Al-Shu'ara (Washairi) The Poets (Jinsi Wenye Nguvu Wanavyoanguka) 123-140
Al-Shuara The Poets ( How the Mighty Fall) 123-140
Kaumu ya `Ād nao pia waliwakanusha mitume wa Mwenyezi Mungu.
The `Ād, too, denied God’s messengers.
(123)
(123)
Ndugu yao Hūd aliwaambia: Je, hamumchi Mwenyezi Mungu?
Their brother Hūd said to them: Will you have no fear of God? (124)
Mimi ni Mtume (aliyetumwa na Yeye) kwenu, aliye mwaminifu kwa kila jambo. (125)
I am a Messenger [sent by Him] to you, worthy of all trust. (125)
Basi, mcheni Mungu na nisikilizeni. (126)
So, fear God and pay heed to me. (126)
Sikuwaombi malipo yoyote kwa hilo: malipo yangu yanatoka tu kwa Mola Mlezi wa viumbe vyote. (127)
No reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of all the worlds. (127)
Je, mnajenga alama juu ya kila sehemu ya juu, kwa jitihada zisizo na faida,
‘Do you build a landmark on every high place, in a vain endeavour, (128)
na mnajijengea ngome imara, kwa matumaini ya kuishi milele?
and make for yourselves strong structures, hoping to be immortal? (129)
Unapotumia mamlaka yako, unafanya hivyo kama madhalimu wakatili. (130)
When you exercise your power, you do so like cruel tyrants. (130)
Basi, mcheni Mungu na nisikilizeni. (131)
So, fear God and pay heed to me. (131)
Mcheni Yule aliyekupa yote mnayoyajua. (132)
Fear Him who has provided you with all that you know. (132)
Amekupa mifugo na watoto, (133)
He has provided you with cattle and children, (133)
na bustani na chemchemi. (134)
and gardens and springs. (134)
Hakika mimi naogopa kwamba adhabu itakupateni siku kubwa ya kutisha.' (135)
Indeed, I fear lest suffering befall you on an awesome day.’ (135)
Walijibu: 'Kwetu sawa tu, iwe mnatuonya au hamtoi onyo kabisa. (136)
They answered: ‘It is all one to us whether you admonish us or you never give admonition. (136)
Hili si chochote ila ni desturi ya watu wa zamani. (137)
This is none but the practice of the ancients. (137)
"Hatutaadhibiwa kamwe."' (138)
Never are we going to be punished.’ (138)
Basi wakamkadhibisha. Hivyo tukawaangamiza. Hakika katika hilo mna ishara kubwa; lakini wengi wao hawaamini. (139)
Thus they denied him. So We destroyed them. Indeed, there is in this a sure sign; yet most of them will not believe. (139)
Na hakika Yeye ndiye Mwenye nguvu, Mwenye rehema. (140)
And indeed it is your Lord who is the Mighty One, the Merciful. (140)
Nguvu na Hisia ya Kutokufa
Power And A Sense Of Immortality
Watu wa Nabii Hūd waliishi al-Aĥqāf, eneo lenye matuta makubwa ya mchanga lisilo mbali na Ĥadramowt, kuelekea Yemen. Waliishi baada ya Nuhu, na walikuwa miongoni mwa jamii zilizopotoka kutoka njia iliyo sahihi baada ya gharika iliyowaadhibu watu wa Nuhu.
The Prophet Hūd’s people lived in al-Aĥqāf, an area of extensive sand dunes not far from Ĥadramowt and in the direction of Yemen. They lived sometime after Noah, and were one of the communities that deviated from the right way sometime after the flood that punished Noah’s people.
Hadithi ya Hūd ilisimuliwa kwa undani zaidi katika Sūrah 7, Al-A'râf, na Sūrah 11, Hūd. Pia imetajwa katika Sūrah 23, Al-Mu'minūn, bila kutaja majina ya Hūd wala ya kaumu yake. Hadithi hapa imefupishwa kati ya maneno ya Hūd kwa kaumu yake, ambayo yaliwahimiza kuamini umoja wa Mungu, na mwisho waliokabiliana nao pale adhabu ya Mungu ilipowafikia.
Hūd’s story was told in more detail in Sūrah 7, The Heights, and Sūrah 11, Hūd. It is also mentioned in .Sūrah 23, The Believers, without mentioning the names of Had or his community. The story here is summed up between Hūd’s address to his community that encouraged them to believe in God’s oneness and the end they faced as God’s punishment befell them.
Hadithi ya Hud na watu wake ina mwanzo unaofanana na hadithi ya Nuhu.
The story of Had and his people has the same beginning as Noah’s story:
Kaumu ya 'Ad nao pia waliwakadhibisha Mitume ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Ndugu yao Hud aliwaambia: Je, hamumchi Mwenyezi Mungu? Mimi ni Mtume aliyetumwa kwenu, mwaminifu. Basi mcheni Mwenyezi Mungu na mnitii. Wala sitaki kwenu malipo yoyote juu ya hayo; malipo yangu yako kwa Mola Mlezi wa viumbe vyote. (Mistari 123-127)
The `Ād, too, denied God’s messengers. Their brother Hid said to them: Will you have no fear of God? I am a Messenger [sent by Him] to you, worthy of all trust. So, fear God and pay heed to me. No reward whatever do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of all the worlds. (Verses 123-127)
Ni ujumbe uleule ulioletwa na kila mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu: ni wito wa kumwamini Mungu peke yake, kumcha Yeye, na kumtii mtume wake. Jambo hili linaambatana na tamko la kukanusha kwamba mtume hana tamaa yoyote ya anasa au cheo cha kidunia ambacho watu wanaweza kumpa. Hili linaweka mambo katika mtazamo sahihi. Mtume hawataki kitu chochote kutoka kwao, bali anamtazamia Mungu malipo yake.
It is the same message given by every messenger of God: it is a call to believe in God alone and to fear Him and obey His messenger. This is coupled with a declaration disclaiming any interest in worldly luxuries or position the people may have to offer. This puts things in the right perspective. The messenger seeks nothing from them, but instead he looks to God for his reward.