6. Sura al-Anam
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
وَلِتَصْغَى
إِلَيْهِ
أَفْئِدَةُ
الَّذِينَ
لاَ
يُؤْمِنُونَ
بِالآخِرَةِ...
6:113. To such (deceit) let the hearts of those incline, who have no faith in the Hereafter:
...وَلِيَرْضَوْهُ وَلِيَقْتَرِفُواْ مَا هُم مُّقْتَرِفُونَ ﴿١١٣﴾
let them delight in it, and let them earn from it what they may.
C942. People who have no faith in the future destiny of man may listen to and be taken in by the deceit of evil.
If they take a delight in it, let them. See what they gain by it. Their gains will be as deceitful as their delight. For the end of evil must be evil.
أَفَغَيْرَ
اللّهِ
أَبْتَغِي
حَكَمًا
وَهُوَ
الَّذِي
أَنَزَلَ
إِلَيْكُمُ
الْكِتَابَ
مُفَصَّلاً...
6:114. Say:
"Shall I seek for judge other than Allah?
when He it is Who hath sent unto you the Book, explained in detail."
C943. The righteous man seeks no other standard of Judgement but Allah's Will. How can he, when Allah in His grace has explained His Will in the Quran, with details which men of every capacity can understand?
The humblest can learn lessons of right conduct in daily life, and the most advanced can find the highest wisdom in its spiritual teaching, enriched as it is with all kinds of beautiful illustrations from nature and the story of man.
...وَالَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ ...
They know full well, to whom We have given the Book, that it hath been sent down from thy Lord in truth.
...فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ ﴿١١٤﴾
Never be then of those who doubt.
Asad’s Version:
6: 113 Yet, to the end that the hearts of those who do not believe in the life to come might incline towards Him, and that in him they might find contentment, and that they might earn whatever they can earn [of merit] –
6: 114 [Say you] “ Am I, then, to look unto anyone but God for judgment [as to what is right and wrong], when it is He who has bestowed upon you from on high this divine writ, clearly spelling out the truth?” Asad
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