第一段经文谈到反对伊斯兰教义的以物配主者，并以城邦居民拒绝三位使者的事例为证：只需一声呐喊，他们便全部倒地而死。本段经文则泛指所有反对各种天启宗教的人，展示人类世世代代陷入迷途的情形。经文满怀忧伤地呼吁所有人以先前逝去的民族为鉴。那些民族已经过去，直到复活日才会返回，那时“他们全都将被召集到我们面前”。（第32节）

The first passage spoke about the idolaters who opposed the message of Islam and cited the case of the people of the township who rejected their three messengers and how it took no more than one blast for them to fall down lifeless. In the present passage the sūrah speaks generally of all people who oppose every divine religion. It shows mankind straying in error across the generations. It calls with sorrow on all people to take heed of what happened to earlier communities who passed before them and who will not return until the Day of Resurrection, when “they all will be brought before Us.” (Verse 32)

随后，该章又呈现了许多人们经常看到却不留意其所传递信息的普遍迹象。这些迹象存在于他们自身之中，也环绕在他们周围；另一些则已成为历史，然而他们依旧不加理会。当有人提醒他们时，他们却选择不去铭记：“他们的主所降示给他们的每一个迹象，他们都置之不理。”（第46节）他们甚至催促自己的惩罚降临，认为它永远不会发生。他们还问道：

The sūrah then presents a number of universal signs which people see constantly without paying any attention to the message they impart. These signs are within themselves and all around them, while others have passed into history, yet still they pay no heed, and when they are reminded, they choose not to remember: “Every single sign that comes to them from their Lord do they ignore.” (Verse 46) Indeed, they hasten their own punishment, believing that it will never happen: “They also ask:

“这个应许什么时候才会实现，如果你们说的是真的呢？”（第48节）

When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say be true?” (Verse 48)

经文还描绘了一幅关于末日审判的长篇景象，展示了他们所急于求取的结局。这样的描述使其仿佛就发生在他们眼前。

The passage also presents a long scene from the Day of Judgement, showing the fate that they hasten. This is done in such a way that it appears to happen before their very eyes.

唉，世人啊！每当有使者来到他们中间，他们就嘲笑他。

Alas for mankind! Whenever a messenger comes to them, they level ridicule on him.

难道他们没有看见，在他们之前，我毁灭了多少代人，那些人不会再回到他们这里来；而他们所有人都将被召集到我面前。（第30-32节）

Are they not aware of how many a generation We have destroyed before them, and that they [who have perished] will never return to them? Yet, they all will be brought before Us. (Verses 30-32)

这句话表达的是对一种悲伤处境的反应。这种处境无法改变，但人们可以表达对它的悲伤与痛苦。全能的真主本身并不会有这样的感受，但祂说明，这些人所处的境况值得他人作出这样的反应。他们的处境令人沮丧，并导致极大的苦难。

The first phrase expresses reaction to a sorrowful situation. This situation cannot be changed though sorrow and pain about it can be expressed. God Almighty does not experience such a feeling Himself, but He states that the situation these people are in deserves such reaction by others. Theirs is a depressing condition that leads to great misery.

“哀哉，人类！”他们被给予得救的机会，却转身离去。尽管他们亲眼看见先前的民族如何覆灭，却从这些教训中一无所获。真主为他们一次又一次敞开慈悲的大门，不断派遣使者来到他们中间，他们却无视真主的慈悲，行为傲慢无礼：“每当有使者来到他们那里，他们就嘲笑他。难道他们没有看见，在他们之前，我毁灭了多少世代，而那些已经覆灭的人不会再回到他们那里吗？”（第30-31节）先前的民族在无数世代中覆灭，对于任何愿意反思的人来说，这本应是一个清晰的教训。然而，人们并不留心，尽管他们明知自己也将走向同样的结局。还有什么能比这更令人痛心呢？

“Alas for mankind!” They are offered a chance to save themselves but they turn away. This even though they see how earlier communities perished, yet they benefit nothing by the lessons they present. God opens wide the doors of His mercy to them, time after time, as He sends them messengers, but they ignore His mercy and behave with insolence and ill manners: “Whenever a messenger comes to them, they level ridicule on him. Are they not aware of how many a generation We have destroyed before them, and that they [who have perished] will never return to them?” (Verses 30-31) The fact that earlier communities, over countless generations, perished should provide a clear lesson to anyone who reflects. People, however, do not pay heed, even though they realize that they are going to meet the same end. What could invite greater sorrow?

一只动物看到同类死去会不寒而栗,并且必然会设法避免同样的命运。那么,人为何看到如此多的民族遭受苦难、走向同样的结局,却仍然步其后尘呢?傲慢蒙蔽了他的双眼,使他看不见自己必然会走到的结局。

An animal shudders to see its fellow animal perish, and it will inevitably try to avoid the same fate. How come that man sees so many communities suffering and meeting the same end, and yet he continues to follow in their footsteps? Arrogance blinds him to the result which he will inevitably reach.

虽然那些已经离去的人不会再回到他们的后人之中，但他们也不会被忽视或不被清算。他们都将在适当的时候面对这一切：“然而，他们都将被带到我们面前。”（第32节）

While those who had already gone will not return to their successors, they will not be ignored or left without reckoning. They will all face that at the proper time: “Yet, they all will be brought before Us.” (Verse 32)

它们是他们的一个迹象：死去的大地，我让它复活，从中生出谷物，他们由此而食。我在其中造出棕榈树和葡萄的园圃，使泉水从中涌流，好让他们吃到它的果实。这一切并非出自他们的双手。他们难道不感恩吗？赞美那位超绝万物的主，他创造了一切成双的事物：大地所生长的，他们自己，以及他们所不知道的其他造物。（第33至36节）

There is a sign for them in the lifeless earth: We give it life and produce out of it grain for them to eat. We place in it gardens of date palms and grapes, and cause springs to gush out of it, so that they may eat of its fruit. It was not their own hands that made all this. Will they, then, not give thanks? Limitless in His glory is He who created all things in pairs: whatever the earth produces, their own human kind and other creatures of which they have no knowledge. (Verses 33-36)

周围宇宙中的一切都在向他们述说真主的事迹，为真主的存在提供证据。他们只需看看眼前的土地：它死寂、毫无生气，连一滴水都没有。然后他们看到它重新焕发生机，长出谷物，并被果实累累的椰枣和葡萄装点成花园。泉水从土地中涌出；转眼之间，大地便充满了生机。

Everything around them in the universe speaks to them about God, giving evidence of His presence. They only need to look at the land in front of them and how they see it dead, lifeless, lacking a drop of water. Then they see it quicken, producing grain and adorned with gardens replete with dates and grapes. Springs of water gush through it; and in no time, it is full of life.

生命是一个没有人能够创造的奇迹。正是真主的手创造了奇迹,使死寂之物重新获得生命。看见生长的植物、盛开的花园和成熟的果实,应当使人们张开眼睛,敞开心扉,去体会真主之手所成就的奇妙造化。大地裂开,让嫩芽破土而出,嫩芽渴望自由与光明;茎干充满活力,急切地去享受阳光;枝头挂满叶子和果实,花朵绽放,果实准备好等待采摘,"以便他们能吃它的果实。这一切并不是他们自己的手所做成的。"(第35节)正是真主灵巧的手使这一切得以实现;是祂让植物生长并结出收成:"那么,他们难道不感恩吗?"(第35节)

Life is a miracle which no man can produce. It is God’s hand that produces miracles, initiating life in what has been dead. The sight of growing plants, flowering gardens and ripening fruit should open people’s eyes and hearts to appreciate the wonderful work engendered by God’s hand. It splits the earth to allow the shoot to appear, longing for freedom and light, gives vigour to the stem which is eager to enjoy sunlight, loads the branches with leaves and fruit, opens up flowers and gets the fruit ready for picking, “so that they may eat of its fruit. It was not their own hands that made all this.” (Verse 35) It was God’s dextrous hand that enabled them to achieve all this; it was He who made the plants grow and yield their harvest: “Will they, then, not give thanks?” (Verse 35)

在给予他们这种温和而富有启发的触动之后，本章又稍稍转向他们，颂赞真主：祂赐予他们繁茂的园林，使一切植物成双成对，有雌有雄，如同男女一样，还有无数只有真主才知道的物种。"赞美那创造万物成双的主，无论是大地所生长的，还是他们自己所属的人类，以及他们所不知道的其他造物。"（第36节）

Having given them this gentle and inspiring touch, the sūrah then turns away from them a little to glorify God who gave them the flourishing gardens, making all plants in pairs, male and female, like men and women and countless other species known only to God: “Limitless in His glory is He who created all things in pairs: whatever the earth produces, their own human kind and other creatures of which they have no knowledge.” (Verse 36)

尽管这些迹象清晰而明确，人们仍然漠不关心。他们的心依旧封闭，他们继续嘲讽和否认，加速了真主的使者们所警告过的末日的到来。

Clear and inspiring as these signs are, people continue to pay little heed. Their hearts remain closed and they persist in ridicule and denial, hastening the end against which God’s messengers have warned them:

当有人对他们说："你们当防备你们前面和后面的事，或许你们会蒙受怜悯。"他们却置之不理。他们的主所降示的每一个迹象，他们都不予理会。当有人对他们说："你们当从真主所赐给你们的给养中施舍。"不信道的人便对信道的人说："若真主意欲，祂自会供养他们，我们为何要去供养？你们显然是在迷误之中。"他们还问："如果你们说的是实话，这许诺何时才会实现？"（第45-48节）

When they are told: ‘Beware of that which lies before you and behind you, so that you may be graced with His mercy,’ [they pay no heed]. Every single sign that comes to them from their Lord do they ignore. And when they are told: ‘Give [in charity] out of what God has provided for you,’ the unbelievers say to those who believe: Are we to feed those whom God could have fed, had He so willed? Clearly, you are lost in error.’ They also ask: ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say be true?’ (Verses 45-48)

尽管所有这些迹象足以使开放的心灵为之战栗，并使其与宇宙相契合，不信道者却看不到它们的真实意义，即便看到了，也仍然不加思索。因为祂的恩典是无穷无尽的，真主不会任由他们自生自灭。祂派遣使者去警告他们，并召唤他们归向他们的主，即宇宙的创造者。使者的职责是唤醒人们的心灵，使他们看到为何应当敬畏真主，并警告他们不要招致真主的不悦，指明其成因，教导他们如何避免。除了宇宙中的迹象之外，真主还在他们的生活中一次又一次地不断赐予他们迹象，但他们却选择继续盲目：“当有人对他们说：你们当敬畏你们面前和身后的事物，以便你们蒙受慈悯。”他们却置之不理。他们的主所降示的每一个迹象，他们都漠然视之。（第45-46节）如果有人劝他们行慈善，把真主赐予他们的一部分施舍给穷人，他们便讥讽地说：“假如真主愿意供养，祂自己就能供养他们，难道我们要供养他们吗？”（第47节）甚至对那些号召他们行慈善的人，他们也会出言无礼，说：“你们显然是陷入了迷误之中。”（第47节）

Although all these signs are enough to cause an open heart to shudder and bring it in line with the universe, the unbelievers will not see them for what they are, and even if they do see them, they still do not reflect on them. Because His grace is endless, God does not leave them to themselves. He sends them messengers to warn them and to call them to their Lord, the Creator of the universe. The messengers’ role is to alert people’s hearts so that they can see why they should be God- fearing, and to warn them against incurring God’s displeasure, pointing out its causes and teaching them how to avoid it. Signs are constantly given them in their lives, time after time, in addition to the signs that are available in the universe around them, but they choose to remain blind: “When they are told: Beware of that which lies before you and behind you, so that you may be graced with His mercy, [they pay no heed]. Every single sign that comes to them from their Lord do they ignore.” (Verses 45-46) If they are urged to be charitable and to give to the poor a portion of what God has provided for them, they say in ridicule: “Are we to feed those whom God could have fed, had He so willed?” (Verse 47) They would even be impolite in their reply to those calling on them to be charitable, saying: “Clearly, you are lost in error.” (Verse 47)

他们所等待的，只是一声巨响，它会在他们仍在争执之时突然降临。那时他们连遗嘱也来不及交代，也无法回到自己的家人身边。号角将被吹响，他们便从坟墓中爬出，急速奔向他们的主。他们将说：“哎呀，我们遭殃了！是谁把我们从睡眠之处唤醒的？这正是至仁主所许诺的，使者们所说的是真话。”那只需一声巨响，他们便全都被带到我们面前。

All they are waiting for is a single blast that will overtake them while they are still disputing. No time will they have to make bequests, nor will they return to their own people. The Trumpet will be sounded, and out of their graves they will rise and hasten to their Lord. They will say: ‘Woe betide us! Who has roused us from our resting place? This is what the Lord of Grace had promised. The messengers told the truth.’ It takes nothing but one single blast, and they will all have been brought before Us.

（第49至53节）

(Verses 49-53)

在此我们看到了关于复活时间问题的答案:它以一个瞬间的景象到来,一声巨响,终结一切生命。“他们所等待的,只是一声巨响,它将在他们争论之际突然降临他们。他们没有时间留下遗嘱,也不能回到自己的家人那里。”(经文 36:49–50)它突然降临,就在一瞬间,当时他们正在争论、辩论,过着日常的生活,毫无此类预料。然后一切都结束了。所有人都在他们所处的境况和状态中灭亡。他们没有机会立遗嘱,也无法为可能留在世上的亲人做任何安排。没有人能够回到家人身边说一句话。事实上,每一个人都将面对同样的结局,所有的生命都告终结。

Here we see the answer to the question about the time of resurrection: it comes in the form of a quick image, a single blast that ends all life. “All they are waiting for is a single blast that will overtake them while they are still disputing. No time will they have to make bequests, nor will they return to their own people.” (Verses 4950) It takes them suddenly, in a moment, as they argue and dispute going about their day-to-day lives, expecting nothing of the sort. Then it is all over. All perish in the situation and the condition they are in. They have no chance to make a will or to arrange something for loved ones who may stay behind. No one can return to his family to say a word to them. In fact every single person faces the same end, with all life finished.

然后吹响号角,他们都从坟墓中起身,惊慌失措,仓皇地奔走,心怀恐惧。每个人的口中都在问:“是谁把我们从安息之地唤醒的?”(第52节)待惊愕渐渐消退,一种日益清晰的认识随之而来:“这正是至仁主所应许的,使者们所说的是真实的。”(第52节)随后是最后一声吹响,那些茫然无措、仓皇奔走的人们,各自站到了自己的位置上:“只需一声吹响,他们便都会被带到我们面前。”(第53节)转瞬之间,所有人都已各就其位,排列成行,仿佛在列队游行一般。关于此刻的本质,以及即将到来的清算与报酬的至高判决,向所有人宣告:“今日,任何人都不会受到丝毫的亏待,你们只会得到你们生前所行之事的报应。”(第54节)这三幅相继呈现的画面,构成了对那些一直怀疑复活日之人的完整而连贯的回答。

The Trumpet is then sounded and they all rise from their graves, moving hurriedly, shocked, in fear. The question on everyone’s lips is: “Who has roused us from our resting place?” (Verse 52) As the shock begins to wear off, it is replaced by a growing realization: “This is what the Lord of Grace had promised. The messengers told the truth.” (Verse 52) Then comes the final blast and all those bewildered individuals, moving hurriedly and aimlessly, take their positions: “It takes nothing but one single blast, and they will all have been brought before Us.” (Verse 53) Only a short moment and all are stationed in place, ranged in rows as if they were in a parade. The supreme decree explaining the nature of the moment as well as the forthcoming reckoning and reward is announced to all: “Today, no one shall be wronged in the least: you will be requited for nothing other than that which you did in life.” (Verse 54) The quick succession of these three images forms a complete and coherent answer to those who have been voicing doubts about the Day of Resurrection.