Surah 7. Al-A'raf, Ayah 102
| وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِمْ مِنْ عَهْدٍ ۖ وَإِنْ وَجَدْنَا أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَاسِقِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- maa wajadnaa li- akthar -him min cahd wa- 'in wajadnaa akthar -hum la- faasiqen |
| Pickthall | : | We found no (loyalty to any) covenant in most of them. Nay, most of them We found wrong-doers. |
| Asad | : | and in most of them We found no [inner] bond with anything that is right83 - and most of them We found to be iniquitous indeed. |
| Malik | : | We did not find most of them true to their commitments rather We found that most of them were transgressors. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Most of them We found not men (true) to their covenant: but most of them We found rebellious and disobedient. |
Note - 83Thus Raghib explains the term 'ahd occurring in this
sentence. Its usual rendering as "covenant" or "loyalty
to their covenant" is entirely meaningless in this
context. Rashid Rida' widens Raghib's interpretation and
includes in the above term man's instinctive ability to
discern between right and wrong and, thus, to follow the
dictates of his own conscience (Manar IX, 33 ff.).
Regarding the deeper implications of this expression, see
surah {2}, note [19].
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Thus Raghib explains the term 'ahd occurring in this sentence. Its usual rendering as "covenant" or "loyalty to their covenant" is entirely meaningless in this context. Rashid Rida' widens Raghib's interpretation and includes in the above term man's instinctive ability to discern between right and wrong and, thus, to follow the dictates of his own conscience (Manar IX, 33 ff.). Regarding the deeper implications of this expression, see surah {2}, note [19]. |
