Ash-Shu'ara 26:219
The Poets · Juz 19 · Page 376
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩
And your movement among those who prostrate.1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., among those who pray with you in congregation. ↩
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Commentary on 26:213–220
To take anybody other than God to be worthy of worship is the greatest crime in the eyes of God. No one guilty of this crime can escape punishment. It is the duty of the preacher to save himself from polytheism and to call the people to the Truth, primarily those who are near to him. In order to support the Truth, one has to kill one’s ego. That is why there are very few among the highly placed who are prepared to side with the Truth. It often happens that only those who occupy a lower position in society come forward to do so. This poses a serious trial for the preacher of God’s word. He has to guard himself against holding these persons inferior as others do. They must be given equal status in an Islamic society. The true emissary of the Almighty is one whose relation with his Maker is so strong that he passes his lonely nights in restlessness and is often forced to spring out of his bed. He holds his companions who are kneeling to pray to God in the stillness of the night in such high esteem that they become the centre of his attention.
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26:207
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ ٢٠٧
They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided.
26:208
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ٢٠٨
And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners
26:209
ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٢٠٩
As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.
26:210
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢١٠
And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the revelation] down.1
1 translator’s note
- As was asserted by the disbelievers. Rather, it was brought by Gabriel, the Trustworthy Spirit. ↩
26:211
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٢١١
It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able.
26:212
إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ ٢١٢
Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.1
1 translator’s note
- As mentioned in 72:9. ↩
26:213
فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ ٢١٣
So do not invoke1 with Allāh another deity and [thus] be among the punished.
1 translator’s note
- Or "worship." ↩
26:214
وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ ٢١٤
And warn, [O Muḥammad], your closest kindred.
26:215
وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢١٥
And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to those who follow you of the believers.
26:216
فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢١٦
And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."
26:217
وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢١٧
And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,
26:218
ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٢١٨
Who sees you when you arise1
1 translator’s note
- From your bed at night for prayer while you are alone. ↩
26:219
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٢١٩
And your movement among those who prostrate.1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., among those who pray with you in congregation. ↩
26:220
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٢٢٠
Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
26:221
هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ٢٢١
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
26:222
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ ٢٢٢
They descend upon every sinful liar.
26:223
يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣
They pass on what is heard,1 and most of them are liars.
1 translator’s note
- This was before they were prevented, as described in 72:8-9. ↩
26:224
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ ٢٢٤
And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them.
26:225
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ ٢٢٥
Do you not see that in every valley they roam1
1 translator’s note
- Speaking lies indiscriminately and praising and disparaging others according to whim. ↩
26:226
وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ٢٢٦
And that they say what they do not do? -
26:227
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ ٢٢٧
Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims]1 after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.
1 translator’s note
- By replying through poetry to the attacks of hostile poets. ↩