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Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side

Ali, Abdullah Yusuf; Pickthall, Marmaduke William; Shakir, M. H. · -610 to -632 (revelation); Qur'an as compiled afterward primary

passage 373 of 866 · Chapter 1: > Chapter 16: (17/19)

in brief
It teaches that forced disbelief is excused if the heart remains faithful, but willingly opening one’s breast to disbelief brings Allah’s wrath and severe punishment.

forced thereto and whose heart is still content with the Faith - but whoso findeth ease in disbelief: On them is wrath from Allah. Theirs will be an awful doom.

S: He who disbelieves in Allah after his having believed, not he who is compelled while his heart is at rest on account of faith, but he who opens (his) breast to disbelief-- on these is the wrath of Allah, and they shall have a grievous chastisement.

016.107 Y: This because they love the life of this world better than the Hereafter: and Allah will not guide those who reject Faith.

P: That is because they have chosen the life of the world rather than the Hereafter, and because Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk.

S: This is because they love this world's life more than the hereafter, and because Allah does not guide the unbelieving people.

016.108 Y: Those are they whose hearts, ears, and eyes Allah has sealed up, and they take no heed.

P: Such are they whose hearts and ears and eyes Allah hath sealed. And such are the heedless.

S: These are they on whose hearts and their hearing and their eyes Allah has set a seal, and these are the heedless ones.

016.109 Y: Without doubt, in the Hereafter they will perish.

P: Assuredly in the Hereafter they are the losers.

S: No doubt that in the hereafter they will be the losers.

016.110 Y: But verily thy Lord,- to those who leave their homes after trials and persecutions,- and who thereafter strive and fight for the faith and patiently persevere,- Thy Lord, after all this is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

P: Then lo! thy Lord - for those who became fugitives after they had been persecuted, and then fought and were steadfast - lo! thy Lord afterward is (for them) indeed Forgiving, Merciful.

S: Yet surely your Lord, with respect to those who fly after they are persecuted, then they struggle hard and are patient, most surely your Lord after that is Forgiving, Merciful.

016.111 Y: One Day every soul will come up struggling for itself, and every soul will be recompensed (fully) for all its actions, and none will be unjustly dealt with.

P: On the Day when every soul will come pleading for itself, and every soul will be repaid what it did, and they will not be wronged.

S: (Remember) the day when every soul shall come, pleading for itself and every soul shall be paid in full what it has done, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.

016.112 Y: Allah sets forth a Parable: a city enjoying security and quiet, abundantly supplied with sustenance from every place: Yet was it ungrateful for the favours of Allah: so Allah made it taste of hunger and terror (in extremes) (closing in on it) like a garment (from every side), because of the (evil) which (its people) wrought.

P: Allah coineth a similitude: a township that dwelt secure and well content, its provision coming to it in abundance from every side, but it disbelieved in Allah's favours, so Allah made it experience the garb of dearth and fear because of what they used to do.

S: And Allah sets forth a parable: (Consider) a town safe and secure to which its means of subsistence come in abundance from every quarter; but it became ungrateful to Allah's favors, therefore Allah made it to taste the utmost degree of hunger and fear because of what they wrought.

016.113 Y: And there came to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they falsely rejected him; so the Wrath seized them even in the midst of their iniquities.

P: And verily there had come unto them a messenger from among them, but they had denied him, and so the torment seized them while they were wrong-doers.

S: And certainly there came to them a Messenger from among them, but they rejected him, so the punishment overtook them while they were unjust.

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topics: justice as a virtue · providence and divine governance · sin, guilt, and repentance

Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side · Ali, Abdullah Yusuf; Pickthall, Marmaduke William; Shakir, M. H. · 610–632 BCE