事物从不会杂乱无章地运行，生命也不会漫无目的地前行。存在着恒定不变的律则，不容改变。《古兰经》阐明了这一真理，并希望人们认识它，从而不会孤立地看待任何事件，忽视真主律则的运作。它引导人们关注生命中的种种联系与关系，以及存在的各种规律，并明确指出这些规律将永远成立。本段经文举例说明《古兰经》如何引导人们注意这一事实，此前它已确认了真主律则的恒常不变。
Things never move haphazardly and life does not move aimlessly. There are constant laws that allow no change. The Qur’ān states this truth and wants people to learn it so that they do not look at any event in isolation, overlooking the operation of God’s law. It draws their attention to the links and relations in life and the laws of existence, making it clear that these will always remain true. This present round gives an example of how the Qur’ān draws people’s attention to this fact, after having confirmed that God’s laws remain constant:
难道他们没有在大地上游历，看看在他们之前的人遭遇了怎样的结局吗？那些人的力量比他们强大得多。天地间没有任何事物能使真主无能为力。他是全知的，大能的。（第44节）
Have they not travelled in the land and seen what happened in the end to those before them, even though they were much mightier than them? God can never be foiled by anything whatever in the heavens and the earth. He is All-Knowing, infinite in His power. (Verse 44)
当我们怀着睁开的双眼和警醒的心灵出行，观察前代民族的命运，看他们如何在拥有力量与权势之后走向覆灭，这应当给我们清晰的启示，唤醒我们敬畏真主的意识。正因如此，《古兰经》屡次引导人们外出旅行、环顾四方、深加思索。若人们不这样做，就会对真理视而不见，无法从过往民族的命运中汲取教训，也不会将这些事件与适用于他们的普遍规律联系起来。而这正是人与动物的区别所在。
When we travel with open eyes and alert minds, looking at the fates of earlier communities and how they perished after having commanded strength and power, this should give us clear inspiration and awaken our God-fearing sense. It is for this reason that the Qur’ān often directs people to travel, look around and reflect. Unless people do so, they will remain oblivious of the truth, and they will not draw lessons from the fates of past communities. Nor will they link such events to the universal laws that apply to them. Yet this is the quality that distinguishes man from animals.
相比之下,整个人类在统一的体系与适用于所有人的普遍法则面前,是一个整体。
By contrast, the whole of the human race is one unit vis-a-vis the unity of the system and the universal law that applies to all.
当他们被要求思考先前那些民族的命运时——那些民族拥有更大的力量，却无济于事——他们也被提醒真主的大能。正是祂决定了那些民族的命运，因为没有任何事物能够抵挡祂的力量：
While they are made to contemplate the fates of earlier communities, whose greater power availed them of nothing, they are reminded of God’s might. It is He who sealed the fate of those communities, for nothing can withstand His power:
“天地间的任何事物，都绝不能使真主失败。”（第44节）
“God can never be foiled by anything whatever in the heavens and the earth.” (Verse 44)
这是一个毋庸置疑的真理，并有清晰的解释支持："祂是全知的，祂的大能是无限的。"（第44节）祂的知识涵盖天地间的一切。当祂的大能与祂完美而绝对的知识相结合时，没有任何事物能逃脱祂，也没有任何事物能与祂抗衡。因此，宇宙中没有任何事物能够阻挠祂的旨意。任何人都无法逃脱祂的大能，也无法隐藏于祂的知识之外。
This is a truism which is supported by clear explanation: “He is All-Knowing, infinite in His power.” (Verse 44) His knowledge encompasses everything in the heavens and on earth. When His power is added to His perfect and absolute knowledge, nothing escapes Him or stands up to Him. Hence, nothing in the universe can foil His purpose. There is no way that anyone can escape His power or hide from His knowledge.
这一章的最后一节讲述了真主的宽容与慈悯，并将其与祂的大能和全知并列。经文强调，人们会被给予机会，不会被立即惩罚，但这并不影响他们的行为最终会得到准确的清算，结果也必定公正。这一切都是真主恩典的体现。
The last verse in the sūrah speaks of God’s forbearance and compassion, juxtaposing these with His power and knowledge. It emphasizes that people are given a chance, not punished immediately, but that this does not affect the eventual accurate reckoning of their deeds or the fairness of the results at the end. All this is an aspect of His grace:
如果真主要因人们所犯的罪过而立即惩罚他们，祂就不会在地面上留下一个活物。然而，祂让他们延缓到一个既定的期限。当他们的期限到来时，[他们便会明白]真主洞察祂的所有仆人。（第45节）
If God were to punish people [at once] for the wrongs they do, He would not leave a single living creature on the surface of the earth. However, He grants them respite for a term set [by Him]. When their term comes to an end, [they realize that] God has all His servants in His sight. (Verse 45)
人们做出各种各样的恶行：忘恩负义，不感念真主的恩惠，在大地上散布罪恶与败坏，犯下种种不义和过分的行为。假如真主依照人们所作所为，给予公正的惩罚，那么惩罚就会超出他们的范围，波及大地上的每一个生灵。届时整个星球都将不再适合任何生命存在，而不仅仅是人类的生命。
People commit all sorts of bad actions, showing ingratitude for God’s favours, spreading evil and corruption on earth, committing all manner of injustices and excesses. Were God to mete out fair punishment to people for their actions, His punishment would have gone beyond them to include every living thing on the face of the earth. The whole planet would then be unsuitable for any type of life, not merely human life.
这凸显了人们所造成的破坏性力量的可怕本质 243
This highlights the terrible nature of what people perpetrate as a destructive force 243
……这可能会终结生命的全部。然而,真主不会立即惩罚人们,他会宽容并给予他们机会:"然而,他给他们一个预定期限的宽限。"(第45节)他给予个人宽限,直到他们在地上的生命结束;他给予族群宽限,使其履行责任,完成真主为人类所指定的任务,即在地上建立人类的生活,直到将其交给下一代;他也给予全人类宽限,直到今世人类生活的终结,即末日来临之时。真主为我们提供所有这些机会,以便我们改正自己的行为,improve我们的作为。
that could end life in its entirety. However, God does not take people to task straightaway; He forbears and gives them chances: “However, He grants them respite for a term set [by Him].” (Verse 45) He grants respite to individuals until the end of their lives on earth, and gives communities respite to fulfil their responsibility in performing the task He has assigned mankind to build human life on earth, until they hand over to the next generation. He also grants respite to the human race until the end of human life in this world when the Last Hour arrives. He provides us with all these chances so that we mend our ways and improve our actions.
“当他们的期限届满时……”当工作与赚取回报的时段结束，当清算与回报分配的时候到来时，真主不会克扣他们任何应得的报酬。相反，祂将公正地对待所有人：“真主洞察着祂的众仆。”（第45节）祂洞察着他们所有人，这确保了他们一生所做的一切都将得到公正的回报。无论是重大的还是微小的，都不会因他们而被多算或少算。
“When their term comes to an end...” when the time for work and earning reward is over; when it is time for reckoning and administering reward; God will not begrudge them anything of their reward. On the contrary, He will be fair to all: “God has all His servants in His sight.” (Verse 45) The fact that He has them all in His sight ensures that they will be fairly requited for whatever they have done in their lives. Nothing serious or trivial will be discounted for or against them.
至此，本章结束。本章以赞颂真主开始，祂是天地的创造者，“以具有双翼的天使为使者”，把祂的启示、警告与喜讯传达给大地上的人们。
Thus ends this sūrah which started with praising God, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, “who assigns angels to be messengers, endowed with wings,” delivering His message, with its warnings and happy news to people on earth.