50. Surah Qaf
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
وَأُزْلِفَتِ
الْجَنَّةُ
لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
﴿٣١﴾
50: 31. And the Garden will be brought nigh to the righteous -- no more a thing distant.
C4968. In this life, the ideas of the spirit, the accomplishment of the things in our hearts and our hopes, seem to be ever so far, seem even to recede as we think we come nearer. Not so in the Hereafter. The fruits of righteousness will no longer be in the distance. They will be realized. They will seem themselves to approach the Righteous.
هَذَا
مَا تُوعَدُونَ
لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ
حَفِيظٍ
﴿٣٢﴾
50: 32. (A voice will say:)
"This is what was promised for you, for everyone who turned (to Allah) in sincere repentance, who kept (his law).
C4969. The description of the Righteous is given in four masterly clauses:
1. those who turned away from Evil in sincere repentance;
2. those whose new life was good and righteous;
3. those who in their innermost hearts and in their most secret doings were actuated by Allah-fearing love, the fear that is akin to love in remembering Allah under His title of "Most Gracious"; and
4. who gave up their whole heart and being to Him.
مَنْ
خَشِيَ الرَّحْمَن
بِالْغَيْبِ
...
50: 33. "Who feared (Allah) Most Gracious unseen,
C4970. Cf. 36:11 and n. 3952; and 35:18, and n. 3902.
... وَجَاء بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ ﴿٣٣﴾
and brought a heart turned in devotion (to Him):
50: 34. "Enter ye therein in Peace and Security;
C4971. The true meaning of Islam: peace, security, salutation, and accord with Allah's Plan in all Eternity.
... ذَلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُلُودِ ﴿٣٤﴾
this is a Day of Eternal Life!"
Asad’s Version:
(50:31) And [on that Day) paradise will be brought within the sight of 22 the God-conscious, and will no longer be far away; [and they will be told:)
(50:32) "This is what you were promised - [promised) unto everyone who was wont to turn unto God and to keep Him always in mind –
(50:33) [everyone) who stood in awe of the Most Gracious although He is beyond the reach of human perception, and who has come [unto Him] with a heart full of contrition. 23
(50:34) Enter this [paradise] in peace; this is the Day on which life abiding begins! " 24
[[Asad’s notes -
22 Lit., "brought near to".
23 See last sentence of 24:31 and the corresponding note 41.
24 Lit., "the Day of Abiding". ]]