13.Surah ArRa'd

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَالَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللّهُ بِهِ أَن يُوصَلَ...

13: 21.  Those who join together those things which Allah hath commanded to be joined,

C1835. That is,

-         join faith with practice,

-         love of God with love of man, and

-        respect for all Prophets alike, i.e., follow the right Religion, and not odd bits of it.

...وَيَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ وَيَخَافُونَ سُوءَ الحِسَابِ ﴿٢١﴾

hold their Lord in awe, and fear the terrible reckoning;

Other versions:

13: 21

Yusuf Ali Those who join together those things which Allah hath commanded to be joined hold their Lord in awe and fear the terrible reckoning;

Pickthall Such as unite that which Allah hath commanded should be joined, and fear their Lord, and dread a woeful reckoning.

Transliteration Wallazina yasilu_na ma_ amaralla_hu bihi ay yu_sala wa yakhsyauna rabbahum wa yakha_fu_na su_'al hisa_b(i).

[ Asad note 43: This refers to all ties arising from human relationships – e.g., the bonds of family, responsibility for orphans and the poor, the mutual rights and duties of neighbors – as well as the spiritual and practical bonds which ought to exist between all who belong to the brotherhood of Islam……..according to Razi – man’s moral duty to treat all living beings with love and compassion. ]