Surah 24. An-Nur, Ayah 10
| وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- law-laa fad.l 'allaah calay -kum wa- rah.mah -hu wa- 'anna 'allaah tawwaab h.akem |
| Pickthall | : | And had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, and that Allah is Clement, Wise, (ye had been undone). |
| Asad | : | AND WERE it not for God's favour upon you, [O man,] and His grace, and that God is a wise acceptor of repentance . . . !11 |
| Malik | : | If it were not for Allah's grace and mercy upon you, you would have no method of handling these situations. Allah is the Acceptor of Repentance, All-Wise. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | If it were not for Allah's grace and mercy on you and that Allah is Oft-Returning Full of Wisdom (ye would be ruined indeed). 2961 |
Note - 11This sentence, which introduces the section dealing with
the condemnation of all unfounded or unproven accusations
of unchastity - as well as the similar sentence which
closes it in verse {20} - is deliberately left
incomplete, leaving it to man to imagine what would have
happened to individual lives and to society if God had
not ordained all the above-mentioned legal and moral
safeguards against possibly false accusations, or if He
had made a proof of adultery dependent on mere
circumstantial evidence. This idea is further elaborated
in verses {1-15}.
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Note - 2961Cf. xxiv. 11-14, and n. 2962, which illustrates the
matter by a concrete instance.
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This sentence, which introduces the section dealing with the condemnation of all unfounded or unproven accusations of unchastity - as well as the similar sentence which closes it in verse {20} - is deliberately left incomplete, leaving it to man to imagine what would have happened to individual lives and to society if God had not ordained all the above-mentioned legal and moral safeguards against possibly false accusations, or if He had made a proof of adultery dependent on mere circumstantial evidence. This idea is further elaborated in verses {1-15}. |
