English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
And the Even and the Odd,
English - Five Volume Translation
And the Even and the Odd,
Commentary:
Continuing the allegory the word الشفع (the Even) may allude to the Holy Prophet and Abu Bakr—his ever faithful Companion. The two of them made the number even, and God Who was with them in the hour of tribulation was الوتر (the Odd). To this "Even and Odd" number a pointed reference is to be found in the words "One of the two when they were both in the cave, when he said to his Companion, 'Grieve not, for Allah is with us' (9:40). Or the Holy Prophet and the Promised Messiah may be taken as making an even number and Allah an odd, because, while the Prophet in his first advent took refuge along with Abu Bakr in the Mount Thaur, Allah being with them; in his second advent, according to a revelation of the Promised Messiah, the Holy Prophet "took refuge in the fortress of India" (Tadhkirah), along with the Promised Messiah, Allah being the third of them. Or "the Even and the Odd" may signify that though the Holy Prophet and the Promised Messiah were two separate individuals, the Promised Messiah was completely lost in the Holy Prophet as to become one person with him.
English - Short Commentary Translation
And the Even and the Odd,
Continuing the allegory the word Ash-Shaf‘ (the Even) may allude to the Holy Prophet and Abu Bakr—his ever faithful Companion. The two of them made the number even, and God Who was with them in the hour of tribulation was Al-Watr (the Odd). To this "Even and Odd" number, a pointed reference is to be found in 9:40. Or, the Holy Prophet and the Promised Messiah may be taken as making an even number and Allah an odd number, or "the Even and the Odd" may signify that whereas the Holy Prophet and the Promised Messiah were two separate individuals, the Promised Messiah was so completely lost in the Holy Prophet as to have become one with him.
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
French
Et par le Pair et l’Impair,
German
und beim Geraden und Ungeraden,
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
اور ایک جفت کو اور ایک وتر کو۔
English - Sahih
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
English - Talal Itani
And the even and the odd,
English - Maududi
and the even and the odd,
English - Ahmed Ali
The multiple and the one,
English - Yusuf Ali
By the even and odd (contrasted);
English - Five Volume Commentary *
4708
Commentary:
Continuing the allegory the word الشفع (the Even) may allude to the Holy Prophet and Abu Bakr—his ever faithful Companion. The two of them made the number even, and God Who was with them in the hour of tribulation was الوتر (the Odd). To this "Even and Odd" number a pointed reference is to be found in the words "One of the two when they were both in the cave, when he said to his Companion, 'Grieve not, for Allah is with us' (9:40). Or the Holy Prophet and the Promised Messiah may be taken as making an even number and Allah an odd, because, while the Prophet in his first advent took refuge along with Abu Bakr in the Mount Thaur, Allah being with them; in his second advent, according to a revelation of the Promised Messiah, the Holy Prophet "took refuge in the fortress of India" (Tadhkirah), along with the Promised Messiah, Allah being the third of them. Or "the Even and the Odd" may signify that though the Holy Prophet and the Promised Messiah were two separate individuals, the Promised Messiah was completely lost in the Holy Prophet as to become one person with him.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
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Continuing the allegory the word Ash-Shaf‘ (the Even) may allude to the Holy Prophet and Abu Bakr—his ever faithful Companion. The two of them made the number even, and God Who was with them in the hour of tribulation was Al-Watr (the Odd). To this "Even and Odd" number, a pointed reference is to be found in 9:40. Or, the Holy Prophet and the Promised Messiah may be taken as making an even number and Allah an odd number, or "the Even and the Odd" may signify that whereas the Holy Prophet and the Promised Messiah were two separate individuals, the Promised Messiah was so completely lost in the Holy Prophet as to have become one with him.
English - Pickthall
And the Even and the Odd,
English - Muhammad Ali ra
And the even and the odd!
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
And the Even and the Odd,