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Tahereh Saffarzadeh [Shia]
The Holy Qur’ān – English & Persian Translation with Commentary

Verily, your true supporters and well-wishers [after] Allāh are His Messenger [Mohammad] and The Believers. [The believers are:] Those who establish prayer and pay alms [even] while they are bowing down [in prayer]. *

* Ali (AS) who gave his ring to a poor when he was bowing in prayer.

ʿAli Qulī Qarāʾī [Shia]
The Qur’ān. With a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation

Your guardian is only Allah, His Apostle,
and the faithful who maintain the prayer
and give the zakāt while bowing down.

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem [Sunni]
The Qur’an

Your true allies are God, His Messenger, and the believers- those who keep up the prayer, pay the prescribed alms, and bow down in worship.

Ahmad Zaki Hammad [Sunni]
The Gracious Quran. A Modern-Phrased Interpretation in English

Indeed, your ally is none but God,
and also His Messenger,
and those who have believed—
those who [duly] establish the Prayer,
and give the Zakât-Charity,
and who, moreover, bow [humbly
before God alone].

Oversættelserne af Ahmad Zaki Hammad og Tahereh Saffarzadeh er ikke gængs tilgængelige, selvom begge værker (indenfor deres eget virkefelt) er højt accepteret. For oversættelserne af Ali Quli Qara’i og Abdel Haleem, se det Online Koran Projekt 5:55.

4:69. Whoever obeys Allah and the Apostle —they are with those whom Allah has blessed, including the prophets and the truthful, the martyrs and the righteous, and excellent companions are they!

Hvis vi dog kigge i den engelske oversættelse af en sunnit, en nyere bred anerkendt oversættelse af Abdel Haleem, ses betegnelsen oversat som “vidnerne”:

Whoever obeys God and the Messenger will be among those He has blessed: the messengers, the truthful, those who bear witness to the truth,* and the righteous- what excellent companions these are!

Hertil har Haleem fodnoten: Martyrs bear witness to the truth with their lives (Razi).

Så selvom betegnelsen “vidnerne” anvendes fremfor “martyrerne” er det selv samme gruppe af mennesker der refereres til, nemlig martyrerne.

Selv blandt sunnitter er der generel accept for at verset bl.a. omtaler Imam Hasan og Hussein b. Ali – se eksempelvis den mest anerkendte engelske oversættelse af Abdullah Yusuf Ali:

All who obey God and the messenger are in the company of those on whom is the Grace of God,- of the prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers of Truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the Righteous (who do good): Ah! what a beautiful Fellowship!*

Hertil er fodnoten: …(3) The next are the noble army of Witnesses, who testify to the truth. The testimony may be by martyrdom, as in the case of Imāms Ḥasan and Ḥusain. Or it may be by the tongue of the true preacher or the pen of the devoted scholar, or the life of the man devoted to service..

Altså – i henhold til ovenstående oversættelse er der altså en forskel på om man forstår verset generelt eller specifikt.

Note! Alle tre oversættelse kan læses side om side med (fuld) kommentar på det Online Koran Projekt, her er et direkte link til Koranvers 4:69 med jf. tre engelske oversættelser.

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Med Salaams,

“Friends in Paradise are those who obtain salvation by the obedience of God and His Messenger, and Allah has bestowed on them of His extensive bounties and Grace. Here in this verse four classes of them are specified:

1- The highest and the best is that of the prophets who get inspiration from God in order to teach mankind by example and precept.

2- The next class of the fellowship in Paradise belongs to the lovers of truth who are truthful in their words and deeds. Their deeds prove their words, and their words testify their deeds.

3- In the third category are the martyrs, or those who have been slain for the sake of God, and who testify to people’s honesty in the Final Judgement in Dooms Day.

4- And lastly there is the class of the righteous people who are the lovers of doing good, and who do whatever they do in the righteous way.”

- Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi i Quran, Translation and Commentary in Brief, Vol. 1

Jeg vil lige gøre opmærksom på, at jeg mener ordet “shuhada” i verset 4,69 skal oversættes som “martyrerne” i stedet for “vidnerne”, da der er tale om martyrer. Jeg tror, at shia-tafaseer og evt. oversættelser også er helt enige her.

Herudover har jeg faktisk et hurtigt spørgsmål, men det er udenfor emnet – jeg ved bare ikke, hvor jeg skal placere spørgsmålet.. ?

Wa salaam

Personligt stødte jeg på det via det velkendte akademiske shiitiske journal (på engelsk) som bliver publiceret hver kvartal.

”Hvem tilkommer det mest at blive fulgt: Den, der retleder til sandheden, eller den, der ikke kan retlede, med mindre han selv bliver retledt?” [K. 10:35].

Har du tafseer til den vers…`?