这段经文从头到尾都笼罩着后世的氛围:它突出了对其惩罚的畏惧,以及对其赏赐的盼望。开篇是对先知的指示,要他完全、毫无含糊地宣告真主的独一。经文进一步宣明,他作为真主的先知和使者,畏惧任何偏离这一信仰所带来的后果。他明确表示坚定地遵循自己的道路,至于不信者,则任由他们选择所要遵循的方式,并阐明这两条道路各自所导向的结果。

This passage has the air of the hereafter stamped on it from start to finish: it highlights the fear of its punishment and the hope for its reward. It begins by a directive to the Prophet to declare God’s oneness fully and without a trace of ambiguity. He further declares that he, a Prophet and a Messenger of God, dreads the consequences of any deviation from it. He unequivocally states his determination to follow his course, leaving the unbelievers to choose whatever method they want to follow, outlining the results to which each of the two ways leads.

{我奉命崇拜真主，并以纯正的信仰专一地归顺祂；我奉命要做首先归顺的人。}你说：{如果我违抗我的主，我实在害怕遭受重大日子的刑罚。}（第11-13节）

Say: I am commanded to worship God, sincere in my faith in Him alone; and I am commanded to be the first to submit myself to Him. Say: Indeed I would dread, were I to disobey my Lord, the suffering of an awesome day. (Verses 11-13)

这段先知所宣告的话语,阐明了他所受命履行的敬拜、虔诚与顺服,对于保持伊斯兰所期望的纯正的独一神信仰极为重要。在这一点上,先知是真主的众仆之一,他不会超越这一地位。在对真主的侍奉之中,所有人都站在同一行列,而真主在一切受造物之上拥有崇高的地位。

This declaration by the Prophet outlining what he is commanded to do with regard to worship, devotion and submission is very important in keeping the belief in God’s oneness pure, as Islam wants it to be. In this respect, the Prophet is one of God’s servants. He does not exceed that position. In their servitude to God, all people stand in one rank, while God has His sublime position over all creation.

因此,神性与仆从这两个概念都已确立,并被清楚地区分开来,二者之间不可能有任何混淆。独一性被明确视为唯有真主所具有的属性,除祂之外,任何人都不分享此种属性。当穆罕默德ﷺ以真主仆人的身份作此明确宣告,唯恐违抗真主时,便不可能容许任何人借由向偶像或天使献上崇拜,以期获得它们的说情。

Thus the two concepts of Godhead and servitude are well established and clearly distinguished. There can be no confusion between the two. Oneness is clearly seen as an attribute of God alone, in which no one else has any share. When Muĥammad (peace be upon him) stands in the position of God’s servant making this clear declaration, fearing to commit any disobedience of God, there can be no room for any claim of intercession by idols or angels granted through addressing worship to them instead of God.

宣言再次作出，先知宣告他将坚持自己的道路，而让拜偶像者走他们的道路，以及由此导致的痛苦结局。

The declaration is made once more, with the Prophet’s announcement that he will stick to his way, leaving the idolaters to their way and the painful end to which that leads:

"说：我只崇拜真主，并且在信仰上只对祂一人保持虔诚。你们可以崇拜你们所愿意崇拜的任何物，来代替祂。"说："真正的亏损者，是在复活日失去自己和家人的人。这才是最大的亏损。"

Say: God alone do I worship, sincere in my faith in Him alone. You can worship whatever you please instead of Him. Say: True losers indeed are those who shall have lost their own selves and their families on Resurrection Day. Such is the ultimate loss.

（第14-15节）

(Verses 14-15)

再次，先知宣告：我坚定地遵循自己的道路，将一切崇拜归于真主，只向祂一人顺服。至于你们，你们可以随意遵循任何道路，崇拜你们所愿崇拜的任何对象，但这将使你们遭受可以想象的最严重的损失：自身的损失，即堕入火狱；以及家人和亲属的损失，无论他们是信士还是不信者。如果这些亲属是信士，那么当各派各走各路时，拜偶像者便失去了他们；如果他们是不信者，那么损失同样存在，因为他们都将在火狱中失去自己。{这才是最大的损失。}（第15节）

Once more the Prophet announces: I am unwavering in following my way, addressing all worship to God and submitting myself to Him alone. As for you, you can follow any way you want, worship whomever you wish, but this will lead you to the worst imaginable loss: a loss of oneself as one goes to hell, and the loss of family and kin, be they believers or unbelievers. If those relatives are believers, the idolaters will have lost them as each group goes their separate ways, and if they are unbelievers, the loss is the same as they all will have lost themselves in hell: “Such is the ultimate loss.” (Verse 15)