Surah 14. Ibrahim, Ayah 28
| ۞ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ كُفْرًا وَأَحَلُّوا قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ الْبَوَارِ |
| Transliteration | : | 'a- lam tara 'ilaa 'alladhena baddalo nicmah 'allaah kufr(an) wa- ah.allo qawm -hum daar al- bawaar |
| Pickthall | : | Hast thou not seen those who gave the grace of Allah in exchange for thanklessness and led their people down to the Abode of Loss, |
| Asad | : | ART THOU NOT aware of those who have preferred a denial of the truth to God's blessings,41 and [thereby] invited their people to alight in that abode of utter desolation |
| Malik | : | Have you not seen those people who have responded to the favors of Allah with ingratitude and drive their people into the House of Perdition? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who have changed the favor of Allah into blasphemy and caused their people to descend to the House of Perdition? 1904 |
Note - 41Lit., "who have exchanged God's blessings for a denial of
the truth". The expression "God's blessings (ni'mah)"
obviously refers here to the messages revealed through
His apostles.
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Note - 1904There is a particular and a general meaning. The
particular meaning is understood to be a reference to the
Makkan Pagans who turned the House of Allah into a place
for the worship of horrible idols and the practice of
unseemly rites and cults. There is no real difficulty in
accepting this as part of a late Makkan Sura even without
supposing it to be a prophecy. The Makkan Pagans had
turned Religion into a blasphemous superstition, and were
misguiding their people, persecuting the true Messenger
of Allah and all who followed his teaching. Their cup of
iniquity seemed about full, and they seemed to be heading
to perdition, as later events indeed showed to be the
case. The general meaning is also clear. Selfish men,
when they seize power, want worship for themselves or
their Phantasies, in derogation of the true God. Power,
which should have been an instrument of good, becomes in
their hands an instrument of evil. They and their people
rush headlong to perdition. "These be thy gods, 0
Israel!" has been a cry repeated again and again in
history, in the face, or at the back, of men of God!
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There is a particular and a general meaning. The particular meaning is understood to be a reference to the Makkan Pagans who turned the House of Allah into a place for the worship of horrible idols and the practice of unseemly rites and cults. There is no real difficulty in accepting this as part of a late Makkan Sura even without supposing it to be a prophecy. The Makkan Pagans had turned Religion into a blasphemous superstition, and were misguiding their people, persecuting the true Messenger of Allah and all who followed his teaching. Their cup of iniquity seemed about full, and they seemed to be heading to perdition, as later events indeed showed to be the case. The general meaning is also clear. Selfish men, when they seize power, want worship for themselves or their Phantasies, in derogation of the true God. Power, which should have been an instrument of good, becomes in their hands an instrument of evil. They and their people rush headlong to perdition. "These be thy gods, 0 Israel!" has been a cry repeated again and again in history, in the face, or at the back, of men of God! |
