سورة یسٓ
Surah Yâ Sîn 36:20
O Perfect Man! · Verse 20 of 83
وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Now, there came a man running from the farthest end of the town. He said, `O my people! follow the Messengers.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Then there came running, from the farthest part of the City, a man, saying, "O my people! Obey the messengers:
Ahmed Ali
Then a man came running from the other side of the city. "O my people," he said, "follow the messengers.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
A man came running from the farthest end of the city and said: "O my people! Follow those who have been sent (to you as Messengers of God).
Daryabadi
And there came from the farthest part of the town a man running. He said; O my people! follow the sent ones.
Faridul Haque
And from the outermost part of the city came a man running; he said, “O my people! Obey those who have been sent.”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And from the remote part of the city there came a man running. He said: O my people, follow the apostles.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And from the farthest part of the town there came a man running. He said, `O my People, follow the Messengers,
Muhammad Asad
At that, a man came running from the farthest end of the city, [and] exclaimed: "O my people! Follow these message-bearers!
Muhammad Musin Khan
And there came running from the farthest part of the town, a man, saying: "O my people! Obey the Messengers;
Muhammad Pickthall
And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent!
Muhammad Sarwar
A man came running from the farthest part of the city saying, "My people, follow the Messengers.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And from the remote part of the city there came a man running, he said: O my people! follow the messengers;
Rashad Khalifa
A man came from the other end of the city, saying, "O my people, follow the messengers.
Shabbir Ahmed
At that, a man came running from the farthest end of the Town and said, "O My people! Follow these Messengers.
Commentary 36:20 “There came a man running from the farthest end of the town” is evidently a parable of the minority of true believers in every religion. Every Prophet…
وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ
36:20 “There came a man running from the farthest end of the town” is evidently a parable of the minority of true believers in every religion. Every Prophet has a follower among the people who bears testimony to the Prophets truth. Thus the Holy Qur’ân speaks of a believer from among the people of Pharaoh (40:28). Moses also had a helper by the name of Habîl. Jesus had Joseph of Arimathaia as follower and helper. The Holy Prophet (pbuh) had such a follower in Abû Bakr(rz). Besides him, commentators mention another man who informed Holy Prophet (pbuh) of a conspiracy being hatched against his life in Dâr al-Nadwâh. Such men as these “came running toward belief”. Rajal رَجُلٌhas also the meaning of footmen and soldiers (Tâj, Lisân, Lane). Therefore, here the use of word rajal may also signify a number of such people who were staunch followers of the Prophets of their time and were ready to lay down their lives for the cause.