31. Surah Luqman

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَمَن يُسْلِمْ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى...

31:22 Whoever submits his whole self to Allah, and is a doer of good, has grasped indeed the most trustworthy hand-hold:

C3609. Cf. 2:256 and n. 301.

...وَإِلَى اللَّهِ عَاقِبَةُ الْأُمُورِ ﴿٢٢﴾

and with Allah rests the End and Decision of (all) affairs.

C3610. Cf. 22:41.

Everything goes back to Allah. He is our final Goal, as He is the final Goal of all things.

Asad’s Version:

31:22

Now whoever surrenders his whole being unto God, 21 and is a doer of good withal, has indeed taken hold of a support most unfailing: for with God rests the final outcome of all events.

[[Asad’s note -21 See note 91 on 2:1 12. ]]