Sura-43 [Az Zukhruf Mecca 63]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s version:

أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِي الْعُمْيَ ...

43:40. Canst thou then make the deaf to hear, or give direction to the blind

C4643. Cf. 30:52-53.

The evil go headlong into sin, and sink deeper and deeper until their spiritual faculties are deadened, and no outside help can bring them back. Allah's grace they have rejected.

... وَمَن كَانَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٤٠﴾

or to such as (wander) in manifest error?

C4644. There is hope for a person who wanders in quest of truth, and even for one who wanders through mistake or by weakness of will. But there is none for one who, by deliberate choice, plunges into "manifest error", i.e., error which any one can see.

فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

43.:41. Even if We take thee away, We shall be sure to exact retribution from them.

C4645. Cf. 8:30: "how the Unbelievers plotted against thee, to keep thee in bonds, or slay thee, or get thee out (of thy home)".

They were always plotting against the holy Prophet in his Makkan period. But even if their plots had succeeded against human beings, they could not defeat Allah's Plan, nor escape the just punishment of their deeds.

Cf. also 10:46, and n. 1438.

أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ الَّذِي وَعَدْنَاهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

43:42. Or We shall show thee that (accomplished) which We have promised them:

for verily We shall prevail over them.

فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّذِي أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ...

43:43. So hold thou fast to the Revelation sent down to thee:

C4646. Let the wicked rage, say what they like, or do their worst: the prophet of Allah is encouraged to go forward steadfastly in the Light given him, for he is on a Path that leads straight to Allah. (R).

...إِنَّكَ عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٤٣﴾

verily thou art on Straight Way.

Asad’s Version:

43:40 CANST THOU, perchance, [O Muhammad,] make the deaf hear, or show the right way to the blind or to such as are obviously lost in error? 35

(43:41) But whether We do [or do not] take thee away [ere thy message prevails] - verily, We shall inflict Our retribution on them;

(43:42) and whether We show thee [or do not show thee in this world] the fulfilment of what We have promised them - verily, We have full power over them!

43:43 So hold fast to all that has been revealed to thee: for, behold, thou art on a straight way;

Ali’s version

فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّذِي أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ...

43. So hold thou fast to the Revelation sent down to thee:

C4646. Let the wicked rage, say what they like, or do their worst: the prophet of Allah is encouraged to go forward steadfastly in the Light given him, for he is on a Path that leads straight to Allah. (R).

...إِنَّكَ عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٤٣﴾

verily thou art on Straight Way.