Sehemu hii ya mwisho ya sura inafafanua maoni yaliyotolewa mwishoni mwa sehemu iliyotangulia. Inawaelekeza tena Mtume ﷺ na waumini kuwa na subira katika shida, hadi Mungu atakapotaka kutimiza kile alichowaahidi waumini na kile alichowaonya nacho wakanushaji. Jambo hili laweza kutokea wakati wa uhai wa Mtume ﷺ, au likacheleweshwa hadi wakati wa baadaye. Swali hapa ni la imani, la waumini na la wakanushaji wanaopinga ukweli wake. Mwamuzi katika haya yote ni Mungu. Ni Yeye anayeamua mwenendo wa ujumbe wake apendavyo.

This final part of the surah elaborates on the comments given at the end of the previous part. It again directs the Prophet and the believers to remain patient in adversity, until God wills to bring about what He has promised the believers and what He has warned the unbelievers against. This may take place during the Prophets lifetime or may be delayed until a later time. The question here is that of faith, the believers and the rejecters who dispute its truth. The arbiter in all this is God. It is He who determines the course of His message as He pleases.

Katika sehemu hii sura inaeleza baadhi ya vipengele vya ziada vya jambo hili.

In this part the surah outlines some additional aspects of this point.

Ujumbe wa Kimungu una historia ndefu. Haukuanza na Nabii Muhammad ﷺ na ujumbe wa Kiislamu uliojumuishwa katika Qur'ani. Kabla yake kulikuwa na Mitume wengi, baadhi yao Mungu aliwataja kwa Nabii ﷺ na wengine hakuwataja. Wote walikabiliwa na kukataliwa na kiburi. Wote walilazimika kuonyesha miujiza. Kila mmoja wao alitamani sana kwamba Mungu angempa muujiza ambao ungewalazimisha wanaokataa kunyenyekea ukweli. Hata hivyo, kuonyesha ishara au muujiza kama huo ni jambo ambalo Mungu huliamua wakati wake mwenyewe.

The Divine message has a long history. It did not start with the Prophet Muhammad and the Islamic message embodied in the Qur’an. Before him there were many messengers, some of whom God mentioned to the Prophet and some He did not. They all faced rejection and arrogance. They were all required to demonstrate miracles. Everyone of them dearly wished that God would give him a miracle which would force the rejecters to submit to the truth. However, showing such a sign or a miracle is a matter that God determines at His own time.

Ujumbe ni Wake, na Yeye ndiye anayesimamia mambo yake.

The message is His and He conducts its affairs.

Hata hivyo, kuna ishara nyingi katika ulimwengu, ambazo kila mtu anaweza kuziona wakati wote. Miongoni mwa hizo, sura hii inataja hapa wanyama wa mifugo na merikebu, na inazungumzia kwa ujumla ishara nyingine ambazo hakuna mtu anayeweza kuzikana.

Tulituma wajumbe wengine kabla yako; baadhi yao tumekueleza habari zao, na wengine hatukukueleza. Hakuna mjumbe aliyeweza kuleta ishara isipokuwa kwa idhini ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Itakapofika amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu, hukumu itatolewa kati yao kwa haki kamili, na hapo hapo wataangamia wale wote waliofuata batili.

We sent other messengers before your time; some We have given you an account of while others We have not. No messenger could bring a sign except by God's leave. When God's will becomes manifest, judgement will be passed between them in all justice, and lost will be, then and there, all who have followed falsehood. (Verse 78)

Swali hili la ujumbe limekuwa na mifano mingi iliyotangulia, baadhi yake Mwenyezi Mungu amemsimulia Mtume wake katika kitabu hiki, Qur'an.

This whole question of the message has had many precedents, some of which are told by God to His messenger in this book, the Qur’an.

Wengine, Yeye alichagua asimwambie kuhusu hilo. Masimulizi yaliyotolewa yanaonyesha wazi njia ndefu na iliyo wazi ambayo mwito wa ujumbe wa Mungu unapaswa kufuata. Pia yanaeleza kanuni ambazo haziwezi kubadilishwa, kwa kuwa Mungu ameziweka zifanye kazi. Zaidi ya hayo, masimulizi haya ya mitume waliotangulia yanadhihirisha wazi asili ya ujumbe, nafasi ya mitume, na mipaka ambayo wanapaswa kuizingatia.

Others, He chose not to tell him about. The accounts that have been given clearly show the long, clearly marked way that advocacy of the Divine message should take. They also outline the rules that cannot be altered, since God has set them into operation. Furthermore, these accounts of past messengers make clear the nature of the message, the role of the messengers and the limits they have to observe.

Aya hii inasisitiza kwa nguvu ukweli ambao unahitaji kueleweka kikamilifu: "Hakuna Mtume aliyeweza kuleta ishara isipokuwa kwa idhini ya Mwenyezi Mungu." (Aya ya 78) Kila muumini, hata kama yeye ni mjumbe wa Mungu, angependa kuona ujumbe wa Kiungu ukishinda. Wanatamani sana kwamba wale wanaokataa kwa ukaidi watakubali ukweli wake hivi karibuni.

The present verse strongly emphasizes a fact that needs to be fully understood: “No messenger could bring a sign except by God's leave.” (Verse 78) Every believer, even though he may be a messenger of God, would love to see the Divine message victorious. They dearly wish that those who stubbornly reject it will soon succumb to its truth.

Kwa hiyo, wangependa kuona muujiza utakaovunja ukaidi wa makafiri waliokataa kwa moyo mgumu. Hata hivyo, Mwenyezi Mungu anataka waja wake teule wabaki wenye subira kamili mbele ya dhiki zote. Kwa hiyo, anawafanya wafahamu wazi kwamba hawana mamlaka yoyote katika jambo hili; kazi yao imekamilika pale wanapokwisha kufikisha ujumbe. Miujiza hutokea wakati Yeye anapoichagua. Hivyo, wanapaswa kupewa moyo, wakiridhika na chochote kinachotimizwa kupitia kwao, wakiliachia Mungu matokeo ya mwisho, ambaye ndiye anayeyaamua kama apendavyo.

Wale wanaodai miujiza wanaelekezwa kutafakari ishara za Mwenyezi Mungu zilizopo kila mahali katika ulimwengu unaowazunguka. Kwa sababu ya kuzoeana nazo kwa muda mrefu, mara nyingi husahaulika. Hata hivyo, kuzitafakari kunatosha kuwapa ushahidi wote wanaoutaka. Ishara hizo zinashuhudia kwamba Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye Muumba wa kila kitu katika ulimwengu.

Those who demand miracles are directed to reflect on God’s signs that are present everywhere in the world around them. Because of the long familiarity of these, they are often forgotten. Reflection on them, however, is sufficient to give them all the evidence they want. They testify to the fact that God is the Creator of everything in the universe.

Hakuna mtu anayeweza kudai kwamba hivi vimeumbwa na mwingine yeyote isipokuwa Mungu; wala haiwezekani kudai kwamba vilikuwepo bila kuumbwa na Mungu ambaye amepanga kila kitu.

No one can claim that these have been created by anyone other than God; nor can there be any claim that they existed without being created by God who has planned everything:

Ni Mwenyezi Mungu aliyewafanyia wanyama wa mifugo, baadhi yao kwa kupandwa na baadhi yao kwa chakula chenu. Mnayo manufaa mengine ndani yao pia. Mnaweza kufika kwao kila mahali mnapotaka kwenda. Juu yao, kama juu ya merikebu, mnabebwa.

It is God who provides livestock for you, some for riding and some for your food. You have other benefits in them too. You can reach on them any destination you wish. On them, as on ships, you are carried.

Na Yeye anakuonyesha ishara Zake: je, ni ishara gani ya Mwenyezi Mungu ambayo bado unaweza kuikana?

And He shows you His signs: which of God's signs can you still deny?

(Aya 79—81)

(Verses 79—81)

Uumbaji wa wanyama wa mifugo ni muujiza tangu mwanzo, kama vile uumbaji wa binadamu. Kuwaumba na kuwatengeneza sura zao na kuwapa uhai ni miujiza ambayo wanadamu hawadai hata kidogo kuwa wameifanya. Muujiza mwingine ni kuwafanya wanyama hao wa mifugo wawe watiifu kwa binadamu, wakati baadhi yao ni wakubwa na wenye nguvu zaidi kuliko binadamu. Hata hivyo, {Ni Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye anayewapa ninyi wanyama wa mifugo, wengine kwa kupanda na wengine kwa chakula chenu.} (Aya ya 79). Kusema kwamba wanyama hao wapo tu, na kwamba hatuhitaji kujishughulisha na jinsi au kwa nini wapo, hakukubaliki. Kudai kwamba hawako kama muujiza dhahiri kuhusiana na binadamu na uwezo wake, au kwamba hawaelekezi kwa Muumba aliyewaanzisha na kuwapa sifa zao, kama alivyofanya kwa binadamu, ni kutoa madai ya kiholela yanayopingana na mantiki na akili.

Sura inamalizika kwa kauli yenye nguvu kubwa sana:

The surah concludes on a very powerful note:

Je, hawajatembea katika ardhi na kuona mwisho wa wale waliokuwa kabla yao? Walikuwa wengi zaidi kuliko wao, na wenye nguvu zaidi, na wenye athari kubwa zaidi katika ardhi.

Have they not travelled through the land and seen what was the end of those who lived before them? They were more numerous than them, and greater in power and in the impact they left on earth.

Lakini yale waliyoyachuma hayakuwafaa kitu. Walipowajia mitume wa Mwenyezi Mungu na hoja zote zilizo wazi, walijivuna kwa elimu waliyokuwa nayo; hivyo ile waliyoifanyia dhihaka ikawazunguka. Na walipoona nguvu zetu walisema: "Tunamwamini Mwenyezi Mungu peke yake, na tunawakataa wale tuliokuwa tukiwashirikisha naye." Lakini kuamini baada ya kuona nguvu zetu hakukuwafaa chochote kabisa. Hii ndiyo desturi ya Mwenyezi Mungu kwa viumbe vyake tangu zamani. Hapo ndipo makafiri watakapopotea. (Aya 82-85)

Yet what they achieved was of no avail to them. When God's messengers came to them with all evidence of the truth, they revelled in what knowledge they had; and so they were overwhelmed by the very thing which they mocked. And then when they saw Our might, they said: 'We believe in God alone, and we renounce those we used to associate as partners with Him. But accepting the faith after they had seen Our might was not going to benefit them at all. This has always been God's way of dealing with His creatures. There and then the unbelievers will be lost. (Verses 82-85)

Jamii nyingi ziliangamizwa katika historia ya mwanadamu. Baadhi ya matokeo ya jamii hizo yanaweza kuonekana katika magofu yao; nyingine zimeandikwa katika historia, zilizoandikwa au kupitishwa kwa mdomo. Qur’ani mara nyingi inaelekeza mawazo yetu kwenye historia hizi kwa sababu zinaonyesha maisha ya mwanadamu na mwenendo wa historia yake. Pia zina athari kubwa katika akili na mioyo yetu. Qur’ani inamzungumzia tabia ya binadamu kwa kile Mungu, aliyeiteremsha Qur’ani, anachojua kuhusu tabia ya binadamu: kinachoathiri tabia hiyo na kinachofungua vipokezi vyake. Baadhi ya vipokezi hivyo vinahitaji mguso mwepesi tu, wakati vingine vinahitaji kugongwa kwa nguvu kutokana na pazia nene ambalo limevifunika kwa muda mrefu.

Many communities were destroyed during human history. What happened to some of these communities can be seen in their ruins; others are recorded in history, written or transmitted by word of mouth. The Qur’an often directs our attention to these histories because they are indicative of human life and its course of history. They also have a powerful effect on our minds and hearts. The Qur’an addresses human nature by what God, who revealed the Qur’an, knows of human nature: what influences it and what opens its receptors. Some of these receptors need only a light tap, while others require strong hammering because of the thick veils that have covered them over time.