سورة الرُّوم
Surah Al-Rûm 30:41
The Byzantines · Verse 41 of 60
ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Disorder and corruption has prevailed on land and sea owing to the evil (deeds) which people have wrought. The result will be that He will make them taste (in this world) the fruit of (some of) their misdeeds so that they may return (to the right path, giving up their evil ways).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Mischief has appeared on land and sea because of (the meed) that the hands of men have earned, that (Allah) may give them a taste of some of their deeds: in order that they may turn back (from Evil).
Ahmed Ali
Corruption has spread over land and sea from what men have done themselves that they may taste a little of what they have done: They may haply come back (to the right path).
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Ali Unal
Corruption and disorder have appeared on land and in the sea because of what the hands of people have (done and) earned (of evil deeds). Thus He causes them to taste the consequence of some of what they have done, so that they may (take heed, repent and reform, and so) return (to the right way).
Daryabadi
Corruptness hath appeared on land and sea because of that which men´s hands have earned, so that he may make them taste a part of that which they have worked, in order that haply they may turn.
Faridul Haque
Chaos appears in the land and the sea because of the evil deeds which people’s hands have earned, in order to make them taste the flavour of some of their misdeeds – in order that they may come back.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of that which men
Maulvi Sher Ali
Corruption have spread on land and sea because of what men's hands has wrought, that HE may make them taste the fruit of some of their doings, so that they may turn back from evil.
Muhammad Asad
[Since they have become oblivious of God,] corruption has appeared on land and in the sea as an outcome of what men's hands have wrought: and so He will let them taste [the evil of] some of their doings, so that they might return (to the right path].
Muhammad Musin Khan
Evil (sins and disobedience of Allah, etc.) has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned (by oppression and evil deeds, etc.), that Allah may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return (by repenting to Allah, and begging His Pardon).
Muhammad Pickthall
Corruption doth appear on land and sea because of (the evil) which men's hands have done, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return.
Muhammad Sarwar
Evil has spread over the land and the sea because of human deeds and through these God will cause some people to suffer so that perhaps they will return to Him.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of men have wrought, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that they may return.
Rashad Khalifa
Disasters have spread throughout the land and sea, because of what the people have committed. He thus lets them taste the consequences of some of their works, that they may return (to the right works).
Shabbir Ahmed
Rampant disorder has appeared in the land and in the sea because of what the hands of people have earned. He will let them taste the consequences of some of their works that they may turn back (from what they have been doing).
Commentary 30:41 This verse refers to the adverse social and moral conditions of humankind at the advent of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). The words “land” and “sea” may here…
ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
30:41 This verse refers to the adverse social and moral conditions of humankind at the advent of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). The words “land” and “sea” may here signify those peoples living on distant continents and on islands. The expression also refers to the nations whose cultures and civilizations were based on purely human experiences, and those whose cultures and civilizations were based on Divine Revelation. The verse also indicates that when darkness enshrouds the face of the earth, and the human being consigns his Creator to oblivion, and the world is on the verge of chaos, Allâh raises a Reformer to bring back the erring flock into the Masters fold. The greater the darkness, the greater must be the reformer who is needed. Such was the condition of the world in the beginning of the seventh century, the time of the advent of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) of Islam. Similar darknesses, like the cycle of day and night, re-emerge repeatedly, so there is a repeated need for Reformers.