Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 4
إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلاَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لآيَاتٍ لأُوْلِي الألْبَابِ {190} الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىَ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذا بَاطِلاً سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ {191} رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ مَن تُدْخِلِ النَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَيْتَهُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ {192} رَّبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلإِيمَانِ أَنْ ءامِنُواْ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الأبْرَارِ {193} رَبَّنَا وَءاتِنَا مَا وَعَدتَّنَا عَلَى رُسُلِكَ وَلاَ تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّكَ لاَ تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ {194} فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ أَنِّي لاَ أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَامِلٍ مِّنكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَى بَعْضُكُم مِّن بَعْضٍ فَالَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ وَأُخْرِجُواْ مِن دِيَارِهِمْ وَأُوذُواْ فِي سَبِيلِي وَقَاتَلُواْ وَقُتِلُواْ لأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَلأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ ثَوَابًا مِّن عِندِ اللهِ وَاللهُ عِندَهُ حُسْنُ الثَّوَابِ {195} لاَ يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي الْبِلاَدِ {196} مَتَاعٌ قَلِيلٌ ثُمَّ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ {197} لَكِنِ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْاْ رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا نُزُلاً مِّنْ عِندِ اللهِ وَمَا عِندَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ لِّلأَبْرَارِ {198} وَإِنَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ لَمَن يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ خَاشِعِينَ للهِ لاَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً أُوْلَئِكَ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ إِنَّ اللهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ {199} يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ اصْبِرُواْ وَصَابِرُواْ وَرَابِطُواْ وَاتَّقُواْ اللهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ {200}
Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and day are signs for people of understanding. (190)
Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth [say], ‘Our Lord, You did not create this in vain. Glory be to You, so protect us from the punishment of the Fire.’ (191)
Our Lord, surely whoever You admit to the Fire, You have disgraced him, and the wrongdoers will have no helpers. (192)
Our Lord, we have heard a caller calling to faith, [saying], ‘Believe in your Lord,’ and we have believed. Our Lord, forgive us our sins, erase our misdeeds, and cause us to die with the righteous. (193)
Our Lord, grant us what You promised us through Your messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Surely You do not fail in Your promise. (194)
Then their Lord responded to them: ‘I will not let the work of any worker among you go to waste, male or female—you are of one another. So those who emigrated, were driven from their homes, were harmed in My cause, fought, and were killed—I will surely remove their misdeeds from them and admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, as a reward from Allah; and with Allah is the finest reward.’ (195)
Let not the movement of those who disbelieve through the lands deceive you. (196)
A brief enjoyment; then their abode is Hell, and what an evil resting place. (197)
But those who are mindful of their Lord will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein, as hospitality from Allah. What is with Allah is best for the righteous. (198)
Among the People of the Book there are certainly some who believe in Allah and what was sent down to you and what was sent down to them, humbling themselves before Allah. They do not sell Allah’s signs for a paltry price. Those will have their reward with their Lord. Indeed, Allah is swift in reckoning. (199)
O you who believe, be patient, outdo others in patience, remain steadfast at the frontier, and be mindful of Allah, so that you may succeed. (200)
Translation notes
وَقَاتَلُواْ وَقُتِلُواْ
The English witness renders the passive ‘were killed’ as ‘were martyred,’ which adds a religious evaluation not stated by the Arabic verb itself.
Should the witness’s interpretive ‘martyred’ be retained in any reviewed rendering, or should the direct wording be used?
بَعْضُكُم مِّن بَعْضٍ
The witness adds ‘Both are equal in reward’; that clause is not present in this Arabic passage.
Can the added explanatory clause be substantiated from a source outside this unit, or should it remain excluded from a translation of this Arabic text?