29.Al-'Ankabut (The Spider)

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

اتْلُ مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ...

29:45 Recite what is sent of the Book by inspiration to thee, and establish Regular Prayer:

C3471. The tilawat of the Quran implies:

- rehearsing or reciting it, and publishing it abroad to the world;

- reading it to ourselves;

- studying it to understand it as it should be studied and understood (2:121);

- meditating on it so as to accord our knowledge and life and desires with it.

...إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاء وَالْمُنكَرِ...

for Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds;

...وَلَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ...

and remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without doubt.

...وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

And Allah knows the (deeds) that ye do.

Asad’s Version:

29:45 CONVEY [unto others] whatever of this divine writ has been revealed unto thee, 40 and be constant in prayer: for, behold, prayer restrains [man] from loathsome deeds and from all that runs counter to reason;" and remembrance of God is indeed the greatest [good]. And God knows all that you do.

[[Asad’s note - 40 If we assume that verses 45-46 are addressed not merely to the Prophet but to believers in general (an assumption which is strengthened by the plural form of address in the last clause of verse 45 and throughout verse 46); the above phrase may be taken to mean "whatever of the divine writ has revealed itself to thy understanding". ]]