Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 22
| الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ فِرَاشًا وَالسَّمَاءَ بِنَاءً وَأَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ رِزْقًا لَكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا لِلَّهِ أَنْدَادًا وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | 'alladhe jacala la- -kum al- 'ard. firaash(an) wa- as- samaa' binaa'(an) wa- anzala min as- samaa' maa'(an) fa- akhraja bi- -hi min ath- thamaraat rizq(an) la- -kum fa- laa tajcalo li- 'allaah andaad(an) wa- 'antum taclamon |
| Pickthall | : | Who hath appointed the earth a resting-place for you, and the sky a canopy; and causeth water to pour down from the sky, thereby producing fruits as food for you. And do not set up rivals to Allah when ye know (better). |
| Asad | : | who has made the earth a resting-place for you and the sky a canopy, and has sent down water from the sky and thereby brought forth fruits for your sustenance: do not, then, claim that there is any power that could rival God,13 when you know [that He is One]. |
| Malik | : | It is He Who has made the earth a floor for you and the sky a canopy; and it is He Who sends down rain from the sky for the growth of fruits for your sustenance. Therefore, do not knowingly set up rivals to Allah. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Who has made the earth your couch and the heaven your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Allah when ye know (the truth). 41 |
Note - 13Lit., "do not give God any compeers" (andad, pl. of
nidd). There is full agreement among all commentators
that this term implies any object of adoration to which
some or all of God's qualities are ascribed, whether it
be conceived as a deity "in its own right" or a saint
supposedly possessing certain divine or semi-divine
powers. This meaning can be brought out only by a free
rendering of the above phrase.
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Note - 41Further proofs of God's goodness to you are given in this
verse. Your whole life, physical and spiritual, depends
upon Him. The spiritual is figured by the Canopy of
Heaven. The truth has been brought plainly before you.
Will you still resist it and go after false gods, the
creation of your own fancy? The false gods may be idols,
supersititions, Self, or even great or glorious things
like Poetry, Art, or Science, when set up as rivals to
God. They may be pride of race, pride of birth, pride of
wealth or position, pride of power, pride of learning, or
even spiritual pride.
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Lit., "do not give God any compeers" (andad, pl. of nidd). There is full agreement among all commentators that this term implies any object of adoration to which some or all of God's qualities are ascribed, whether it be conceived as a deity "in its own right" or a saint supposedly possessing certain divine or semi-divine powers. This meaning can be brought out only by a free rendering of the above phrase. |
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Further proofs of God's goodness to you are given in this verse. Your whole life, physical and spiritual, depends upon Him. The spiritual is figured by the Canopy of Heaven. The truth has been brought plainly before you. Will you still resist it and go after false gods, the creation of your own fancy? The false gods may be idols, supersititions, Self, or even great or glorious things like Poetry, Art, or Science, when set up as rivals to God. They may be pride of race, pride of birth, pride of wealth or position, pride of power, pride of learning, or even spiritual pride. |
