Vertaling van de betekenissen Surah al-Hidjr - Engelse vertaling - Abdoellah Hassan Yaqoeb. - Pagina nummer 266 - The Heilige Qur'an Encyclopedie

Vers: 71

قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِيٓ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ

71. (Lot) said: "Here are my daughters11, if you must do (so).

11. I.e., women of my community or my own daughters in lawful marriage.

Vers: 72

لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ

72. By your life (Muhammad)! In their drunkenness they were blindly wandering.

Vers: 73

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ مُشۡرِقِينَ

73. So the 'Mighty' Blast struck them at sunrise.

Vers: 74

فَجَعَلۡنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

74. We turned (Sodom) upside down, and rained upon them stones of baked clay.

Vers: 75

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

75. In this there are certainly signs for the wise ones.

Vers: 76

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٖ مُّقِيمٍ

76. Their ruins (i.e., the city of Sodom) still lie along a known route12.

12. I.e., on the highway to the Levant, where the dead sea is now.

Vers: 77

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

77. In this there is certainly a sign for the believers.

Vers: 78

وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ

78. The residents of the Forest (of Midian) were also wrongdoers.

Vers: 79

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ

79. So We afflicted Our retribution on them. The ruins of both towns (of Sodom and Midian) still lie on a well-known road, plain for all to see (and take a lesson from).

Vers: 80

وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡحِجۡرِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

80. Indeed, the people of Al-Hijr (i.e., Thamud) also denied the messengers;

Vers: 81

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِينَ

81. We gave them Our signs, but they turned away from them;

Vers: 82

وَكَانُواْ يَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

82. They used to carve from the mountains, houses, feelings secure.

Vers: 83

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ مُصۡبِحِينَ

83. But a (huge) Blast seized them at early morning;

Vers: 84

فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

84. All that they acquired (of wealth and power) was of no avail to them.

Vers: 85

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَأٓتِيَةٞۖ فَٱصۡفَحِ ٱلصَّفۡحَ ٱلۡجَمِيلَ

85. We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them except for a genuine purpose. And the Hour 'of Doom' is certainly coming. So bear with them and overlook 'their faults' the beautiful overlooking13.

13. In which there is no blame or reproach.
Forgiving your enemies means showing kindness to those who oppose, mistreat, or harm you. It's a call to forgive without conditions, irrespective of how they treat you personally. This does not equate to pacifism, as Muslims are still expected to defend the innocent and speak the truth without hate. And that is why come after this in other chapters of the Qur’an the ordainment of Jihâd - fighting for God’s cause against the evil forces. 

Vers: 86

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

86. Your Lord 'Allāh' is certainly the Creator of all things, the All-Knowing.

Vers: 87

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰكَ سَبۡعٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَثَانِي وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡعَظِيمَ

87. We have certainly given you the seven most repeated (Verses i.e., the opening Chapter) and the Great Qur’an.

Vers: 88

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيۡنَيۡكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

88. Do not yearn and extend your eyes towards what We have given certain classes of them (the deniers) to enjoy, nor grieve over them, but lower your wing (in love and kindness) to the believers.

Vers: 89

وَقُلۡ إِنِّيٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ

89. Say 'Muhammad': "I am a plain warner."

Vers: 90

كَمَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُقۡتَسِمِينَ

90. As We sent down to the dividers14.

14. I.e., the Jews and the Christians who separated from the teachings of their Prophets. In some parts of their scriptures they believed and in some they disbelieved, and they changed others, and divided themselves into many differing sects.