Verse 2:166 | inQuran

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And there are some among men who take for themselves objects of worship other than Allah, loving them as they should love Allah. But those who believe are stronger in their love for Allah and if those who transgress could now see the time when they shall see the punishment, they would realize that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is severe in punishing.

English - Five Volume Translation

And there are some among men who take for themselves objects of worship other than Allah, loving them as they should love Allah. But believers are stronger in their love for Allah. And if those who transgress could now see the time when they shall see the punishment, they would realize that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is severe in punishing.[172]

English - Short Commentary Translation

And there are some among men who take for themselves objects of worship[189] other than Allah, loving them as they should love Allah.[190] But believers are stronger in their love for Allah. And if those who transgress could now see the time when they shall see the punishment, they would realize that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is severe in punishing.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور لوگوں میں سے ایسے بھی ہیں جو اللہ کے مقابل پر شریک بنا لیتے ہیں۔ وہ اُن سے اللہ سے محبت کرنے کی طرح محبت کرتے ہیں۔ جبکہ وہ لوگ جو ایمان لائے اللہ کی محبت میں (ہر محبت سے) زیادہ شدید ہیں۔ اور کاش! وہ لوگ جنہوں نے ظلم کیا سمجھ سکیں جب وہ عذاب دیکھیں گے کہ تمام تر قوّت (ہمیشہ سے) اللہ ہی کی ہے اور یہ کہ اللہ عذاب میں بہت سخت ہے۔

French

Et il y en a parmi les hommes qui prennent en adoration en dehors Allāh des égaux selon eux ; ils les aiment comme ils devraient aimer Allāh. Mais les croyants portent l’amour le plus fort pour Allāh. Et si ceux qui pèchent pouvaient voir dès maintenant le moment où ils verront le châtiment, ils se rendraient compte que toute puissance appartient à Allāh, et qu’Allāh est sévère en châtiment.

German

Und doch gibt es Leute, die sich andere zur Anbetung nehmen und sie lieben, als sei das die Liebe zu Allah. Doch die Gläubigen sind stärker in ihrer Liebe zu Allah. Und wenn die Frevler (die Stunde) kennten, da sie die Strafe sehen werden (sie würden begreifen), dass alle Macht Allah gehört und dass Allah streng im Strafen ist.

Chinese

有些人舍弃安拉, 为自己妄取与安拉同等的崇拜对象。他们热爱那些崇拜对象, 像他们热爱安拉。[109]而信仰的人们却最喜爱安拉。要是那些不义的人现在就能看到他们将来才能看到的惩罚, (那么, 他们会认识到) 一切力量都是安拉的, 而且安拉是严于惩罚的。

Italian

Vi sono alcuni tra gli uomini che scelgono come oggetto di adorazione altri all'infuori di Allah e li amano come dovrebbero amare Allah. Ma coloro che credono, hanno per Allah un amore ben più forte. E se quelli che trasgrediscono potessero vedere ora il tempo in cui vedranno il castigo, si renderebbero conto che ogni potere appartiene ad Allah e che severo è Allah nel punire.

Spanish

Y entre los hombres hay algunos que toman para sí objetos de culto distintos de Al-lah, amándolos como deberían amar a Al-lah. Pero los creyentes son más fuertes en su amor por Al-lah. Y si los pecadores pudieran contemplar ahora el momento en que verán el castigo, comprenderían que todo el poder pertenece a Al-lah y que Al-lah es severo en el castigo.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور بعض لوگ ایسے ہیں جو غیر اللہ (میں) سے (اللہ کے) ہمسر بناتے ہیں وہ ان سے اللہ کی محبت کی طرح محبت کرتے ہیں اور جو لوگ مومن ہیں وہ سب سے زیادہ اللہ (ہی) سے محبت کرتے ہیں اور جو لوگ (اس) ظلم کے مرتکب ہوئے (ہیں) اگر وہ (اس گھڑی کو) جب وہ عذاب کو (سامنے) دیکھیں گے (کسی طرح اب) دیکھ لیتے (تو جان لیتے) کہ سب قوت اللہ ہی کو ہے اور یہ کہ اللہ سخت عذاب (دینے) والا ہے۔

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

(مگر وحدت خداوندی پر دلالت کرنے والے اِن کھلے کھلے آثار کے ہوتے ہوئے بھی) کچھ لوگ ایسے ہیں جو اللہ کے سوا دوسروں کو اس کا ہمسر اور مدمقابل بناتے ہیں اور اُن کے ایسے گرویدہ ہیں جیسے اللہ کے ساتھ گرویدگی ہونی چاہیے حالانکہ ایمان رکھنے والے لوگ سب سے بڑھ کر اللہ کو محبوب رکھتے ہیں کاش، جو کچھ عذاب کو سامنے دیکھ کر انہیں سُوجھنے والا ہے وہ آج ہی اِن ظالموں کو سوجھ جائے کہ ساری طاقتیں اور سارے اختیارات اللہ ہی کے قبضے میں ہیں اور یہ کہ اللہ سزا دینے میں بھی بہت سخت ہے

English - Sahih

And [yet], among the people are those who take other than Allah as equals [to Him]. They love them as they [should] love Allah. But those who believe are stronger in love for Allah. And if only they who have wronged would consider [that] when they see the punishment, [they will be certain] that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is severe in punishment.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اورایسے لوگ بھی ہیں جنہوں نے الله کے سوا اور شریک بنا رکھے ہیں جن سے ایسی محبت رکھتے ہیں جیسی کہ الله سے رکھنی چاہیئے اور ایمان والوں کو تو الله ہی سے زیادہ محبت ہوتی ہے اور کاش دیکھتے وہ لوگ جو ظالم ہیں جب عذاب دیکھیں گے کہ سب قوت الله ہی کے لیے ہے اور الله سخت عذاب دینے والا ہے

English - Talal Itani

And among the mankind who takes from besides Allah equals. They love them as (they should) love Allah. And those who believe[d] (are) stronger (in) love for Allah. And if would see those who wronged, when they will see the punishment that the power (belongs) to Allah all and [that] Allah (is) severe (in) [the] punishment.

Chinese Commentary ^*

109

热爱安拉是一切宗教教义的根本, 没有一门宗教曾像伊斯兰教那般着重强调对安拉的热爱。穆圣一心归向安拉, 以致阿拉伯异教徒也说他与安拉相爱。在 «古兰经» 中没有其它一个论题向对安拉的优美、慈善和其他常德被论述得如此充分和如此反复, 以致它在人类心灵中产生出对安拉抑制不住的热爱与渴望。

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

Yet there be men who take to themselves compeers apart from God, loving them as God is loved; but those that believe love God more ardently. O if the evildoers might see, when they see the chastisement, that the power altogether belongs to God, and that God is terrible in chastisement,

English - Maududi

(In spite of such clear signs of the Oneness of Allah), there are people who set up equals and rivals with Allah and adore them with the adoration due to Allah. whereas the Believers adore Allah most ardently. Would that these transgressors could realize now what they will realize, when they will see the chastisement before them that power and authority wholly belong to Allah and that Allah is severe in punishment!

English - Ahmed Ali

And yet there are men who take others as compeers of God, and bestow on them love due to God; but the love of the faithful for God is more intense. If only the wicked could see now the agony that they will behold (on the Day of Resurrection), they will know that to God belongs the power entirely'. And the punishment of God is severe.

English - Yusuf Ali

Yet there are men who take (for worship) others besides Allah, as equal (with Allah): They love them as they should love Allah. But those of Faith are overflowing in their love for Allah. If only the unrighteous could see, behold, they would see the penalty: that to Allah belongs all power, and Allah will strongly enforce the penalty.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

172

Important Words:

دون (other than) is derived from دان i.e. he or it was or became low, mean or weak. دون used as an adjective means, low, mean, paltry, or contemptible; also high and noble. When used as a preposition, as in the present verse, دون gives the sense of (1) this side of, i.e. behind or lower in tank; (2) that side of, i.e. ahead or higher in rank; (3) other than (Aqrab).

انداد (objects of worship). See 2:23.

Commentary:

While dealing with the subject of idolatry the Quran makes use of the following four words: (1) ند (like or equal); (2) شریك (co-partner or sharer); (3) اله (worthy of worship); and (4) رب (sustainer). While the first two words are used only about those objects of worship that are other than God, the last two are used about God also. The word ند (like or equal) which is used in the present verse refers to such objects of worship as are supposed to be like God or equal to Him, being contrary or opposed to the true God. Among those who have set up انداد (equals) with God may be mentioned the Zoroastrians who believe in two independent gods, i.e. Ormazd, the God of Light, and Ahriman, the God of Darkness.

Love of God is the essence of all religion. In Islam it forms the central point, the pivot round which the whole Islamic teaching revolves. No religion has emphasised the love of God as much as Islam has. The Holy Prophet was so much engrossed in God that he was spoken of by the pagan Arabs as having fallen in love with Him, even as a lover falls in love with his beloved. No other subject has been so completely and so repeatedly dealt with in the Quran as God’s beauty and excellence and such of His attributes as create an irresistible love and longing in the human soul for his Lord and Master Who is spoken of in the Quran as a "Most Loving God" (11:91; 85:15). Yet Christian writers accuse Islam of being a cold and calculating religion, bereft of all love for God. Can anything be farther from the truth?

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

189

While dealing with the subject of idolatry the Qur’an has used four words: Nidd (like or equal); Sharik (co-partner or sharer); Ilah (worthy of worship); and Rabb (sustainer). While the first two words are used only about objects of worship other than God, the last two are used about God also. The word Nidd (like or equal) refers to such objects of worship as are supposed to be like God or equal to Him, but are contrary or opposed to Him.

190

Love of God is the essence of all religious teaching and no religion has laid so much emphasis on Divine love as Islam has done. The Holy Prophet was so much engrossed in God that he was spoken of by the pagan Arabs as having fallen in love with Him. No other subject has been so completely and so repeatedly dealt with in the Qur’an as God’s beauty and beneficence and such of His attributes as create an irresistible love and longing in the human soul for the Supreme Being.

English - Pickthall

Yet of mankind are some who take unto themselves (objects of worship which they set as) rivals to Allah, loving them with a love like (that which is the due) of Allah (only) - those who believe are stauncher in their love for Allah - Oh, that those who do evil had but known, (on the day) when they behold the doom, that power belongeth wholly to Allah, and that Allah is severe in punishment!

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

Yet there are some men who take for themselves objects of worship besides Allah, whom they love as they should love Allah. And those who believe are stronger in (their) love for Allah. And O that the wrongdoers had seen, when they see the chastisement, that power is wholly Allah´s, and that Allah is severe in chastising!

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Some people adopt objects of worship other than Allah and love them as they should love Allah, but those who believe love Allah most. Those who are guilty of such transgression, if they could perceive now the hour when they shall find themselves face to face with the punishment, they would realise that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is severe in punishment;

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