Surah al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage ) 22 : 15
Translations
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Yusuf Ali
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(22:15:1) |
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(22:15:2) kāna [is] |
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(22:15:3) yaẓunnu thinks |
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(22:15:4) |
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(22:15:5) |
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(22:15:6) yanṣurahu Allah will help him |
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(22:15:7) l-lahu Allah will help him |
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(22:15:8) |
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(22:15:9) l-dun'yā the world |
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(22:15:10) wal-ākhirati and the Hereafter |
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(22:15:11) falyamdud then let him extend |
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(22:15:12) bisababin a rope |
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(22:15:13) ilā to |
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(22:15:14) l-samāi the sky |
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(22:15:15) |
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(22:15:16) l'yaqṭaʿ let him cut off |
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(22:15:17) falyanẓur then let him see |
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(22:15:18) |
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(22:15:19) yudh'hibanna will remove |
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(22:15:20) kayduhu his plan |
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(22:15:21) |
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(22:15:22) yaghīẓu enrages |
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Explanatory Note
A person who loses his trust in God’s help, both in this life and in the life to come, and despairs of God’s grace when he finds himself under severe pressure or adversity, may do with himself whatever he is able to do. But nothing he does will ever change his lot or relieve him of his problems.
This verse paints a moving scene of the rage such a person feels and the action that results from such rage. It magnifies this state when one is at breaking point. Needless to say, a person in adversity who despairs of God’s grace loses every source of light and every comforting thought or hope. His worry increases manifold and his stress weighs heavily on his heart. Thus, his adversity is multiplied. Therefore, the verse tells anyone who thinks that God will not grant him His help, either in this world or in the life to come, to stretch a rope to the sky and to climb up holding to it, or to tie the rope round his neck and then cut the rope so that he falls, or cut his own breath so as to choke. Let him then look to see whether this removes his hardship or not.
The fact remains that the only way to endure hardship is to trust in God’s help and hope for His grace. There is simply no way to rise above one’s trials except by hard work, seeking God’s support. No desperate measure can bring anything other than an increase in stress and adversity. Feelings of pressure and hardship may multiply leading to utter desperation. Therefore, anyone who is in such adversity should keep the window of hope and trust in God’s help open, as only it brings comfort and mercy.
3. Surah Overview
As this Surah contains the characteristics of both the Makkan and the Madīnan Surahs the commentators have differed as to its period of revelation but in the light of its style and themes we are of the opinion that a part of it (v. 1-24) was sent down in the last stage of the Makkan life of the Prophet a little before migration and the rest (v. 25-78) during the first stage of his Madinah life. That is why this Surah combines the characteristics of both the Makkan and the Madinah Surahs.
According to Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah and other great commentators, v. 39 is the first verse that grants the Muslims permission to wage war. Collections of hadith and books on the life of the Prophet confirm that after this permission actual preparations for war were started and the first expedition was sent to the coast of the Red Sea in Safar 2 A.H. which is known as the Expedition of Waddan or Al-Abwa.
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