Surah 45. Al-Jathiya

Ha. Mim.¹

  - Mohammad Asad

See Appendix II.

Ha M'im.

  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Ha-Mim.

  - Mustafa Khattab

Ha.Mim.

  - Marmaduke Pickthall

Ha Mim. ⁴⁷³⁵

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

See Introduction to S. xi.

THE BESTOWAL from on high of this divine writ issues from God, the Almighty, the Wise.

  - Mohammad Asad

This Book is revealed from Allah, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

The revelation of this Book is from Allah- the Almighty, All-Wise.

  - Mustafa Khattab

The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.

  - Marmaduke Pickthall

The revelation of the Book is from Allah the Exalted in power Full of Wisdom. ⁴⁷³⁶

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

This verse is the same as xl. 2, except that "wisdom" is here substituted in the last line for "knowledge". This is appropriate, as in this Sura we are dealing with the folly of those who reject Allah and His Signs, while S. xl. dealt with the individual soul's witness to Faith and Virtue.

Behold, in the heavens as well as on earth there are indeed messages for all who [are willing to] believe.²

  - Mohammad Asad

Cf. 2:164 , where the term ayat has been rendered by me in the same way, inasmuch as those visible signs of a consciously creative Power convey a spiritual message to man.

Surely in the heavens and the earth there are signs for the true believers.

  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Surely in 'the creation of' the heavens and the earth are signs for the believers.

  - Mustafa Khattab

Lo! in the heavens and the earth are portents for believers.

  - Marmaduke Pickthall

Verily in the heavens and the earth are Signs for those who believe. ⁴⁷³⁷

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Verses 3-5 deal with some of the points in the noble argument in ii. 164, but again there are differences on account of the different context. Note that here the argument is divided into three parts, one in each verse. (1) In verse 3 we are dealing with big Signs external to ourselves, some of which are far beyond our personal experiences: for them we require Faith: they are Signs "for those who believe." For the other two see the next two notes.

And in your own nature, and in [that of] all the animals which He scatters [over the earth] there are messages for people who are endowed with inner certainty.³

  - Mohammad Asad

Cf. 7:185 and the corresponding note [151]. - The intricate structure of human and animal bodies, and the life-preserving instincts with which all living creatures have been endowed, make it virtually impossible to assume that all this has developed "by accident"; and if we assume, as we must, that a creative purpose underlies this development, we must conclude, too, that it has been willed by a conscious Power which creates all natural phenomena "in accordance with an inner truth" (see note [11] on 10:5 ).

and in your own creation and that of animals which are scattered through the earth, there are signs for those who are firm in faith,

  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And in your own creation, and whatever living beings He dispersed, are signs for people of sure faith.

  - Mustafa Khattab

And in your creation, and all the beasts that He scattered in the earth, are portents for a folk whose faith is sure.

  - Marmaduke Pickthall

And in the creation of yourselves and the fact that animals are scattered (through the earth) are Signs for those of assured Faith. ⁴⁷³⁸

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(2) These Signs are in our own nature and in the animals we meet with every day; here we have certainty within human limits: these are "for those of assured Faith".

And in the succession of night and day, and in the means of subsistence⁴ which God sends down from the skies, giving life thereby to the earth after it had been lifeless, and in the change of the winds: [in all this] there are messages for people who use their reason.

  - Mohammad Asad

I.e., rain, with the symbolic connotation of physical and spiritual grace often attached to it in the Qur'an.

and in the alternation of night and day, in the sustenance that Allah sends down from heaven with which He revives the earth after its death and in the changing of the winds, there are signs for those who use their common sense.

  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And 'in' the alternation of the day and the night, the provision¹ sent down from the skies by Allah- reviving the earth after its death- and the shifting of the winds, are signs for people of understanding.

  - Mustafa Khattab

 i.e., rain.

And the difference of night and day and the provision that Allah sendeth down from the sky and thereby quickeneth the earth after her death, and the ordering of the winds, are portents for a people who have sense.

  - Marmaduke Pickthall

And in the alternation of Night and Day and the fact that Allah sends down Sustenance from the sky and revives therewith the earth after its death and the change of the winds are Signs for those that are wise. ^{4739 4740}

  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(3) These are our daily experiences from external things, but they affect us and our lives intimately: here are questions of deductions "for those that are wise."

"Sustenance" is almost equivalent here to "rain". And "rain" itself, and its revival of a dead earth, refer symbolically to Revelation and its putting new life into a dead soul. Similarly the alternation of Night and Day, and the change of the winds, besides being Signs as wonderful phenomena of Nature, refer to spiritual ignorance and knowledge, rest and activity, and the constant beneficent changes that are going on in the world, making for the spread of the blessing of Allah's Revelation.