Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary * - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (97) Surah: Al-Isrā’
وَمَن يَهۡدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِۖ وَمَن يُضۡلِلۡ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦۖ وَنَحۡشُرُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ عُمۡيٗا وَبُكۡمٗا وَصُمّٗاۖ مَّأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتۡ زِدۡنَٰهُمۡ سَعِيرٗا
(97) [3701]The one whom Allah guides is the one who is truly guided, but those whom He sends astray, you shall not find allies for them besides Him! We shall herd them ˹flat˺ on their faces[3702] on the Day of Judgement; blind, ˹utterly˺ mute and deaf, their resort is Hellfire; whenever it abates We increase their scorching.[3703]
[3701] Those who make it their cause to remain Denying after all the evidences have been made clear to them, are misguided because of God Almighty’s (سبحانه وتعالى) displeasure with them due to their insolent rebelliousness, so their hearts and minds would not find the Truth. The stating of this fact here could be to lighten the heart of the Noble Messenger (ﷺ) who needed not to be saddened by their misguidedness because they chose to rebel before contemplating the Signs of the Truth with open hearts and minds (cf. Abū Ḥayyān, Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[3702] Anas Ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه) reported: “A man asked: “Messenger of Allah, how are the Deniers herded ˹flat˺ on their faces on the Day of Judgement?” The Messenger (ﷺ) replied: “Is not the One Who made any of them walk on his feet able to make him walk on his face on the Day of Judgement?” (al-Bukhārī: 6523; Muslim: 2806).
[3703] “Among them are those who Believe in him ˹Muhammad and/or the Qur’an˺ and those who look the other way—Hell suffices for a blazing fire! *Those who Deny Our Signs, We will have them scorched by a Fire; whenever their skins are burned away, We replace them with other skins to make them taste the Punishment ˹anew˺—indeed Allah is Most Prevailing, All-Wise” (4: 55-56).
[3702] Anas Ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه) reported: “A man asked: “Messenger of Allah, how are the Deniers herded ˹flat˺ on their faces on the Day of Judgement?” The Messenger (ﷺ) replied: “Is not the One Who made any of them walk on his feet able to make him walk on his face on the Day of Judgement?” (al-Bukhārī: 6523; Muslim: 2806).
[3703] “Among them are those who Believe in him ˹Muhammad and/or the Qur’an˺ and those who look the other way—Hell suffices for a blazing fire! *Those who Deny Our Signs, We will have them scorched by a Fire; whenever their skins are burned away, We replace them with other skins to make them taste the Punishment ˹anew˺—indeed Allah is Most Prevailing, All-Wise” (4: 55-56).
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Translation of the meanings Ayah: (97) Surah: Al-Isrā’
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur’an into English - in progress - translated by Dr. Walid Bleihesh Al-Omari.