33.Surah Al-Ahzab (The Confederates)[73 verses]

Medina Period 90 [3-5 Hijrah]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيرًا ﴿٤١﴾

33:41 [Ali]. O ye who believe!

celebrate the praises of Allah and do this often;

وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا ﴿٤٢﴾

33: 42. And glorify Him morning and evening.

هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَلَائِكَتُهُ...

33: 43. He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels,

C3732. Blessings: good wishes and mercies.

Allah wishes well to all His creatures, and His angels carry out His work, for their will is in all things His Will.

His chief and everlasting blessing is that He gives us a knowledge of the spiritual world, and helps us towards its attainment.

For the symbolic meaning of Light and Darkness, see 24:35-40, and notes.

...لِيُخْرِجَكُم مِّنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ...

that He may bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light:

...وَكَانَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَحِيمًا ﴿٤٣﴾

and He is Full of Mercy to the Believers.

C3733. His Mercies are for all His creatures, but for those who believe and trust in Him, there are special mercies, "a generous Reward" as in the next verse.

Asad’s Version:

33:41 O YOU who have attained to faith! Remember God with unceasing remembrance,

(33:42) and extol His limitless glory from morn to evening. 52

(33:43) He it is who bestows His blessings upon you, with His angels [echoing Him], so that He might take you out of the depths of darkness into the light. And, indeed, a dispenser of grace is He unto the believers.