16.40. Innama qawluna lischay-in idhaaradnahu an naquula lahu kun fayakuunu
16.40. And Our word unto a thing, when We intend it, is only that We say unto it: Be! and it is. (Pickthall)
16.40. Unser Wort zu etwas, wenn Wir es wollen, ist, daß Wir dazu sprechen: Sei! - und es ist. (Ahmad v. Denffer)
16.40. Unser Wort zu etwas, wenn Wir es wollen, ist, dazu nur zu sagen: "Sei!", und so ist es. (Bubenheim)
16.40. Wenn Wir wollen, dass etwas ist, sagen Wir nur : "Es sei!" und es ist. (Azhar)
16.40. Unser Wort einer Sache gegenüber, wenn WIR sie wollen, ist außchließlich, dass WIR ihr sagen: „Sei!“ Dann ist sie. (Zaidan)
16.40. Wenn wir eine Sache wollen, brauchen wir zu ihr nur zu sagen: sei!, dann ist sie. (Paret)
16.40. Unser Wort, das Wir für eine Sache sprechen, wenn Wir sie wollen, ist nur: "Sei!" und sie ist. (Rasul)
Tafsir von Maududi für die Ayaat 39 bis 40
And It must be fulfilled so that He may reveal to them that thing about which thay are differing, and that the disbelievers might know that they were liars. ( 35 ) (As regards its possibility.) when We desire to bring a thing into existence, We need only say, "Be", and it is there. ( 36 )
Desc No: 35 In v. 39 those two things have been stated which rationally and morally require that there must be Resurrection and Life-after-death, that is: (1) to reveal what the reality was, and (2) to reward or punish people in accordance with the right or wrong stand they took about it in this world. It is common knowledge that since the creation of Man on the Earth there have been many differences regarding the Reality which have been sowing dissension between families, nations and races. These have also led to the formation of many different societies, cultures and creeds on different theories. In every age millions of the torch-bearers of each of these theories have been putting at stake their all-life, property, honour-to propagate and defend their favourite theory. Nay, there has aIways been such a bitter conflict between them that each group tried to annihilate the other, who, in his turn, stuck to it to the last. This being the case, common sense demands that such far-reaching and serious differences should be cleared some time or other, so as to decide with certainty what was right and what was wrong, who was in the right and who was in the wrong. Obviously, it is not possible to lift the curtain from the Reality in this world so as to reveal things in their true perspective. This is because the system on which this world has been created does not allow this. Therefore, there should be another world to fulfil this demand of common sense. This is not the demand of common sense alone but also of the moral sense, which requires that the partners in this conflict should be rewarded or punished according to right or wrong, just or unjust part they played in it. For, some of these committed cruelties on the others, who had to make sacrifices for their cause. Then each one should also bear the responsibility for formulating and practising a moral or immoral philosophy which influenced millions and billions of others for better or worse. Moral sense demands that there should be a time for the moral consequences to take their due course. As this is not possible in this world there should be another world for the purpose.
Desc No: 36 This is the answer to those who imagined that it was the most difficult thing to raise the dead, and that, too, to raise together at once all the people who had died at any time. They have been told that it is an easy thing for Allah, Who has the power to bring into existence anything He desires, merely by His command, "Be", for He does not stand in need of any provisions, any means and any favourable environment for this. His mere Command produces necessary provisions, means and environment. This world was brought into existence by His mere Command, "Be", and likewise the Next world will at once come into existence by His single Command. "
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