Romans
« Chapter 11 »
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So I say: Has Allah rejected his umma? May Allah forbid it! I myself am one of Bani Israil, of the seed of Ibrahim, of the Sibt of Benjamin Bin Yacoub.
فَأَقُولُ إِذًا: هَلْ رَفَضَ اللهُ أُمَّتَهُ؟ حَاشَا لِلهِ! أَنَا نَفْسِي مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَمِنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ.
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Allah has not rejected his umma that he knew beforehand. Do you not know the complaint of Ilyas to Allah about Bani Israil in the kitab?
إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَرْفُضْ أُمَّتَهُ الَّتِي عَرَفَهَا مُسَبَّقًا. أَلَا تَعْرِفُونَ شَكْوَى إِلْيَاسَ لِلهِ عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْكِتَابِ؟
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Therefore, today, there is still a remainder Allah has chosen by his grace.
لِذَلِكَ لَا تَزَالَ الْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا بَقِيَّةٌ اصْطَفَاهَا اللهُ بِفَضْلِهِ،
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But if the choice of Allah is according to grace, works have no hand in that. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
لَكِنْ إِذَا كَانَ اصْطِفَاءُ اللهِ حَسَبَ فَضْلِهِ، فَلَيْسَتْ لِلْأَعْمَالِ يَدٌ فِي ذَلِكَ، وَإِلَّا لَمْ يَبْقَ فَضْلُهُ فَضْلًا.
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What should we conclude? Bani Israil did not get the righteousness they tried to get, but the chosen people got it. The hearts of the rest were hardened.
فَمَاذَا نَسْتَنْتِجُ؟ لَمْ يَحْصُلْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى الصَّلَاحِ الَّذِي سَعَوْا إِلَيْهِ، فِيمَا حَصَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْمُصْطَفَوْنَ، أَمَّا الْبَاقُونَ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ.
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وَذَلِكَ مِصْدَاقًا لِقَوْلِ اللهِ فِي الْكِتَابِ: «أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِمِ اللهُ رُوحَ بَلَادَةٍ فَأَعْيُنُهُمْ لَا تَرَى وَآذَانُهُمْ لَا تَسْمَعُ حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ.»
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Also there is the dua' prayer of Dawood: "Allah, make their dining table a snare, a trap, a hindrance, and revenge.
وَأَيْضًا دُعَاءِ دَاوُدَ: «اَللَّهُمَّ، اِجْعَلْ مَائِدَتَهُمْ فَخًّا لَهُمْ وَشَرَكًا وَعَثْرَةً وَنِقْمَةً،
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I ask you: Have Bani Israil stumbled a final stumble? Make Allah not permit it! But because of their disobedience, the saving mercy of Allah has included the nations of the polytheists, so that Bani Israil would be jealous of them.
وَإِنَّنِي أَسْأَلُكُمْ: هَلْ عَثَرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَثْرَةً نِهَائِيَّةً؟ لَا سَمَحَ اللهُ! إِنَّمَا بِسَبَبِ مَعْصِيَتِهِمْ وَسِعَتْ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ الْمُنْجِيَةُ أُمَمَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، حَتَّى يَجْعَلَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَغَارُونَ مِنْهُمْ.
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Their disobedience was richness of the baraka of Allah for all mankind, and their loss was richness of his baraka to the nations of the polytheists. So how great will their full repentance be!
لَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَتْ مَعْصِيَتُهُمْ غِنَى بَرَكَةِ اللهِ لِلْعَالَمِينَ، وَخَسَارَتُهُمْ غِنَى بَرَكَتِهِ لِأُمَمِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَمَا أَعْظَمَ اكْتِمَالَ تَوْبَتِهِمْ!
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You non-Yahud, I am the messenger appointed for you. I am proud of this message,
يَا غَيْرَ الْيَهُودِ، إِنَّنِي أَنَا الْمُرْسَلُ الْمُعَيَّنُ لَكُمْ، وَإِنَّنِي فَخُورٌ بِهَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ،
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so that I can stir up the jealousy of my people Bani Israil to guide some of them to the path of salvation.
لَعَلِّي أُثِيرُ غَيْرَةَ قَوْمِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِأُرْشِدَ بَعْضَهُمْ إِلَى طَرِيقِ النَّجَاةِ.
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If Allah rejected them in order to reconcile the rest of mankind, their acceptance will make the dead alive!
فَإِنْ كَانَ اللهُ يَرْفُضُهُمْ لِيَتَصَالَحَ مَعَ بَاقِي الْعَالَمِينَ، فَمَاذَا سَيَكُونُ قَبُولُهُمْ سِوَى إِحْيَاءٍ لِلْمَوْتَى؟
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If the offering of the beginning of the harvest of wheat is dedicated to Allah, then all the dough will also be dedicated to him. If the root is dedicated to Allah, the branches are also dedicated to him.
وَإِنْ كَانَ قُرْبَانُ أَوَّلِ حَصَادِ الْقَمْحِ مُخَصَّصًا لِلهِ فَسَيَكُونُ الْعَجِينُ كُلُّهُ أَيْضًا مُخَصَّصًا لَهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ الْجِذْرُ مُخَصَّصًا لِلهِ، فَالْأَغْصَانُ أَيْضًا مُخَصَّصَةٌ لَهُ.
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Allah cut off some of the branches of his olive tree and grafted you in their place, though you were from originally from a wild olive tree. So you became a partner in the rich root of the olive tree.
وَإِنْ قَطَعَ اللهُ بَعْضَ أَغْصَانِ زَيْتُونَتِهِ وَطَعَّمَكَ فِي مَكَانِهَا وَأَنْتَ مِنْ أَصْلِ زَيْتُونَةٍ بَرِّيَّةٍ، فَأَصْبَحْتَ بِذَلِكَ شَرِيكًا فِي جِذْرِ الزَّيْتُونَةِ الْغَنِيِّ،
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So do not boast over the branches that were cut off. If you do, remember that you are indebted to the root. It is not indebted to you.
فَلَا تَفْتَخِرْ عَلَى الْأَغْصَانِ الْمَقْطُوعَةِ، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ حَدَثَ ذَلِكَ، فَتَذَكَّرْ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّهِينُ بِالْجِذْرِ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ الرَّهِينَ بِكَ.
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No doubt you will say: "Branches were cut off so I could be grafted in their place."
فَسَتَقُولُ بِلَا شَكٍّ: «لَقَدْ قُطِعَتِ الْأَغْصَانُ حَتَّى أُطَعَّمَ أَنَا مَكَانَهَا.»
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True. But Allah cut them off because of their disbelief, and you are firm through trust. So do not be proud, but fear Allah!
صَحِيحٌ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ قَطَعَهُمْ لِكُفْرِهِمْ وَثَبَّتَكَ أَنْتَ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ، فَلَا تَتَكَبَّرْ بَلْ خَفِ اللهَ!
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If Allah did not have mercy on the natural branches, he will not have mercy on you either.
فَإِنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمِ اللهُ الْأَغْصَانَ الطَّبِيعِيَّةَ، فَلَنْ يَرْحَمَكَ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا.
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فَاللهُ هُوَ اللَّطِيفُ وَالْمُنْتَقِمُ، أَمَّا كَوْنُهُ الْمُنْتَقِمُ فَذَلِكَ لِلَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا، وَكَوْنُهُ اللَّطِيفُ فَذَلِكَ لَكَ، مَا دُمْتَ رَاسِخًا فِي لُطْفِهِ، وَإِلَّا فَأَنْتَ أَيْضًا تُقْطَعُ.
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Allah will re-graft in even the people who have been cut off, if they repent from their disbelief. Allah can do anything.
وَحَتَّى الْمَقْطُوعُونَ، إِذَا تَابُوا عَنْ كُفْرِهِمْ، فَسَيُطَعِّمُهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ. إِنَّ اللهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.
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Allah cut you off of a wild olive tree and grafted you, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree. How much easier will it be to graft those original branches back into their own olive tree!
فَإِنْ كَانَ اللهُ قَدْ قَطَعَكَ أَنْتَ مِنْ زَيْتُونَةٍ بَرِّيَّةٍ وَطَعَّمَكَ خِلَافًا لِلطَّبِيعَةِ فِي زَيْتُونَةٍ مَزْرُوعَةٍ، فَكَمْ بِالْأَحْرَى يَكُونُ سَهْلًا تَطْعِيمُ تِلْكَ الْأَغْصَانِ الْأَصْلِيَّةِ فِي زَيْتُونَتِهَا؟
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Brothers, I do not want for you to be jahil of this mystery, so that you would not consider yourselves wise: Hardening of the heart has afflicted a group of Bani Israil so that Allah can bring the full number from nations of polytheists into his mercy.
أَيُّهَا الْإِخْوَةُ، لَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَجْهَلُوا هَذَا السِّرَّ، لِئَلَّا تَعْتَبِرُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ حُكَمَاءَ: إِنَّ قَسَاوَةَ الْقَلْبِ قَدْ أَصَابَتْ فَرِيقًا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللهُ بِالْعَدَدِ الْكَامِلِ مِنْ أُمَمِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى رَحْمَتِهِ،
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And all Bani Israil will be saved, according to the saying of Allah in the kitab: "The rescuer will come from Al-Quds and will eliminate kufr from Bani Yacoub.
فَسَوْفَ يَنْجُو جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَفْقًا لِقَوْلِ اللهِ فِي الْكِتَابِ: «سَيَأْتِي الْمُنْقِذُ مِنَ الْقُدْسِ وَسَيُزِيلُ الْكُفْرَ مِنْ بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ،
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They are the enemies of Allah according to the good news for your benefit, but they are preferred according to his choice, for the sake of their ancient fathers.
فَهُمْ أَعْدَاءُ اللهِ حَسَبَ الْبُشْرَى لِصَالِحِكُمْ، بَلْ هُمْ مُفَضَّلُونَ حَسَبَ اصْطِفَائِهِ إِكْرَامًا لِآبَائِهِمِ الْأَوَّلِينَ،
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For Allah will not take back his gifts and his calling.
لِأَنَّ اللهَ لَا يَرْجِعُ عَنْ هِبَاتِهِ أَوْ دَعْوَتِهِ.
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You were disobedient before and have entered now into the mercy of Allah because of the disobedience of the Yahud.
فَكَمَا كُنْتُمْ عُصَاةً مِنْ قَبْلُ وَدَخَلْتُمُ الْآنَ رَحْمَةَ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ مَعْصِيَةِ الْيَهُودِ،
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So they also disobey now so that Allah can have mercy on them because of his mercy to you.
فَهُمْ كَذَلِكَ يَعْصُونَ الْآنَ لِكَيْ يَرْحَمَهُمُ اللهُ بِسَبَبِ رَحْمَتِهِ لَكُمْ،
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Allah has jailed everyone in disobedience so that he can have mercy on everyone.
فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ حَبَسَ الْجَمِيعَ فِي الْمَعْصِيَةِ حَتَّى يَرْحَمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ.
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The richness of Allah and his wisdom and knowledge are so great! It is so hard to realize his regulations and to discover his paths!
مَا أَعْظَمَ غِنَى اللهِ وَحِكْمَتَهُ وَعِلْمَهُ! وَمَا أَعْسَرَ إِدْرَاكَ أَحْكَامِهِ وَاكْتِشَافَ طُرُقِهِ!