إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
Innaaa anzalnaahu quraanan 'Arabiyyal la 'allakum ta'qiloon
Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.
ہم نے اس قرآن کو عربی میں نازل کیا ہے تاکہ تم سمجھ سکو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The statement made in verse 2 following immediately is: إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ (Surely, We have sent it down, an Arabic Qur’ an, so that you may understand).
It is indicative of the situation that those who had asked to be informed of what had happened to ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: We have revealed it as an Arabic Qur’ān in the language of the Arabs so that you O people of Mecca might understand comprehend its meaning.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Qualities of the Qur'an
In the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah we talked about the separate letters, Allah said,
تِلْكَ ءايَـتُ الْكِتَـبِ
(These are the verses of the Book) ...
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ حُكْمًا عَرَبِيًّا وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم بَعْدَ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا وَاقٍ
Wa kazaalika anzalnaahu hukman 'Arabiyyaa; wa la'init taba'ta ahwaaa 'ahum ba'da maa jaaa'aka minal 'ilmi maa laka minal laahi minw waliyinw wa laa waaq
And thus We have revealed it as an Arabic legislation. And if you should follow their inclinations after what has come to you of knowledge, you would not have against Allah any ally or any protector.
اور اسی طرح ہم نے اس قرآن کو عربی زبان کا فرمان نازل کیا ہے۔ اور اگر تم علم (ودانش) آنے کے بعد ان لوگوں کی خواہشوں کے پیچھے چلو گے تو خدا کے سامنے کوئی نہ تمہارا مددگار ہوگا اور نہ کوئی بچانے والا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the verse: أَفَمَنْ هُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ (Is then He, who is watchful over everyone ... 33), the ignorance and irrationality of the disbelievers has been exposed by saying that these people are certainly short on sense when they equate inert idols with His pure Being, a Being that wat...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And so just like that manner of revelation We have revealed it that is the Qur’ān as a decisive judgement in Arabic in the language of the Arabs for you to judge thereby between people. And if you should follow their whims that is those of the disbelievers in that to which they summon you of their c...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Truthful Ones from among the People of the Scriptures rejoice at what Allah has revealed to Muhammad ﷺ
Allah said,
وَالَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـهُمُ الْكِتَـبَ
(Those to whom We have given the Book,) and they adhere by it,
يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ
(rejoice at what has been revealed unto you,)...
وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرٌ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِى يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِىٌّ وَهَٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِىٌّ مُّبِينٌ
Wa laqad na'lamu annahum yaqooloona innamaa yu'allimuhoo bashar; lisaanul lazee yulhidoona ilaihi a'ja miyyunw wa haaza lisaanun 'Arabiyyum mubeen
And We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches the Prophet." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, and this Qur'an is [in] a clear Arabic language.
اور ہمیں معلوم ہے کہ یہ کہتے ہیں کہ اس (پیغمبر) کو ایک شخص سکھا جاتا ہے۔ مگر جس کی طرف (تعلیم کی) نسبت کرتے ہیں اس کی زبان تو عجمی ہے اور یہ صاف عربی زبان ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sequence of Verses
In the previous verse (98), there was an instruction to say اَعُوذ بِاللہ 'a udhu bil-lah' (I seek protection with Allah) while reciting the Qur’ an which indicates that the Shaitan puts scruples in the heart when one recites the Qur'an. In the verses cited above, there is a refut...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily wa-laqad is for confirmation We know that they say ‘It is only a human that is teaching him the Qur’ān’ — this was a Christian blacksmith whom the Prophet s used to frequent. God exalted be He says The tongue the language of him to whom they refer to whom they incline with the accusation ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators' Claim that the Qur'an was taught by a Human, and the Refutation of their Claim
Allah tells us about the idolators' lies, allegations, and slander when they claimed that this Qur'an which Muhammad had recited for them, was actually taught to him by a human. They referred to a foreign (...
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوْمًا لُّدًّا
Fa innamaa yassarnaahu bilisaanika litubashshira bihil muttaqeena wa tunzira bihee qawmal luddaa
So, [O Muhammad], We have only made Qur'an easy in the Arabic language that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.
(اے پیغمبر) ہم نے یہ (قرآن) تمہاری زبان میں آسان (نازل) کیا ہے تاکہ تم اس سے پرہیزگاروں کو خوشخبری پہنچا دو اور جھگڑالوؤں کو ڈر سنا دو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ وُدًّا
"For them the Rahman (All-Merciful) will create love." - 19:96.
It means that for those who are steadfast in their faith in Him, Allah creates an environment of friendship and love for each other, which consequently promotes mutual amity and goodwill among the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed We have made it easy namely the Qur’ān in your tongue only that you may bear good tidings therewith to the God-fearing those who will be prosperous because of their faith and warn threaten therewith a folk who are contumacious luddan the accusative plural of aladd in other words extremely dis...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah places Love of the Righteous People in the Hearts
Allah, the Exalted, informs about His believing servants, who work righteous deeds -- deeds that He is pleased with because they are in accordance with the legislation of Muhammad -- that He plants love for them in the hearts of His righteous s...
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا وَصَرَّفْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْوَعِيدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ أَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًا
Wa kazaalika anzalnaahu Qur-aanan 'Arabiyyanw wa sarrafnaa fee hi minal wa'eedi la'allahum yattaqoona aw yuhdisu lahum zikraa
And thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance.
اور ہم نے اس کو اسی طرح کا قرآن عربی نازل کیا ہے اور اس میں طرح طرح کے ڈراوے بیان کردیئے ہیں تاکہ لوگ پرہیزگار بنیں یا خدا ان کے لئے نصیحت پیدا کردے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ (رضی The Day when the Horn الصُّورِ [ Sur ] will be blown - 20:102) According to Sayyidna Ibn ` Umar اللہ تعالیٰ عنہما ، a Bedouin الصُّورِ asked the Holy Prophet ﷺ about صُور (the Horn) to which he replied that it is something like a horn which will be blown, meaning thereby...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Thus kadhālika a supplement to the previous kadhālika naqussu ‘thus We relate’ Q. 2099 just as We have revealed what has been mentioned We have revealed it that is the Qur’ān as an Arabic Qur’ān and We have distributed We have repeated in it statements of threats so that they may fear associating ot...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Qur'an was revealed so that the People would have Taqwa and reflect
After Allah, the Exalted, mentions that on the Day of Judgement both the good and the evil will be recompensed and there is no avoiding it, He then explains that the Qur'an was revealed as a bringer of glad tidings and a warner ...
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ
Bilisaanin 'Arabiyyim mubeen
In a clear Arabic language.
اور (القا بھی) فصیح عربی زبان میں (کیا ہے)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Qur’ an is the name of the collection of its words and meanings
نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ ﴿193﴾ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ ﴿194﴾ بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ ﴿195﴾ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿196﴾
It is brought by the Trusted Spirit down [ 193] to you...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: in a clear Arabic tongue a variant reading for nazala ‘he brought down’ verse 193 has nuzzila ‘was sent down’ and al-rūha ‘the Spirit’ in the accusative the subject of the verb being God.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Qur'an was revealed by Allah
Here Allah tells us about the Book which He revealed to His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ.
وَأَنَّهُ
(And truly, this) refers to the Qur'an, which at the beginning of the Surah was described as
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَـنِ مُحْدَثٍ
(and never co...
قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا غَيْرَ ذِى عِوَجٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ
Qur-aanan 'Arabiyyan ghaira zee 'iwajil la'allahum yattaqoon
[It is] an Arabic Qur'an, without any deviance that they might become righteous.
یہ) قرآن عربی (ہے) جس میں کوئی عیب (اور اختلاف) نہیں تاکہ وہ ڈر مانیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Verse أَفَمَن يَتَّقِي بِوَجْهِهِ (Tell Me about the one who tries to save himself from the worst punishment with his face ...) carries a description of the terrifying scenario of Jahannam. If one faces something hurtful in his mortal life, he tries to fight it off by using his hands and ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: an Arabic Qur’ān qur’ānan ‘arabiyyan a circumstantial qualifier for emphasis without any deviation that is without any contradiction or variance that perhaps they may guard themselves against disbelief.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Parable of Shirk
وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ
(And indeed We have put forth for men, in this Qur'an every kind of parable) means, `We have explained things to mankind in it the Qur'an by setting forth examples and parables.'
لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
(in...
كِتَٰبٌ فُصِّلَتْ ءَايَٰتُهُۥ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ
Kitaabun fussilat Aayaatuhoo Qur-aanan 'Arabiyyal liqawminy ya'lamoon
A Book whose verses have been detailed, an Arabic Qur'an for a people who know,
کتاب جس کی آیتیں واضح (المعانی) ہیں (یعنی) قرآن عربی ان لوگوں کے لئے جو سمجھ رکھتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: And after stating these qualities, it is said towards the end of the verse-3, لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ (for a people who understand) which means that the verses of the Holy Qur'an being in Arabic, their being clear and evident and their communicating good news as well as warnings can only benefit those...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: A Book kitābun the predicate thereof whose signs have been set out in detail whose signs have been expounded through various rulings stories and admonitions as an Arabic Qur’ān qur’ānan ‘arabiyyan a circumstantial qualifier referring to kitābun ‘a Book’ by qualifying it adjectivally for a people li-...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Description of the Qur'an, and what Those Who turn away from it say.
حـم - تَنزِيلٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(Ha Mim. A revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merc...
وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَٰهُ قُرْءَانًا أَعْجَمِيًّا لَّقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ ءَايَٰتُهُۥٓ ءَا۬عْجَمِىٌّ وَعَرَبِىٌّ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ هُدًى وَشِفَآءٌ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ
Wa law ja'alnaahu Qur-aanan A'jamiyyal laqaaloo law laa fussilat Aayaatuhoo 'a A'jamiyyunw wa 'Arabiyy; qul huwa lillazeena aamanoo hudanw wa shifaaa'unw wallazeena la yu'minoona feee aazaanihim waqrunw wa huwa 'alaihim 'amaa; ulaaa'ika yunaadawna mim maakaanim ba'eed
And if We had made it a non-Arabic Qur'an, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." And those who do not believe - in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are being called from a distant place.
اور اگر ہم اس قرآن کو غیر زبان عرب میں (نازل) کرتے تو یہ لوگ کہتے کہ اس کی آیتیں (ہماری زبان میں) کیوں کھول کر بیان نہیں کی گئیں۔ کیا (خوب کہ قرآن تو) عجمی اور (مخاطب) عربی۔ کہہ دو کہ جو ایمان لاتے ہیں ان کے لئے (یہ) ہدایت اور شفا ہے۔ اور جو ایمان نہیں لاتے ان کے کانوں میں گرانی (یعنی بہراپن) ہے اور یہ ان کے حق میں (موجب) نابینائی ہے۔ گرانی کے سبب ان کو (گویا) دور جگہ سے آواز دی جاتی ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَأَعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ (Is it a non- Arabic [ book ] and an Arab [ messenger ]? - 44) The original word used for non-Arabic in the text is a'jamiyy (with hamza before the letter 'ain) which is an Arabic term for ` ineloquent speech', while ` ajam' (without hamzah in its beginning) means any nati...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And had We made it namely the Remembrance a non-Arabic Qur’ān they would have said ‘Why have its signs not been explained clearly? so that we might understand them? What! a Qur’ān that is non-Arabic and an Arab prophet?’ this is an interrogative of denial spoken by them; read a-a‘jamiyyun pronouncin...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Rejection of the Qur'an is pure Stubbornness
Allah tells us that the Qur'an is so eloquent and perfect in its wording and meanings, yet despite that the idolators do not believe in it. He tells us that their disbelief is the disbelief of stubbornness, as He says elsewhere:
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَـهُ عَلَى ...
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
Innaa ja'alnaahu Quraanan 'Arabiyyal la'allakum ta'qiloon
Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.
کہ ہم نے اس کو قرآن عربی بنایا ہے تاکہ تم سمجھو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
This Surah is Makki, although Muqatil رحمۃ اللہ علیہ has said that the verse وَاسْأَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا (43:45) is Madam, and according to another view, this Surah was revealed in Heaven during Lailat-ul-Mi` raj (the Night of Ascention) (Ruh u1-Ma’ ani) - Allah knows best.
Ha Meem- Only ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Lo! We have made it We have brought the Book into existence as an Arabic Qur’ān in the language of the Arabs that perhaps you O people of Mecca may understand that you may comprehend its meanings.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
حـم - تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَـبِ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ
(Ha-Mim. By the manifest Book.) means, plain and clear in both wording and meaning, because it was revealed in the langu...
وَمِن قَبْلِهِۦ كِتَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامًا وَرَحْمَةً وَهَٰذَا كِتَٰبٌ مُّصَدِّقٌ لِّسَانًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Wa min qablihee kitaabu Moosaaa imaamanw-wa rahmah; wa haazaa Kitaabum musad diqul lisaanan 'Arabiyyal liyunziral lazeena zalamoo wa bushraa lilmuhsineen
And before it was the scripture of Moses to lead and as a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have wronged and as good tidings to the doers of good.
اور اس سے پہلے موسیٰ کی کتاب تھی (لوگوں کے لئے) رہنما اور رحمت۔ اور یہ کتاب عربی زبان میں ہے اسی کی تصدیق کرنے والی تاکہ ظالموں کو ڈرائے۔ اور نیکوکاروں کو خوشخبری سنائے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَمِن قَبْلِهِ كِتَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِمَامًا وَرَحْمَةً (And before this, there was the Book of Musa, a guide and a mercy. - 46:12) This verse, for one thing, gives proof of the statement mentioned in verse 9 that the Holy Prophet ﷺ is not an unprecedented messenger and Qur'an is not a singular divine B...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Yet before it that is before the Qur’ān there was the Book of Moses that is the Torah as a guidepost and a mercy for those who believed in it imāman wa-rahmatan are two circumstantial qualifiers and this Qur’ān is a Book that confirms scriptures before it in the Arabic tongue lisānan ‘arabiyyan is a...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Qur'an is Allah's True Speech and the Position of the Disbelievers and the Muslims towards it
Allah says,
قُلْ
(Say) meaning, `O Muhammad to these idolators who disbelieve in the Qur'an.'
أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كَانَ
(Tell me! If it was) meaning, this Qur'an.
مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُمْ بِهِ
(from...