Asad’s version
(28:88) and never call upon any other deity side by side with God. There is no deity save Him. Everything is bound to perish, save His [eternal] Self 100 With Him rests all judgment; and unto Him shall you all be brought back.
The Auranic text and Ali’s version
28:88. And call not, besides Allah, on another god.
...لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ...
There is no god but He.
...كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُ...
Everything (that exists) will perish except His own Face.
C3421. This sums up the lesson of the whole Surah.
The only Eternal Reality is Allah. The whole phenomenal world is subject to flux and change and will pass away, but He will endure for ever. (R).
...لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾
To Him belongs the Command, and to Him will ye (all) be brought back.
Al-Qasas, (The Story)
Mecca Period 49
Asad’s version
(28:88) and never call upon any other deity side by side with God. There is no deity save Him. Everything is bound to perish, save His [eternal] Self 100 With Him rests all judgment; and unto Him shall you all be brought back.
The Quranic text and Ali’s version
وَلَا
تَدْعُ مَعَ
اللَّهِ إِلَهًا
آخَرَ...
28:88. And call not, besides Allah, on another god.
...لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ...
There is no god but He.
...كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُ...
Everything (that exists) will perish except His own Face.
C3421. This sums up the lesson of the whole Surah.
The only Eternal Reality is Allah. The whole phenomenal world is subject to flux and change and will pass away, but He will endure for ever. (R).
...لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾
To Him belongs the Command, and to Him will ye (all) be brought back.