{"id":5990,"date":"2024-07-10T07:41:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/meaning-of-a-quranic-expression\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:41:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:57","slug":"meaning-of-a-quranic-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/meaning-of-a-quranic-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning Of A Qur&#8217;anic Expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>What is meant by \u2018<em>Ma\u2018ishatan Danka\u2019 <\/em>in the verse 20:124?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>Below is given the text of the verse followed by a simple translation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\u0648\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0636\u064e \u0639\u064e\u0646 \u0630\u0650\u0643\u0652\u0631\u0650\u064a \u0641\u064e\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0644\u064e\u0647\u064f \u0645\u064e\u0639\u0650\u064a\u0634\u064e\u0629\u064b \u0636\u064e\u0646\u0643\u064b\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0646\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0634\u064f\u0631\u064f\u0647\u064f \u064a\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0645\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0642\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0627\u0645\u064e\u0629\u0650 \u0623\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0649 <\/div>\n<div>(\u0662\u0660:\u0661\u0662\u0664)<\/div>\n<div>But  he who turns away from remembrance of Me, his will be a narrow life,  and I shall bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of Resurrection.   (20:124)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>The phrase \u2018\u0645\u064e\u0639\u0650\u064a\u0634\u064e\u0629\u064b \u0636\u064e\u0646\u0643\u064b\u0627\u2019 connotes a life full of difficulties and hardships. Amin Ahsan Islahi a famous exegete of the Holy Qur\u2019an explains:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\u2018\u0645\u064e\u0639\u0650\u064a\u0634\u064e\u0629\u064b \u0636\u064e\u0646\u0643\u064b\u0627\u2019 means  a constricted life lacking in equanimity and poise; full of worries and  devoid of satisfaction of heart. The Almighty says that whoever forgets  Him will have to live a life of dissatisfaction full of worries and  will be raised blind on the Day of Judgment. The reason why he will not  experience peace of mind and satisfaction at heart in his life is  because humans cannot find satisfactory explanation of their own  existence, and of the universe, unless they believe in the Almighty.<sup>1<br \/><\/sup><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><sup><\/sup><\/p>\n<div>1. Islahi, Amin Ahsan, <em>Tadabbur-i-Qur\u2019an<\/em>, 1st ed., vol. 5, (Lahore: Faran Foundation, 1983), pp. 102-3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-23<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"5990\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is meant by \u2018<em>Ma\u2018ishatan Danka\u2019 <\/em>in the verse 20:124?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1389],"tags":[1303,1474],"class_list":["post-5990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quranic-exegesis","tag-hard-life","tag-life"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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