifully granted by God, to attain to faith. ]]

[[Ali’s note -

111.  "I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant of (worldly) livelihood (to you) for a time.

C2766. In the same way if men who come into the Brotherhood from pure motives and yet feel aggrieved that those outside are better off from a worldly point of view, they are wrong.

It may be that the fleeting enjoyment of this world's goods is but a trial, and they should be grateful for being saved from temptation.]]