Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 94
| وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا إِذْ جَاءَهُمُ الْهُدَىٰ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا أَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ بَشَرًا رَسُولًا |
| Transliteration | : | wa- maa manaca an- naas 'an yu'mino 'idh jaa'a -hum al- hudaa 'illaa 'an qaalo 'a- bacatha 'allaah bashar(an) rasol(an) |
| Pickthall | : | And naught prevented mankind from believing when the guidance came unto them save that they said: Hath Allah sent a mortal as (His) messenger? |
| Asad | : | Yet whenever [God's] guidance came to them [through a prophet,] nothing has ever kept people from believing [in him] save this their objection:111 "Would God have sent a [mere] mortal man as His apostle?" |
| Malik | : | Nothing prevented people from belief when guidance came to them except the excuse: "What! Has Allah sent a man like us to be a Rasool?" |
| Yusuf Ali | : | What kept men back from Belief when Guidance came to them was nothing but this: they said "Has Allah sent a man like us) to be (His) Apostle?" 2299 |
Note - 111Lit., "save that they said". The verb qala (as also the
noun qawl) is often used tropically in the sense of
holding or asserting an opinion or a belief; in the above
case it obviously implies a conceptual objection.
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Note - 2299When a man is raised to honour and dignity, his sincere
brothers rejoice, for it is an honour that reflects its
glory on them. But those with evil in their hearts are
jealous like their prototype Iblis, (xvii. 61, n. 2251).
To such men the mere fact that their own brother receives
the grace of Allah is enough to turn them against that
brother. Any other reasons they may devise are mere
make-believe.
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When a man is raised to honour and dignity, his sincere brothers rejoice, for it is an honour that reflects its glory on them. But those with evil in their hearts are jealous like their prototype Iblis, (xvii. 61, n. 2251). To such men the mere fact that their own brother receives the grace of Allah is enough to turn them against that brother. Any other reasons they may devise are mere make-believe. |
