Surah 14. Ibrahim, Ayah 27
| يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ ۖ وَيُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ ۚ وَيَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ |
| Transliteration | : | yuthabbit 'allaah 'alladhena 'aamano bi- al- qawl ath- thaabit fe al- h.ayaah ad- dunyaa wa- fe al- 'aakhirah wa- yud.ill 'allaah az.- z.aalimen wa- yafcal 'allaah maa yashaa' |
| Pickthall | : | Allah confirmeth those who believe by a firm saying in the life of the world and in the Hereafter, and Allah sendeth wrongdoers astray. And Allah doeth what He will. |
| Asad | : | [Thus,] God grants firmness unto those who have attained to faith through the word that is unshakably true39 in the life of this world as well as in the life to come; but the wrongdoers He lets go astray:40 for God does whatever He wills. |
| Malik | : | With firm words, Allah makes the believers steadfast in the life of this world and in the hereafter; but Allah lets the wrongdoers go astray. Allah does what He pleases. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Allah will establish in strength those who believe with the Word that stands firm in this world and in the Hereafter; but Allah will leave to stray those who do wrong: Allah doeth what He willeth. 1903 |
Note - 39Lit., "firm" (thabit). The term qawl - similar to the
term kalimah (see note [36] above)-denote, beyond its
primary meaning of "saying" or "utterance", also anything
that can be defined as a statement of belief or opinion,
namely, "concept", "tenet", "assertion of faith", and so
on. In this context it expresses the concept that there
is no deity save God, and that Muhammad is His Apostle:
which is an interpretation of the above phrase given by
the Prophet himself, as quoted by Bukhari in a Tradition
on the authority of Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib (Kitab at-Tafsir),
and by other Traditionists, including Muslim, on the
authority of Shu'bah. The adjective thabit connotes the
"firmness" - that is, the unshakable truth-of the "word"
(or "concept") which it qualifies, thus connecting it
with the preceding parable of the "good word" and the
"good tree".
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Note - 40See note [4] on verse {4} of this surah.
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Note - 1903His Will and Plan may be above comprehension, but will
prevail over all things. It is not like the will of man,
who may plan good things but is not necessarily able to
carry them out.
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Lit., "firm" (thabit). The term qawl - similar to the term kalimah (see note [36] above)-denote, beyond its primary meaning of "saying" or "utterance", also anything that can be defined as a statement of belief or opinion, namely, "concept", "tenet", "assertion of faith", and so on. In this context it expresses the concept that there is no deity save God, and that Muhammad is His Apostle: which is an interpretation of the above phrase given by the Prophet himself, as quoted by Bukhari in a Tradition on the authority of Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib (Kitab at-Tafsir), and by other Traditionists, including Muslim, on the authority of Shu'bah. The adjective thabit connotes the "firmness" - that is, the unshakable truth-of the "word" (or "concept") which it qualifies, thus connecting it with the preceding parable of the "good word" and the "good tree". |
