Surah 52. At-Tur, Ayah 28
| إِنَّا كُنَّا مِنْ قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّحِيمُ |
| Transliteration | : | 'in(na) -naa kunnaa min qablu nadco -hu 'inna -hu huwa al- barr ar- rah.em |
| Pickthall | : | Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful. |
| Asad | : | Verily, we did invoke Him [alone] ere this: [and now He has shown us16] that He alone is truly benign, a true dispenser of grace!" |
| Malik | : | Indeed we used to pray only to Him. Surely He is the Beneficent, the Merciful." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | "Truly we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He the Beneficent the Merciful" 5062 |
Note - 16Sc., "through our own, actual experience". This
interpolation is based on the reading of the subsequent
word as annahu ("that He is"), according to the Medina
school, in contrast with the more conventional Kufah and
Basrah reading innahu ("verily, He is"). As Tabari
stresses, either of these two readings is correct; I have
chosen for my rendering the former inasmuch as it points
to the overwhelming, direct insight which will be granted
to the blessed on resurrection.
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Note - 5062'Before this, we called upon Him, in faith that He is
good: now we know in our inmost souls that He is indeed
good-the Beneficent, the Merciful.' This is the climax of
the description of Heaven.
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Sc., "through our own, actual experience". This interpolation is based on the reading of the subsequent word as annahu ("that He is"), according to the Medina school, in contrast with the more conventional Kufah and Basrah reading innahu ("verily, He is"). As Tabari stresses, either of these two readings is correct; I have chosen for my rendering the former inasmuch as it points to the overwhelming, direct insight which will be granted to the blessed on resurrection. |
