NO WANTS / NEEDS

3. Sura al-Imran

Medina 89 [200 verses]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

فِيهِ آيَاتٌ بَيِّـنَاتٌ مَّقَامُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ...

3: 97. In it are signs manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham;

C424. Station of Abraham: see 2:125 and n. 125.

... وَمَن دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِنًا...

whoever enters it attains security;

C425. See reference in last note.

...وَلِلّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً ...

pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe to Allah, those who can afford the journey;

وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ الله غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴿٩٧﴾

but if any deny faith, Allah stands not in need of any of his creatures.

Asad’s Version:

3: 97 And as for those who deny the Truth – verily, God’s does not stand in need of anything in all the worlds.