22 .Al-Hajj, Medina 103

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَكَذَلِكَ أَنزَلْنَاهُ آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ...  

22: 16.  Thus have We sent down Clear Signs;

C2787. Instead of plotting against Allah's Messenger, the unbelievers should observe the Clear Signs which he has brought, and obey and follow the Guidance which comes from Allah according to the Laws which He has fixed by His holy Will and Plan.

...وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَن يُرِيدُ ﴿١٦﴾

and verily Allah doth guide whom He will!

Other versions:

22:16

Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration Arabic   وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَاهُ آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَن يُرِيدُ &#x21E8 Transliteration   Wakathalika anzalnahu ayatin bayyinatin waanna Allaha yahdee man yureedu &#x21E8

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning Muhammad Asad   And thus have We bestowed from on high this [divine writ] in the shape of clear messages: for [thus it is] that God guides him who wills [to be guided]. &#x21E8 M. M. Pickthall   Thus We reveal it as plain revelations, and verily Allah guideth whom He will. &#x21E8 Shakir   And thus have We revealed it, being clear arguments, and because Allah guides whom He intends. &#x21E8 Yusuf Ali   Thus have We sent down Clear Signs; and verily Allah doth guide whom He will! &#x21E8 Wahiduddin Khan   We have sent down the Quran as clear evidence, and surely God guides whom He will. &#x21E8 [Al-Muntakhab]   Thus did We reveal it -the Quran- embodying clear and plain revelations guiding out of darkness and superstition of later times and out of want of spiritual and intellectual sight into illumination and enlightenment; Allah does indeed guide whom He will. &#x21E8 [Progressive Muslims]   And as such, We have sent down clear revelations, and God guides whomever He wishes.

[[Asad’s note - 17 Or: "God guides aright whomever He wills". For an explanation of the rendering adopted by me, see note 4 on 14:4.

18 See surah 2, note 49. ]]

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24. An-Nur, Medina 102

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

سُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَاهَا وَفَرَضْنَاهَا...

24:1. A Surah which We have sent down and which We have ordained:

C2953. It must not be thought that the checking of sex offences or of minor improprieties, that relate to sex or privacy, are matters that do not affect spiritual life in the highest degree. These matters are intimately connected with spiritual teaching such as Allah has sent down in this Surah.

The emphasis is on "We": these things are not mere matters of convenience, but Allah has ordained them for our observance in life.

...وَأَنزَلْنَا فِيهَا آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿١﴾

in it have We sent down Clear Signs, in order that ye may receive admonition.

Asad’s Version:

24:1

Asad

A SURAH [is this] which We have bestowed from on high, and which We have laid down in plain terms; 1 and in it have We bestowed from on high messages which are clear [in themselves], so that you might keep [them] in mind.

[[Asad’s note -

1 I.e., "the injunctions whereof We have made self-evident by virtue of their wording": thus, according to Bukhari (Kitab at-Tafsir), 'Abd llah ibn Abbas explains the expression faradnaha in this context (cf Fath al-Bari VIII, 361). The same explanation, also on the authority of Ibn Abbas, is advanced by Tabari. It would seem that the special stress on God's having laid down this surah "in plain terms" is connected with the gravity of the injunctions spelt out in the sequence: in other ords, it implies a solemn warning against any attempt at widening or re-defining those injunctions by means of deductions, inferences or any other considerations unconnected with the plain wording of the Qur'an. ]]