68 Al-Qalam (The Pen)

Mecca Period 2

Ali’s version and the Arabic text

The Quranic text and Ali’s version

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ...

68:7.    Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path:

... وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ ﴿٧﴾

and He knoweth best those who receive (True) Guidance.

C5597. Men set up false standards of judgment. The right standard is that of Allah. For Ms knowledge is complete and all-embracing; He reads hidden motives as well as things that appear before men's sight; and He knows the past history in which the roots of present actions are embedded, as well as the future consequences of present actions.

Asad’s version

68:7 Verily, thy Sustainer alone is fully aware as to who has strayed from His path, Just as He alone is fully aware of those who have found the right way