这一段经文是本章的结尾,重申了章首提出的几个主题:真主的独一性、启示,以及来世的报应。经文以亚当的故事作为启示为真的证据,并引用了在上界发生的事情以及在那时所决定的、关于人在清算日所行之事须承担的责任。这个故事展示了撒旦嫉妒的一面,正是这种嫉妒导致了他的毁灭,并使他被逐出真主的慈悯。当时他嫉妒亚当,因为真主赐予亚当恩惠。经文还描绘了撒旦与人类之间持续不断的斗争。撒旦的目的是引诱和迷惑尽可能多的人,使他们与他一同堕入火狱;他这样做,是为了向亚当报复,因为他把自己被逐归咎于亚当。这是一场目标明确的斗争。然而,人们仍然屈服于他们古老的敌人。

This last passage of the sūrah reaffirms the issues presented at its outset: God’s oneness, revelations and requital in the life to come. It mentions Adam’s story as evidence of the truth of revelation, citing in support what took place on high and what was determined then of accountability for man’s actions on the Day of Reckoning. The story shows an aspect of Satan’s envy which caused his ruin and expulsion from God’s mercy. This was when he envied Adam what God had bestowed on him of His favours. The passage also depicts the ever- raging battle between Satan and mankind. His aim is to tempt and seduce the largest number of people possible so that they will join him in hell; this to avenge himself on Adam whom he blamed for his expulsion. It is a battle with well defined objectives. Yet still people surrender to their old enemy.

本章以再次确认启示的事实及其背后的重大课题作结。不言而喻，不信道者依然对这些事实视而不见。

The sūrah concludes by reconfirming the fact of revelation, and the great issue behind it. Needless to say, the unbelievers remain oblivious to these facts.

{说：我只是一个警告者；除真主外，没有应受崇拜的主宰。他是至尊的主，是天地和其间万物的主，是万能的，是至赦的。}

Say: I am but a warner; and there is no deity other than God, the One who conquers all the Lord of the heaven and the earth and all that is between, the Almighty, the All- Forgiving! (Verses 65-66)

先知接受指示,要如何回应那些对他所传讲的内容感到惊讶和困惑的多神教徒。他们疑惑:"他是否把所有的神变成了一位神?这实在太奇怪了!"(第5节)先知应当告诉他们,这是明白无误的真理:"除真主外,别无应受崇拜者,祂是至尊的、至大的。"他还应告诉他们,自己对这一切并无决定之权,他的职责只是警告,并把判决之事交给他们的主。他是"天地之主,以及天地之间的一切之主"。祂没有合伙者。无论在天上、在地上,还是在两者之间,没有任何人能凭自身之力违抗祂的旨意而得到庇护。因为祂是"万能的,至为宽恕的"。祂拥有一切权能,凡寻求祂的宽恕并悔罪归向祂的人,祂都会饶恕。

The Prophet is given instructions as to what to say to the idolaters who were surprised and amazed at what he preached, wondering: “Does he make all the gods into one God? This is indeed most strange!” (Verse 5) He is to say to them that this is the plain truth: “There is no deity other than God, the One who conquers all.” He is to further inform them that he himself has no say in all this, apart from giving warnings and leaving people to their Lord to judge. He is “the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between.” He has no partners. No one can find shelter against His will whether it be in the heavens and the earth, or in between them. For He is “the Almighty, the All-Forgiving.” He has all power and He forgives anyone seeking forgiveness and who turns back to Him in repentance.

先知的教导清楚地表明，他带给人们的，远比人们所想的更为重大；这是一个序幕，而人们却选择对此视而不见：“你说：这是一个重大的消息，你们却背弃它。”（第67-68节）它的确比乍看之下要伟大得多。它是适用于整个宇宙及其体系的真主旨意的一部分。它不能与天地的创造割裂开来，也不能与遥远的过去和遥远的未来割裂开来。

The Prophet’s instructions make it clear that what he has brought people is far greater than what they think, and that it is a prelude to something they choose to remain oblivious of: “Say: This is a great message; yet you turn away from it.” (Verses 67- 68) It is indeed far greater than it appears at first sight. It is part of God’s will that applies to the entire universe and its system. It cannot be separated from the creation of the heavens and the earth, or from the distant past and the far away future.

这份讯息所面向的，远不止麦加的古莱什人、阿拉伯半岛上的阿拉伯人，以及亲眼见证其启示降临的那一代人。它超越了地域与时代的界限，面向所有世代的人类，塑造他们的命运，从启示降临之时起，直到真主继承大地及地上的一切生灵。它在恰当的时刻降临，在真主为它所定的时限内完成其使命。

This message is addressed to people far beyond the Quraysh in Makkah, the Arabs in their Peninsula and the generation that witnessed its revelation. It transcends the boundaries of place and time to address humanity across all generations, shaping its destiny, from the time of its revelation until God inherits the earth and all those living on it. It came at its appropriate time to fulfil its mission in the time set for it by God.

人类的进程因这一伟大的讯息而改变：它如今行走在真主所划定的道路上。无论是接受它还是拒绝它，支持它还是反对它，无论是在当时的一代人还是在此后的各代人中，情况都是如此。

在这一点上，这章经文告诉我们人类的故事最初是如何开始的，以及在天上发生了什么。它界定了人类的历程，也界定了人类的命运与归宿。

At this point, the sūrah tells us how the human story first began and what happened on high. This defines its course as well as its fate and destination.

穆罕默德ﷺ被派遣于末世，以警告世人这一切。

Muĥammad was sent at the end of time to warn people of all this:

你的主对天使们说："我即将用泥土创造一个人。当我将他塑造完成，并把我的灵魂吹入他之中时，你们应当向他叩首致敬。"（第71-72节）

Your Lord said to the angels: I am about to create a human being out of clay; when I have fashioned him and breathed of My spirit into him, kneel down before him in prostration. (Verses 71-72)

我们不知道神是如何对天使说这些话的，也不知道祂如何与天使交谈。我们同样不知道天使如何领受神所赐予它们的东西。关于天使的本质，我们所知道的，只是神在祂所启示的经典中告诉我们的那些内容。因此，继续深入探究这些问题是毫无益处的。我们应当做的，是思考《古兰经》所叙述的这个故事的意义。

We do not know how God said this to the angels or how He speaks to them. Nor do we know how the angels receive what God imparts to them. We do not know anything of the angels’ nature except what God has told us about them in His revealed hook. Therefore, it is useless to try to delve further into this. We should instead consider the significance of the story as told in the Qur’ān.

真主用泥土创造了人，与地上的其他生灵一样。它们身体构成中的所有元素都源自泥土，唯独生命的奥秘除外，我们并不知道它从何而来、如何而来。除了这一奥秘和灵魂被吹入人体之外，人身体的一切组成部分都来自大地母亲。当那个未知的奥秘与那崇高灵魂之气所带来的影响一同离开他的身体时，他又将重新化为这些组成部分，而那灵魂之气曾决定了他一生的行程。

God created man out of clay, just like the rest of living things on earth. All the elements in their constitutions are derived from clay, with the exception of the secret of life, about which we do not know how or where it came from. Apart from this secret and the breathing of a soul into man, all the constituents of his body stem from mother earth. He will be transformed again into these constituents when the unknown secret departs from his body together with the effects of the sublime breath of soul which defined his course in life.

再次强调，我们并不知道灵魂被崇高地吹入人体的本质，但我们知道它所产生的效果，正是这些效果使人在大地上有别于其他受造物。它赋予人一种追求崇高的品质，即心智与精神，使他能够回顾过去的经历、规划未来，并促使他的精神超越感官所感知、理智所理解的范围，去触及感官与理智都无法领会的境界。这种追求崇高的品质是人所独有的，地球上的其他生物都不具备。

Again we do not know the nature of the sublime breathing of a soul into man, but we know its effects which distinguished man from the rest of creation on earth. It distinguished him with the quality of aspiring to the sublime, with mind and spirit, which allowed him to look at past experiences and make future plans, and facilitated his spirit to go beyond what is received by his senses and understood by his mind to reach to what neither the senses nor the mind can comprehend. This quality of aspiring to the sublime is unique to man, shared by no other living creature on earth.