Walaqad sarrafna fee hatha alqur-ani
lilnnasi min kulli mathalin
wakana al-insanu akthara shay-in jadalan
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Al-Kahf,
Mecca
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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Muhammad
Asad
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THUS, INDEED, have We given in this Qur'an many facets to every
kind of lesson [designed] for [the benefit of] mankind.
However, man is, above all else, always given to contention:
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M.
M. Pickthall
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And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all
manner of similitudes, but man is more than anything
contentious.
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Shakir
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And certainly We have explained in this Quran every kind of
example, and man is most of all given to contention.
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Yusuf
Ali
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We have explained in detail in this Qur'an, for the benefit of
mankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most things,
contentious.
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[Al-Muntakhab]
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And We have expounded and oriented Our revelations in this
Quran to circumstances and requirements and We expressed many
parables to bring the infidels to their senses but man has
always been known to raise captions and frivolous objections
about most things and tries to find fault unfairly and without
good reason.
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[Progressive
Muslims]
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And We have cited in this Quran every example for the people.
But man was always most argumentative.
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Abdel
Haleem
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In this Quran We have presented every kind of description for
people but man is more contentious than any other creature.
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Abdul
Majid Daryabadi
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And assuredly We have variously propounded in this Qur'an for
mankind every kind of similitude; and man is of all things the
most disputing.
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39.
Az-Zumar
(The Throngs)
Mecca
Period 59 [75 verses]
39:27
THUS, INDEED, have We
propounded unto men all kinds of parables in this Qur'an,
33 so that they might bethink themselves; [and We have revealed it]
(39:28)
as a discourse in the Arabic tongue, free of all deviousness,34 so
that they might become conscious of God.
The
Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
كَذَّبَ
الَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِمْ...
وَلَقَدْ
ضَرَبْنَا
لِلنَّاسِ
فِي
هَذَا
الْقُرْآنِ
مِن
كُلِّ
مَثَلٍ
...
39:
27. We have put forth for men, in this Qur'án every kind of
Parable,
C4284.
Men can only understand high spiritual truths by parables and
similitudes and these are given abundantly in the Quran.
The
object is, not merely to tell stories, but to teach lessons of
spiritual wisdom.
...
لَّعَلَّهُمْ
يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
﴿٢٧﴾
in
order that they may receive admonition.
قُرآنًا
عَرَبِيًّا
...
39:
28. (It
is)
a Qur'án in Arabic,
C4285.
Previous revelations had been in other languages. Now the revelation
was given in Arabia in Arabic itself, the language of the country
which all could understand. And it is a beautiful language, straight
and flexible, and fit to be the vehicle of sublime truths.
...
غَيْرَ
ذِي
عِوَجٍ
لَّعَلَّهُمْ
يَتَّقُونَ
﴿٢٨﴾
without
any crookedness (therein):
in order that they may guard against Evil.
C4286.
See 18:I
and n.
2326.
Cf.
also 7:45,
n.
1024;
and 19:36,
n.
2488.
Yuksel’s
version
The
Quran Alone or Quran Plus Contradictory Partners?
39:27 We
have cited for the people in this Quran from every example, that they
may take heed.
39:28 A
compilation in Arabic, without any distortion, that they may be
righteous.*
[[Yuksel’s
note - 039:028 See
43:3.]]
[[Asad’s
note - 33 As
in many other passages of the Qur'an, the use of the term "parable"
(mathal) immediately or shortly after a description of men's
condition - whether good or bad - in the hereafter is meant to remind
us that all such descriptions relate to something that is "beyond
the reach of a created being's perception" (al-ghayb), and
cannot, therefore, be conveyed to man otherwise than by means of
allegories or parables expressed in terms of human experience and
therefore accessible, in a general sense, to human imagination.
34
Lit., "without any deviousness ('iwaj)", i.e., which could
obscure its meaning: see note 1 on 18:1; where this term occurs in a
slightly different phrasing. As regards the stress on the formulation
of this divine writ "in the Arabic tongue", see 12:2,
13:37, 14:4 and 41 :44, as well as the corresponding notes. ]]
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Surah
Al Isra
The
Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا
لِلنَّاسِ فِي
هَـذَا الْقُرْآنِ
مِن كُلِّ
مَثَلٍ...
17:
89. And We have explained to man, in this Qur'án,
every kind of similitude:
C2290. In
the Quran everything is explained in detail from various points of
view, by commands, similitudes, examples, stories, parables, etc.
It
does not merely narrate stories or lay down vague abstract
propositions. It gives every detailed help in outward and inner life.
...فَأَبَى
أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ
إِلاَّ كُفُورًا ﴿٨٩﴾
yet
the greater part of men refuse (to
receive it) except
with ingratitude!
C2291. One
form in which it can be received with ingratitude is to pay verbal
tributes to it but not study it as it ought to be studied
(2:121, haqqa
tilawatihi),
or to disobey its precepts or standards.
Other
versions:
17: 89
Transliteration Wa
laqad sarrafna_ lin na_si fi ha_zal qur'a_ni min kulli
masal(in),
fa aba_ aksarun na_si illa_ kufu_ra_(n).
Asasd For, indeed, many facets have We given in this Quran to every
kind of lesson
[designed] for [the benefit of] mankind! However, most men are
unwilling to accept anyghing but blasphemy-
Pickthall And
verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all kinds of
similitudes,
but most of mankind refuse aught save disbelief.
Yuksel
We have cited to the people in this Quran of every
example, but most of the people refuse to be anything
but ingrates!
[Asad
note 104 According to
Raghib, the noun ‘mathal’ …….singifies “a
lesson”.]