Surah 21. Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 10
| لَقَدْ أَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ |
| Asad | : | [O MEN!] We have now bestowed upon you from on high a divine writ containing all that you ought to bear in mind:13 will you not, then, use your reason? |
| Malik | : | Now, O People, We have sent down to you a Book (The Qur'an) which deals with matters concerning yourselves; why don't you understand? |
| Pickthall | : | Now We have revealed unto you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder. Have ye then no sense? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is a Message for you: will ye not then understand? |
| Transliteration | : | la- qad anzalnaa 'ilay -kum kitaab(an) fe -hi dhikr -kum 'a- fa- laa tacqilon |
Note - 13The term dhikr, which primarily denotes a "reminder" or a
"remembrance", or, as Raghib defines it, the "presence
[of something] in the mind", has also the meaning of
"that by which one is remembered", i.e., with praise - in
other words, "renown" or "fame" - and, tropically,
"honour", "eminence" or "dignity". Hence, the above
phrase contains, apart from the concept of a "reminder",
an indirect allusion to the dignity and happiness to
which man may attain by following the spiritual and
social precepts laid down in the Qur'an. By rendering the
expression dhikrukum as "all that you ought to bear in
mind", I have tried to bring out all these meanings.
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The term dhikr, which primarily denotes a "reminder" or a "remembrance", or, as Raghib defines it, the "presence [of something] in the mind", has also the meaning of "that by which one is remembered", i.e., with praise - in other words, "renown" or "fame" - and, tropically, "honour", "eminence" or "dignity". Hence, the above phrase contains, apart from the concept of a "reminder", an indirect allusion to the dignity and happiness to which man may attain by following the spiritual and social precepts laid down in the Qur'an. By rendering the expression dhikrukum as "all that you ought to bear in mind", I have tried to bring out all these meanings. |
