Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi

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Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi translation for Surah Al-Jathiyah — Ayah 10

45:10
مِّن وَرَآئِهِمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَلَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُم مَّا كَسَبُواْ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا مَا ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡلِيَآءَۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ١٠
Hell is behind them.1 Their worldly earnings shall not avail them, nor those whom they took as protectors instead of Allah.2 An awesome chastisement lies in store for them.
Footnotes
  • [1] The Arabic word used is ayat(singular ayah). Ayahmeans ‘sign’ or ‘proof’. It is also used to denote the unit of text in the Qur’an, like ‘verse’ in poetry or ‘sentence’ in prose. Each such unit is considered a ‘sign’ from God.
  • [2] Here, the word wali (guardian) has been used in two meanings:
  • [3] Qira’at: Nafieʻ, Ibn kathir, Abu ʻAmr, Shuʻba, Abu Jaʻfar and Yaʻqub read it as: “. . . Allah’s signs, clarified . . .”
  • [4] The word wara is used for every such thing as is hidden from man, whether it is before him or behind him. Therefore, another translation can be: They have Hell behind them. In the first case, the meaning would be: They are unconsciously running on this way and have no idea that there is Hell in front of them in which they would fall; in the second case, it would mean: They are engaged in this mischief of theirs, thoughtless of the Hereafter, and they have no idea that Hell is in pursuit of them.