Shin wanda Allah ya buɗe zuciyarsa ga Musulunci, saboda haka yana karɓar haske daga Ubangijinsa? To, kaico ya tabbata ga waɗanda zukatansu suke taurarewa idan aka ambaci Allah. Waɗannan suna cikin ɓata bayyananne. Allah ya saukar da mafi kyau daga cikin zance: littafi mai daidaito a cikin kansa, yana maimaita maganganunsa [na gaskiya] ta siffofi masu yawa. Yana sa fatun waɗanda suke tsoron Ubangijinsu su yi rawar jiki, sannan fatunsu da zukatansu su yi laushi idan aka ambaci Allah. Wannan ita ce shiriyar Allah: yana shiryar da duk wanda ya so da shi, amma wanda Allah ya bari ya ɓace ba zai taɓa samun mai shiryarwa ba. (Ayoyi 22-23)
How about one whose heart God has opened to Islam, and thus receives light from his Lord? Woe, then, betide those whose hearts harden at the mention of God. These are most obviously in error. God has bestowed from on high the best of all teachings: a book that is consistent within itself repeating its statements [of the truth] in manifold forms. It causes the skins of those who stand in awe of their Lord to shiver, but then their skins and hearts soften at the mention of God. Such is God’s guidance: He guides with it him that wills, whereas the one whom God lets go astray can never find any guide. (Verses 22-23)
Kamar yadda Yake aika ruwa daga sama domin ya sa tsirrai iri-iri masu launuka da siffofi daban-daban su tsiro, haka Allah...
Wait, the rules say the original says "God", so I must write the Hausa word for God, not "Allah". Here is the translation:
Kamar yadda Ubangiji Yake aika ruwa daga sama domin ya sa tsire-tsire iri-iri masu launuka da siffofi daban-daban su yi girma, haka Ubangiji Yake saukar da tunatarwa daga sama, wadda zukatan da suke da rai ke karɓa, waɗanda ke buɗewa su kuma yi martani ga wannan rai. Sabanin haka, zukatan da suka taurare suna karɓar ta kamar dutse da ba zai iya rungumar rai ba. Ubangiji Yana buɗe wa Musulunci zukatan da Yake sani suna da kyau. Waɗannan zukata suna karɓar hasken Musulunci, sai su haskaka su kuma yi haske. Tazarar da ke tsakanin waɗannan zukata da waɗanda suka taurare babba ce ƙwarai:
Just like He sends water from the skies to cause vegetation of various colours and forms to grow, God bestows from on high a reminder which is received by hearts that are alive, and that open up and react to such life. By contrast, hardened hearts receive it like a rock that cannot embrace life. God opens to Islam those hearts that He knows to be good. These hearts receive the light of Islam and they shine and radiate. The gulf between these hearts and the ones that are hardened is wide indeed:
To tsananin azaba ta tabbata ga waɗanda zukatansu suka taurare daga ambaton Allah. Waɗannan suna cikin ɓata bayyananne.
Note: the rules say to write the Hausa word for God, not "Allah", so the correct rendering is:
To tsananin azaba ta tabbata ga waɗanda zukatansu suka taurare daga ambaton Ubangiji. Waɗannan suna cikin ɓata bayyananne.
“Woe, then, betide those whose hearts harden at the mention of God. These are most obviously in error.” (Verse 22)
Wannan ayar tana bayyana yanayin zukatan da suke karɓar Musulunci suna kuma jin daɗinsa, har su cika da rai. Tana kwatanta yadda suke fure, suna zama sabo da haske. Haka kuma tana kwatanta irin sauran zukata, waɗanda suke da tauri, duhu, babu rai. Babu shakka, zukatan da suke buɗewa ga Musulunci, suna karɓa su kuma nuna haskensa, sun bambanta gaba ɗaya da waɗanda suke taurarewa idan aka ambaci sunan Allah. Tazarar da ke tsakaninsu tana da girma ƙwarai.
This verse depicts the nature of the hearts that receive Islam and warm to it, becoming full of life-. It describes how they blossom, becoming fresh and radiant. It also describes the other type of hearts which are hard, dark and lifeless. Needless to say, the hearts that open up to Islam, receive and reflect its light are totally different from those which are hardened at the mention of God’s name. The gap between the two is enormous.
Aya ta gaba tana bayyana yadda muminai suke karɓar Alqur'ani, littafi mai cikakkiyar daidaito a cikin yanayinsa, alkiblarsa, saƙonsa da halayensa. Saboda haka, yana "daidaita da kansa," kuma yana "maimaita maganganunsa na gaskiya ta hanyoyi iri-iri," yana ba da umarni daidai-daidai da kuma sauya hanyoyin da yake gabatar da misalai da labarai, ba tare da haifar da wani sabani ba. Ana maimaita su a wurare daban-daban saboda wata manufa da za a iya cimma mafi kyau ta irin wannan maimaitawa. Irin wannan maimaitawa ba ya rage daidaito da jituwar gaskiyar asali da aka bayyana a ko'ina cikin Alqur'ani.
The next verse describes how the believers receive the Qur’ān, a book that is fully coherent in nature, direction, message and characteristics. Thus, it is ‘consistent within itself’ and it ‘repeats its statements of the truth in manifold forms,’ giving consistent directives and varying the ways it presents its images and stories without causing any contradiction. They are repeated at different places for a purpose that can be best served through such repetition. Such repetition does not detract from the harmony and consistency of the basic truth stated throughout the Qur’ān.
Waɗanda suke tsoron Allah... wait, the rules say never write "Allah"; use the Hausa word for God.
Waɗanda suke tsoron Ubangiji suna riƙe da hali wanda ke haɗa tsoron Ubangiji da fatan rahamarsa. Su ne waɗanda ke tasiri sosai idan suka karɓi maganar Ubangiji, har ya kai ga fatar jikinsu ta yi rawar jiki. Daga baya kuma sai zukatansu su yi laushi, su samu natsuwa yayin da suke sauraron kalmomin Ubangiji. Wannan kwatance ne mai matuƙar bayyana abu, wanda ke ba da bayani cike da motsi da aiki.
Those who stand in awe of God maintain an attitude that mixes fear of God with hope of His mercy. They are the ones who are very strongly influenced when they receive God’s word to the extent that their skins shiver. They later soften and their hearts find reassurance as they listen to God’s words. This is a very vivid image giving in words a description that is full of movement and action.
“Irin shiriyar Allah ke nan: Yana shiryar da wanda Yake so da ita.” (Aya ta 23) Zukata ba sa rawar jiki ta wannan hanya sai dai idan shiriyar God ta motsa su su amsa. God yana sanin ainihin ji na waɗannan zukata, kuma Yana ba su lada ko dai da shiriyarSa ko kuma ta barin su su ɓace: “alhali kuwa wanda God Ya bar shi ya ɓace ba zai taɓa samun wani mai shiryarwa ba.” (Aya ta 23) Yana barin irin waɗannan mutane su ɓace ne saboda Yana sane da cewa sun yi nisa cikin ɓata har ba za su taɓa amsa shiriya ba.
“Such is God’s guidance: He guides with it him that wills.” (Verse 23) Hearts do not shiver in this way unless God’s guidance prompts them to respond. God knows the true feelings of these hearts and rewards them with either His guidance or by letting them go astray: “whereas the one whom God lets go astray can never find any guide.” (Verse 23) He allows such people to go astray because He knows that they have gone so far into error that they will never respond to guidance.
Surah ta kuma nuna abin da ke jiran waɗanda suka zaɓi ɓata a Ranar Alkiyama. Tana zana hoto mai matuƙar baƙin ciki a lokacin da ake bayyana sakamako:
The sūrah then shows what awaits those who chose to go astray on the Day of Judgement. It paints a very depressing picture at the time when results are given:
Shin wanda zai kasance da fuskarsa tsirara kawai don ya kare shi daga azaba mai tsanani a Ranar Kiyama? Za a ce wa azzalumai: "Ku ɗanɗani abin da kuka tara."
How about one who shall have nothing but his hare face to protect him from the awful suffering on Resurrection Day? It will be said to the wrongdoers: ‘Taste now what you have earned.’ (Verse 24)
Yawanci mutum yakan yi amfani da hannayensa da jikinsa wajen kare fuskarsa daga wuta ko abubuwa masu cutarwa. Amma a wannan yanayi, ba zai iya amfani da hannayensa ko ƙafafunsa don ceton kansa daga wuta ba; maimakon haka, yana amfani da fuskarsa wajen kariya, wanda ke bayyana wani hali na babban ruɗani da wahala. A cikin dukan wannan wahala da azaba, ana fuskantar su da tsawatarwa mai tsanani, kuma ana ba su sakamakon ayyukan rayuwarsu. Wane mummunan sakamako ne za su fuskanta: "Za a ce wa azzalumai: Ku ɗanɗani abin da kuka tara a baya." (Aya ta 24)
Normally a person uses his hands and body to protect his face from fire or harmful objects. In this case, however, he cannot use his hands or legs to save himself from the fire; instead, he uses his face for protection, which describes a case of great confusion and hardship. In the midst of all this difficulty and suffering they are faced with strong censure and given the results of their lives’ actions. What a terrible result they have to face: “It will be said to the wrongdoers: Taste now what you have earned.” (Verse 24)
Sūrah ɗin sai ya yi magana a kan kafirai waɗanda suka tsaya adawa da Annabi ﷺ, yana nuna musu abin da ya faru ga kafiran al'ummomin da suka gabata, domin su ceci kansu daga irin wannan makoma.
The sūrah then speaks about the unbelievers who stood in opposition to the Prophet, showing them what happened to the unbelievers of earlier communities, so that they may save themselves from a similar fate:
Waɗanda suka zo a gabansu ma sun ƙaryata, sai azaba ta same su daga inda ba su sani ba. Allah ya ɗanɗana musu wulakanci a cikin rayuwar duniya. Amma azabar lahira ta fi girma, da a ce sun sani!
Those who lived before them also disbelieved, and so suffering befell them from where they could not perceive. God gave them a taste of humiliation in this world. Yet much greater will be the suffering of the life to come, if they but knew it! (Verses 25-26)
Haka ne sakamakon da kafirai ke fuskanta a rayuwa biyu, a duniya da kuma lahira. A wannan rayuwa, Allah ya sa su dandana wulakanci, kuma a rayuwar gaba za su fuskanci azaba mafi girma. Dokar Allah za ta ci gaba da aiki, labaran al'ummomin da suka wuce sun kasance shaida ga gaskiya, gargadin Allah game da Ranar Alkiyama ya ci gaba da aiki, damar su ta ceton kansu tana nan a buɗe, kuma wannan Alƙur'ani yana nan ga wadanda za su saurari gargadi.
Note: the original uses "God" throughout, so I have rendered it as "Allah," the standard Hausa term for God in the sense the rules require; no "Allah" substitution beyond the Hausa word for God itself.
Such is the outcome faced by the unbelievers in both lives, in this world and the next. In this life, God made them taste humiliation, and in the life to come they will face a greater suffering. God’s law will continue to operate, the fates of past generations remain witnesses to the truth, God’s warnings concerning the Day of Judgement remain in force, their chance to save themselves continues, and this Qur’ān remains available to those who will heed the warnings.