不要让那些吝啬地守住真主所赐予他们的恩惠的人,以为这对他们有益。不,这对他们是有害的。他们所吝啬守住的财物,在复活日将像项圈一样套在他们的脖子上。诸天和大地的遗产归真主所有,真主洞察你们的一切所为。
真主确已听到那些说“真主贫穷,而我们富有”之人的话语。我将记录他们所说的话,以及他们无理地杀害众先知的行为,并将对他们说:“你们尝试焚烧的刑罚吧!这是你们手所造作的报应。真主绝不会对他的仆人有丝毫的不义。”(第180-182节)
Let not those who niggardly cling to all that God has bestowed on them of His bounty think that this is good for them. Indeed, it is bad for them. That to which they niggardly cling will hang around their necks on the Day of Resurrection. To God belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and God is well aware of all that you do. God has certainly heard the words of those who said: “God is poor, and we are rich.” We shall record what they have said, and also their slaying of prophets against all right, and We shall say: “Taste now the torment of burning. This is on account of what your own hands have wrought. Never does God do the slightest injustice to His servants.” (Verses 180-2)
我们没有任何高度可靠的圣训明确指出这段经文开头那节经文具体所指的是谁,即被警告不可吝啬、以及吝啬者在审判日所遭受后果的那些人。这段经文出现在该章此处,使其后讲述犹太人的经文更具关联性。正是他们,愿真主诅咒他们,说:"真主贫穷,我们富有。"也正是他们声称,真主特别命令他们,除非有使者带来燔祭,否则不得信奉任何使者。
We do not have any highly authentic report as to whom the reference is directly made in the first verse of this passage; that is, those who are warned against being miserly and the result of their miserliness on the Day of Judgement. The fact that it occurs at this particular point in the sūrah adds relevance to the following verses which speak of the Jews. It is they, confound them, who said, “God is poor and we are rich.” It is also they who claimed that God specifically charged them not to believe in any messenger unless he brought them a burnt offering.
据称,整段经文是在犹太人被要求履行与先知(ﷺ)所订条约中的财务义务时降示的。
It appears that the whole passage has been revealed when the Jews were called upon to honour their financial commitments under their treaty wits the Prophet.
他们也被要求相信先知是真主的使者,并为真主的事业慷慨施舍。
Wait — the rules say the original says "God", so I should write the Chinese word for God. Corrected:
他们也被要求相信先知是上帝的使者,并为上帝的事业慷慨施舍。
Note: that "先知" is the Prophet Muhammad, so per the rules it should be followed by ﷺ:
他们也被要求相信先知ﷺ是上帝的使者,并为上帝的事业慷慨施舍。
They were also called upon to believe in the Prophet as God’s Messenger and to give freely for God’s cause.
这些经文中严厉的警告,以及对犹太人拒绝信仰穆罕默德ﷺ所找借口的阐述,是对他们对其主真主的放肆所作的有力回应。同时,经文也给予先知ﷺ支持,因为他们拒绝了他的使命。经文提醒他,在他之前的众使者在敌对的民众中曾遭遇了什么。其中包括以色列先知,他们向自己的民众呈现了其先知身份真实性的清楚证据以及神迹,最终却被杀害。这些事迹在以色列子孙的历史中广为人知。
The stern warning made in these verses and the exposition of the excuses given by the Jews as a justification for their refusal to believe in Muĥammad (pbuh) are revealed as a strong reply to their impudence towards God, their Lord. This is coupled with support given to the Prophet in the face of their rejection of his message. He is reminded of what the messengers before him had to face in the way of hostile reception by their peoples. These included Israelite prophets who were killed after having brought to their people clear evidence of the truthfulness of their prophethood as well as miracles. All this is well known in the history of the Children of Israel.
"凡吝啬于真主所赐予他们的恩惠的人,不要以为那对他们是好的。不然,那对于他们是坏的。他们所吝啬的财物,在复活日将成为套在他们颈上的枷锁。天地的遗产只归真主所有,真主洞悉你们的所作所为。"(第180节)
Let not those who niggardly cling to all that God has bestowed on them of His bounty think that this is good for them. Indeed, it is bad for them. That to which they niggardly cling will hang round their necks on the Day of Resurrection. To God belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and God is well aware of all that you do. (Verse 180)
这节经文既适用于那些不履行约定的犹太人,也同样适用于任何拒绝站出来、用真主所赐予他们的恩惠支持真主的使命的人。他们或许以为,吝啬能保护自己的财富,把钱留在自己手中,胜过将其用于善事,于他们有利。
This verse applies to the Jews who refuse to honour their commitments just as much as it applies to any people who refuse to come forward to support God’s message with that which God has bestowed on them of His bounty. They may think that their niggardliness serves their interests by protecting their wealth, keeping it in their hands, rather than spend it for a good purpose.
《古兰经》警告他们不要怀有这种虚妄的念头,明确指出,他们所囤积的财富将在审判日被烧成火,并套在他们的脖颈上。这是一个令人畏惧的警告,而其可怕之处更在于:经文揭示,他们吝啬地紧抓不放的,正是“真主凭其恩惠赐予他们的”财富。“他们所囤积的,并非他们凭自己的意愿所得来的东西。”
The Qur’ānic statement warns them against entertaining such false delusions, making it clear that what they hoard up will be lit up as fire and hung around their necks on the Day of Judgement. It is a fearful warning, made all the more so as it reveals that they niggardly cling only to that which “God has bestowed on them of His bounty. “They are not hoarding something they have gained of their own accord.
他们来到这个世界时一无所有,身无分文,甚至连自己的皮肤都不属于自己。是真主以祂的恩典和慷慨赐予了他们。然而,当祂要求他们将所赐予的财物用于施舍时,他们却不记念真主的恩典,反而吝啬不舍,以为把财物囤积起来就是对自己有益,而实际上这只会给自己带来伤害。而且,他们终将离去,把一切抛在身后。万物的继承者唯有真主:"天地的遗产归真主所有。"他们只是把财物囤积一段短暂的时间,之后一切都将归还真主。除了他们为真主的缘故所施舍的,期望借此获得祂的喜悦,其余的都不会留存给他们。正是这些施舍,真主会给予他们回赐,并保障他们在审判日的安全。
They have come to this life penniless, with nothing they could call their own, not even their skins. It is God Who has bestowed on them of His grace and bounty. Yet, when He asks them to be charitable with what He has given them, they do not remember God’s grace. Instead, they remain tight-fisted, thinking that when they hoard up their possessions, they do what is good for them, while in fact they do themselves nothing but evil. Moreover, they are bound to go away, leaving it all behind. It is God who inherits all: “To God belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth.” They only hoard it up for a brief period, before it all returns to God. Nothing of it remains for them except what they spend for God’s sake, in the hope of earning His pleasure. It is that which He rewards them for and ensures their safety on the Day of Judgement.
接下来是对犹太人的谴责,他们自以为无需神或其回报,甚至不需要神为那些为其事业散财者所许诺的成倍回报。正是这一点,神乐于称之为对那些为其事业而花费钱财者的借贷。然而,犹太人却放肆地说:神要我们把钱借给他,并为我们一次又一次地成倍增加,而神自己却禁止高利贷和本金的倍增,这是怎么回事呢?这不过是他们放肆的文字游戏,是他们对神毫无羞耻的粗鲁:"神确实听到了那些人的话,他们说:{……}"
This is followed by a condemnation of the Jews who thought themselves in no need of God or His reward, or even to the multiples He promises to those who spend their money for His cause. It is this which He is pleased to call a loan given to those who spend their money to serve His cause. The Jews, however, impudently say: How come that God asks us to give Him a loan of our money, and multiplies it for us over and over again, when He Himself forbids usury and the multiplication of the principal loan? This is no more than their impudent playing with words, their unashamed rudeness towards God: “God has certainly heard the words of those who said:
“真主贫穷,我们富有。”我们必将记录他们所说的话,也记录他们无理杀害众先知的行为,并要对他们说:“你们尝尝烈火的刑罚吧!这是你们手所造成的罪恶。真主绝不亏待众仆。”
犹太教徒在对真主真实本性的理解上存在混乱,这在他们歪曲经典的做法中十分常见。他们说出这番无耻的话时,已被明确警告:“我们必将记录他们所说的话”,以便我们就此追究他们的责任。这些话不会被遗忘,也不会被忽略。它将与他们过去的恶行记录并列存放,而这些恶行是他们历代先辈所犯下的。由于他们在悖逆和罪恶的行为上彼此相承,因此他们共同承担这些罪责。
‘God is poor, and we are rich. ’ We shall record what they have said, and also their slaying of prophets against all right and We shall say: ‘Taste now the torment of burning. This is on account of what your own hands have wrought. Never does God do the slightest injustice to His servants.’” Confusion in Jewish concepts of the true nature of God is very common in their distortion of their Scriptures. As they utter their impudent mouthful, they are clearly warned: “We shall record what they have said,” so that we may take them to account for it. It will neither be forgotten nor overlooked. It will be there, side by side with the record of their past misdeeds, which were perpetrated by their successive generations. They collectively share the blame for it, since they share in their practices of disobedience and sin.
“以及他们无理杀害先知。”以色列子孙的历史记载了一连串可怕的杀戮,一位先知接一位先知地被杀,最终是他们谋害耶稣基督的企图。他们甚至声称是他们杀了他,如此夸耀这桩骇人听闻的罪行。
“And also their slaying of prophets against all right.” The history of the Children of Israel records a terrible chain of killing one prophet after another, culminating in their attempt on the life of Jesus Christ, (pbuh). They even claim that they killed him, so boasting about their ghastly crime.
“我们将说:‘你们尝试火烧的刑罚吧!’”这里使用“火烧”一词是有意为之的。它增加了他们所受刑罚的可怖程度,使整个受苦的场景跃然眼前:恐怖、痛苦、永无止息。这是对一项可憎罪行的惩罚,即无任何正当理由而杀害先知;也是对一项严重罪孽的惩罚,即他们说:“真主贫穷,我们富有。”“这是你们手所犯下的罪过的报应。”这是恰当、公正的报应。“真主绝不对仆人有丝毫的不公。”“仆人”一词突出了他们与真主之间的关系:他们对祂而言不过是仆人。这使他们的罪行更加可憎,他们的放肆更加可耻。我们只需想到,正是真主的仆人竟然违背一切礼节的标准而夸口:“真主贫穷,我们富有。”除了对真主极其无礼的态度之外,那些犹太人还声称他们不会信仰穆罕默德,因为真主曾嘱咐他们,不要信仰任何先知,除非他带来一个祭品,并带来一个神迹,即从天上降下火来把它烧掉。由于穆罕默德没有显示这样的神迹,他们声称,他们会忠于与真主所立的盟约。
And We shall say: ‘Taste now the torment of burning.’” The use of the term “burning” is deliberate. It adds to the horror of their torment. It makes the whole scene of suffering come to life, terrible, painful, unabating. It is a punishment for a hideous crime, namely, killing prophets without any justification whatsoever, and for a terrible sin, when they said “God is poor and we are rich.” “This is on account of what your own hands have wrought.” It is a fitting recompense, fair and correct. “Never does God do the slightest injustice to His servants.” The word “servants” highlights their position in relation to God. They are no more than servants to Him. This makes their crime even more ghastly and their impudence even more horrid. We need only remember that it is servants of God who boast against all standards of politeness: “God is poor, and we are rich.” In addition to their very rude attitude towards God, those Jews claimed that they would not believe in Muĥammad because God had charged them not to believe in any messenger until he brought them an offering and a miracle in the form of fire coming from the sky to consume it. Since Muĥammad did not offer such a miracle, they would remain true to their covenant with God, or so they claimed.
在此时,《古兰经》以他们自己的历史来质问他们。过去,他们杀害了那些前来到他们中间的先知,而这些先知所带来的,正是他们所要求的奇迹,并且向他们呈现了清晰的真理证据。
At this point, the Qur’ān confronts them with their own history. In the past, they killed those very prophets who came to them with the very miracles they asked of them and also gave them clear evidence of the truth.
他们说:“真主曾命令我们,不信奉任何使者,除非他带来一种祭物,由火焚烧。”你说:“在我之前,已有使者带着明证和你们所说的那些事来到你们那里,既然你们说的是实话,那为什么还要杀害他们呢?”如果他们以谎言指控你,那么在你之前,也有使者带着明证、经典和光明的启示到来,却同样被指为说谎的人。(第183-184节)
They declare: “God has charged us not to believe in any messenger unless he brings us an offering which the fire consumes.” Say: “Messengers came to you before me with clear evidence of the truth, and with that which you describe. Why, then, did you slay them, if what you say is true?” Then, if they charge you with falsehood, before your time other messengers were also charged with falsehood when they came with clear evidence of the truth, and books of Divine wisdom and with the light-giving revelation. (Verses 183-4)
通过这样地正面驳斥他们,《古兰经》揭露了他们的谎言、狡诈,以及他们坚持不信的态度。同时也揭露了他们的自夸之词,以及他们对真主所编造的捏造之辞。
By so confronting them, the Qur’ān exposes their lies, deviousness and their persistence with disbelief. Also exposed are their boastful claims and the fabrications they make against God.
此后,本章以温柔和安慰的口吻对先知说话,鼓励他对他们针对他的反对之举不必介怀。毕竟,他们对他历代的圣使兄弟们也是如此所为:"如果他们把你当作说谎者,那么,在你之前,也有许多使者被当作说谎者,他们带着明证、经典和光明的启示而来。"(第184节)
Thereafter, the sūrah addresses the Prophet with tenderness and reassurance, encouraging him to take lightly whatever they do by way of opposition to him. After all, it is the same as they did against his noble brother messengers throughout history: “Then, if they charge you with falsehood, before your time other messengers were also charged with falsehood when they came with clear evidence of the truth, and books of Divine wisdom and with the light-giving revelation.” (Verse 184)
穆罕默德并不是第一位遭受虚假指控的使者。许多先前的使者,尤其是被派往以色列后裔的使者,同样遭到了指责,尽管他们展示了清楚的证据和神迹,以及载有神圣戒律的经卷——本节经文称之为充满智慧的经典——还有如《讨拉特》和《引支勒》这样光明的启示。因此,所有使者和神圣的讯息都是同样的情形。
Muĥammad was not the first messenger to be confronted with the charge of falsehood. Many earlier messengers, especially those sent to the Children of Israel, were similarly confronted, despite what they had shown of clear evidence and miracles, as well as scrolls containing Divine commandments, described in this verse as books of Divine wisdom, and with the light-giving revelation, such as the Torah and the Gospel. It is, then, the same story with all messengers and Divine messages.
这是他们都遵循的同一条道路,一条充满艰辛与牺牲的道路。这是唯一的道路。
It is the same way they all follow, a way of hardship and sacrifice. It is the only way.