وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ فَٱدْعُوهُ بِهَا وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِىٓ أَسْمَٰٓئِهِۦ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Wa lillaahil Asmaaa 'ul Husnaa fad'oohu bihaa wa zarul lazeena yulhidoona feee Asmaaa'ih; sa yujzawna maa kaanoo ya'maloon
And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. And leave [the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names. They will be recompensed for what they have been doing.
اور خدا کے سب نام اچھے ہی اچھے ہیں۔ تو اس کو اس کے ناموں سے پکارا کرو اور جو لوگ اس کے ناموں میں کجی اختیار کرتے ہیں ان کو چھوڑ دو۔ وہ جو کچھ کر رہے ہیں عنقریب اس کی سزا پائیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: This verse has a relationship with the preceding verses in the sense that the people of Hell discussed above did not use their abilities in seeking the everlasting comforts of the Hereafter, and made themselves liable to eternal punishment. The present verse has provided with remedy of their disease...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And to God belong the ninety nine Most Beautiful Names — mentioned in hadīth — al-husnā is the feminine for al-ahsan so invoke name Him by them and leave those who blaspheme His Names yulhidūn ‘they blaspheme’ from fourth form alhada or first form lahada meaning ‘those who incline away from the trut...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah's Most Beautiful Names
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«إِنَّ للهِ تِسْعًا وَتِسْعِينَ اسْمًا مِائَةً إِلَّا وَاحِدًا، مَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَهُوَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْر»
(Verily, Allah has ninety-nine Names, a hundred less one; whoever counts (and prese...
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًا
Qulid'ul laaha awid'ur Rahmaana ayyam maa tad'oo falahul asmaaa'ul Husnaa; wa laa tajhar bi Salaatika wa laa tukhaafit bihaa wabtaghi baina zaalika sabeela
Say, "Call upon Allah or call upon the Most Merciful. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way.
کہہ دو کہ تم (خدا کو) الله (کے نام سے) پکارو یا رحمٰن (کے نام سے) جس نام سے پکارو اس کے سب اچھے نام ہیں۔ اور نماز نہ بلند آواز سے پڑھو اور نہ آہستہ بلکہ اس کے بیچ کا طریقہ اختیار کرو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
These are the last verses of Surah Bani Isra'il (Al-'Isra' ). The Surah began with a declaration of the purity and oneness of Allah Ta’ ala, and this is how it is being concluded. The revelation of these verses was based on some events. The first one came to pass on a certain day when the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The Prophet s would often say ‘O God O Compassionate One’. So they said ‘He Muhammad (s) forbids us to worship more than one god and yet he calls upon another god together with Him God’. The following was then revealed Say to them ‘Invoke God or invoke the Compassionate One that is to say invoke Him...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): To Allah belong the Most Beautiful Names
Allah says:
قُلْ
(Say) O Muhammad, to these idolators who deny that Allah possesses the attribute of mercy and refuse to call Him Ar-Rahman,
ادْعُواْ اللَّهَ أَوِ ادْعُواْ الرَّحْمَـنَ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُواْ فَلَهُ الاٌّسْمَآءَ الْحُسْنَى
("Invoke Allah or inv...
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
Allaahu laaa ilasha illaa Huwa lahul Asmaaa'ul Husnaa
Allah - there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names.
(وہ معبود برحق ہے کہ) اس کے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں ہے۔ اس کے (سب) نام اچھے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى (Knows the secret and what is even more hidden - 20:7). سِرّ (Sirr: Secret) means something which a man hides in his heart and which is not known to anyone else and ) اخفٰی (what is more hidden) means a thought which has not even formed in his mind and will take shape la...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: God — there is no god save Him. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names the ninety nine Names cited in the hadīth al-husnā is the feminine form of al-ahsan ‘the best’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed at Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Qur'an is a Reminder and a Revelation from Allah
We have already discussed the separated letters at the beginning of Surah Al-Baqarah, so there is no need to repeat its...
خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
Khaalideena feeha wa'dal laahi haqqaa; wa Huwal 'Azeezul Hakeem
Wherein they abide eternally; [it is] the promise of Allah [which is] truth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
ہمیشہ اُن میں رہیں گے۔ خدا کا وعدہ سچا ہے اور وہ غالب حکمت والا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The word: اشتراء (ishtira) in: وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ (And from among the people who buys the distracting amusement of things - 31:6) literally means 'to buy.' And on occasions, the same word is used in the sense of 'doing an act instead of another' - as in: أُولَـٰئِكَ الّ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: abiding therein khālidīna fīhā is a circumstantial qualification of a future status in other words their abiding therein will have been ordained once they enter it — a promise of God in truth that is to say God promised them this and realised it in truth; and He is the Mighty Whom nothing can overwh...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Good Destiny of the Believers
Here Allah mentions the destiny of the righteous in the Hereafter, those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and do righteous deeds in accordance with the Laws of Allah.
لَهُمْ جَنَّـتُ النَّعِيمِ
(for them are Gardens of Delight.) means, there they will enjoy al...
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Huwal-laahul-lazee laaa Ilaaha illaa Huwa 'Aalimul Ghaibi wash-shahaada; Huwar Rahmaanur-Raheem
He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
وہی خدا ہے جس کے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں۔ پوشیدہ اور ظاہر کا جاننے والا ہے وہ بڑا مہربان نہایت رحم والا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: A Few of Allah's Attributes of Perfection
Having urged the people to be concerned about the Hereafter and having asserted the greatness of the Qur'an, this Surah is concluded with a few of Allah's attributes of perfection, as follows:
الِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ (...the Knower of the unseen and t...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He is God than Whom there is no other god Knower of the unseen and the visible what is secret and what is proclaimed — He is the Compassionate the Merciful.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Asserting the Greatness of the Qur'an
Allah the Exalted emphasizes the greatness of the Qur'an, its high status and of being worthy of making hearts humble and rent asunder upon hearing it, because of the true promises and sure threats that it contains,
لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانَ عَلَى جَبَ...
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ ٱلْمُهَيْمِنُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْجَبَّارُ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
Huwal-laahul-lazee laaa Ilaaha illaa Huwal-Malikul Quddoosus-Salaamul Muminul Muhaiminul-'aAzeezul Jabbaarul-Mutakabbir; Subhaanal laahi 'Ammaa yushrikoon
He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
وہی خدا ہے جس کے سوا کوئی عبادت کے لائق نہیں۔ بادشاہ (حقیقی) پاک ذات (ہر عیب سے) سلامتی امن دینے والا نگہبان غالب زبردست بڑائی والا۔ خدا ان لوگوں کے شریک مقرر کرنے سے پاک ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: الْقُدُّوسُ The attribute Al-Quddus means 'the Most Pure from all defects', that is, Allah is the Being Who is free from all kinds of defect, deficiency and imperfection which are not in conformity to His Supreme status.
الْمُؤْمِنُ The word mu'min, when applied to a human being, means a believer, b...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He is God than Whom there is no other god the King the Holy the One sanctified from what does not befit Him the Peace unblemished by any defects the Securer the One Who confirms the sincerity of His messengers by creating miracles for them the Guardian al-muhaymin derives from haymana yuhayminu mean...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Asserting the Greatness of the Qur'an
Allah the Exalted emphasizes the greatness of the Qur'an, its high status and of being worthy of making hearts humble and rent asunder upon hearing it, because of the true promises and sure threats that it contains,
لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانَ عَلَى جَبَ...
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُ ٱلْبَارِئُ ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
Huwal Laahul Khaaliqul Baari 'ul Musawwir; lahul Asmaaa'ul Husnaa; yusabbihu lahoo maa fis samaawaati wal ardi wa Huwal 'Azeezul Hakeem
He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
وہی خدا (تمام مخلوقات کا) خالق۔ ایجاد واختراع کرنے والا صورتیں بنانے والا اس کے سب اچھے سے اچھے نام ہیں۔ جتنی چیزیں آسمانوں اور زمین میں ہیں سب اس کی تسبیح کرتی ہیں اور وہ غالب حکمت والا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: الْمُصَوِّرُ (...the Originator of all Shapes....59:24) In other words, He gives shape to everything He creates. He has given particular shapes to all creatures whereby they are distinguished from one another. Every species has a shape distinguishable from all other species. Within one species too,...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He is God the Creator the Maker the Originator from nothing the Shaper. To Him belong the ninety nine Most Beautiful Names cited in hadīth al-husnā is the feminine of al-ahsan. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorify Him and He is the Mighty the Wise — already explained at the beginning of ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Asserting the Greatness of the Qur'an
Allah the Exalted emphasizes the greatness of the Qur'an, its high status and of being worthy of making hearts humble and rent asunder upon hearing it, because of the true promises and sure threats that it contains,
لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانَ عَلَى جَبَ...
عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
'Aalimul-Ghaibi wash-shahaadatil 'Azeezul Hakeem
Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
پوشیدہ اور ظاہر کا جاننے والا غالب اور حکمت والا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَاتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ (So, observe taqwa [ total obedience to Allah in awe of Him ] as far as you can…64:16). When the verse اتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ (…Observe taqwa as is His due…3:102] was revealed, the blessed Companions felt it very difficult, because it was impossible f...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Knower of the Unseen the hidden and the visible the disclosed the Mighty in His kingdom the Wise in His actions.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Warning against the Fitnah of Spouses and Offspring
Allah states that some wives and children are enemies to their husbands and fathers, in that they might be busied with them rather than with performing the good deeds. Allah said in another Ayah,
يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَ...