كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
Kazaalika yubaiyinul laahu lakum aayaatihee la'allakum ta'qiloon
Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you might use reason.
اسی طرح خدا اپنے احکام تمہارے لئے بیان فرماتا ہے تاکہ تم سمجھو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse 241: The divorced women deserve a benefit
Providing compensatory benefits (` mata متاع `) for divorced women has also been dealt with in verses earlier than this, but that was restricted to two types of divorced women who were divorced before privacy and consummation. The first case of providi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So in the same way that He has explained to you what has been mentioned God makes clear His signs for you so that you might understand reflect.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Ayah (2:240) was abrogated
The majority of the scholars said that this Ayah (2:240) was abrogated by the Ayah (2:234), what Allah said:
يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا
(...they (the wives) shall wait (as regards their marriage) for four months and ten days.) (2:234)
For in...
إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلْبُكْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Inna sharrad dawaaabbi 'indal laahis summul bukmul lazeena laa ya'qiloon
Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason.
کچھ شک نہیں کہ خدا کے نزدیک تمام جانداروں سے بدتر بہرے گونگے ہیں جو کچھ نہیں سمجھتے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The third verse (22) strongly condemns those who do not listen to what is the truth thoughtfully and let it go unaccepted. The Qur'an has declared such people to be worse than animals. The words used are: إِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَابِّ عِندَ اللَّـهِ الصُّمُّ الْبُكْمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿22﴾ (Sure...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Surely the worst of beasts in God’s sight are those who are deaf to hearing the truth and dumb unable to utter it those who do not understand.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to obey Allah and His Messenger
Allah commands His believing servants to obey Him and His Messenger and warns them against defying him and imitating the disbelievers who reject him. Allah said,
وَلاَ تَوَلَّوْاْ عَنْهُ
(and turn not away from him...), neither refrain from obeying him or ...
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تُؤْمِنَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَجْعَلُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Wa maa kaana linafsin an tu'mina illaa bi iznil laah; wa yaj'alur rijsa 'alal lazeena laa ya'qiloon
And it is not for a soul to believe except by permission of Allah, and He will place defilement upon those who will not use reason.
حالانکہ کسی شخص کو قدرت نہیں ہے کہ خدا کے حکم کے بغیر ایمان لائے۔ اور جو لوگ بےعقل ہیں ان پر وہ (کفر وذلت کی) نجاست ڈالتا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the seventh verse (98), the heedless deniers of truth have been admonished for their failure to make the optimum use of the time of life allowed to them. There was still time for them to leave denial and contumacy. Otherwise, an ominous time was due to come when they will make Taubah but their Ta...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And it is not for any soul to believe save by the permission of God by His will and He causes abomination chastisement to fall upon those who have no understanding those who do not reflect upon God’s signs.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): It is not Part of Allah's Decree to compel Belief
Allah said:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ
(And had your Lord willed) meaning `O Muhammad, if it had been the will of your Lord, He would make all the people of the earth believe in what you have brought to them. But Allah has wisdom in what He does.' Similarl...
وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِى هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِى ضَيْفِىٓ أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَّشِيدٌ
Wa jaaa'ahoo qawmuhoo yuhra'oona ilaihi wa min qablu kaanoo ya'maloonas saiyiaat; qaala yaa qawmi haaa'ulaaa'i banaatee hunna atharu lakum fattaqul laaha wa laa tukhzooni fee daifee alaisa minkum rajulur rasheed
And his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds. He said, "O my people, these are my daughters; they are purer for you. So fear Allah and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"
اور لوط کی قوم کے لوگ ان کے پاس بےتحاشا دوڑتے ہوئے آئے اور یہ لوگ پہلے ہی سے فعل شنیع کیا کرتے تھے۔ لوط نے کہا کہ اے قوم! یہ (جو) میری (قوم کی) لڑکیاں ہیں، یہ تمہارے لیے (جائز اور) پاک ہیں۔ تو خدا سے ڈرو اور میرے مہمانوں کے (بارے) میں میری آبرو نہ کھوؤ۔ کیا تم میں کوئی بھی شائستہ آدمی نہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Things turned out as Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) had first apprehended. This finds mention in the second verse (78): وَجَاءَهُ قَوْمُهُ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ (And his people came to him, rushing upon him) - and they were already used to committing evil deeds.
It has been hinted here that such was the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And his people when they became aware of them came to him running hastening towards him — and previously before they came they had been committing abominations namely penetrative sexual intercourse with men. He Lot said ‘O my people! Here are my daughters marry with them; they are purer for you. So ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Coming of the Angels to Lut, His Grief, and His Discussion with His People
Allah, the Exalted, informs about the coming of His messenger angels. After they informed Ibrahim of their mission to destroy the people of Lut, they left him and set out to destroy Lut's people that very night. After lea...
أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
Am tahsabu annna aksarahum yasma'oona aw ya''qiloon; in hum illaa kal an'aami bal hum adallu sabeelan
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.
یا تم یہ خیال کرتے ہو کہ ان میں اکثر سنتے یا سمجھتے ہیں (نہیں) یہ تو چوپایوں کی طرح ہیں بلکہ ان سے بھی زیادہ گمراہ ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Following forbidden things - a type of idolatry
أَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ (Tell me about the one who has taken his desire as his god - 25:43). The one who practises forbidden things which are against the tenets of Islam to satisfy his personal desires is described in this verse as...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Or do you suppose that most of them listen listening so as to understand or comprehend? what you say to them? They are but as the cattle — nay but they are further astray from the way further from these cattle upon the path of misguidance for at least they cattle yield to the person who looks after ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How the Disbelievers mocked the Messenger
Allah tells us how the disbelievers mocked the Messenger when they saw him. This is like the Ayah,
وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً
(And when the disbelievers see you, they take you not except for mockery) (21:36), which me...
وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَمَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتُهَا وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Wa maaa ooteetum min shai'in famataa'ul hayaatid dunyaa wa zeenatuhaa; wa maa 'indal laahi khairunw wa abqaa; afalaa ta'qiloon
And whatever thing you [people] have been given - it is [only for] the enjoyment of worldly life and its adornment. And what is with Allah is better and more lasting; so will you not use reason?
اور جو چیز تم کو دی گئی ہے وہ دنیا کی زندگی کا فائدہ اور اس کی زینت ہے۔ اور جو خدا کے پاس ہے وہ بہتر اور باقی رہنے والی ہے۔ کیا تم سمجھتے نہیں؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَمَا عِندَ اللَّـهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ (And that which is with Allah is much better and far more lasting - 28:60). That is the mundane wealth and comforts are all mortal. But the recompense one would get in the Hereafter for the good deeds done in the world is much superior and everlasting as compa...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And whatever things you have been given are only the short-lived enjoyment of the life of this world and an ornament thereof in other words things which you enjoy and adorn yourselves with for the days of your lives after which they perish; and what is with God in other words His reward is better an...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): This World is transient and the One Whose concern is this World is not equal to the One Whose concern is the Hereafter
Allah tells us about the insignificance of this world and its contemptible adornments which are nothing in comparison to the great and lasting delights which Allah prepared for His ...
وَبِٱلَّيْلِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Wa billail; afalaa ta'qiloon
And at night. Then will you not use reason?
اور رات کو بھی۔ تو کیا تم عقل نہیں رکھتے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Mentioned in these verses is the fifth event that relates to Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) . This event has appeared at several places earlier, therefore, no more details are needed. Here, the people of Makkah have been particularly admonished that they passed by the site of Sadum (Sodom) da...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and at night will you O people of Mecca not then understand? what befell them and so take heed therefrom?
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Destruction of the People of Lut (Lot)
Allah tells us that He sent His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him, to his people, and they denied him, so Allah saved him from among them, him and his family with the exception of his wife, who was destroyed along with her people. Allah destroyed...
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَكَ مِن وَرَآءِ ٱلْحُجُرَٰتِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Innal lazeena yunaadoo naka minw waraaa'il hujuraati aksaruhum laa ya'qiloon
Indeed, those who call you, [O Muhammad], from behind the chambers - most of them do not use reason.
جو لوگ تم کو حجروں کے باہر سے آواز دیتے ہیں ان میں اکثر بےعقل ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: الَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَكَ مِن وَرَاءِ الْحُجُرَاتِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ (As for those who call you from behind the apartments, most of them lack understanding. - 49:4) In this verse, Allah Ta’ ala has mentioned a third etiquette about dealing with the Holy Prophet ﷺ . It is directed that whe...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The following was revealed regarding a group of people who came to see the Prophet s during the midday resting period while he was in his house and called out to him Truly those who call you from behind the apartments the private chambers of his womenfolk hujurāt is the plural of hujra which is an a...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Admonishing Those Who call the Prophet from behind Dwellings
Allah the Exalted and Most Blessed admonished those, such as the uncivilized bedouins, who used to call to the Prophet from behind the dwellings which belong to his wives,
أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ
(most of them have no sense.) Allah th...
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِىٓ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ
Wa qaaloo law kunnaa nasma'u awna'qilu maa kunnaa feee as haabis sa'eer
And they will say, "If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze."
اور کہیں گے اگر ہم سنتے یا سمجھتے ہوتے تو دوزخیوں میں نہ ہوتے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ (And We have decorated the nearest sky with lamps, and have made them devices to stone the devils, and We have prepared for them the punishment of Hell....67:5). The word 'masabih' (translated above as 'la...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they will say ‘Had we listened that is listening so as to understand or comprehended that is comprehension entailing reflection upon the truth we would not have been among the inhabitants of the Blaze’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Description of Hell and Those Who will enter into it
Allah the Exalted says,
وَ
(and) meaning, `and We have prepared,'
لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْبِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ
(for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the torment of Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.) This...
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
اور بے شک یہ چیزیں عقلمندوں کے نزدیک قسم کھانے کے لائق ہیں کہ (کافروں کو ضرور عذاب ہو گا)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ (and by the even and the odd,...89:3). The Qur'an has not
specified what the words 'the even' and 'the odd' refer to. Therefore, the commentators have assigned different interpretations to them. Nevertheless, it has been mentioned in a Prophetic Hadith narrated by Abu-z-Zubai...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Is there in that oath an oath for one of sense? one of intellect the response to the oath has been omitted that is to say it is to be understood as something like la-tu‘adhdhabunna yā kuffāra Makka ‘you will assuredly be chastised O disbelievers of Mecca!’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
Recitation of Surat Al-Fajr in the Prayer
An-Nasa'i recorded a narration from Jabir that Mu`adh prayed a prayer and a man came and joined him in the prayer. Mu`adh made the prayer long, so the man went and prayed (alone) at the side of the Masjid, and then left. When Mu`...