真主赐予人类认识和理解自然法则的能力，使他能够认识并欣赏自然界的某些规律、力量与潜能，从而运用这些来完成所赋予他的使命：建设大地，促进人类生活与文明的发展。
God has given man the ability to recognize and appreciate some of the laws of nature, its forces and potentials so that he may be able to use these in discharging the task assigned to him of building the earth and promoting human life and civilization.
但是，真主并未赋予人类洞悉宇宙绝对真理的核心，也未赋予人类探知其感知范围之外的世界的能力。这个世界包括人自身心灵与灵魂的运作，甚至包括他身体器官的运作，以及使身体依照一定规律和特定方式正常运转的各种原因。
But man has not been granted by God the ability to get to the core of the absolute truths of the universe or to fathom the world which lies beyond the reach of his perceptions. This world includes the workings of his own mind and soul, and even the workings of his own organs and the causes which enable his body to function properly, according to a definite system and a particular fashion.
因此,人在与自身本性相关的一切事务上都需要神圣的指引,包括信仰、道德、价值观与准则、制度与律法。只有依靠这样的指引,人才能使自己的生活得到应有的规范。人一旦遵循神的指引,便会发现自己走在正路上,因为"神的指引才是唯一的指引"。人若完全背弃神的指引,或是部分偏离它而以别的东西取代,便会迷失方向。这是因为,凡与神的指引相抵触的,都代表着谬误与损失。除此之外别无第三种可能:"除了谬误,真理之外还有什么呢?"(10:32)
Hence, man is in need of divine guidance concerning everything that relates to his own nature, including faith, morals, values and standards, systems and laws. Only with such guidance can man regulate his life as it should be regulated. Whenever man adopts God’s guidance, he finds himself following the right track, because “God’s guidance is the only guidance”. Whenever man abandons God’s guidance completely or deviates from it partially in order to replace it with something else, he loses his way. This is due to the fact that whatever is in conflict with God’s guidance represents error and loss. There is simply no third cause: “What is in conflict with the truth other than error.” (10: 32)
人类依然在承受迷失所带来的可怕后果,因为当人类偏离真主的指引时,这些后果是不可避免的。确实,这是唯一一个必然会发生的历史规律,因为它不同于各种哲学的倡导者所宣称的那些规律,它是由真主所决定的。任何想要仔细审视人们偏离真主指引时所陷入的苦难的人,都无需远求,这种苦难随处可见。那些被赋予洞察力与智慧的人,仍在不断发声,提出警告。
Humanity continues to endure the terrible effects of going astray, for these are inevitable when mankind moves away from God’s guidance. Indeed, this is the one historical inevitability which is certain to take place because, unlike those inevitabilities claimed by the advocates of different philosophies, this one is determined by God. Anyone who wishes to look closely at the misery to which people expose themselves when they deviate from God’s guidance does not need to look far. That misery is everywhere for us to see. Those who are endowed with insight and intelligence continue to raise their voices to warn against it.
《古兰经》明确指出，人类必须只向真主顺服，只向祂崇拜，并且只敬畏祂："我们奉命顺服全世界的主，并要谨守拜功，敬畏祂。"（第71-72节）
The Qur’ānic verse states clearly that human beings must submit themselves to God alone, offer worship to Him and continue to fear Him alone: “We are commanded to surrender ourselves to the Lord of all the worlds, and to attend regularly to our prayers and to fear Him.” (Verses 71-2)
先知穆罕默德（愿主赐福于他并使他平安）奉命要明确宣告：唯有真主的引导才是唯一的引导。因此，我们受命顺服全世界的主，因为万世都唯独顺服于祂。为何在万物都顺服真主绝对主宰的宇宙中，人类竟是唯一的例外？这里提到真主是“全世界的主”，恰逢其时。它强调了一个不容否认的事实：所有世界，无论为我们所知还是未知，都顺服真主所设立并运行的法则，无法脱离这些法则。从生理上讲，人也同样受自然法则的支配。那么，他所需要做的，就是在他被赋予选择的领域里也顺服：遵循引导，或是沉沦于迷误。当人选择像在生理上那样顺服真主时，他的一切事务都将得到端正，因为他的天性与行为之间、身体与灵魂之间、今世与来世之间，都将达成和谐。真主的使者及其追随者宣布他们已遵从了归顺真主的命令，这足以激发任何人敞开心扉，准备好回应神圣的训示。
The instructions given to the Prophet Muĥammad (peace be upon him) are such that he has to declare in absolute clarity that God’s guidance is the only guidance. As such, we are commanded to submit to the Lord of all the universe, because to Him alone all the worlds submit. Why should man be the only exception out of all creation when everything in the universe submits to God’s absolute Lordship? The reference made here to the fact that God is `the Lord of all the worlds’ comes at the right time. It emphasizes an undeniable fact that all the worlds, whether known or unknown to us, submit to the laws God has set in operation and cannot break away from them. Biologically, man is also subject to the laws of nature. What he needs to do, then, is to submit also in the area in which he has been given a choice: to follow guidance or to sink in error. When man chooses to submit to God in the same way as he does biologically, all his affairs will be set aright, because harmony will be established between his constitution and his action, between his body and his soul, between his present life and his life to come. The declaration made by God’s Messenger and his followers that they have complied with the commandment to surrender themselves to God is enough to inspire anyone to open his mind and make himself ready to respond to the divine instruction.
在宣告向全世界的主归顺之后，人所应尽的一些义务，便以敬拜的行为与态度的形式被阐明：
After the declaration of surrender to the Lord of all the worlds is given, some of the duties required of man are given in terms of acts of worship and attitudes:
“Attend regularly to prayers and to fear Him.”（第72节）因此，最根本的是完全顺从真主，并承认祂对宇宙的主宰权。崇拜的奉献和意识态度的塑造都由此而来，因为若非建立在人对真主顺从的坚实根基之上，这些便无法正确地完成。
“Attend regularly to prayers and to fear Him.” (Verse 72) The most essential thing, then, is complete submission to God and the acknowledgement of His Lordship over the universe. The offering of worship and the moulding of conscious attitudes follow from this, because these cannot be done properly unless they are based on the solid foundation of man’s submission to God.
本段结尾汇集了信仰概念的若干基本要素，即复活、创造、智慧，以及对宇宙中一切所发生之事的全知。所有这些都是属性，我们对真主的概念因此才得以正确地建立："你们都将被集合到他那里。他确是以真理创造天地的主宰。当他说'有'，它就会存在。他的话是真理。在号角吹响的那天，主权完全属于他。他知道一切隐秘与显露的事物。他是至睿的，是全知的。"（第72-73节）
The final note in this passage brings together a number of essential components of the concept of faith, namely, resurrection, creation, wisdom and awareness of all that takes place in the universe. All these are attributes so that our concept of God is properly formulated: “It is to Him you all shall be gathered. He it is who has created the heavens and the earth in truth. Whenever He says, Be,’ it shall be. His word is the truth. All sovereignty shall be His on the day when the trumpet is blown. He knows all that is beyond the reach of human perception, and all that is manifest. He alone is truly wise, all-aware.” (Verses 72-3)
既然一切受造物都将被聚集到全世界的主面前,唯独顺服祂就绝对必要。人们理应从自己终将被聚集到真主面前这一事实出发来考虑自己的未来,这才是明智的。他们最好在被带到祂面前接受清算之前顺服祂,正如万世与一切受造物所做的那样。我们可以看到,这里以复活的事实来说服人们,让他们从一开始就顺服真主,这才符合他们的最大利益。
Since all creation will be gathered before the Lord of all the worlds, submission to Him alone is absolutely essential. It is only wise that people should consider their future in the light of the fact that they will inevitably be gathered to God. They better submit to Him, as all the worlds and all creation do, before they are brought to account in front of Him. We see how the fact of resurrection is used here to convince people that it is in their best interests to submit to God right at the beginning.
尤其是因为他们最终别无选择，只能顺服于祂。
Especially since they have no option but to submit to Him in the end.
“他就是以真理创造天地的那一位。”（第73节）这是此处提到的另一个不容否认的事实，旨在促使人们选择正确的顺服之道。如果他们这样做，就只是顺服那位创造天地的主。不言而喻，创造者就是拥有、掌管并决定天地以及天地之间和其上一切生灵命运的那一位。而且，这种创造是“以真理”进行的。这是为了驳斥哲学家们提出的各种臆测之说，特别是柏拉图和乌托邦主义者的观点，他们认为我们所处的这个物质世界是一种虚幻，没有真实的本质。《古兰经》的这句经文不仅仅是驳斥这些理论，它还明确指出，真理是这个宇宙的根基和归宿中不可或缺的要素。人们所追寻、所趋向的真理，有着存在本质中固有的真理作为支撑。因此，它成为一种压倒性的力量，能够扫除一切虚妄。事实上，虚妄无法在宇宙的结构中扎下根基。它就像“从地上被连根拔起、已无根基的邪恶之树”。虚妄又如漂浮在流水表面的泡沫，毫无实质。这同样是一个极具力量的事实陈述。
“He it is who has created the heavens and the earth in truth.” (Verse 73) This is another undeniable fact mentioned here to influence people into choosing the right course of submission to God. If they do, they only surrender to the One who has created the heavens and the earth. Needless to say, the one who creates is the one who owns, controls and determines the destiny of the heavens and the earth and all that lives in or on them. Moreover, this creation has been made `in truth’. This is to refuse all the conjectural theories advanced by philosophers, particularly Plato and the Utopians, which suggest that this physical world of ours is a delusion and has no real substance. The Qur’ānic statement goes further than refuting such theories. It makes it clear that the truth is an essential element in the foundation, as well as the destiny of this universe. The truth which people seek and to which they turn is supported by the truth which is essential in the nature of existence. Thus, it becomes an overpowering force which sweeps all falsehood away. Indeed, falsehood cannot establish any roots in the structure of the universe. It is only `like an evil tree torn out of the earth and shorn of all its roots’. Falsehood is like swelling foam surfacing over running water: it has no substance. This is again a profoundly powerful statement of fact.
一个信士感到，他所倡导并在自己内心感受到的真理，与宇宙中所彰显的更大真理直接相连；而这一真理又与真主的绝对真理直接相连。在另一章中，我们读到这样一节古兰经经文：“真主确是至真者。”（22：62）怀着这种认识，信士只把谬妄看作一个终将破灭的大泡沫。
A believer feels that the truth which he advocates and feels within himself is directly linked to the greater truth manifested in the universe, and this, in turn, is directly linked to the absolute truth of God. In another sūrah, we read this Qur’ānic statement: “Indeed, God is the ultimate truth.” (22: 62) Equipped with this realization a believer views falsehood as no more than a large bubble which is certain to explode.
虚妄或许确实会显得庞大而强势，能够给信士带来很大的伤害。然而事实依然是，它没有根基来支撑它的结构。它很快就会消失，并被人遗忘，仿佛从未存在过一样。
Falsehood may indeed manifest itself as large and powerful and able to cause believers much harm. The fact remains, however, that it has no root to support its structure. It soon disappears and becomes forgotten as if it never existed.
当一个不信道者思考这一真理时，他必定会生出一种敬畏之情。他或许会放弃他的虚妄，接受真主的引导。
When an unbeliever contemplates this truth, he is bound to experience a feeling of awe. He may give up his falsehood and accept God’s guidance.
“每当祂说‘有’，它就会有。”（第73节）祂的权能统御一切，祂的意志不受约束。祂按照自己的意愿创造、改变和替换。提及这一事实有双重目的：它有助于在信士心中树立正确的信仰观念，也激励那些被召唤顺服真主的人——真主是众世界的主，万物的创造者，祂对想要创造的任何事物说“有”，它便立即存在。
“Whenever He says, ‘Be,’ it shall be.” (Verse 73) His power dominates all, and His will is unrestrained. He creates, changes and replaces as He pleases. This fact is mentioned here for a dual purpose: it helps the proper formulation of the correct concept of faith in the believers’ hearts and it inspires those who are called upon to submit to God, the Lord of all the worlds, the Creator of everything, the One who says to anything He wishes to create, “Be”, and it is instantly there.
“His word is the truth.”（第73节）这一事实适用于真主的话语“有”（Kun），正是借着这句话，万物得以创造。真主的这一命令，要求一切受造物唯独顺服于祂；这一话语为人类提供律法，供人遵行；这一话语告诉我们过去、现在和未来的事，告诉我们万物的起源、复活、清算与报应。在这一切之中，祂的话语都是真理。因此，那些以无法带来任何利益或伤害的事物与祂并列为伙伴的人，那些遵从祂以外任何人命令的人，那些采纳神圣信仰之外任何哲学的人，或那些施行非祂法典之外任何律法的人，都应当唯独将自己交托给祂。
“His word is the truth.” (Verse 73) This fact applies to God’s word, “Be”, which causes creation. This His commandment that all creation should submit to Him alone, this His word providing legislation for mankind to implement, and this His word which tells us about the past, present and future, the origin of creation, resurrection, reckoning and reward. In all this, His word is the truth. Hence, those who associate with Him partners that can cause no benefit or harm, those who follow the bidding of anyone other than Him, or who adopt any philosophy other than that of the divine faith, or who implement any legislation other than His code are advised to surrender themselves to Him alone.
“所有的主权在那日都归他所有，当号角被吹响的时候。”（第73节）在复活日，号角将以一种人类迄今从未听闻过的方式被吹响。这是真主留给自己的一部分事务。那号角的性质，以及人们将如何回应它，除真主之外，无人知晓。我们所能获得的传述表明，它是一种形如号角的喇叭，由光构成，由一位天使吹响。坟墓中的死者听到它的声音，便立即起身。确实，这是那号角的第二次吹响。第一次吹响，会使天上地下的一切受造物都陷入昏厥，唯有真主所选择豁免的除外。这在第39章第68节中有所提及：“号角将被吹响，天上和地上的一切受造物都将昏厥倒地，除非是真主所意欲豁免的。然后号角将再次被吹响，他们都将起立，并开始观望。”这些对号角及其吹响之效果的描述，使我们清楚地认识到，它不同于人类在今世所见、所闻或所想象的任何事物。它属于超出人类感知范围的世界。我们对它的了解，仅仅来自真主所选择告知我们的关于它的形态和效果的信息。我们只满足于这些信息，以免陷入缺乏坚实依据的臆测。
“All sovereignty shall be His on the Day when the trumpet is blown.” (Verse 73) On the Day of Resurrection, the trumpet is sounded in a way that no human being has thus far heard. It is part of what God has kept to Himself. The nature of that trumpet and how people respond to it remain unknown to anyone other than God. The reports available to us suggest that it is a horn-like trumpet, made of light. It is blown by an angel. As the dead in their graves hear it, they immediately rise up. Indeed, this is the second blow given on that trumpet. The first one causes all creatures in the heavens and on earth to be stunned, with the exception of those God chooses to exempt. This is mentioned in verse 68 of Sūrah 39: “The trumpet will be sounded, and all creatures that are in the heavens and all that are on earth will fall down senseless, unless they be such as God wills to exempt. And then it will be sounded again, and they all stand up and will begin to see.” These descriptions of the trumpet and the effects of its blowing make it clear to us that it is something different from what human beings have seen or heard on this earth or what they visualize. It belongs to the world that lies beyond the reach of human perception. We know about it only by virtue of what God has chosen to inform us of its shape and effect. We confine ourselves to this information so as not to indulge in speculation which lacks solid foundation.
当号角吹响的那一天,即便是否认者和盲目者也将开始看见,并明白一切主权唯独属于真主。除祂之外,无人拥有任何权能;除祂的意志之外,没有任何意志能够运行。因此,那些在今世拒绝自愿顺服祂的人,最好在号角吹响、他们不得不屈服于祂绝对权能的那一天到来之前,改变自己的态度。
On that day when the trumpet is sounded, even the rejecters and the blind will begin to see and realize that all sovereignty belongs to God alone. No one has any power other than Him. No will can operate other than His. Hence, those who in this life refuse to submit to Him willingly are well advised to change their attitude before they have to submit to His absolute power on the day when the trumpet is blown.
“他知道人类感官所不能及的一切，也知道一切显现之物。”（第73节）他的知识是完满的、绝对的。它包括那些对我们隐蔽的事物，也包括我们在宇宙中所见的一切。人们的事务、生活的任何部分，都不能瞒过他。再者，如果他们顺服他、崇拜他、敬畏他，他们便会遵从善言。
“He knows all that is beyond the reach of human perception, and all that is manifest.” (Verse 73) His knowledge is perfect, absolute. It includes everything that is kept away from us as well as that which we see in the universe. Nothing of people’s affairs and no part of their lives can be hidden from Him. Again, they will follow good counsel if they surrender themselves to Him, worship Him and be God-fearing.
这一事实在此被提及，本身即是目的，同时也被用来对那些拒绝信仰的人施加影响。
This fact is mentioned here for its own sake and is used as something with which to influence those who reject the faith.
"唯有He才是真正的至睿、至知。"(第73节)他执掌其所创造的宇宙万物的事务,也执掌那些在今世和后世都完全处于他权能之下的受造物的事务。他所做的一切都具有睿智,并建立在无限的知识之上。当他们服从他的律法时,他们将享受他的睿智赋予其生活的幸福。他们将使自己脱离迷失与困惑,享受他的引导,并从他的睿智中学会幸福。
“He alone is truly wise, all-aware.” (Verse 73) He conducts all the affairs of the universe which He has created, as well as the affairs of the creatures over whom He has absolute power in this life and in the life to come. All that He does is characterized by wisdom and is based on unbounded knowledge. When they submit to His law, they will enjoy the happiness that is imparted to their lives by His wisdom. They will bring themselves out of their loss and bewilderment to enjoy His guidance and learn happiness from His wisdom.