Sura -31 [Luqman mecca 57]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s version:

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ...

20. Do ye not see that Allah has subjected to your (use) all things in the heavens and on earth,

C3605. Allah's Creation is independent of man. But Allah, in His infinite mercy, has given man the faculty to subdue the forces of nature and to penetrate through high mysteries with his powers of reason and insight.

But this is not merely a question of power. For in His Universal Plan, all are safeguarded. But man's destiny, as far as we can see, is noble to the highest degree.

...وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُ ظَاهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً ...

and has made His bounties flow to you in exceeding measure, (both) seen and unseen?

C3606. Allah's grace and bounties work for us at all times. Sometimes we see them, and sometimes we do not.

In things which we can apprehend with our senses, we can see Allah's grace, but even in them, sometimes it works beyond the sphere of our knowledge. In the inner or spiritual world, sometimes, when our vision is clear, we can see it working, and often we are not conscious of it. But it works all the same.

...وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يُجَادِلُ فِي اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَابٍ مُّنِيرٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

Yet there are among men those who dispute about Allah, without knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book to enlighten them!

C3607. Such men lack knowledge, as they make no use of their intellects but are swayed by their passions; they lack guidance, as they are impatient of control; and the fruits of revelation, or spiritual insight, do not reach them, as they reject Faith and Revelation.

Asad’s Version:

31:20

ARE YOU NOT aware that God has made subservient to you all 18 that is in the heavens and all that is on earth, and has lavished upon you His blessings, both outward and inward?" And yet, among men there is many a one that argues about God without having any knowledge [of Him], without any guidance, and without any light-giving revelation;