Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 44
| بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالزُّبُرِ ۗ وَأَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | bi- al- bayyinaat wa- az- zubur wa- anzalnaa 'ilay -ka adh- dhikr li- tubayyin li- an- naas maa nuzzila 'ilay -him wa- lacalla -hum yatafakkaron |
| Pickthall | : | With clear proofs and writings; and We have revealed unto thee the Remembrance that thou mayst explain to mankind that which hath been revealed for them, and that haply they may reflect. |
| Asad | : | [and they will tell you that their prophets, too, were but mortal men whom We had endowed] with all evidence of the truth and with books of divine wisdom.47 And upon thee [too] have We bestowed from on high this reminder, so that thou might make clear unto mankind all that has ever been thus bestowed upon them,48 and that they might take thought. |
| Malik | : | We sent those Rasools with clear signs and scriptures; and now We have sent down the reminder to you (O Muhammad), so that you may explain clearly to mankind as to what was sent to them so that they may think about it. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | (We sent them) with Clear Signs and Books of dark prophecies; and We have sent down unto thee (also) the Message; that thou mayest explain clearly to men what is sent for them and that they may give thought. 2070 |
Note - 47The above sentence is addressed, parenthetically, to all
who question the divine origin of the Qur'an on the
grounds mentioned in note [45] above. For an explanation
of the term zubur ("books of divine wisdom"), see surah
{21}, note [101].
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Note - 48Sc., "through revelation" - implying that moral values
are independent of all time-bound changes and must,
therefore, be regarded as permanent.
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Note - 2070As the People of the Book had received "Clear Signs" and
inspired Books before, so also Allah's Message came to
the Prophet Muhammad through the Qur-an, which superseded
the earlier revelations, already corrupted in the hands
of their followers.
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The above sentence is addressed, parenthetically, to all who question the divine origin of the Qur'an on the grounds mentioned in note [45] above. For an explanation of the term zubur ("books of divine wisdom"), see surah {21}, note [101]. |
