Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 18
| مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَاهَا مَذْمُومًا مَدْحُورًا |
| Transliteration | : | man kaana yured al- caajilah cajjalnaa la- -hu fe -haa maa nashaa' li- man nured thumma jacalnaa la- -hu jahannam yas.laa -haa madhmom(an) madh.or(an) |
| Pickthall | : | Whoso desireth that (life) which hasteneth away, We hasten for him therein that We will for whom We please. And afterward We have appointed for him hell; he will endure the heat thereof, condemned, rejected. |
| Asad | : | Unto him who cares for [no more than the enjoyment of] this fleeting life We readily grant thereof as much as We please, [giving] to whomever it is Our will [to give]; but in the end We consign him to [the suffering of] hell,23 which he will have to endure disgraced and disowned! |
| Malik | : | He that desires the transitory things of this life, We readily grant him such things as We please to whomsoever We want, then We condemn him to hell, where he will burn, disgraced and rejected. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | If any do wish for the transitory things (of this life) We readily grant them--such things as We will to such persons as We will: in the end have We provided Hell for them: they will burn therein disgraced and rejected. 2196 2197 |
Note - 23Lit., "We assign [or "shall assign"] hell to him".
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Note - 2196An explanation is now given of how it is that prosperity
sometimes seems to attend the wicked. The explanation is
threefold: (1) the transitory things of this life are
worth little in the eternal scheme of things; (2) even
they are provided, not just because their recipients wish
for them, but according to a definite Plan of Allah; and
(3) in the end there is for the wicked the eternal Misery
and deprivation of grace,-the Hell which is worse than
destruction in the terms of this world.
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Note - 2197All the pride and insolence will then be brought low. The
disgrace and the exclusion from the "sight of the Face of
Allah" will by themselves be punishments of which the
magnitude cannot be measured in the terms of our present
material life.
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An explanation is now given of how it is that prosperity sometimes seems to attend the wicked. The explanation is threefold: (1) the transitory things of this life are worth little in the eternal scheme of things; (2) even they are provided, not just because their recipients wish for them, but according to a definite Plan of Allah; and (3) in the end there is for the wicked the eternal Misery and deprivation of grace,-the Hell which is worse than destruction in the terms of this world. |
