这一部分经文是对上一部分结尾所作评论的进一步阐述。它再次教导先知和信士们在逆境中要保持忍耐，直到真主意欲实现祂对信士所许的应许，以及祂对不信者所警告的惩罚。这可能发生在先知在世之时，也可能推迟到以后。这里所讨论的问题关乎信仰，关乎信士，以及那些质疑其真实性的否认者。在这一切之中，裁决者是真主。祂依照自己的意愿，决定自己启示的进程。

This final part of the surah elaborates on the comments given at the end of the previous part. It again directs the Prophet and the believers to remain patient in adversity, until God wills to bring about what He has promised the believers and what He has warned the unbelievers against. This may take place during the Prophets lifetime or may be delayed until a later time. The question here is that of faith, the believers and the rejecters who dispute its truth. The arbiter in all this is God. It is He who determines the course of His message as He pleases.

在这一部分中，该章又阐述了关于这一要点的几个额外方面。

In this part the surah outlines some additional aspects of this point.

神圣的启示有着悠久的历史。它并非始于先知穆罕默德以及体现在《古兰经》中的伊斯兰讯息。在他之前，有许多使者，其中一些是真主向先知提及的，另一些则没有。他们都遭遇了拒绝与傲慢。他们都被要求展示奇迹。每一位使者都真诚地渴望真主赐予他一个奇迹，迫使拒绝者归顺真理。然而，展示这样的迹象或奇迹，是真主依照祂自己的时间所决定的事情。

The Divine message has a long history. It did not start with the Prophet Muhammad and the Islamic message embodied in the Qur’an. Before him there were many messengers, some of whom God mentioned to the Prophet and some He did not. They all faced rejection and arrogance. They were all required to demonstrate miracles. Everyone of them dearly wished that God would give him a miracle which would force the rejecters to submit to the truth. However, showing such a sign or a miracle is a matter that God determines at His own time.

信息是祂的，祂也掌管其中的事务。

The message is His and He conducts its affairs.

然而，宇宙中有无数的迹象，任何人在任何时候都能看到。本章在此提到了牲畜和船只，并概括地提及其他无人能够否认的迹象。

Nevertheless, there are numerous signs in the universe, which can be seen by all at all times. Of these, the surah mentions here cattle and ships, and refers in general to other signs which no one can deny.

本章以一个有力的警示作结:此前的各个民族也都表现出类似的傲慢,他们的权势与文明在神的律法施行时对他们毫无益处。经文说:"当他们看见我的惩罚之后才信道,那对他们是毫无益处的。这是神对待其仆民的常道。那时,不信道的人必然亏损。"(第85节)本章就在这一有力的话语中结束。它的主要关注点是真理与虚妄、信仰与不信、暴政与公正之间的斗争。

The surah concludes with a strong reminder of the destruction of earlier communities all of whom displayed similar arrogance. Their power and civilization were of little use to them when God’s law was applied: “But accepting the faith after they had seen Our might was not going to benefit them at all. This has always been God's way ofdealing with His creatures. There and then the unbelievers will be lost.” (Verse 85) On this powerful note the surah concludes. It is a surah that focuses its attention on the battle between truth and falsehood, faith and unfaith, tyranny and justice.

我们在你之前已经派遣过许多使者，其中一些人的事迹我们已经告诉你，另一些人的事迹我们没有告诉你。除非获得真主的允许，任何使者都不能带来神迹。当真主的命令降临时，将依公正做出裁决，那时，追随虚妄的人都将遭到毁灭。（第78节）

We sent other messengers before your time; some We have given you an account of while others We have not. No messenger could bring a sign except by God's leave. When God's will becomes manifest, judgement will be passed between them in all justice, and lost will be, then and there, all who have followed falsehood. (Verse 78)

关于这一讯息，此前已有许多先例，其中一些是真主在这部经典《古兰经》中告诉祂的使者的。

This whole question of the message has had many precedents, some of which are told by God to His messenger in this book, the Qur’an.

其他的事情，他选择不告诉他。已有的记载清楚地表明，传达神圣信息的呼吁应当走的那条漫长而标记清晰的道路。这些记载也概述了不可改变的规则，因为真主已经使它们开始运行。此外，这些关于过往使者的记述阐明了信息的本质、使者的职责，以及他们必须遵守的界限。

Others, He chose not to tell him about. The accounts that have been given clearly show the long, clearly marked way that advocacy of the Divine message should take. They also outline the rules that cannot be altered, since God has set them into operation. Furthermore, these accounts of past messengers make clear the nature of the message, the role of the messengers and the limits they have to observe.

本节经文着重强调了一个需要充分理解的事实:“任何使者都不能拿出一个神迹,除非得到真主的允许。”(第78节)每一位信士,即便他本人是真主的使者,也都渴望看到神圣的启示获得胜利。他们殷切希望那些顽固拒绝它的人能够早日屈服于它的真理。

The present verse strongly emphasizes a fact that needs to be fully understood: “No messenger could bring a sign except by God's leave.” (Verse 78) Every believer, even though he may be a messenger of God, would love to see the Divine message victorious. They dearly wish that those who stubbornly reject it will soon succumb to its truth.

因此,他们渴望看到一个能打破顽固不化的不信者之固执的奇迹。然而,真主(God)希望他所拣选的仆人在一切逆境面前保持绝对的忍耐。因此,他向他们明确说明,此事他们无权置喙;当他们传达了信息,他们的任务便已完成。奇迹会在他所选定的时候发生。所以,他们应当得到安慰,对通过他们所成就的一切感到满足,将最终的结果交予上主,由他依自己的意愿决定。

Therefore, they would love to see a miracle that would break the stubbornness of hardened unbelievers. However, God wants His chosen servants to remain absolutely patient in the face of all adversity. He, therefore, makes it clear to them that they have no say in the matter; their task is completed when they have delivered their message. Miracles occur at the time of His choice. Thus, they should be reassured, satisfied with whatever is accomplished through them, leaving the final outcome to God, who determines it as He pleases.

真主也希望人们理解神性的本质与先知职分的本质。他希望人们认识到，真主的使者与他们一样也是凡人：是真主拣选了他们，并为他们指派了使命。他们不但不能超越这一使命，也不会企图去超越。此外，人们应当知道，奇迹的显现被推迟，是出于真主的慈悯。若人们在看到奇迹之后仍拒绝真主的信仰，那么依真主的旨意，他很快就会毁灭他们。因此，他们被赋予了时间与宽限期：“当真主的旨意显现时，他们之间将依公正做出裁决，而那些追随虚妄的人，将在那一刻全部败亡。”（第78节）那时将不再有任何时间用于进一步的行动，也不再有悔改或改正行为的机会。

那些要求奇迹的人，应当被引导去思考他们周围世界中无处不在的真主的迹象。由于人们长期习以为常，这些迹象常常被遗忘。然而，对它们的思考，足以给他们所需要的一切证据。这些迹象见证了一个事实：真主是宇宙万物的创造者。

Those who demand miracles are directed to reflect on God’s signs that are present everywhere in the world around them. Because of the long familiarity of these, they are often forgotten. Reflection on them, however, is sufficient to give them all the evidence they want. They testify to the fact that God is the Creator of everything in the universe.

没有人能声称这些是由神以外的任何人所创造的；也不能声称它们在未被神创造的情况下就已存在，因为神已经统筹规划了一切。

No one can claim that these have been created by anyone other than God; nor can there be any claim that they existed without being created by God who has planned everything:

是真主为你们创造了牲畜，其中有的供你们乘骑，有的供你们食用。你们在其中还有其他益处。你们可以借助它们到达心中所想去的任何地方。你们乘坐它们，就像乘坐船只一样。

It is God who provides livestock for you, some for riding and some for your food. You have other benefits in them too. You can reach on them any destination you wish. On them, as on ships, you are carried.

他向你们展示他的迹象：你们还能否认真主的哪一种迹象呢？

And He shows you His signs: which of God's signs can you still deny?

（第79—81节）

(Verses 79—81)

牲畜的被创造本身就是一个奇迹，正如人的被创造一样。塑造它们、赋予它们形态并使它们获得生命，这些都是奇迹，是人类连宣称自己能做到的都不敢妄言的事。另一个奇迹是，这些牲畜被驯服，服从于人，而其中有些比人更为庞大、更为强壮。然而，{真主为你们创造了牲畜，其中有的供你们乘骑，有的供你们食用。}（第79节）说这些牲畜仅仅是存在着，我们无需关心它们如何存在、为何存在，这是不可接受的。若说它们相对于人及人的能力而言并不构成明显的奇迹，或者说它们并不指向那位创造它们、赋予它们特性的造物主，正如祂赋予人类特性一样，那便是武断之言，违背逻辑与理性。

The creation of livestock is a miracle in the first place, just like the creation of man. To shape and fashion them and to give them life are all miracles which human beings do not even claim. Another miracle is making such livestock subservient to man, when some of them are larger and stronger than man. Yet, w It is God who provides livestock for you, some for riding and some for your food." (Verse 79) To say that such livestock merely exist and we need not concern ourselves with how or why they do is unacceptable. To claim that they are not a clear miracle in relation to man and his ability, or that they do not point to the Creator who originated them and gave them their characteristics, as He did with man, is to make arbitrary claims that run against logic and reason.

该章提醒他们，真主通过这些牲畜赐予他们恩惠："有的供你们乘骑，有的供你们食用。你们在其中还有别的益处，你们能够借它们到达心中所想要去的任何地方。你们乘坐它们，如同乘船一样。"（第79-80节）在现代交通工具发明之前，人们通过骑乘这些坐骑所要实现和达成的目的在当时是非常重要的。如今，仍有一些事情是借助这类牲畜来完成的。即便现在我们拥有汽车、火车、飞机等各种交通工具，某些山区仍然只能依靠牲畜才能到达，因为通往那里的是只有牲畜才能通过的狭窄小道。

The surah reminds them of the favours God has granted them through these creatures: “some for riding and some for your food. You have other benefits in them too. You can reach on them any destination you wish. On them, as on ships, you are carried." (Verses 79-80) The things that they used to desire and accomplish through traveling on such mounts were great at the time; this before the invention of modern means of travel and transport. There are still certain things that continue to be done by using such livestock. Even today, certain mountainous areas can only be reached by using animals, despite the fact that cars, trains, planes and other vehicles are available to us. Access to them is through narrow passages that can only be traversed by animals.

这一章以极具震撼力的话语作结。

The surah concludes on a very powerful note:

他们难道没有在大地上游历，看看在他们之前的那些人的结局如何吗？那些人比他们更多，力量更强，在大地上留下的痕迹也更深。

Have they not travelled through the land and seen what was the end of those who lived before them? They were more numerous than them, and greater in power and in the impact they left on earth.

然而，他们所积累的一切对他们毫无益处。当神的使者带着确凿的证据来到他们中间时，他们却沉湎于自己所拥有的那点知识；于是，他们被自己所嘲笑的事物所吞没。当他们亲眼看见我的刑罚时，便说："我们只信仰独一的神，并弃绝我们过去所妄加与祂并列的那些偶像。"然而，在他们亲眼目睹我的刑罚之后才信道，对他们毫无益处。这一直是神对待祂的被造物的常规。在那一刻，不信道者必将败亡。（第82-85节）

Yet what they achieved was of no avail to them. When God's messengers came to them with all evidence of the truth, they revelled in what knowledge they had; and so they were overwhelmed by the very thing which they mocked. And then when they saw Our might, they said: 'We believe in God alone, and we renounce those we used to associate as partners with Him. But accepting the faith after they had seen Our might was not going to benefit them at all. This has always been God's way of dealing with His creatures. There and then the unbelievers will be lost. (Verses 82-85)

历史上有许多民族曾被毁灭。其中一些民族的遗迹至今仍可见到；另一些则载于史册，或以文字记录，或口耳相传。《古兰经》常常引导我们关注这些历史，因为它们足以显示人类的生活及其历史进程。它们也对我们的心灵产生强大的影响。《古兰经》是针对人性而降示的，它依据真主——《古兰经》的降示者——对人性的全知，触及人性所受的影响以及能够开启其感知之门的方式。有些感知之门只需轻轻一叩，而另一些则因岁月积累的厚重帷幕而需要用力捶打。

Many communities were destroyed during human history. What happened to some of these communities can be seen in their ruins; others are recorded in history, written or transmitted by word of mouth. The Qur’an often directs our attention to these histories because they are indicative of human life and its course of history. They also have a powerful effect on our minds and hearts. The Qur’an addresses human nature by what God, who revealed the Qur’an, knows of human nature: what influences it and what opens its receptors. Some of these receptors need only a light tap, while others require strong hammering because of the thick veils that have covered them over time.

此时，该章经文以发问的方式对他们进行提醒，鼓励他们走遍大地，睁开眼睛观察，保持敏锐的感受，并以客观的态度去思考。

At this point the surah questions them, encouraging them to travel across the land with open eyes, alert feelings and an objective approach.

他们应当去看看在他们之前大地上发生过什么，并思考自己是否也可能遭遇同样的事情：“难道他们没有游历大地，看看在他们之前的人们结局如何吗？”（第82节）在说明那些民众最终遭遇的结局之前，这章经文先描述了那些往古民族的状况，使受众能够思考这件事会如何影响自己，也能从中吸取正确的教训：“他们的人数比这些人更多，力量更强，在大地上留下的遗迹也更多。”（第82节）因此，他们曾拥有权势与文明。其中一些属于阿拉伯人之前的世代，某些民族的历史是通过先知ﷺ传达的，另一些则为经过其废墟的阿拉伯人所知：“然而他们所创造的成就对他们毫无益处。”（第82节）

They should look at what took place on earth before their time, and consider whether they too might be exposed to the same: "Have they not travelled through the land and seen what was the end of those who lived before them? (Verse 82) Before specifying what end they met, the surah describes the conditions of those past communities so that the addressees can consider how it could affect them and also enable them to draw the right lessons: “ They were more numerous than them, and greater in power and in the impact they left on earth? 82) Thus, they enjoyed power and civilization. Some of these belonged to generations that preceded the Arabs, the history of some is given to the Prophet, while others were known to the Arabs who passed by their ruins: "Yet what they achieved was of no avail to them? (Verse 82)