3. Sura al-Imran

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ...

3: 195. And their Lord hath accepted of them, and answered them:

...أَنِّي لاَ أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَامِلٍ مِّنكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَى بَعْضُكُم مِّن بَعْضٍ...

"Never will I suffer to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female: ye are members, one of another;

...فَالَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ وَأُخْرِجُواْ مِن دِيَارِهِمْ وَأُوذُواْ فِي سَبِيلِي وَقَاتَلُواْ وَقُتِلُواْ...

those who have left their homes, or been driven out therefrom, or suffered harm in My cause, or fought or been slain,

...لأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَلأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ ...

verily, I will blot out from them their iniquities, and admit them into gardens with rivers flowing beneath;

... ثَوَابًا مِّن عِندِ اللّهِ...

a reward from the presence of God,

...وَاللّهُ عِندَهُ حُسْنُ الثَّوَابِ ﴿١٩٥﴾

and from His presence is the best of rewards."

Transliteration Fastaja_ba lahum rabbuhum anni la_ udi'u 'amala'a_milim minkum min zakarin au unsa_, ba'dukum mim ba'd(in), fallazina ha_jaru_ wa ukhriju_ min diya_rihim wa u_zu_ fi sabili wa qa_talu_ wa qutilu_ la'ukaffiranna'anhum sayyi'a_tihim wa la'udkhilannahum janna_tin tajri min tahtihalanha_r(u), sawa_bam min'indilla_h(i), walla_hu'indahu_ husnus sawa_b(i).

Other versions:

3: 195

Asad

And thus does their Sustainer answer their prayer: “I shall not lose sight of the labors [in My way], be it man or woman: each of you is an issue of the other [note 150]. Hence as for those who forsake the domain of evil [151], and are driven from their homelands, and suffer hurt in My cause, and fight [for it], and are slain – I shall most certainly efface their bad deeds, and shall most certainly bring them into gardens through which running waters flow, as a reward from God: for with God is the most beauteous of rewards.”

Pickthall

And their Lord hath heard them (and He saith): Lo! I suffer not the work

of any worker, male or female, to be lost. Ye proceed one from another.

So those who fled and were driven forth from their homes and

suffered damage for My cause, and fought and were slain, verily I shall

remit their evil deeds from them and verily I shall bring them into

Gardens underneath which rivers flow. A reward from Allah. And

with Allah is the fairest of rewards.

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Ali’s Comments:

500 In Islam the equal status of the sexes is not only recognized but insisted on. If sex distinction, which is a distinction in nature, does not count in spiritual matters, still less of course would count artificial distinctions, such as rank, wealth, position, race, color, birth, etc, (3.195

501. Here, and in 3:198 below, and in many places elsewhere, stress is laid on the fact that whatever gift, or bliss will come to the righteous, its chief merit will be that it proceeds from Allah Himself. "Nearness to Allah" expresses it better than any other symbol.

Asad’s Comments:

150 – I.e., “you all are members of one and the same human race, and therefore equal to one another.”