11:14

 Salaam all

11:14

فَإِلَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُواْ لَكُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوۤاْ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ بِعِلْمِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَن لاَّ إِلَـٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ مُّسْلِمُونَ

 

fa-illam yastajībū lakum fa-iʿ`lamū annamā unzila biʿil`mi l-lahi wa-an lā ilāha illā huwa fahal antum mus`limūna

 

The Aya says:

So if they do not respond to you (plural) then know that it came down by His knowledge and that there is no one worthy of worship but He.  So, Are you Muslims/ committed?

 

My personal note:

The challenge of writing something like the Qur’an appears in several places.  Here the failure to respond to the challenge by the rejectors should be a sign for the believers that this is a book of God and that they should commit to Allah and His book

 

Translation of the transliterated words:

fa-illam: so if not

yastajībū: they respond/ they answer

Note: the root is J-W-B and it means response or answer to a question or answer to a request. YASTAJIBOO is an action that is happening or will be happening.  It means: the action of seeking to answer or answering is happening by the subject (third person plural).

Lakum: to you (plural)

fa-iʿ`lamū: then know for fact/ be aware/ know/ be certain

Note: FA means then or therefore or then.  iAALAMOO is derived from the root Ain-L-M and it means knowing/knowledge or knowledge of facts.  iAALAMOO is an order or request addressing a group.  It means know or know for fact or be certain or be aware

Annamā: that

Unzila: Brought down

Note: the root is N-Z-L and it carries the meaning of arrival to stay and descent. One concrete meaning is the descent of the person from his or her horse or camel as they arrive at the place where they plan to stay.  UNZILA is an action that is completed.  It means the action of bringing down the object happened by an undeclared subject. 

 

biʿil`mi: By knowledge of/ with knowledge of/ through knowledge of

Note: BI signifies an attachment or close linkage between what is before and what is after it.  In a Verbal sentence it can mean attachment to the action or to the subject as it does the action.  This attachment can then signify many things according to the verb and to the sentence and so on.  ILMI is derived from the root Ain-L-M and it means knowing/knowledge or knowledge of facts. AAiLM means knowledge or facts or knowledge of facts of.

l-lahi: Allah

wa-an: and that

lā ilāha illā huwa: there is no Allah but He/ There is no one worthy of worship but He

fahal: So?

Note: beginning of a question statement

Antum: you (plural)

mus`limūna: Muslim/ Committed (to Allah)

Note: the root is S-L-M and it means dissociation from an entity to re-associate with another that is usually better. This carries the meaning of health and safety. It also carries the meaning of delivery from one to another and it carries the meaning of peace, since it is the dissociation from harm to peace. MUSLIMOON are the ones who disassociate themselves from previous entities in order to associate themselves with God. This then carries with it the meaning of being committed to God and his message.

 

 Salaam all and have a great day

Hussein