致读者的直言
A Direct Word With The Reader
在本小册子中,我已经向你介绍了我们作为穆斯林对《古兰经》所负的责任。最后,我必须以我所能竭尽的全部力量恳切地敦促你们,认真努力地尽心履行这些责任。我们是世界上最幸运的人,因为我们拥有完整无缺、保持原始形式的安拉之书。这固然使我们深感荣耀,但同时也使我们肩负沉重的责任。在穆罕默德先知ﷺ降临之前,以色列人曾是安拉之书的守护者,但当他们未能履行自己的职责,配不上所赋予他们的荣誉时,至高无上的安拉(SWT)便兴起了一个新的乌玛(即穆斯林),并以《古兰经》的形式将祂的引导赐予他们。在《主麻章》中,我们可以看到一个比喻,说的是那些没有履行作为安拉之书守护者所应尽职责的人。
In this booklet, I have given you an idea of the duties which we as Muslims owe to the Qur'an. In the end, I must urge you with all the emphasis at my command to make an earnesj effort to discharge these duties with utmost care. We are the most fortunate people in the world in the sense that we possess the Book of Allah (SW) perfectly intact in its original form. Whereas it is a cause of great honor for us, it also lays upon us a heavy responsibility. Prior to the advent of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), the Israelites were the custodians of Allah's Book, but when they did not discharge their responsibilities and proved unworthy of the honor conferred upon them, Almighty Allah (SVVT) raised a new Ummah (i.e., the Muslims) and vouchsafed His Guidance to them in the form of the Qur'an. In Surah Al-Jumu'ah we have a similitude of the people who did not fulfill the duties that devolved upon them as custodians of Allah's Book.
被托付了《讨拉特》(律法)却later未能履行的人,其比喻如同一头驮着大量典籍的驴……(《Al-Jurnu'ah》625) Note: the original text as given has no mention of the Prophet, so no ﷺ was added.
The similitude of those who were charged with the (obligation of) Torah, but who subsequently failed in this (obligation) is that of a donkey which carries huge volumes ... (Al-Jurnu'ah 625)
在该节经文的后续部分,明确指出:他们未能履行对其圣书所负的义务,等同于否认了圣书的真实性。
In the subsequent part of the ayah, it has been plainly stated that their failure to discharge their obligations towards their Holy Book is tantamount to their denying its truth:
“……否认真主的启示之人的比喻,是何等糟糕……”(《古阑经》 / 《主麻》625)
... How bad is the similitude of people who deny the ayaat of Allah .... (Al-Jumu 'ah 625)
这段经文以明确的断言作结:安拉的常道并不是要引导这样的人。
The ayah ends in the categorical declaration that it is not in Allah's nature to grant guidance to such people:
……并且真主不引导不义的人。(《主麻》625)
... and Allah guides not the people who are wrongdoers. (Al-Jumu'ah 625)
愿真主保佑,使你我不至于因疏忽对《古兰经》所应尽的义务,而被列入否认和拒弃真主之经典的人群之中,从而招致真主的愤怒。我最诚挚地祈求真主(SVVT)使我们成为《古兰经》名副其实的守护者,并使我们能以最好的方式履行对它的责任,从而蒙受祂的喜悦。
God forbid that you or I be included among the people who are guilty of denying and rejecting the Book of Allah (SVVT) by their negligence in the discharge of their obligations towards it and thus incur Allah's wrath. I most earnestly pray that Allah (SVVT) may make us custodians of the Qur'an in the real sense of the term, and enable us to fulfill our duties towards it in the best way, which may enable us to win His good pleasure.
我们应当记住这样一个时刻:真主的使者ﷺ将在至高全能者(SWT)的法庭上作为控方证人出庭,指控他的民众抛弃了《古兰经》。
We should remember the time when Allah's Messenger (SAW) will appear as a prosecution witness in the Court of the Almighty (SVVT) and charge his people with forsaking the Qur'an:
并且使者会说:"我的主啊!我的族人确实抛弃了这部《古兰经》。"(《古兰经》25:30)
And the Messenger will say: "0 my Lord! Verily my people deserted this Qur'an. (Al-Furqan 2530)
虽然在这节经文中,"我的族人"指的是那些充耳不闻《古兰经》、并轻视它的不信道者,但这同样有力地适用于像我们这样的人:我们信仰《古兰经》,却在实际上将它视为无关紧要、无足轻重之物而加以抛弃。
Although in this ayah the words "my people" refer to the unbelievers who turned a deaf ear to the Qur'an and treated it with disdain, nevertheless it applies with equal cogency to people like us who believe in the Qur'an but have practically rejected it as a thing of least moment or consequence.
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Let me quote for your what Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (RA) has to say on this point.
虽然这节经文实际上指的是不信者的行为,但它的含义更为广泛(也涵盖其他情形):凡是不以实际行动去印证《古兰经》真理(即在生活中遵循其教导)、不思索其含义、不正确地诵读它、不努力学习其正确读法,反而沉溺于各种虚妄无益的事务、背弃《古兰经》的人,同样属于被这节经文涵盖之列,也会被视为有舍弃《古兰经》的罪过。19
Although the ayah really refers to the conduct of the unbelievers, yet (it has a wider application, and) all those who do not confirm the truth of the Qur'an (by actually following its teachings in their life), do not ponder over its meanings, do not recite it properly, do not try to learn its correct reading; but indulge in all sorts of vain and frivolous pursuits turning their back upon it (also come under its purview and) would be considered guilty of abandonment of the Qur'an.19
让我再次寻求全能真主的庇佑,使我们不被归入那样的人之中。我谨以下面这段祈祷作为讲论的结语。这段祈祷通常在诵完整部《古兰经》时念诵,但我认为,它也应当经常念诵,以便全能的安拉(SW)赐予我们力量,去履行我们对祂的经典所负的责任。
Let me once again seek Almighty's protection against our being included among such people, and conclude my discourse with the following prayer which is generally offered on completing the recitation of the whole Qur'an but which, I believe, should frequently be offered so that Almighty Allah (SW) may grant us strength to fulfill the duties we owe to His Book.
哦,我的主啊!求你因我们与《古兰经》的联系而怜悯我们;使它成为我们的引导者、光明、指引与慈悲;使我们借它想起我们所未能理解的内容;赐我们力量昼夜诵读它;并使它成为我们获得拯救的凭借。哦,众世界的主啊!阿米奈! 最后,请允许我献上一段祈祷作为礼物,它见于伊本·麦斯欧德(愿真主喜悦他)所传的一段圣训。这实际上是先知穆罕默德ﷺ所作的祈祷。
0 my Lord! Be merciful to us because of (our link with) the Qur'an; make it for us a leader, (and a source of) light, guidance, and mercy, cause us to recall from it what we have failed to understand; give us strength to recite it .day and night; and make it a plea for our salvation, 0 Lord of the worlds. Ameen! Let me in the end present you the gift of a prayer which appears in a tradition narrated by Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud (RAA). It is actually a prayer which the Holy Prophet (SAW)
……作为他的同伴(RAA)用以纾解忧虑的良方。然而,这是一段精妙的祈祷文,展现了一位理想仆人对其主人的态度,也描述了《古兰经》对人心灵的疗愈作用。
prescribed for his Companions (RAA) as a remedy for cares and worries. But it is a splendid supplication that shows the attitude of an ideal bondsman towards his Master and describes the curative effect of the Qur'an on the human soul.
这也表明了圣先知(SAW)对《古兰经》的深厚虔诚,以及他对《古兰经》何等崇高的敬重。该祷词如下:
It also indicates how deep a devotion the Holy Prophet (SAW) had for the Qur'an and in how high an esteem he held it. The prayer runs as follows:
哦,真主啊!我确实是Your的仆人,是Your仆人的儿子,也是Your婢女的儿子。我在Your掌控之下,我的前额发掌握在Your手中。关于我的事,Your的命令必将执行,Your对我的裁决必定公正。我祈求You,凭借You所自称的一切名字,或You所教导给任何受造物的名字,或You在Your经典中所启示的名字,或You在幽玄之境中选择保密的名字,求You使《古兰经》成为我心灵的喜悦,成为我胸膛的光明,成为驱散我忧愁、消除我烦恼与焦虑的工具。求You接受我的祈祷,哦,言辞的主啊!
0 Allah! Verily I am Your bondsman, the son of Your bondsman, and the son of Your bondsmaid. I am under Your Control. My fore-lock is in 'Your Hand. Your decision is to be executed about me, and just shall be Your judgment in my case. I beg You - addressing You with all those names that You have named Yourself with, or that You have taught any of Your creatures, or that You have revealed in Your Book, or that You have preferred to keep secret in the realm of the Unseen - to make the Qur'an a source of delight for my heart and of light for my breast, and an instrument of dispelling my grief, and driving away my cares and worries. Accept this prayer of mine, 0 Lord of the Words!
19 说来也是一桩奇妙的巧合,它显示了这位毛拉在精神与智识上与先知(SAW)的亲缘。我们在一段圣训中也能找到与之相近的措辞,其内容如下:"啊,古兰经的信众!不要把古兰经……
19 By a strange coincidence that indicates the Maulana's spiritual and intellectual kinship with the Holy Prophet (SAW), we have a similar wording in a tradition which runs as follow: '0 people of the Qur'an! Do not make the Qur'an.
……一个枕头(你可以枕着它入睡,或把它靠在背后)。你们应当日夜诵读它;向全世界传播它;用悦耳的声音朗读它;思考它的含义,以便你们得以昌盛。"我们得到了多么高贵的称号!这段圣训何等简练,却又如此精妙地概括了我们作为"古兰经之民"所应承担的责任!事实上,这一简洁的杰作,比我们在这一主题上发表的任何冗长而浮夸的演讲,都要有力百倍。先知穆罕默德ﷺ宣称自己被赋予了言简意赅的能力,这一说法确实不虚。
a pillow (that you may sleep over it and put it behind your back). You should rather recite it day and night; propagate it (all over the world), read it in a pleasing voice; ponder over its meaning so that you may prosper." What a noble title has been conferred upon us! How succinct the tradition that so beautifully sums up the duties that devolve upon us as 'People of the Qur'an"! In fact, this masterpiece of conciseness is hundred times more expressive than any number of our long, pompous speeches on the subject. True was the claim of the Holy Prophet (SAW) that he was gifted with the power of laconic speech.