In the Name of Allâh,the Most
Beneficent, the Most Merciful
.
45-47すみ

 Alif­Lâm­Mîm.

[These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'ân, and none but Allâh (Alone) knows their meanings].

2. ビザンチンの民は打ち負かされた。

 

 The Romans have been defeated.

 3. 近接する地において(打ち負かされた)。だがかれらは,(この)敗北の後直ぐに勝つであろう。

 

 In the nearer land (Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Palestine), and they, after their defeat, will be victorious.

 

 4. 数年の中に(勝利を得よう)。前の場合も後の場合も,凡てはアッラーに属する。その日,ムスリムたちは喜ぶであろう。

 

 Within three to nine years. The decision of the matter, before and after (these events) is only with Allâh, (before the defeat of Romans by the Persians, and after, i.e. the defeat of the Persians by the Romans). And on that Day, the believers (i.e. Muslims) will rejoice (at the victory given by Allâh to the Romans against the Persians),

 

 5. アッラーの勝利を(喜ぶであろう)。かれは御望みの者を助けられる。かれは偉力ならびなく慈悲深き御方であられる。

 

 With the help of Allâh, He helps whom He wills, and He is the All­Mighty, the Most Merciful.

 

 6. (これは)アッラーの約束である。アッラーはその約束を違えられない。だが人びとの多くは理解しない。

 

 (It is) a Promise of Allâh (i.e. Allâh will give victory to the Romans against the Persians), and Allâh fails not in His Promise, but most of men know not.

 

 7. かれらの知るのは,現世の生活の表面だけである。かれらは(事物の)結末に就いては注意しない。

 

 They know only the outside appearance of the life of the world (i.e. the matters of their livelihood, like irrigating or sowing or reaping, etc.), and they are heedless of the Hereafter.

 

 8. かれらは反省しないのか。アッラーが天と地,そしてその間にある凡てのものを創造なされたのは,唯真理のため,また定めの時のためであることを。だが人びとの多くは,主との会見を否認する。

 

 Do they not think deeply (in their ownselves) about themselves (how Allâh created them from nothing, and similarly He will resurrect them)? Allâh has created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, except with truth and for an appointed term. And indeed many of mankind deny the Meeting with their Lord. [See Tafsir At­Tabarî, Part 21, Page 24].

 

 9. かれら(マッカの多神教徒)は,地上を旅してかれら以前の者の最後が如何であったかを,観察しないのか。かれら(昔の人)は,かれらよりも力において優れ,地を掘り起こし(て耕作し),またかれらよりも栄えていた。そして使徒たちは明証を持ってかれらのところに来た。アッラーがかれらを損ったのではない。かれらが自ら自分を損ったのである。

 

 Do they not travel in the land, and see what was the end of those before them? They were superior to them in strength, and they tilled the earth and populated it in greater numbers than these (pagans) have done, and there came to them their Messengers with clear proofs. Surely, Allâh wronged them not, but they used to wrong themselves.

 

 10. 所詮悪行の徒の最後は悪い。それはかれらがアッラーの印を虚偽であるとし,それを愚弄していたためである。

 

 Then evil was the end of those who did evil, because they belied the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, Messengers, etc.) of Allâh and made mock of them.

 

 11. アッラーはまず創造を始め,それからそれを繰り返し,それからあなたがたをかれに帰される。

 

 Allâh (Alone) originates the creation, then He will repeat it, then to Him you will be returned.

 

 12. (審判の) 時が到来する日,罪のある者は絶望するであろう。

 

 And on the Day when the Hour will be established, the Mujrimun (disbelievers, sinners, criminals, polytheists, etc.) will be plunged into destruction with deep regrets, sorrows, and despair.

 

 13. そしてかれらが(われに)配した(神々の)中には,かれらのために執り成す者もなく,またかれらも,これらの配したものたちを否認する。

 

 No intercessor will they have from those whom they made equal with Allah (partners i.e. their so­called associate gods), and they will (themselves) reject and deny their partners.

 

 14. (審判の)時が到来するその日には,(凡ての人は)ちりぢりにされるであろう。

 

 And on the Day when the Hour will be established, that Day shall (all men) be separated (i.e the believers will be separated from the disbelievers).

 

 15. その時,善行に勤しんだ者は,緑の野辺で,幸せにされよう。

 

 Then as for those who believed (in the Oneness of Allâh Islâmic Monotheism) and did righteous good deeds, such shall be honoured and made to enjoy luxurious life (forever) in a Garden of delight (Paradise).

 

 16. 信仰を拒否しわが印と来世での(主との)会見を虚偽であるとした者は,懲罰に付せられよう。

 

 And as for those who disbelieved and belied Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, Allâh's Messengers, Resurrection, etc.), and the Meeting of the Hereafter, such shall be brought forth to the torment (in the Hell-fire).

 

 17. それで,夕暮にまた暁に,アッラーを讃えなさい。

 

 So glorify Allâh [above all that (evil) they associate with Him (O believers)], when you come up to the evening [i.e. offer the (Maghrib) sunset and ('Ishâ') night prayers], and when you enter the morning [i.e offer the (Fajr) morning prayer].

 

 18. 天においても地にあっても,栄光はかれに属する。午后遅くに,また日の傾き初めに(アッラーを讃えなさい)。

 

 And His is all the praises and thanks in the heavens and the earth, and (glorify Him) in the afternoon (i.e. offer 'Asr prayer) and when you come up to the time, when the day begins to decline (i.e offer Zuhr prayer). (Ibn 'Abbas said: "These are the five compulsory congregational prayers mentioned in the Quran)."

 

 19. かれは,死から生を齎し,また生から死を齎され,また枯れ果てた大地を甦らせる。これと同じようにあなたがたも引き出される。

 

 He brings out the living from the dead, and brings out the dead from the living. And He revives the earth after its death. And thus shall you be brought out (resurrected).

 

 20. かれが,泥からあなたを創られたのは,かれの印の一つである。見るがいい。やがてあなたがた人間は(繁殖して地上に)散らばった。

 

 And among His Signs is this, that He created you (Adam) from dust, and then [Hawwa' (Eve) from Adam's rib, and then his offspring from the semen, and], - behold you are human beings scattered!

 

 21. またかれがあなたがた自身から,あなたがたのために配偶を創られたのは,かれの印の一つである。あなたがたはかの女らによって安らぎを得るよう(取り計らわれ),あなたがたの間に愛と情けの念を植え付けられる。本当にその中には,考え深い者への印がある。

 

 And among His Signs is this, that He created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find repose in them, and He has put between you affection and mercy. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who reflect.

 

 22. またかれが,諸天と大地を創造なされ,あなたがたの言語と,肌色を様々異なったものとされているのは,かれの印の一つである。本当にその中には,知識ある者への印がある。

 

 And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. Verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge.

 

 23. またかれが,あなたがたを夜も昼も眠れるようにし,またかれに恩恵を求めることが出来るのも,かれの印の一つである。本当にその中には,聞く者への印がある。

 

 And among His Signs is the sleep that you take by night and by day, and your seeking of His Bounty. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who listen.

 

 24. またかれが,恐れと希望の稲光をあなたがたに示しなされ,天から雨を降らせて,死んだ後の大地を甦らせられるのは,かれの印の一つである。本当にその中には,思慮ある者への印がある。

 

 And among His Signs is that He shows you the lightning, by way of fear and hope, and He sends down water (rain) from the sky, and therewith revives the earth after its death. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who understand.

 

 25. またかれが,御意志によって,天と地を打ち建てられたのは,かれの印の一つである。そこで,(一声)あなたがたに呼び掛けられると,見るがいい。たちまち大地からあなたがたは(引き)出される。

 

 And among His Signs is that the heaven and the earth stand by His Command, then afterwards when He will call you by single call, behold, you will come out from the earth (i.e from your graves for reckoning and recompense).

 

 26. 天と地にある凡てのものは,かれに属する。万有は,真心込めてかれに服従する。

 

 To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. All are obedient to Him.

 

 27. かれこそは先ず創造を始め,それからそれを繰り返される御方。それは,かれにおいてはとてもた易いことである。天と地における,(考え得られる)最高の姿は,かれに属する。かれは偉力ならびなく英明であられる。

 

 And He it is Who originates the creation, then will repeat it (after it has been perished), and this is easier for Him. His is the highest description (i.e. none has the right to be worshipped but He, and there is nothing comparable unto Him) in the heavens and in the earth. And He is the All­Mighty, the All­Wise.

 

 28. かれは,あなたがた自身(の経験)から,一つの譬えを提示なされる。あなたがたは,自分の右手の所有する者たち(奴隷)を,われがあなたがたに与えたものを同等に分配する仲間にするだろうか。あなたがたが互いに気付かうように,かれら(奴隷たち)に気兼ねするだろうか。(そうではあるまい)。このようにわれは,思慮ある者に印を説き明かす。

 

 He sets forth for you a parable from your ownselves, - Do you have partners among those whom your right hands possess (i.e your slaves) to share as equals in the wealth We have bestowed on you? Whom you fear as you fear each other? Thus do We explain the signs in detail to a people who have sense.

 

 29. いや,不義を行う者は知識もなく私利私欲に従う。アッラーが迷うに任せられた者を,誰が導けようか。かれらには救助者はないであろう。

 

 Nay, but those who do wrong follow their own lusts without knowledge, Then who will guide him whom Allah has sent astray? And for such there will be no helpers.

 

 30. それであなたはあなたの顔を純正な教えに,確り向けなさい。アッラーが人間に定められた天性に基いて。アッラーの創造に,変更がある筈はない。それは正しい教えである。だが人びとの多くは分らない。

 

 So set you (O Muhammad SAW) your face towards the religion of pure Islamic Monotheism Hanifa (worship none but Allah Alone) Allah's Fitrah (i.e. Allah's Islamic Monotheism), with which He has created mankind. No change let there be in Khalq­illah (i.e. the Religion of Allah Islamic Monotheism), that is the straight religion, but most of men know not. [Tafsir At­Tabari, Vol 21, Page 41]

 

 31. 悔悟してかれに返り,かれを畏れなさい。礼拝の務めを守り,偶像信者の仲間になってはならない。

 

 (Always) Turning in repentance to Him (only), and be afraid and dutiful to Him; and perform As­Salat (Iqamat­as­Salat) and be not of Al­Mushrikun (the disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, polytheists, idolaters, etc.).

 

 32. それは宗教を分裂させて,分派を作り,それぞれ自分の持っているものに喜び,満足している者。

 

 Of those who split up their religion (i.e. who left the true Islamic Monotheism), and became sects, [i.e. they invented new things in the religion (Bid'ah), and followed their vain desires], each sect rejoicing in that which is with it.

 

 33. 災厄が人びとを悩ます時かれらは悔悟して主に祈る。だがかれが,慈悲をかれらに味わせると,たちまち一部のをは主に(外の神々を)配し,

 

 And when harm touches men, they cry sincerely only to their Lord (Allah), turning to Him in repentance, but when He gives them a taste of His Mercy, behold! a party of them associate partners in worship with their Lord.

 

 34. われが与えたものを有り難く思わないようになる。(僅かの年月を)享楽するがいい。 だがやがて分るであろう。

 

 So as to be ungrateful for the graces which We have bestowed on them. Then enjoy (your short life); but you will come to know.

 

 35. われに配しているものを支持する権威を,われがかれらに下したとでもいうのか。

 

 Or have We revealed to them a Scripture, which speaks of that which they have been associating with Him?

 

 36. われが人間に慈悲を味わせると,かれらはそれに狂喜する。だが自分の行いのために災厄が下ると,たちまち,かれらは絶望する。

 

 And when We cause mankind to taste of mercy, they rejoice therein, but when some evil afflicts them because of (evil deeds and sins) that their (own) hands have sent forth, lo! They are in despair!

 

 37. かれらは見ないのか,アッラーが御望みの者に,糧を増し,また減らしなされるのを。本当にその中には,信仰する者への印がある。

 

 Do they not see that Allah enlarges the provision for whom He wills and straitens (it for whom He wills). Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who believe.

 

 38. それで近親の者に,しかるべきものを与えよ。また貧者と旅人にも。それは,アッラーの慈顔を求める者たちにとり,最も善いことである。これらは,栄える者たちである。

 

 So give to the kindred his due, and to Al­Miskin (the poor) and to the wayfarer. That is best for those who seek Allah's Countenance, and it is they who will be successful.

 

 39. あなたがたが利殖のために,高利で人に貸し与えても,アッラーの許では,何も増えない。だがアッラーの慈顔を求めて喜捨する者には報償が増加される。

 

 And that which you give in gift (to others), in order that it may increase (your wealth by expecting to get a better one in return) from other people's property, has no increase with Allah, but that which you give in Zakat seeking Allah's Countenance then those, they shall have manifold increase.

 

 40. アッラーこそは,あなたがたを創り,扶養され,次いで死なせ,更に甦らせられる方である。あなたがたが(捏造しかれに)配したものの中,これらのことの一つでも出来るものがあるか。かれに讃えあれ。かれはかれらが配するものの上に高くおられる。

 

 Allah is He Who created you, then provided food for you, then will cause you to die, then (again) He will give you life (on the Day of Resurrection). Is there any of your (so­called) partners (of Allah) that do anything of that ? Glory be to Him! And Exalted be He above all that (evil) they associate (with Him).

 

 41. 人間の手が稼いだことのために,陸に海に荒廃がもう現われている。これは(アッラーが),かれらの行ったことの一部を味わわせかれらを(悪から)戻らせるためである。

 

 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).

 

 42. 言ってやるがいい。「地上を旅して,(あなたがた)以前の者たちの最後が,どうであったかを観察しなさい。かれらの多くは多神教徒であった。」

 

 Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Travel in the land and see what was the end of those before (you)! Most of them were Mushrikun (the disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, polytheists, idolaters, etc.)."

 

 43. それでアッラーから避け得ない日が来る前に,あなたの顔を正しい教えにしっかり向けなさい。その日かれらは(2群に)分けられよう。

 

 So set you (O Muhammad SAW) your face to (the obedience of Allah, your Lord) the straight and right religion (Islamic Monotheism), before there comes from Allah a Day which none can avert it. On that Day men shall be divided [(in two groups), a group in Paradise and a group in Hell].

 

 44. 不信心の者は,その不信心のために責めを負う。また正しい行いの者は,自分自身のため(天国に)褥を用意するようなもの。

 

 Whosoever disbelieves will suffer from his disbelief, and whosoever does righteous good deeds (by practising Islamic Monotheism), then such will prepare a good place (in Paradise) for themselves (and will be saved by Allah from His Torment).

 

 45. 信仰して善行に勤しむ者には,かれは恩恵により報われる。本当にかれは,不信心者を御好みになられない。

 

 That He may reward those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous good deeds, out of His Bounty. Verily, He likes not the disbelievers.

 

 46. 吉報の前触れとして風を送るのは,かれの印の一つである。あなたがたにかれの慈悲(降雨と肥沃)を味わわせるためであり,またかれの御意志により舟を滑るように進ませ,またあなたがたは,かれの恩恵(海上貿易による利益)を求めるためである。あなたがたは必ず感謝するであろう。

 

 And among His Signs is this, that He sends the winds as glad tidings, giving you a taste of His Mercy (i.e. rain), and that the ships may sail at His Command, and that you may seek of His Bounty, in order that you may be thankful.

 

 47. 本当にわれはあなた以前にも,使徒たちを(それぞれの)民族に遣わし,かれら(使徒)は,かれらに明証を齎した。そしてわれは,罪を犯した者に報復した。だが信仰する者を助けるのは,われの務めである。

 

 And indeed We did send Messengers before you (O Muhammad SAW) to their own peoples. They came to them with clear proofs, then, We took vengeance on those who committed crimes (disbelief, setting partners in worship with Allah, sins, etc.), and (as for) the believers it was incumbent upon Us to help (them).

 

 48. アッラーこそは,風を送りそれで雲を起こされる御方であられる。それから御心のままに天にそれを広げ,粉微塵にそれを打ち砕かれる。するとあなたは,その間から出て来る雨滴を見る。かれは,そのしもベの中,御心に適う者にそれを降らせられる。見るがいい。かれらの喜ぶ様子を。

 

 Allah is He Who sends the winds, so they raise clouds, and spread them along the sky as He wills, and then break them into fragments, until you see rain drops come forth from their midst! Then when He has made them fall on whom of His slaves as He will, lo! they rejoice!

 

 49. かれらに(雨を)降らせる前,失望にうちひしがれていたのだが。

 

 And verily before that (rain), just before it was sent down upon them, they were in despair!

 

 50. さあアッラーの慈悲の跡をよくみるがいい。かれが如何に,死んだあとの大地を甦らされるかを。このようにかれは,死んだ者を甦らせる。かれは凡てのことに全能であられる。

 

 Look then at the effects (results) of Allah's Mercy, how He revives the earth after its death. Verily! That (Allah) Who revived the earth after its death shall indeed raise the dead (on the Day of Resurrection), and He is Able to do all things.

 

 51. だが,われが風を送っても,(作物が)黄ばむのを見ると,その後かれらは,必ず不信心になる。

 

 And if We send a wind [which would spoil the green growth (tilth) brought up by the previous rain], and they see (their tilth) turn yellow, behold, they then after their being glad, would become unthankful (to their Lord Allah as) disbelievers.

 

 52. あなたは,死者にものを聞かせることは出来ない。また,背を向けて逃げ去る聞こえない者に,呼び掛けても聞かせることは出来ない。

 

 So verily, you (O Muhammad SAW) cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. the disbelievers, etc.), nor can you make the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs, turning away.

 

 53. またあなたは,(ものごとの)分らない盲目を,迷いから導くことも出来ない。あなたは,只われの印を信じて服従,帰依する者だけに,聞かせることが出来るのである。

 

 And you (O Muhammad SAW) cannot guide the blind from their straying; you can make to hear only those who believe in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and have submitted to Allah in Islam (as Muslims).

 

 54. アッラーは,あなたがたを弱い者に創られ,それから弱い者を後で,強壮にされ,強壮な者を弱い白髪になされる。かれは御自分の望みのままに創られる。かれは全知にして全能であられる。

 

 Allah is He Who created you in (a state of) weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave (you) weakness and grey hair. He creates what He wills. And it is He Who is the All­Knowing, the All­Powerful (i.e. Able to do all things).

 

 55. (精算の)時が,到来するその日,罪深い者たちは,わたしたちは一時しか(墓に)留まらなかったと誓うであろう。このように,かれらは欺かれていた。

 

 And on the Day that the Hour will be established, the Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.) will swear that they stayed not but an hour, thus were they ever deluded [away from the truth (i.e they used to tell lies and take false oaths, and turn away from the truth) in this life of the world)].

 

 56. だが知識と信仰を授かった者たちは,言うであろう。「あなたがたはアッラーの定めに基いて,復活の日まで確かに滞在しました。これが復活の日です。だがあなたがたは気付かなかったのです。」

 

 And those who have been bestowed with knowledge and faith will say: "Indeed you have stayed according to the Decree of Allah, until the Day of Resurrection, so this is the Day of Resurrection, but you knew not."

 

 57. だがその日になってからでは,悪を行った者の弁解も益がなく,またかれらは(悔悟して御恵みを請う)ことも出来ないであろう。

 

 So on that Day no excuse of theirs will avail those who did wrong (by associating partners in worship with Allah, and by denying the Day of Resurrection), nor will they be allowed (then) to return to seek Allah's Pleasure (by having Islamic Faith with righteous deeds and by giving up polytheism, sins and crimes with repentance).

 

 58. 本当にわれは人びとのため,このクルアーンの中に種々の譬えを提示した。だがあなたが,仮令どの一節を持ち出しても,信じない者は必ず,「あなたがたは虚偽に従う者に過ぎません。」と言うであろう。

 

 And indeed We have set forth for mankind, in this Quran every kind of parable. But if you (O Muhammad SAW) bring to them any sign or proof, (as an evidence for the truth of your Prophethood), the disbelievers are sure to say (to the believers): "You follow nothing but falsehood, and magic."

 

 59. このようにアッラーは,理解しない者の心を封じられる。

 

 Thus does Allah seal up the hearts of those who know not [the proofs and evidence of the Oneness of Allah i.e. those who try not to understand true facts that which you (Muhammad SAW) have brought to them].

 

 60. だから耐え忍ベ。本当にアッラーの約束は真実である。確りした信心のない者たちのせいで,あなたまでが動揺してはならない。

 

So be patient (O Muhammad SAW). Verily, the Promise of Allah is true, and let not those who have no certainty of faith, discourage you from conveying Allah's Message (which you are obliged to convey)