6: 149

Asad Say: “[Know,] then, that the final evidence [of all truth] rests with God alone; and had He so willed, He would have guided you all right.” [Note 143]

Pickthall Say--For Allah's is the final argument--Had He willed He could indeed have guided all of you.

Transliteration Qul fa lilla_hil hujjatul ba_ligah(tu), fa lau sya_'a lahada_kum ajma'in(a).

6: 150

Pickthall Say: Come, bring your witnesses who can bear witness that Allah forbade (all) this. And if they bear witness, do not thou bear witness with them. Follow thou not the whims of those who deny Our revelations, those who believe not in the Hereafter and deem (others) equal with their Lord.

Transliteration Qul halumma syuhada_'akumul lazina yasyhadu_na annalla_ha harrama ha_za_, fa in syahidu_ fala_ tasyhad ma'ahum, wa la_ tattabi' ahwa_'al lazina kazzabu_ bi a_ya_tina_ wallazina la_ yu'minu_na bil a_khirati wa hum bi rabbihim ya'dilu_n(a).

[[ Asad’s note – In other words, the real relationship between God’s knowledge of the future ……on the one side, and man’s free will, on the other – two proposition which, on the face of it, seem to contradict one another – is beyond man’s comprehension;…………Had God so willed, every being would have been forced to live righteously; but this would have amounted to depriving man of his free will, and morality of all its meaning.]]

[[ Ruby’s note – Re: Asad’s note above – both of these propositions are not exclusive of each other and failing to comprehension is due to our limitation of capacity to know. We do not know exactly how man’s limited free will works within God’s overriding greater Will. We do not know exactly when, how and where man’s will is limited and therefore responsible. Only God knows that and therefore only God can judge man. The exclusive right to judge a man as to the total worth of a life belong to God: trespassing this limit would be a transgression on the part of a human. Even though a human does not know the exact relationship and working of his/her free will nonetheless he/she must know that it exists and take responsibility of it to the best of his/her ability and seek constant guidance from God about it. A human in order to be right and righteous therefore is dependant on God’s guidance. This is expounded through the famous prayer which seeks God’s guidance in knowing what is within one’s power to change and what is not and to have the wisdom to know the difference. That prayer manifests the true spirit of truth and spirituality. It manifests the spirit of the limited free will of a human being without knowing where, how and when it ends and God’s greater Will take over. This unknowable factor is a human limitation that a human must accept and work within. ]]