难道真主不足以保护他的仆人吗？他们却想用那些除他之外的神明来恐吓你。真主使谁迷误，谁就没有引导者；真主引导谁，谁就没有迷误者。真主不是万能的、有报复力的吗？如果你问他们：是谁创造了天地？他们必定说：“是真主。”你说：“你们看，你们舍真主而祈求的那些，如果真主要降灾于我，它们能消除真主所降的灾难吗？或者，如果他要给我慈恩，它们能阻止他的慈恩吗？”你说：
Is not God sufficient for His servant? Yet they would try to frighten you with those who are inferior to Him. He whom God lets go astray can never find any guide; whereas he whom God guides aright can never be led astray. Is God not mighty, capable of inflicting retribution? If you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will answer: ‘God.’ Say: ‘Consider these beings you invoke beside Him: if God wills harm to befall me, could they remove the harm He has inflicted? Or, if He wills that mercy should be bestowed on me, could they withhold His mercy?’ Say:
“真主足以为我所依。信靠者当信靠祂。”你说：
‘God is enough for me: In Him place their trust those who have a trust to place.’ Say:
“我的族人啊！你们尽你们的能力去做吧，我也会尽我的能力去做。你们将会知道，谁会遭受使人蒙羞的刑罚，谁会遭受持久的痛苦。”（第36-40节）
My people! Do all that may be in your power, and I will do what I can. You shall come to know who will be visited with humiliating suffering and who shall be smitten by long-lasting suffering.’ (Verses 36-40)
这五节经文集中体现了信仰的逻辑：简明、清晰、有力而深刻。
These five verses epitomize the logic of faith: simple, clear, forceful and profound.
这正是先知ﷺ心中的状态，也应当是每一颗倡导某种事业的心所具有的状态。这些经文勾勒出这样一位信士应当遵循的路线，为他在清晰而正直的道路上前行提供光明。
Thus it was in the Prophet’s heart, and thus it should be in every heart that advocates a cause. These verses represent the line that such a believer should follow. They provide his light as he goes along his clear and straight way.
据传，这些经文的降示，是因为不信道者企图恐吓先知ﷺ，声称他所贬斥的那些神明，必定会伤害他。他们警告他说，除非他停止，他们的神明会给他带来许多麻烦。然而，这些经文的意义远比此广泛。它们描绘了真理的倡导者与一切与之对立的势力之间争斗的真实本质。它们展现了信士在正确衡量这些势力时所感受到的信心与安定。
It is reported that these verses were revealed as a result of the unbelievers trying to scare the Prophet, claiming that their deities, which he described in disrespectful terms, would be sure to harm him. They warned him that unless he desisted, their gods would cause him much trouble. However, the significance of these verses is far broader than this. They describe the true nature of the battle between an advocate of the truth and all the forces that line up against him. They show the confidence and reassurance a believer feels as he gives these forces their true measure.
"难道真主不足以保护他的仆人吗？"（第36节）是的，确实如此。那么，当真主与他同在时，还有什么能令他惧怕呢？当他已经确立了真主仆人的地位，并履行了这一地位所赋予的责任之后，还有什么能在他心中生起恐惧之感呢？真主是掌管万物的全能者，谁还会怀疑真主足以庇护他的仆人呢？
“Is not God sufficient for His servant?” (Verse 36) Yes, indeed. So, what can scare him when God is with him? What can generate any feeling of fear in him after he has taken the position of a servant of God and fulfilled the responsibilities that such a position confers? Who can doubt God’s sufficiency for His servants when He is the Almighty who holds sway over all His creation?
“然而他们却想用那些低于祂的事物来恐吓你。”（第36节）既然受神庇护的人，那些低于祂的事物本不能使他惧怕，那么他又怎会感到恐惧呢？世上有谁不低于神呢？这是一个非常简单的问题，无需争辩，也无需费力思考。乃是神，却被一些低于祂的事物所对抗。关于结局如何，这就毫无疑问了。
“Yet they would try to frighten you with those who are inferior to Him.” (Verse 36) How could he be frightened when those inferiors do not frighten one who is protected by God? Is there anyone on earth who is not inferior to God? It is a very simple issue. It requires no argument or hard thinking. It is God opposed by some who are inferior to Him. This leaves no room for doubt concerning the outcome.
真主的旨意必然成就。祂为祂的仆人决定一切，包括他们内心所发生的事情、他们的内在想法和感受：“凡真主使之迷误的人，绝不会有引导者；凡真主引导的人，绝不会有迷误者。”（经文36-37节）祂知道谁应当迷误，谁应当得到引导，并让他们得到应得的结果。祂一旦作出裁决，就无人能够更改。
God’s will is the one that is done. He determines everything for His servants, including what takes place within them, their inner thoughts and feelings: “He whom God lets go astray can never find any guide; whereas he whom God guides aright can never be led astray.” (Verses 36-37) He knows who deserves to go astray and who deserves to be guided. He lets them have what they deserve. When He has made His judgement, no one can alter it.
“难道真主不是至能的、能够施行报应的吗？”（第37节）是的，祂确实如此。祂按照每个人应得的报应来回报他们，惩罚那些应当受惩罚的人。
“Is God not mighty, capable of inflicting retribution?” (Verse 37) Yes, indeed, He is. He requites everyone as they deserve, inflicting retribution on those who deserve it.
当一个人履行了真主仆人应尽的义务时,祂便会庇护他。那么,这样的人还会怕谁呢?
When anyone fulfils the duties incumbent on God’s servants, He extends His protection to them. How can such a person, then, fear anyone?
随后，这同一真理又以另一种方式被再次强调，即借助他们自己的逻辑，以及他们出于其本性所承认的真主属性：“如果你问他们是谁创造了天地，他们必定回答：‘是真主。’你说：‘你们想想，你们舍真主而祈求的那些，如果真主要降灾于我，它们能解除真主所降的灾害吗？或者，如果真主要赐我慈恩，它们能阻止真主的恩慈吗？’你说：‘真主足够我了。信靠者都应当信靠祂。’”（第38节）
The same truth is then re-emphasized in a different way, using their own logic and what they, by their very nature, acknowledge of God’s attributes: “If you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will answer: ‘God.’ Say: ‘Consider these beings you invoke beside Him: if God wills harm to befall me, could they remove the harm He has inflicted? Or, if He wills that mercy should be bestowed on me, could they withhold His mercy?’ Say: ‘God is enough for me: In Him place their trust those who have a trust to place.’” (Verse 38)
每当有人问及此事，他们都会毫不犹豫地承认，天地的创造者是真主。任何人的天性都不会说出别的答案；任何有理智的人，若要解释天地的存在，除了归于一种至高的意志，别无他途。因此，这章经文借助人这种天然的认同，向每一位有理智的人发问：既然真主是天地的创造者，那么天地之间的任何人、任何地方，能否消除真主欲使其降临在某人身上的伤害？同样，若真主想要赐予某人恩典，又有谁能够阻止这份恩典？对这些问题，明确而确定的答案都是否定的。那么，真主的使者（愿主福安之）的宣道者，又有什么可畏惧的呢？
Whenever they were asked, they would readily state that God is the Creator of the heavens and the earth. No human nature could say anything else. No rational being could explain the existence of the heavens and the earth except through a supreme will. Therefore, the sūrah uses this natural acceptance to ask every reasonable human being: since God is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, can anyone anywhere in the heavens and the earth remove harm from anyone if God wills that harm afflict that person? By the same token, can anyone withhold mercy from anyone if God wishes it to be bestowed on that person? The clear and decisive answer to these questions is in the negative. So, why should an advocate of God’s cause fear anything?
他还能畏惧什么，又能指望什么呢？既然无人能为他除去伤害，也无人能阻止恩典临到他。
What can he fear, and what can he hope for, when no one can remove harm from him or withhold grace?
当这一观念在信徒心中牢牢扎根时，问题便已定论，再无争辩。这样的信徒所有的畏惧与期盼，都只系于来自真主的一切。唯有祂足以供养祂的仆人，一切信靠都托付于祂："你说：'真主足以使我满足，信靠者都应当信靠祂。'"（第38节）
When this notion is firmly planted in a believer’s heart, the matter is settled. There is no more argument. The only fear or hope such a believer may have is centred on what comes from God. It is He who is sufficient for His servants, and in Him all trust is placed: “Say: God is enough for me: In Him place their trust those who have a trust to place.” (Verse 38)
这给予信士所需的全部信任与安慰，不留任何忧虑或对任何事的恐惧。他们坚定地走自己的路，对自己将要面对的结局充满信心："你们说：'我的族人啊！你们尽你们的力量去做吧，我也会尽我所能去做。'"
This gives believers all they need of trust and reassurance, leaving no room for worry or fear of anything. They go along their way in full confidence as to the end they will meet: “Say: My people! Do all that may be in your power, and I will do what I can.
“你们将知道谁会遭受使他蒙羞的刑罚，谁会遭受持久的刑罚。”（第39-40节）
你们尽力去做，按照你们的意愿行事。我将走我的路，不存任何改变或稍有偏离的念头，无忧无虑，无所挂碍。你们将知道谁会在今世遭受屈辱，在后世遭受永恒的惩罚。
You shall come to know who will be visited with humiliating suffering and who shall be smitten by long-lasting suffering.” (Verses 39-40) Do what you can, the way you wish. I am going my way entertaining no desire to change or deviate even slightly from it, free from worry or anxiety. You will come to know who will suffer humiliation in this life and everlasting punishment in the life to come.
一旦人性与整个宇宙所共同见证的这一简单真理得到阐明,即真主是天地的创造者,而先知及其追随者所倡导的信息来自于祂,那么,在整个宇宙中,谁能对任何事物产生影响?谁能保护他人免受伤害,或阻止对他人的慈悯?既然没有任何人拥有这样的权能,他们又会畏惧什么,又会期望什么呢?
Once this simple truth testified by both human nature and the universe at large has been presented, confirming that God is the Creator of the heavens and earth, and that the message advocated by prophets and their followers comes from Him, who in the whole universe can affect anything? Who can protect others from harm or withhold mercy from them? Since no one has any power to do so, what would they fear, and what would they hope for?