Surah 10. Yunus, Ayah 99
| وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ لَآمَنَ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا ۚ أَفَأَنْتَ تُكْرِهُ النَّاسَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- law shaa'a rabb -ka la- 'aamana man fe al- 'ard. kull -hum jamec(an) 'a- fa- 'anta tukrih an- naas h.attaa yakono mu'minen |
| Pickthall | : | And if thy Lord willed, all who are in the earth would have believed together. Wouldst thou (Muhammad) compel men until they are believers? |
| Asad | : | And [thus it is:] had thy Sustainer so willed, all those who live on earth would surely have attained to faith, all of them:122 dost thou, then, think that thou couldst compel people to believe, |
| Malik | : | If it had been the will of your Rabb that all the people of the world should be believers, all the people of the earth would have believed! Would you then compel mankind against their will to believe? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | If it had been the Lord's Will they would all have believed all who are on earth! Wilt thou then compel mankind against their will to believe! 1480 |
Note - 122The Qur'an stresses repeatedly the fact that, "had He so
willed, He would have guided you all aright" (6:149) -
the obvious implication being that He has willed it
otherwise: namely, that He has given man the freedom to
choose between right and wrong, thus raising him to the
status of a moral being (in distinction from other
animals, which can only follow their instincts). See, in
this context, surah {6}, note [143], as well as - in
connection with the allegory of the Fall - surah {7},
note [16].
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Note - 1480If it had been Allah's Plan or Will not to grant the
limited Free-will that He has granted to man, His
omnipotence could have made all mankind alike: all would
then have had Faith, but that Faith would have reflected
no merit on them. In the actual world as it is, man has
been endowed with various faculties and capacities, so
that he should strive and explore, and bring himself into
harmony with Allah's Will. Hence Faith becomes a moral
achievement, and to resist Faith becomes a sin. As a
complementary proposition, men of Faith must not be
impatient or angry if they have to contend against
Unfaith, and most important of all, they must guard
against the temptation of forcing Faith, i.e., imposing
it on others by physical compulsion. Forced faith is no
faith. They should strive.
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The Qur'an stresses repeatedly the fact that, "had He so willed, He would have guided you all aright" (6:149) - the obvious implication being that He has willed it otherwise: namely, that He has given man the freedom to choose between right and wrong, thus raising him to the status of a moral being (in distinction from other animals, which can only follow their instincts). See, in this context, surah {6}, note [143], as well as - in connection with the allegory of the Fall - surah {7}, note [16]. |
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If it had been Allah's Plan or Will not to grant the limited Free-will that He has granted to man, His omnipotence could have made all mankind alike: all would then have had Faith, but that Faith would have reflected no merit on them. In the actual world as it is, man has been endowed with various faculties and capacities, so that he should strive and explore, and bring himself into harmony with Allah's Will. Hence Faith becomes a moral achievement, and to resist Faith becomes a sin. As a complementary proposition, men of Faith must not be impatient or angry if they have to contend against Unfaith, and most important of all, they must guard against the temptation of forcing Faith, i.e., imposing it on others by physical compulsion. Forced faith is no faith. They should strive. |
