Surah 21. Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 47
| وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا ۖ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَاسِبِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- nad.ac al- mawaazen al- qist. li- yawm al- qiyaamah fa- laa tuz.lam nafs shay'(an) wa- 'in kaana mithqaal h.abbah min khardal 'ataynaa bi- -haa wa- kafaa bi- -naa h.aasiben |
| Pickthall | : | And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul is wronged in aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We bring it. And We suffice for reckoners. |
| Asad | : | But We shall set up just balance-scales on Resurrection Day, and no human being shall be wronged in the least: for though there be [in him but] the weight of a mustard-seed [of good or evil], We shall brin it forth; and none can take count as We do! |
| Malik | : | On the Day of Judgement We shall set up scales of justice so that no one will be dealt with unjustly in any way; even if someone has an act as small as a grain of a mustard seed, We will bring it to account, and sufficient are We to settle the accounts. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment so that not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least. And if there be (no more than) the weight of a mustard seed We will bring it (to account): and enough are We to take account. 2707 2708 |
Note - 2707Not the smallest action, word, thought, motive, or
predilection but must come into the account of Allah. Cf.
Browning (in Rabbi Ben Ezra): "But all, the world's
coarse thumb And finger failed to plumb, So passed in
making up the main account; All instincts immature. All
purposes unsure. That weighed not as his work, yet
swelled the man's account; Thoughts hardly to be packed
Into a narrow act. Fancies that broke through language
and escaped; All I could never be, All, men ignored in
me, This, I was worth to God, Whose wheel the pitcher
shaped."
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Note - 2708The literalism of Sale has here excelled itself: he
translates, "and there will be sufficient accountants
with us"! What is meant is that when Allah takes account,
His accounting will be perfect: there will be no flaw in
it, as there may be in earthly accountants, who require
other people's help in some matters of account which they
do not understand for want of knowledge of that
particular department they are dealing with. Allah's
knowledge is perfect, and therefore His justice will be
perfect also; for He will not fail to take into account
all the most intangible things that determine conduct and
character. See last note. There is no contradiction
between this and xviii. 104-105, where it is said that
men of vain works, i.e., shallow hypocritical deeds, will
have no weight attached to their deeds, In fact the two
correspond.
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Not the smallest action, word, thought, motive, or predilection but must come into the account of Allah. Cf. Browning (in Rabbi Ben Ezra): "But all, the world's coarse thumb And finger failed to plumb, So passed in making up the main account; All instincts immature. All purposes unsure. That weighed not as his work, yet swelled the man's account; Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act. Fancies that broke through language and escaped; All I could never be, All, men ignored in me, This, I was worth to God, Whose wheel the pitcher shaped." |
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The literalism of Sale has here excelled itself: he translates, "and there will be sufficient accountants with us"! What is meant is that when Allah takes account, His accounting will be perfect: there will be no flaw in it, as there may be in earthly accountants, who require other people's help in some matters of account which they do not understand for want of knowledge of that particular department they are dealing with. Allah's knowledge is perfect, and therefore His justice will be perfect also; for He will not fail to take into account all the most intangible things that determine conduct and character. See last note. There is no contradiction between this and xviii. 104-105, where it is said that men of vain works, i.e., shallow hypocritical deeds, will have no weight attached to their deeds, In fact the two correspond. |
