Surah 5. Al-Maida, Ayah 16
| يَهْدِي بِهِ اللَّهُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوَانَهُ سُبُلَ السَّلَامِ وَيُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ |
| Transliteration | : | yaa 'ahl al- kitaab qad jaa'a -kum rasol -naa yubayyin la- -kum kather(an) min maa kuntum tukhfon min al- kitaab wa- yacfo can kather |
| Pickthall | : | Whereby Allah guideth him who seeketh His good pleasure unto paths of peace. He bringeth them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and guideth them unto a straight path. |
| Asad | : | through which God shows unto all that seek His goodly acceptance the paths leading to salvation29 and, by His grace, brings them out of the depths of darkness into the light and guides them onto a straight way. |
| Malik | : | with which Allah will guide to the ways of peace all those who seek His good pleasure and bring them out of the depth of darkness into the light of His grace and guide them to the Right Way. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Wherewith Allah guideth all who seek His good pleasure to ways of peace and safety and leadeth them out of darkness by His Will unto the light guideth them to a Path that is Straight. |
Note - 29The word salam, here rendered as "salvation", has no
proper equivalent in the English language. It denotes
inner peace, soundness and security from evil of any
kind, both physical and spiritual, and the achievement of
what, in Christian terminology, is described as
"salvation": with the difference, however, that the
Christian concept of salvation presupposes the existence
of an a-priori state of sinfulness, which is justified in
Christianity by the doctrine of "original sin", but is
not justified in Islam, which does not subscribe to this
doctrine. Consequently, the term "salvation" - which I am
using here for want of a better word - does not
adequately convey the full meaning of salam. Its nearest
equivalents in Western languages would be the German Heil
or the French salut, both of which express the idea of
spiritual peace and fulfilment without being necessarily
(i.e., linguistically) connected with the Christian
doctrine of salvation.
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The word salam, here rendered as "salvation", has no proper equivalent in the English language. It denotes inner peace, soundness and security from evil of any kind, both physical and spiritual, and the achievement of what, in Christian terminology, is described as "salvation": with the difference, however, that the Christian concept of salvation presupposes the existence of an a-priori state of sinfulness, which is justified in Christianity by the doctrine of "original sin", but is not justified in Islam, which does not subscribe to this doctrine. Consequently, the term "salvation" - which I am using here for want of a better word - does not adequately convey the full meaning of salam. Its nearest equivalents in Western languages would be the German Heil or the French salut, both of which express the idea of spiritual peace and fulfilment without being necessarily (i.e., linguistically) connected with the Christian doctrine of salvation. |
