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Al-Baqarah Surah 2

Verse 81

البقرة

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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

English - Five Volume Translation

English - Short Commentary Translation

English - Topics

2:81

وَقَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَةً ۚ قُلْ أَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَهْدًا فَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ عَهْدَهُۥٓ ۖ أَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And they say: ‘The Fire shall not touch us except for a small number of days.’ Say: ‘Have you taken a promise from Allah? Then, Allah will never break His promise. Or, do you say of Allah what you know not?’

English - Five Volume Translation

And they say, [a]‘The Fire shall not touch us except for a small number of days.’ Say, [b]‘Have you taken a promise from Allah? Then, Allah will never break His promise. Or, do you say of Allah what you know not?’[87]

3:25; 5:19.

54:44.

Important Words:

النار (the Fire) means fire both as a source of light and of heat, the latter aspect being more dominant. Another word derived from the same root is نور meaning light, which is used without reference to the element of heat. The word النار (the Fire) has come to be used about "Hell", the punishment of which will consist of fire (Aqrab). It is significant that whereas the blessings of Heaven have been metaphorically spoken of as "streams of water", the punishment of Hell has been called "fire".

Commentary:

After recounting some malpractices of the Jews, the Quran proceeds to explain the root cause of their arrogance and hard-heartedness. These evil practices of the Jews, the Quran points out, are due to the wrong notion that they were immune from punishment (Jew. Enc. under Gehenna), or if they will at all be punished, the punishment will be very slight. It is recorded that at the time of the Holy Prophet, a section of the Jews thought that the punishment of the Jews would not last more than forty days (Jarir, under 2:81). Others regarded even this as too long, and reduced it to seven days (Jarir, ibid). As for modern Jews, Sale says: "It is a received opinion among the Jews at present, that no person (from among the Jews), be he ever so wicked, or of whatever sect, shall remain in Hell above eleven months or at most a year, except Dathan and Abiram and atheists (from among the Jews) who will be tormented there to all eternity" (Wherry, i. 318).

The concluding portion of the verse, i.e. have you taken a promise from Allah…? has been added to point out that the matter of salvation does not rest on the wish of a person or people but only on the grace and mercy of Allah Who has prescribed a law for it. This law the Quran proceeds to explain in the following two verses.

English - Short Commentary Translation

And they say, [b]‘The Fire shall not touch us except for a small number of days.’[115] Say, [c]‘Have you taken a promise from Allah? Then, Allah will never break His promise. Or, do you say of Allah what you know not?’

3:25.

54:44.

After recounting some malpractices of the Jews, the Qur’an proceeds to explain the root cause of their arrogance and hard-heartedness. These evil practices of the Jews, the Qur’an points out, are due to their wrong notion that they were immune from punishment (Jew. Enc. under 'Gehenna'), or, if they will at all be punished, the punishment will be very slight and of very short duration. At the time of the Holy Prophet, a section of the Jews thought that their punishment would not last more than forty days. Others reduced it to seven days (Jarir, under 2:81). "It is a received opinion among the Jews at present that no person (from among the Jews), be he ever so wicked, or of whatever sect, shall remain in Hell above eleven months or at most a year, except Dathan and Abiram and atheists (from among the Jews) who will be tormented there to all eternity" (Sale).

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور وہ کہتے ہیں ہمیں آگ ہرگز نہیں چھوئے گی مگر گنتی کے چند دن۔ تُو کہہ دے کیا تم نے اللہ سے کوئی عہد لے رکھا ہے۔ پس اللہ ہرگز اپنے عہد کی خلاف ورزی نہیں کرے گا یا پھر تم خدا کی طرف ایسی باتیں منسوب کر رہے ہو جن کا تمہیں کوئی علم نہیں۔

French

Et ils disent : « Le Feu de l’Enfer ne nous touchera que pour quelques jours comptés. » Dis-leur : « Avez-vous pris une promesse d’Allāh ? Alors, Allāh ne manquera pas à Sa promesse. Où est-ce que vous dites d’Allāh ce que vous ne savez pas ? »

German

Und sie sprechen: "Das Feuer wird uns nicht berühren, es sei denn für eine geringe Zahl von Tagen." Sprich: "Habt ihr ein Versprechen von Allah empfangen? Dann freilich wird Allah nimmer Sein Versprechen brechen. Oder sagt ihr von Allah, was ihr nicht wisst?"

Chinese

他们说: “除了可数的几天, [a](火狱的) 火永远不会接触我们。” 你对他们说: [b]“你们得过安拉的诺言吗?” (如果是这样,) 那么, 他永不会爽约。要不然, (那就是) 你们关于安拉说你们自己也不知道的话。

3:25.

54:44.

Italian

Ed essi dicono: «Il fuoco non ci toccherà, se non per pochi giorni.» Dì: «Ne avete avuto promessa da Allah? Allora, Allah non verrà mai meno alla Sua promessa. Oppure dite di Allah ciò che non sapete?»

Spanish

Y dicen: “El Fuego no nos tocará sino durante un número reducido de días” Diles: “¿Habéis recibido una promesa de Al-lah? Si es así, Al-lah nunca incumplirá Su promesa. O bien ¿afirmáis de Al-lah lo que desconocéis?”.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور وہ کہتے ہیں کہ ہمیں چند گنتی کے دنوں کے سوا (دوزخ کی) آگ ہر گز نہ چھوئے گی۔ تو (ان سے) کہہ کیا تم نے اللہ کی بارگاہ سے کوئی عہد لیا (ہوا) ہے؟ (اگر ایسا ہے) تب تو وہ ہرگز اپنے عہد کے خلاف نہیں کرے گا‘ یا تم اللہ کے متعلق ایسی بات کہتے ہو‘ جس کا تمہیں (کوئی) علم نہیں ہے۔

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

وہ کہتے ہیں کہ دوزخ کی آگ ہمیں ہرگز چھونے والی نہیں اِلّا یہ کہ چند روز کی سز ا مل جائے تو مل جائے اِن سے پوچھو، کیا تم نے اللہ سے کوئی عہد لے لیا ہے، جس کی خلاف ورزی وہ نہیں کرسکتا؟ یا بات یہ ہے کہ تم اللہ کے ذمے ڈال کر ایسی باتیں کہہ دیتے ہو جن کے متعلق تمہیں علم نہیں ہے کہ اُس نے ان کا ذمہ لیا ہے؟ آخر تمہیں دوزخ کی آگ کیوں نہ چھوئے گی؟

English - Sahih

And they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for a few days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allah? For Allah will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور کہتے ہیں ہمیں سوائے چند گنتی کے دنوں کے آگ نہیں چھوٹے گی کہہ دو کیا تم نے الله سے کوئی عہدلےلیا ہے کہ ہر گز الله اپنے عہد کا خلاف نہیں کرے گا یا تم الله پر وہ باتیں کہتے ہو جو تم نہیں جانتے

English - Talal Itani

And they say, "Never will touch us the Fire except (for) days numbered." Say, "Have you taken from Allah a covenant, so never will break Allah His Covenant? Or (do) you say against Allah what not you know?"

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

3:25.

54:44.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

And they say, 'The Fire shall not touch us save a number of days.' Say: 'Have you taken with God a covenant? God will not fail in His covenant; or say you things against God of which you know nothing?

English - Maududi

They also say, "The fire of Hell is not going to touch us, and even if it does at all, it will be only for a few days". Say, "Have you obtained a promise from Allah which He would not break? Or, do you attribute to Allah things you do not know? Why will not the fire of Hell touch you?

English - Ahmed Ali

Yet they say: "The Fire will not touch us for more than a few days." Say.. "Have you so received a promise from God?" "Then surely God will not withdraw His pledge. Or do you impute things to God of which you have no knowledge at all?"

English - Yusuf Ali

And they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered days:" Say: "Have ye taken a promise from Allah, for He never breaks His promise? or is it that ye say of Allah what ye do not know?"

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

3:25; 5:19.

54:44.

Important Words:

Commentary:

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

3:25.

54:44.

115

English - Pickthall

And they say: The Fire (of punishment) will not touch us save for a certain number of days. Say: Have ye received a covenant from Allah - truly Allah will not break His covenant - or tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not?

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And they say: Fire will not touch us but for a few days. Say: Have you received a promise from Allah? Then Allah will not fail to perform ffis promise. Or do you speak against Allah what you know not?

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

They boast: The Fire shall not touch us except for a limited number of days. Ask them: Have you then taken a promise from Allah? In which case Allah will not go back on His promise, or, do you allege concerning Allah that of which you have no knowledge?

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