Stem مَنُونِ - Quranic Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Do they say, ‘He is a poet; we are waiting for some calamity which time will bring upon him?’

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

کیا وہ کہتے ہیں کہ یہ ایک شاعر ہے جس کے متعلق ہم گردشِ زمانہ کی راہ دیکھ رہے ہیں؟

French

Disent-ils : « C’est un poète ; nous attendons quelque calamité que le temps fera descendre sur lui. » ?

German

Sprechen sie etwa: "(Er ist) ein Dichter; wir wollen das Unheil abwarten, das die Zeit über ihn bringen wird."?

Chinese

难道他们说: “他是[b]诗人; 我们正等候着时间将给他 (带来) 一些灾难?”

Italian

Dicono forse: «È un poeta; aspettiamo qualche sventura che il tempo gli porterà addosso»?

Spanish

No dicen: ¡Es un poeta!; ¡Esperamos alguna desgracia que el tiempo traerá sobre él!”.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

کیا وہ یہ کہتے ہیں کہ یہ شخص شاعر ہے (اور) ہم زمانہ کی تباہی کا اس کے لئے انتظار کر رہے ہیں۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

Do they say, ‘He is a [b]poet; we are waiting for some calamity[2857] which time will bring upon him?’

English - Five Volume Translation

Do they say, ‘He is a poet;[a] we are waiting for some calamity which time will bring upon him?’[3949]

21:6; 69:42.

Important Words:

ریب (calamity) is inf. noun from راب. They say رابنی i.e. it or he occasioned in me disquiet or agitation of mind; he made me to doubt; he did with me what I disliked or hated. ریب means, doubt; disquietude or uneasiness of mind; doubt combined with evil opinion; calamity; misery (Lane & Aqrab).

المنون (time) is derived from من (manna). They say من الرجل i.e. he weakened the man and took away his strength; من الحبلmeans, he cut off the rope. من الشیء means, the thing diminished. من الناقة means, he tired out or jaded the she-camel. منونmeans, death; time; destiny or fate. ریب المنون or ریب الزمان or ریب الدھر means, the calamities or vicissitudes of time (Lane).

نتربص (we are waiting for) is derived from ربص. They say ربص به i.e. he waited for good or evil, particularly the latter, to befall him. تربص به الامر means, he expected or waited for the event to befall him (Lane & Aqrab). An Arab poet says:

تربص بھا ریب المنون لعلھا

تطلق یوما او یموت حلیلھا

i.e. wait thou for the vicissitudes of time to befall her; perhaps she might be divorced some day or her husband might die (Lane).

Commentary:

The Holy Prophet’s enemies accused him of being a soothsayer, a poet and even a madman. The verse implies the refutation of all these foolish charges. The Prophet is not a poet (the verse purports to say) because poets have no fixed ideal or programme in life. They only indulge in daydreaming, and as it were, "wander about distractedly in every valley" (26:226), but the Holy Prophet has before him a great and noble aim—the regeneration of a corrupt and degenerate society. He is neither a soothsayer, because soothsayers dabble in occult sciences and make mere conjectures and guesses. They try to hoodwink simple-minded people by clever contrivances but the Holy Prophet is universally known to be an honest and sincere man. Nor is he a madman because madmen are not known to have brought about the great and wonderful revolution that he has, among his completely demoralized, degenerate and degraded people.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

کیا یہ لوگ کہتے ہیں کہ یہ شخص شاعر ہے جس کے حق میں ہم گردش ایام کا انتظار کر رہے ہیں؟

English - Sahih

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

کیا وہ کہتے ہیں کہ وہ شاعر ہے ہم اس پر گردشِ زمانہ کا انتظار کر رہے ہیں

English - Talal Itani

Or (do) they say, "A poet, we wait for him a misfortune of time."

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

b

21:6; 69:42.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

Or do they say, 'He is a poet for whom we await Fate's uncertainty'?

English - Maududi

Or do they say: “He is a poet for whom we await an adverse turn of fortune.”

English - Ahmed Ali

Do they say: "He is a poet for whom we expect an adverse turn of fortune?"

English - Yusuf Ali

Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!"

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

21:6; 69:42.

3949

Important Words:

ریب (calamity) is inf. noun from راب. They say رابنی i.e. it or he occasioned in me disquiet or agitation of mind; he made me to doubt; he did with me what I disliked or hated. ریب means, doubt; disquietude or uneasiness of mind; doubt combined with evil opinion; calamity; misery (Lane & Aqrab).

المنون (time) is derived from من (manna). They say من الرجل i.e. he weakened the man and took away his strength; من الحبلmeans, he cut off the rope. من الشیء means, the thing diminished. من الناقة means, he tired out or jaded the she-camel. منونmeans, death; time; destiny or fate. ریب المنون or ریب الزمان or ریب الدھر means, the calamities or vicissitudes of time (Lane).

نتربص (we are waiting for) is derived from ربص. They say ربص به i.e. he waited for good or evil, particularly the latter, to befall him. تربص به الامر means, he expected or waited for the event to befall him (Lane & Aqrab). An Arab poet says:

تربص بھا ریب المنون لعلھا

تطلق یوما او یموت حلیلھا

i.e. wait thou for the vicissitudes of time to befall her; perhaps she might be divorced some day or her husband might die (Lane).

Commentary:

The Holy Prophet’s enemies accused him of being a soothsayer, a poet and even a madman. The verse implies the refutation of all these foolish charges. The Prophet is not a poet (the verse purports to say) because poets have no fixed ideal or programme in life. They only indulge in daydreaming, and as it were, "wander about distractedly in every valley" (26:226), but the Holy Prophet has before him a great and noble aim—the regeneration of a corrupt and degenerate society. He is neither a soothsayer, because soothsayers dabble in occult sciences and make mere conjectures and guesses. They try to hoodwink simple-minded people by clever contrivances but the Holy Prophet is universally known to be an honest and sincere man. Nor is he a madman because madmen are not known to have brought about the great and wonderful revolution that he has, among his completely demoralized, degenerate and degraded people.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

b

21:6; 69:42.

2857

Raib means, disquietude of mind; doubt combined with evil opinion; calamity (Lane); Manun means, death; destiny or fate; time (Aqrab).

English - Pickthall

Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time?

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

Or they say: A poet -- we wait for him the evil accidents of time.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Do they assert: He is but a poet; we are waiting for his adverse fortune to manifest itself?

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