Surah 5. Al-Maida, Ayah 115
| قَالَ اللَّهُ إِنِّي مُنَزِّلُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بَعْدُ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنِّي أُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَابًا لَا أُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | 'idh qaala al- h.awaareyon yaa cesaa ibn maryam hal yastat.ec rabb -ka 'an yunazzil calay -naa maa'idah min as- samaa' qaala ittaqo 'allaah 'in kuntum mu'minen |
| Pickthall | : | Allah said: Lo! I send it down for you. And whoso disbelieveth of you afterward, him surely will I punish with a punishment wherewith I have not punished any of (My) creatures. |
| Asad | : | God answered: "Verily, I [always] do send it down unto you:138 and so, if any of you should henceforth deny [this] truth, on him, behold, will I inflict suffering the like of which I have never [yet] inflicted upon anyone in the world!" |
| Malik | : | Allah responded: "I shall send it down to you, but if any of you disbelieve after that, I shall punish him with a torment which I have never inflicted on anyone in the worlds." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Allah said: "I will send it down unto you: but if any of you after that resisteth faith I will punish him with a penalty such as I have not inflicted on anyone among all the peoples. 828 |
Note - 138The grammatical form munazzil in the phrase inni
munazziluha (lit., "I am sending it down") implies a
continued recurrence of bestowal - a continuity which I
have expressed by interpolating the word "always" between
brackets. This stress on God's ever-recurrent provision
of sustenance, both physical and spiritual, explains the
extreme severity of His condemnation of all who - in
their arrogant presumption that man is self-sufficient
and independent - deny this obvious truth; and, in
addition, it implies a condemnation of any demand for a
miracle as a "proof" of God's existence.
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Note - 828It is a wicked generation that asks for Signs and
Miracles. Usually they are not vouchsafed. But where they
are, the responsibility of those who ask for them is
increased. If, after that, they reject faith, invent
lies, and go after false gods or false ideals, their
penalty will be worse than that of other people. How this
works out practically among those who call themselves
Christians is exemplified in such books as the late Mr.
W.T. Stead's "If Christ Came to Chicago?"
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The grammatical form munazzil in the phrase inni munazziluha (lit., "I am sending it down") implies a continued recurrence of bestowal - a continuity which I have expressed by interpolating the word "always" between brackets. This stress on God's ever-recurrent provision of sustenance, both physical and spiritual, explains the extreme severity of His condemnation of all who - in their arrogant presumption that man is self-sufficient and independent - deny this obvious truth; and, in addition, it implies a condemnation of any demand for a miracle as a "proof" of God's existence. |
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It is a wicked generation that asks for Signs and Miracles. Usually they are not vouchsafed. But where they are, the responsibility of those who ask for them is increased. If, after that, they reject faith, invent lies, and go after false gods or false ideals, their penalty will be worse than that of other people. How this works out practically among those who call themselves Christians is exemplified in such books as the late Mr. W.T. Stead's "If Christ Came to Chicago?" |
