Sura-18
[Al Kahf mecca
69]
The
Quranic Text & Ali’s version:
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا
فِي هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ
لِلنَّاسِ مِن
كُلِّ مَثَلٍ...
18:54. We
have explained in detail in this Qur'án, for the benefit of
mankind, every kind of similitude:
... وَكَانَ
الْإِنسَانُ
أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ
جَدَلًا ﴿٥٤﴾
but
man is, in most things, contentious.
C2398. If
men had not cultivated the habit of contention and obstinacy, they
would have found that the parables and similitudes of Scripture had
fully met their difficulties, and they would gladly have obeyed the
call of Allah.
The
Quran Contains Every Example for Our Salvation
18:54 We
have cited in this Quran every example for the people. But the human
being is always most argumentative.
Walaqad sarrafna fee hatha alqur-ani
lilnnasi min kulli mathalin wakana
al-insanu akthara shay-in jadalan
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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Muhammad
Asad
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THUS, INDEED, have We given in this Qur'an many facets to every
kind of lesson [designed] for [the benefit of] mankind.
However, man is, above all else, always given to contention:
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M.
M. Pickthall
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And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all
manner of similitudes, but man is more than anything
contentious.
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Shakir
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And certainly We have explained in this Quran every kind of
example, and man is most of all given to contention.
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Yusuf
Ali
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We have explained in detail in this Qur'an, for the benefit of
mankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most things,
contentious.
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[Al-Muntakhab]
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And We have expounded and oriented Our revelations in this
Quran to circumstances and requirements and We expressed many
parables to bring the infidels to their senses but man has
always been known to raise captions and frivolous objections
about most things and tries to find fault unfairly and without
good reason.
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[Progressive
Muslims]
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And We have cited in this Quran every example for the people.
But man was always most argumentative.
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