45. Surah Al-Jathiyah (Kneeling Down)

Mecca Period 65

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

قُل لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَغْفِرُوا لِلَّذِينَ لا يَرْجُون أَيَّامَ اللَّهِ...

45: 14. Tell those who believe, to forgive those who do not look forward to the Days of Allah:

C4748. Cf. 7:54, n. 1031.

The Days of Allah I interpreter to mean not periods of twenty-four hours, but the stages through which Allah's Purpose works in us on bringing home to us a sense of sin and a sense of Allah's Mercy. We must be patient with those who have not yet acquired that sense.

"Days of Allah" may also mean the Days of the Kingdom of Allah, when evil will be destroyed and Allah's authority will reign unquestioned.

...لِيَجْزِيَ قَوْمًا بِما كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

it is for Him to recompense (for good or ill) each People according to what they have earned.

C4749. Allah will give due recompense for good or evil according to His own full Knowledge and righteous Plan, and in His own good time. (R).

C4750. "People" here may be taken to be a group of common characteristics, e.g., the righteous in contrast with the unrighteous, the oppressed in contrast with the oppressors, and so on.

Asad’s Version:

(45:14) Tell all who have attained to faith that they should forgive those who do not believe in the coming of the Days of God, 12 [since it is] for Him [alone] to requite people for whatever they may have earned.

Yuksel’s version

45:14 Say to those who acknowledged, to forgive those who do not look forward to the days of God. He will fully recompense people for whatever they have earned.