English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Then turns it black, rotten rubbish.
English - Five Volume Translation
Then turns it into black stubble.
Important Words:
غثاء (stubble) means, the rubbish or refuse and scum and rotten leaves mixed with the scum borne upon the surface of a torrent; decayed and broken pieces of herbage that are seen upon a torrent; a perishable thing. They say ماله غثاء وعمله ھباء و سعیه خفاء i.e. his property is as rubbish borne by a torrent and his work is as motes and his labour is unseen. غثاء الناس means, the refuse of mankind (Lane).
Commentary:
The verse constitutes a subtle answer to the objection: Why God first revealed incomplete laws, suited only to the needs of the peoples and the periods in which they were revealed, and then revealed the last and most perfect Shari‘ah in the form of the Quran, which was meant to guide mankind for all time? It purports to say that God has created two kinds of things: (1) Those that like herbage and pasture satisfy man’s temporary needs and thus have a limited tenure of life. The former Scriptures, like these things, fulfilled man’s temporary needs and, therefore, were subject to decay and death. (2) Those things such as the sun, the moon, the earth, etc. which are of permanent use for man. They will last with the universe. Like the latter the Quran is meant to be man’s unerring guide till the end of time; hence it is immune to change, replacement and the wasting effect of time.
English - Short Commentary Translation
Then turns it into black stubble.
The verse constitutes a subtle answer to the objection: Why did God first reveal incomplete Laws, suited only to the needs of the peoples and the periods in which they were revealed, and then towards the end revealed the last and most perfect Shari‘ah in the form of the Qur’an? The answer is that God has created two kinds of things: (a) Those that like herbage and pasture satisfy man’s temporary needs and thus have a limited tenure of life. The former Scriptures, like these things, fulfilled only man’s temporary needs and, therefore, were subject to decay and death. (b) Those things such as the sun, the moon, the earth, etc. which are of permanent use for man. They will last till the universe lasts. The Qur’an is like the universe and is meant to be man’s unerring guide till the end of time; hence it is immune to change, replacement and the wasting effect of time.
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
پھر اسے (ناقدروں کےلئے) سیاہ کوڑا کرکٹ بنادیا۔
French
Puis en a fait des ordures noires, pourries.
German
und sie dann schwarz verdorren lässt.
Italian
per ridurli poi a robaccia putrida e scura.
Spanish
Que luego convierte en hojarasca negra y podrida.
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
پھر اسے سیاہ کوڑا کرکٹ بنادیا۔
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
پھر اُن کو سیاہ کوڑا کرکٹ بنا دیا
English - Sahih
And [then] makes it black stubble.
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
پھر اس کو خشک چورا سیاہ کر دیا
English - Talal Itani
And then makes it stubble, dark.
English - Arberry
then made it a blackening wrack.
English - Maududi
and then made it into a blackish straw.
English - Ahmed Ali
Then reduces them to rusty rubbish.
English - Yusuf Ali
And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.
English - Five Volume Commentary *
Cross Refs: b
18:46; 57:21.
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Important Words:
غثاء (stubble) means, the rubbish or refuse and scum and rotten leaves mixed with the scum borne upon the surface of a torrent; decayed and broken pieces of herbage that are seen upon a torrent; a perishable thing. They say ماله غثاء وعمله ھباء و سعیه خفاء i.e. his property is as rubbish borne by a torrent and his work is as motes and his labour is unseen. غثاء الناس means, the refuse of mankind (Lane).
Commentary:
The verse constitutes a subtle answer to the objection: Why God first revealed incomplete laws, suited only to the needs of the peoples and the periods in which they were revealed, and then revealed the last and most perfect Shari‘ah in the form of the Quran, which was meant to guide mankind for all time? It purports to say that God has created two kinds of things: (1) Those that like herbage and pasture satisfy man’s temporary needs and thus have a limited tenure of life. The former Scriptures, like these things, fulfilled man’s temporary needs and, therefore, were subject to decay and death. (2) Those things such as the sun, the moon, the earth, etc. which are of permanent use for man. They will last with the universe. Like the latter the Quran is meant to be man’s unerring guide till the end of time; hence it is immune to change, replacement and the wasting effect of time.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
Cross Refs: e
18:46; 57:21.
3322
The verse constitutes a subtle answer to the objection: Why did God first reveal incomplete Laws, suited only to the needs of the peoples and the periods in which they were revealed, and then towards the end revealed the last and most perfect Shari‘ah in the form of the Qur’an? The answer is that God has created two kinds of things: (a) Those that like herbage and pasture satisfy man’s temporary needs and thus have a limited tenure of life. The former Scriptures, like these things, fulfilled only man’s temporary needs and, therefore, were subject to decay and death. (b) Those things such as the sun, the moon, the earth, etc. which are of permanent use for man. They will last till the universe lasts. The Qur’an is like the universe and is meant to be man’s unerring guide till the end of time; hence it is immune to change, replacement and the wasting effect of time.
English - Pickthall
Then turneth it to russet stubble.
English - Muhammad Ali ra
Then makes it dried up, dust-coloured.
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
And turns it into black stubble.