在这最后一段中，本章谈及异教阿拉伯人围绕崇拜天使所编织的传说。经文提到了他们为其荒谬信仰辩护时所用的一种论据。那是一种毫无价值的辩论，并无寻求真理的诚意，更像是一场争辩游戏。他们曾被告知，他们自己和他们所崇拜的对象都将进入火狱。此处所指的是他们的偶像，这些偶像最初是作为天使的象征而设立的，后来却被当作神明来崇拜。他们被告知，凡崇拜真主以外之物的人，都将与所崇拜之物一同进入火狱。对此，他们中有人举出耶稣为例，因为一些偏离了真正基督教的人崇拜耶稣。他们问道：耶稣也会进入火狱吗？这不过是无谓的争辩罢了。

In this final passage, the surah picks up the legends the pagan Arabs weaved around their worship of angels. It refers to one of the arguments they used to defend their absurd beliefs. It was a futile argument that reflected no attempt to arrive at the truth; it was more an exercise in polemics. They had been told that both they and what they worshipped were bound for hell. The reference here being to their idols that were first intended as representations of angels, but which were later worshipped as deities. They were told that whoever worshipped anything other than God will be in hell together with the thing worshipped. In response, some of them cited the example of Jesus, who was worshipped by some of those who deviated from true Christianity. They asked whether Jesus would also be in hell? This was nothing but idle argument.

他们还声称，自己比崇拜人类耶稣的基督徒更得正道，而他们崇拜的却是天使，即真主的女儿。这一切不过是叠加的谎言。针对此事，这章经文叙述了耶稣的事迹，阐明了关于他及其使命的真相，以及在他之前和之后，困扰其民众的种种分歧。

They also claimed that they were better guided than the Christians who worshipped Jesus, a human being, while they worshipped the angels, God’s daughters. All this was no more than compounded falsehood. In connection with this, the surah gives an account of Jesus, explaining the truth about him and his message, and the differences that gripped his people both before and after him.

本章针对所有偏离真实信仰的人,警告他们提防末日突然降临。接着描绘了审判日的长篇景象:为敬畏真主者描绘了永恒的喜乐,为罪人描绘了痛苦的折磨。此外,本章否定了他们关于天使的种种传说,阐明真主远离他们对祂的一切指控,并列举了真主的一些属性,包括祂对今世与后世的完全主权。本章最后指示先知要宽容忍耐,并远离不信道者。他们终将知道该知道的事。这是对那些在事理已经非常清楚之后仍然争辩不休者的一种隐含警告。

Addressing all those who deviate from the true faith, the surah warns them against the sudden coming of the Last Hour. It moves on to portray a long scene of the Day of Judgement, giving an image of lasting happiness for the God-fearing and one of painful suffering for the guilty. Furthermore, the surah negates their legends concerning the angels, makes it clear that God is free of all that they allege concerning Him and outlines some of His attributes, including His complete ownership of both this life and the life to come. The surah concludes with a directive to the Prophet to be forbearing and to turn away from the unbelievers. They will come to know what is there to be known. This is an implicit warning to those who continue to argue after things have been made very clear.

每当以麦ryam之子作为例证时,你的族人便大声喧哗,说:“我们的神明好,还是他好?”他们引用他,只是为了与你争辩。他们是好争论的人。他只是我的一名仆人,我曾赐予他恩典,使他成为以色列后裔的一个榜样。若是我的意愿,我本可以让你们成为天使,在大地上相继替代。他是末日来临的一个征兆。对此你们不要有疑问,而要追随我:这是正直的道路。撒旦不可阻拦你们,因为他是你们明确的仇敌。当耶稣带着明证降临时,他说:“我确已带着智慧来到你们中间,为你们阐明你们所分歧的一些事情。所以你们当敬畏真主,并服从我。真主是我的主,也是你们的主,故你们应当单独崇拜他。这是正直的道路。”然而,各教派彼此分歧。那些不义者必遭殃,因为在一个痛苦的日子里,将有严厉的刑罚降临到他们身上。(第57至65节)

Whenever the son of Mary is cited as an example, your people raise an outcry, saying: 'Who is better: our deities or he?’ They cite him only to challenge you. They are contentious people. He was but a servant of Ours whom We had favoured and made an example to the Children of Israel. Had it been Our will, We could have made you angels, succeeding one another on earth. He is a portent of the Last Hour. Have no doubt about it, but follow Me: this is a straight path. Let not Satan debar you; for he is your sworn enemy. When Jesus came with clear signs, he said: 7 /w come to you with wisdom, and to make clear to you some of that on which you differ. Therefore, fear God and follow me. God is my Lord and your Lord: so worship Him alone. This is a straight path. Yet are the sects at variance among themselves. Woe, then, to the wrongdoers for the painful suffering that will befall them on a grievous day. (Verses 57-65)

在他所著的先知传记中，伊本·伊斯哈格记录了以下传述：

In his biography of the Prophet, Ibn Ishaq gives the following report:

先知与al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah在禁寺中同坐,al-Nadr ibn al-Harith也加入了他们。还有几位古莱氏男子在场。先知与他们交谈,但al-Nadr打断了他。先知与他辩论,直到使他沉默。随后,先知为他们诵读了《古兰经》中的一段经文,其中包括这节经文:“你们和你们舍真主而崇拜的一切,都只是火狱的燃料;你们注定要入其中。”(21:98)先知随后离开了。

The Prophet sat with al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah in the Sacred Mosque, and they were joined by al-Nadr ibn al-Harith. There were a few other men from the Quraysh. The Prophet spoke to them, but al-Nadr interrupted him. The Prophet argued with him until he silenced him. He then read to them a passage of the Qur’an that included the verse that says: “ You and all that you were wont to worship instead of God are but the fuel of hell: that is what you are destinedfor” (21: 98) The Prophet then left.

随后，来了塔米姆部族的阿卜杜拉·伊本·祖巴拉，他也坐在他们中间。瓦利德对他说：“奈德尔不是穆罕默德的对手。穆罕默德曾说，我们和我们所崇拜的神明都将成为火狱的燃料。”伊本·祖巴拉说：“如果辩论的是我，我就会赢。你去问穆罕默德，凡是除真主之外被崇拜的人，是否都将与崇拜他们的人一同进入火狱。我们崇拜天使，犹太人崇拜以斯拉，基督徒崇拜马利亚之子尔撒。”瓦利德和清真寺里的人都赞赏伊本·祖巴拉所说的话，认为他提出了一个无法驳倒的论证。这话传到先知ﷺ那里时，他说：“凡喜欢被当作神来崇拜以代替真主的人，都将与那些崇拜他的人同入火狱。这些人崇拜的只是撒旦，以及撒旦命令他们崇拜的东西。”随后，真主降示了这节经文：“但那些已蒙我赐予上佳的人，将远离那火狱。”（21：101）这意味着，耶稣、以斯拉，以及其他真诚信仰、但后来被后人当作神明崇拜的拉比和祭司，都将免于火狱。

Then came 'Abdullah ibn al-Ziba'ri of the Tamim tribe who sat with them. Al-Walid said to him: ‘Al-Nadr was no match for Muhammad. Indeed Muhammad said that both we and the deities we worship will be the fuel of hell.’ Ibn al-Ziba'ri said: ‘Had I been the one who argued with him I would have won. Ask Muhammad whether everyone worshipped other than God will be in hell together with those worshipping him. Well, we worship the angels, and the Jews worship Ezra, while the Christians worship Jesus, son of Mary.’ Al-Walid and those who were in the Mosque admired what Ibn al-Ziba'ri had said and felt that he put forward a winning argument. When this was mentioned to the Prophet, he said: ‘Anyone who likes to be worshipped in place of God will be joined to those who worship him. These people only worship Satan and whoever Satan orders them to worship.’ God then revealed the verse that says: “But those for whom [the decree of] ultimate good has already gone forth from Us will be keptfar away from that hell.” (21: 101) This means that Jesus, Ezra and other rabbis and priests who were sincere in their faith, but were then worshipped as deities by later people will be safe from hell.

当这一章提到不义者时，它包括那些就耶稣而争执的派别，以及与先知辩论的多神教阿拉伯人，他们是以那些派别所犯之事为依据的。它描绘了一幅宏大而震撼的场景，展示他们在审判日将遭遇的情形，并补充了敬畏主的人在天堂中领受恩赐的画面。

When the surah refers to wrongdoers, it includes those factions that disputed about Jesus together with the pagan Arabs who argued with the Prophet on the basis of what those factions perpetrated. It draws a long, spectacular scene showing what happens to them on the Day of Judgement and adds an image of what happens to the God-fearing who receive His favours in heaven:

他们还在等什么呢？难道不是在等待末日吗？它会突然降临到他们身上，令他们猝不及防。在那一日，朋友将彼此成为仇敌，唯有敬畏主的人除外。

What are they waiting for other than the Last Hour, which will come upon them all of a sudden and take them unawares? On that Day, friends will become enemies to one another, except for the God-fearing.

然而,在满足欲望之外,更有一层超越之处:这些享受都令人赏心悦目,为满足增添了美感。"他们将以金盘和金杯受到侍奉;灵魂所渴望的、眼睛所喜悦的,一应俱全。"(第71节)然而,这种蒙福的享受还不止于此:还有更伟大、更为尊贵的事物。他们将从至高处得到一句问候,以此而蒙受尊荣:

desire. However, what comes over and above desire satisfaction is that it is all pleasant to the eye, adding beauty to gratification: “They will be waited upon with trays and goblets of gold; and there will be found all that the souls may desire and the eyes may delight in? (Verse 71) Yet there is more to this blessed enjoyment: there is something greater and far more honourable. They are honoured by an address from on high:

“你们将永居其中。这就是你们因所作所为而得到的乐园。你们在那里将有丰盛的果实，可供你们食用。”（第71-73节）

“ There you shall abide. This is the garden that shall be your own on account of what you used to do. You shall have there fruits in abundance, from which to eat? (verses 71-73)

那么，我们刚才所提到的那些相互争吵、彼此指责的不义者，将面临怎样的命运呢？"不义者将长居于地狱的刑罚之中。"（74）这是一种永久的、严酷而剧烈的刑罚，既不会减轻，也不会有片刻的缓解。永远不会出现一线希望，也不会有任何获救的机会。他们在绝望中忍受着这一切："刑罚不会为他们减轻，他们将在彻底的绝望中沉沦。"（75）

What fate awaits the evildoers whom we left a little while ago in dispute, blaming one another? “ The evildoers shall abide in the suffering of hell.” 74) It is a permanent, hard and severe suffering that allows no reduction or respite. No ray of hope will ever appear nor any chance of deliverance. They endure it, lost in despair: “It will not be lightened for them; they will remain in utter despair(Verse 75)

这一切都是他们自作自受。没有人冤枉他们：“我没有亏待他们，是他们自己亏待了自己。”（第76节）

This is all their own doing. No one has wronged them: “We never wronged them; it was they who have wronged themselves.” (Verse 76)

从远处传来一阵呼号。那是出于绝望的极度痛苦之声："他们将呼喊：'马立克啊，但愿你的主能让我们死去！'"（第77节）它从下方传来，来自地狱紧闭的门后。作恶者并非在求助或求救，他们早已对此绝望。他们所求的只是能够死去，让苦难终结。这便是他们所能盼望的一切。当一个人所能盼望的只是死亡，他必定处于极度的痛苦之中。这呼号无疑来自长久受苦、忍耐已超出一切界限的灵魂与身躯。因此他们呼喊："马立克啊，但愿你的主能让我们死去！"而所得到的回答更增添了他们的绝望，全然不顾他们的感受："他将回答：'你们将永远留在此处。'"（第77节）没有解脱，没有希望，没有死亡，没有终结；他们将永远留在那里。

《古兰经》指示先知对他们说些话，并让他们去面对已经为他们描述过的命运。

Now the Qur’an directs the Prophet to say something to them and to leave them to face the destiny which has already been described to them:

“说：‘如果至仁主有子嗣，我将是最先崇拜他的人。’” {说：如果至仁主有子嗣，我将是最先崇拜他的人。} {天地的主、宝座的主，超绝万物，他远远超越他们的虚妄描述。} {你就听任他们去胡言乱语、嬉戏，直到遇见他们所被许诺的那一日。}（经文第81-83节）

Say: If the Lord of Grace had a son, I would be the first to worship him. ’ Limitless in His glory is the Lord of the heavens and earth, the Lord of the Throne: He is far above their false descriptions. Leave them to indulge in idle talk and play until they face the Day they have been promised. (Verses 81-83)

他们声称，他们所崇拜的天使是真主的女儿。若真主有子嗣，那么最先知晓此事并依此而行的，应当是真主的先知和使者。

They alleged that the angels whom they worshipped were Gods daughters. Had God had any offspring, the first one to know this and act on the basis of this knowledge was Gods Prophet and messenger.

他与神亲近,并且迅速遵从他的命令。如果神真有子嗣,正如他们所说,他本会第一个向神的后裔致敬。然而,他只崇拜神,别无他者。这本身就是证明他们的说法毫无根据的证据。荣耀全归神,祂与他们所说的截然不同。“天地的主、宝座的主,荣耀超绝于他们所描述的。”

He was close to Him and was quick to comply with His orders. He would have been the first to offer his respects to His offspring, had He had any as they alleged. He, however, worships none but God. This in itself is evidence confirming that their allegation has no basis. All glory belongs to God who is totally unlike what they allege. “Limitless in His glory is the Lord of the heavens and earth, the Lord of the Throne:

“他远超于他们所说的虚假描述。”（第82节）

He is far above their false descriptions.” (Verse 82)

当我们沉思天地，观察它们的体系与和谐时，我们便感受到那掌管这一切者的伟大与崇高，他被称为"宝座的主"，我们也由此认识到任何此类主张的荒谬。依据我们的天性，我们知道宇宙的创造者不可能与那些通过繁衍生育的被造物相似。因此，将儿子和女儿归于祂，看来不过是空谈与游戏，不值得回应。它只配得到一个严厉的警告，即复活日将会发生的事，其图景此前已经给出："所以你让他们去胡言乱语，玩耍吧，直到他们遇见他们被许诺的日子。"（第83节）

When we contemplate the heavens and the earth, looking at their systems and harmony, we feel the greatness and sublimity of the One who controls all this, referred to as, 'the Lord of the Throne? and we realize the absurdity of any such claim. By our nature we know that the Maker of the universe can have no similarity to creatures who procreate. Therefore, attributing sons"and daughters to Him appears to be no more than idle talk and play, which deserve no answer. It only merits a stern warning of what happens on the Day of Resurrection, an image of which has already been given: “Leave them to indulge in idle talk and play until they face the Day they have been promised.” (Verse 83)