27. Surah An-Naml (The Ants)

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The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُم بِحُكْمِهِ...

27: 78. Verily thy Lord will decide between them by His Decree:

C3310. Decree: hukm: the disputes between rival sects can only be settled by the Decree of Allah,

- in the form of a Revelation, as was done by the Quran, or

- by the logic of events, for hundreds of sects have been extinguished and forgotten in the course of time, and

- in the Decree of Judgment in the Hereafter, when all jarring sects will at length see their errors.

...وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْعَلِيمُ ﴿٧٨﴾

and He is Exalted in Might, All-Knowing.

فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ...

27: 79. So put thy trust in Allah:

...إِنَّكَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ الْمُبِينِ ﴿٧٩﴾

for thou art on (the Path of) manifest Truth.

Asad’s Version:

(27:78) Verily, [O believer,] thy Sustainer will judge between them in His wisdom - for He alone is almighty, all-knowing.

(27:79) Hence, place thy trust in God [alone] - for, behold, that

in which thou believest is truth selfevident. 71