| Wherever power is coupled with these evil traits of character, no good can be expected to result | Sovereignty connotes that the one who possesses it should wield un-limited power: there should be no internal and external power to change or modify his decision or prevent it from being enforced, and none should have any alternative but to obey him |
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| Indonesia - Bahasa Indonesia : Telah bertasbih kepada Allah apa saja yang ada di langit dan apa saja yang ada di bumi; dan Dialah Yang Maha Perkasa lagi Maha Bijaksana• If He exhorts the believers to adopt sincerity in Faith and urges them to exert their utmost for the success and victory of the Truth, that is for the sake of their own good; otherwise the will of AIIah is accomplished by His own power and by His own design, whether somebody makes no effort at all towards its implementation, and whether the whole world joins together to frustrate and resist it stubbornly | His creation, His administration and rule, His commands and guidance, all are based on wisdom |
Somali - Abduh : Waxaa Eebe sharrifa oo wayneeya waxa ku sugan Samawaadka iyo Dhulka Eebana waa adkaade falsan• The full importance of this statement of the Qur'an can be better understood by those people who are aware of the discussions of the philosophy of politics and law on the question of sovereignty.
24| This would signify that every particle in the universe has always been extolling the glory of its Creator and Sustainer in the past, is doing 60 at present and will continue to do the same in the future for ever and ever | For its explanation, see E |
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| Huruf lam yang terdapat pada lafal lillaah adalah huruf zaidah; dan di sini dipakai lafal maa, karena lebih memprioritaskan yang mayoritas dan Dialah Yang Maha Perkasa di dalam kerajaan-Nya lagi Maha Bijaksana di dalam perbuatan-Nya | Melayu - Basmeih : Segala yang ada di langit dan di bumi tetap mengucap tasbih kepada Allah; dan Dia lah Yang Maha Kuasa lagi Maha Bijaksana• Dan Dia-lah Yang Maha Perkasa di dalam kerajaan-Nya lagi Maha Bijaksana di dalam perbuatan-Nya |
But obviously, neither can un limited sovereignty be actually attained by a human power, nor is it possible for a king, or a parliament, or a nation, or a party that it may use the sovereignty attained by it in a limited circle faultlessly and harmlessly.
5| 中国语文 - Ma Jian : 凡在天地间的，都赞颂真主超绝万物，他是万能的，是至睿的。 Melayu - Basmeih : Segala yang ada di langit dan yang ada di bumi tetap mengucap tasbih kepada Allah; dan Dia lah Yang Maha Kuasa lagi Maha Bijaksana• English - Sahih International : Whatever is in the heavens and earth exalts Allah and He is the Exalted in Might the Wise• It says that no one except Allah in this universe is possessor of absolute power, and with this unlimited power He alone is faultless, All-Wise and All-Knowing, Compassionate and Forgiving, and Praiseworthy and Generous in His dealings with Hid subjects | There is another fine point here, which one should fully understand |
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| That is why the philosophers who regarded a single man, or a man-made institution, or an assembly of men as the holder of this power, have had to presume that he or it would be infallible | Here sabbaha has been used in the past tense; at other places yusabbihu has been used which includes both the present and the future tenses |
At the mere concept of this infinite and un-limited power, man's common-sense necessarily demands that whoever attains to such power, should be faultless and perfect in knowledge and wisdom, for if the one holding this power is ignorant, merciless and evil, his sovereignty will inevitably lead to wickedness and corurption.