وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلْخَٰشِعِينَ
Wasta'eenoo bissabri was Salaah; wa innahaa lakabee ratun illaa alal khaashi'een
And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah]
اور (رنج وتکلیف میں) صبر اور نماز سے مدد لیا کرو اور بے شک نماز گراں ہے، مگر ان لوگوں پر (گراں نہیں) جو عجز کرنے والے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Khushu` خشوع : The Humbleness of Heart
Verse 45 speaks of the humble in heart. The "humbleness of heart" (Khushu خشوع `), which the Holy Qur'an and the Hadith speak of, connotes a restfulness of heart and humility arising out of the awareness of Allah's majesty and of one's own insignificance in com...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Seek help ask for assistance in your affairs in patience by restraining the soul in the face of that which it dislikes; and prayer. The singling out of this for mention is a way of emphasising its great importance; in one hadīth it is stated ‘When something bothered the Prophet s he would immediatel...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Support that comes with Patience and Prayer
Allah commanded His servants to use patience and prayer to acquire the good of this life and the Hereafter. Muqatil bin Hayan said that this Ayah means, "Utilize patience and the obligatory prayer in seeking the Hereafter. As for patience (here), they ...
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
Yaaa ayyuhal laazeena aamanus ta'eenoo bissabri was Salaah; innal laaha ma'as-saabireen
O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.
اے ایمان والو صبر اور نماز سے مدد لیا کرو بےشک خدا صبر کرنے والوں کے ساتھ ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: As we have already seen, the enemies of Islam have been objecting to the change in the ‘orientation of Qiblah قبلہ ، wishing to produce in the minds of the people doubts about the validity of Islam as a religion. The earlier verses have, in answering these objections, removed all such misgivings. Bu...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O you who believe seek help regarding the Hereafter through patience in obedience and afflictions and prayer He singles it out for mention on account of its frequency and its greatness; surely God is with the patient helping them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Virtue of Patience and Prayer
After Allah commanded that He be appreciated, He ordained patience and prayer. It is a fact that the servant is either enjoying a bounty that he should be thankful for, or suffering a calamity that he should meet with patience. A Hadith states:
«عَجَبًا لِلْمُؤْمِنِ...
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
Wa lanablu wannakum bishai'im minal khawfi waljoo'i wa naqsim minal amwaali wal anfusi was samaraat; wa bashshiris saabireen
And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,
اور ہم کسی قدر خوف اور بھوک اور مال اور جانوں اور میوؤں کے نقصان سے تمہاری آزمائش کریں گے توصبر کرنے والوں کو (خدا کی خوشنودی کی) بشارت سنا دو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Earlier, alluding to an unpleasant incident, patience and steadfastness were inculcated and the excellence of Sabirun (the patient people) was mentioned. The next verses mention, in some detail, other unpleasant incidents and culminate in describing the excellence of pa-tience, and perseverance in i...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Surely We will try you with something of fear of an enemy and hunger by way of drought and diminution of goods as a result of destruction and lives as a result of slaughter death and disease and fruits by way of crop damage that is to say We will try you to see if you practise patience or not; yet g...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Believer is Patient with the Affliction and thus gains a Reward
Allah informs us that He tests and tries His servants, just as He said in another Ayah:
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتَّى نَعْلَمَ الْمُجَـهِدِينَ مِنكُمْ وَالصَّـبِرِينَ وَنَبْلُوَ أَخْبَـرَكُمْ
(And surely, We shall try you till We test ...
لَّيْسَ ٱلْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَءَاتَى ٱلْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ ذَوِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَٰهَدُوا۟ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ فِى ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَحِينَ ٱلْبَأْسِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ
Laisal birra an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibalal mashriqi walmaghribi wa laakinnal birra man aamana billaahi wal yawmil aakhiri wal malaaa 'ikati wal kitaabi wan nabiyyeena wa aatalmaala 'alaa hubbihee zawilqurbaa walyataa maa walmasaakeena wabnas sabeeli wassaaa'ileena wa firriqaabi wa aqaamas salaata wa aataz zakaata walmoofoona bi ahdihim izaa 'aahadoo wasaabireena fil baasaaa'i waddarraaa'i wa heenal baas; ulaaa'ikal lazeena sadaqoo wa ulaaa 'ika humul muttaqoon
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.
نیکی یہی نہیں کہ تم مشرق یا مغرب کو (قبلہ سمجھ کر ان) کی طرف منہ کرلو بلکہ نیکی یہ ہے کہ لوگ خدا پر اور روز آخرت پر اور فرشتوں پر اور (خدا کی) کتاب پر اور پیغمبروں پر ایمان لائیں۔ اور مال باوجود عزیز رکھنے کے رشتہ داروں اور یتیموں اور محتاجوں اور مسافروں اور مانگنے والوں کو دیں اور گردنوں (کے چھڑانے) میں (خرچ کریں) اور نماز پڑھیں اور زکوٰة دیں۔ اور جب عہد کرلیں تو اس کو پورا کریں۔ اور سختی اور تکلیف میں اور (معرکہ) کارزار کے وقت ثابت قدم رہیں۔ یہی لوگ ہیں جو (ایمان میں) سچے ہیں اور یہی ہیں جو (خدا سے) ڈرنے والے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: From the beginning to this point, the Sarah al-Baqarah is reaching its half-way mark. Until now, the message was addressed mostly to its deniers since the truth of the Holy Qur'an was the first thing to be established. In that context, mention was made of those who accepted it and those who rejected...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: It is not piety that you turn your faces in prayer to the East and to the West. This was revealed in response to the claim made by the Jews and the Christians to this effect. True piety that is the pious person al-birr is also read al-barr in the sense of al-bārr ‘the dutiful person’ is that of the ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Al-Birr (Piety, Righteousness)
This Ayah contains many great wisdoms, encompassing rulings and correct beliefs.
As for the explanation of this Ayah, Allah first commanded the believers to face Bayt Al-Maqdis, and then to face the Ka`bah during the prayer. This change was difficult for some of the Pe...
فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِٱلْجُنُودِ قَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُم بِنَهَرٍ فَمَن شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَمَن لَّمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّىٓ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةًۢ بِيَدِهِۦ فَشَرِبُوا۟ مِنْهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُۥ هُوَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ قَالُوا۟ لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ ٱللَّهِ كَم مِّن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةًۢ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
Falammaa fasala Taalootu biljunoodi qaala innal laaha mubtaleekum binaharin faman shariba minhu falaisa minnee wa mallam yat'amhu fa innahoo minneee illaa manigh tarafa ghurfatam biyadih; fashariboo minhu illaa qaleelamminhum; falammaa jaawazahoo huwa wallazeena aamanoo ma'ahoo qaaloo laa taaqata lanal yawma bi Jaaloota wa junoodih; qaalallazeena yazunnoona annahum mulaaqul laahi kam min fi'atin qaleelatin ghalabat fi'atan kaseeratam bi iznil laah; wallaahuma'as saabireen
And when Saul went forth with the soldiers, he said, "Indeed, Allah will be testing you with a river. So whoever drinks from it is not of me, and whoever does not taste it is indeed of me, excepting one who takes [from it] in the hollow of his hand." But they drank from it, except a [very] few of them. Then when he had crossed it along with those who believed with him, they said, "There is no power for us today against Goliath and his soldiers." But those who were certain that they would meet Allah said, "How many a small company has overcome a large company by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the patient."
غرض جب طالوت فوجیں لے کر روانہ ہوا تو اس نے (ان سے) کہا کہ خدا ایک نہر سے تمہاری آزمائش کرنے والا ہے۔ جو شخص اس میں سے پانی پی لے گا (اس کی نسبت تصور کیا جائے گا کہ) وہ میرا نہیں۔ اور جو نہ پئے گا وہ (سمجھا جائے گا کہ) میرا ہے۔ ہاں اگر کوئی ہاتھ سے چلو بھر پانی پی لے (تو خیر۔ جب وہ لوگ نہر پر پہنچے) تو چند شخصوں کے سوا سب نے پانی پی لیا۔ پھر جب طالوت اور مومن لوگ جو اس کے ساتھ تھے نہر کے پار ہوگئے۔ تو کہنے لگے کہ آج ہم میں جالوت اور اس کے لشکر سے مقابلہ کرنے کی طاقت نہیں۔ جو لوگ یقین رکھتے تھے کہ ان کو خدا کے روبرو حاضر ہونا ہے وہ کہنے لگے کہ بسااوقات تھوڑی سی جماعت نے خدا کے حکم سے بڑی جماعت پر فتح حاصل کی ہے اور خدا استقلال رکھنے والوں کے ساتھ ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse 249: قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ مُبْتَلِيكُم بِنَهَرٍ (He said: Allah is going to test you by a
river).
The wisdom behind this test, as perceived by this humble commentator, appears to be as follows. Not difficult to imagine is the excitement created on such occasions but there are not many who woul...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when Saul went forth with the hosts from the Holy House sc. Jerusalem the heat was intense and so they asked him for water; he said ‘God will try test you in order to distinguish the obedient among you from the disobedient with a river between Jordan and Palestine whoever drinks of it of its wat...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah states that Talut, the king of the Children of Israel, marched forth with his soldiers and the Israelites who obeyed him. His army was of eighty thousand then, according to As-Suddi, but Allah knows best. Talut said:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُم
(Verily, Allah will try you) meaning, He will test...
وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا۟ لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Wa lammaa barazoo liJaaloota wa junoodihee qaaloo Rabbanaaa afrigh 'alainaa sabranw wa sabbit aqdaamanaa wansurnaa 'alal qawmil kaafireen
And when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."
اور جب وہ لوگ جالوت اور اس کے لشکر کے مقابل آئے تو (خدا سے) دعا کی کہ اے پروردگار ہم پر صبر کے دہانے کھول دے اور ہمیں (لڑائی میں) ثابت قدم رکھ اور (لشکر) کفار پر فتحیاب کر
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse 249: قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ مُبْتَلِيكُم بِنَهَرٍ (He said: Allah is going to test you by a
river).
The wisdom behind this test, as perceived by this humble commentator, appears to be as follows. Not difficult to imagine is the excitement created on such occasions but there are not many who woul...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So when they went forth against Goliath and his troops facing them in military columns they said ‘Our Lord pour out upon us patience and make firm our feet by strengthening our hearts for this struggle and grant us victory over the disbelieving folk!’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): When the faithful party, who were few under the command of Talut, faced their enemy, who were many under the command of Jalut,
قَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا
(they invoked: "Our Lord! Pour forth on us patience...") meaning, send down patience on us from You.
وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا
(and...
ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلْمُنفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِٱلْأَسْحَارِ
Assaabireena wassaa diqeena walqaaniteena walmunfiqeena walmus taghfireena bil ashaar
The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allah], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.
یہ وہ لوگ ہیں جو (مشکلات میں) صبر کرتے اور سچ بولتے اور عبادت میں لگے رہتے اور (راہ خدا میں) خرچ کرتے اور اوقات سحر میں گناہوں کی معافی مانگا کرتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the second verse that follows (15), the same subject has been further cleared by saying:
قُلْ أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم بِخَيْرٍ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمْ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَأَزْوَاجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَرِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّـهِ ۗ وَا...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The patient in obedience and against disobedience al-sābirīna ‘the patient’ is an adjectival qualification of alladhīna ‘those’ truthful in their faith obedient compliant before God expenders of charity imploring God’s pardon by saying ‘Lord forgive us’ at daybreak’ in the last part of the night sin...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Supplication and Description of Al-Muttaqin
Allah describes the Muttaqin, His pious servants, whom He promised tremendous rewards,
الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا
(Those who say: "Our Lord! We have indeed believed") in You, Your Book and Your Messenger.
فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَ...
إِن تَمْسَسْكُمْ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْ وَإِن تُصِبْكُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَفْرَحُوا۟ بِهَا وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ
In tamsaskum hasanatun tasu'hum wa in tusibkum saiyi'atuny yafrahoo bihaa wa in tasbiroo wa tattaqoo laa yad urrukum kaiduhum shai'aa; innal laaha bimaa ya'maloona muheet
If good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear Allah, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allah is encompassing of what they do.
اگر تمہیں آسودگی حاصل ہو تو ان کو بری لگتی ہے اور اگر رنج پہنچے تو خوش ہوتے ہیں اور اگر تم تکلیفوں کی برداشت اور (ان سے) کنارہ کشی کرتے رہو گے تو ان کا فریب تمھیں کچھ بھی نقصان نہ پہنچا سکے گا یہ جو کچھ کرتے ہیں خدا اس پر احاطہ کیے ہوئے ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The mentality of disbelievers has been further clarified by saying: إِن تَمْسَسْكُمْ حَسَنَةٌ in the first part of verse 120 which has been translated as, 'if something good happens to you, it annoys them and if something evil befalls you, they are delighted with it.'
How can Muslims remain protecte...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: If good fortune a favour such as victory or booty befalls you it is evil for them it grieves them; but if evil such as defeat or drought befalls you they rejoice thereat the conditional statement here is semantically connected to the previous conditional and what comes in between is a parenthetical ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Prohibition of Taking Allies From Disbelievers Who Ridicule Islam
Allah forbids His believing servants from taking the hypocrites as allies, so that the hypocrites do not have the opportunity to expose the secrets of the believers and their plans against their enemies. The hypocrites try their very ...
بَلَىٰٓ إِن تَصْبِرُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ وَيَأْتُوكُم مِّن فَوْرِهِمْ هَٰذَا يُمْدِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِخَمْسَةِ ءَالَٰفٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ مُسَوِّمِينَ
Balaaa; in tasbiroo wa tattaqoo wa yaatookum min fawrihim haazaa yumdidkum Rabbukum bikhamsati aalaafim minal malaaa'ikati musawwaimeen
Yes, if you remain patient and conscious of Allah and the enemy come upon you [attacking] in rage, your Lord will reinforce you with five thousand angels having marks [of distinction]
ہاں اگر تم دل کو مضبوط رکھو اور (خدا سے) ڈرتے رہو اور کافر تم پر جوش کے ساتھ دفعتہً حملہ کردیں تو پروردگار پانچ ہزار فرشتے جن پر نشان ہوں گے تمہاری مدد کو بھیجے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
In the previous verses, the battle of Badr was cited in relation to the battle of Uhud. Briefly stated there was the unseen support from Allah Almighty given to Muslims. In the present verses, some details of that support have been mentioned. Also stated is the wisdom behind the sending o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Yea it is sufficient for you. In sūrat al-Anfāl it is stated with a thousand Q. 89 because at first He reinforced them with this thousand then it became three thousand then five thousand as God says if you are patient in encountering the enemy and fear God in not contravening His command and they th...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Support of the Angels
The scholars of Tafsir differ over whether the promise contained in these Ayat referred to the battle of Badr or Uhud. The First View
There are two opinions about this, one of them saying that Allah's statement,
إِذْ تَقُولُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
((Remember) when you said to the ...
وَلَا تَهِنُوا۟ فِى ٱبْتِغَآءِ ٱلْقَوْمِ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمُونَ وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَرْجُونَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
Wa laa tahinoo fibtighaaa'il qawmi in takoonoo taalamoona fa innahum yaalamoona kamaa taalamoona wa tarjoona minal laahi maa laa yarjoon; wa kaanal laahu 'Aleeman Hakeemaa
And do not weaken in pursuit of the enemy. If you should be suffering - so are they suffering as you are suffering, but you expect from Allah that which they expect not. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
اور کفار کا پیچھا کرنے میں سستی نہ کرنا اگر تم بےآرام ہوتے ہو تو جس طرح تم بےآرام ہوتے ہو اسی طرح وہ بھی بےآرام ہوتے ہیں اور تم خدا سے ایسی ایسی امیدیں رکھتے ہو جو وہ نہیں رکھ سکتے اور خدا سب کچھ جانتا اور (بڑی) حکمت والا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The concessions given in travel
(In Islamic legal terminology, Safar means journey or travel; Qasr refers to the making of one's Salah short while in that status. Thus, four obligatory Raka’ at of Zuhr, 'Asr and 'Isha are reduced in number and confined to two Raka'at only.)
Rulings:
1. Full Sarah is...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: After they returned from Uhud the Prophet s dispatched a group to seek out Abū Sufyān and his companions but they complained about their wounds and the following was revealed Be not faint be not weak in seeking in pursuing the enemy the disbelievers in order to fight them; if you are suffering if yo...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Order for Ample Remembrance After the Fear Prayer
Allah commands Dhikr after finishing the Fear prayer, in particular, even though such Dhikr is encouraged after finishing other types of prayer in general. In the case of Fear prayer, Dhikr is encouraged even more because the pillars of the praye...
وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنكُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَطَآئِفَةٌ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱصْبِرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ
Wa In kaana taaa'ifatum minkum aamanoo billazeee ursiltu bihee wa taaa'ifatul lam yu'minoo fasbiroo hattaa yahkumual laahu bainanaa; wa Huwa khairul haakimeen
And if there should be a group among you who has believed in that with which I have been sent and a group that has not believed, then be patient until Allah judges between us. And He is the best of judges."
اور اگر تم میں سے ایک جماعت میری رسالت پر ایمان لے آئی ہے اور ایک جماعت ایمان نہیں لائی ہے۔ اور ایک جماعت ایمان نہیں لائی۔ تو صبر کیے رہو یہاں تک کہ خدا ہمارے تمہارے درمیان فیصلہ کر دے اور وہ سب سے بہتر فیصلہ کرنے والا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the last verse (87), an answer has been given to scruples of these people about the division in their ranks after some of them believed in the call of Sayyidna Shu'aib (علیہ السلام) while others kept rejecting him. But, there was no difference between them outwardly. Both groups were living comfo...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And if there is a party of you who believe in that with which I have been sent and a party who do not believe in it then be patient wait until God judges between us and you by delivering the affirmer of this truth and destroying the denier of it. He is the best of judges’ the fairest of them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Prophet Shu`ayb forbade his people from setting up blockades on the roads, saying,
وَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَطٍ تُوعِدُونَ
("And sit not on every road, threatening,") threatening people with death if they do not give up their money, as they were bandits, according to As-Suddi. Ibn `Abbas, Mujahi...
وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَا رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ
Wa maa tanqimu minnaaa illaaa an aamannaa bi Aayaati Rabbinaa lammaa jaaa'atnaa; Rabbanaaa afrigh 'alainaa sabranw wa tawaffanaa muslimeen
And you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die as Muslims [in submission to You]."
اور اس کے سوا تجھ کو ہماری کون سی بات بری لگی ہے کہ جب ہمارے پروردگار کی نشانیاں ہمارے پاس آگئیں تو ہم ان پر ایمان لے آئے۔ اے پروردگار ہم پر صبرواستقامت کے دہانے کھول دے اور ہمیں (ماریو تو) مسلمان ہی ماریو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: This great change in their thought and action was the result of their true faith in Allah. In addition to this, their faith opened the door of knowledge and wisdom upon them which is manifest from their invocation to Allah at this occasion. They prayed, رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَف...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: You are vindictive spiteful towards us only because we have believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord pour out onto us patience and constancy when that with which he has threatened us comes to pass lest we revert to unbelief; and take us to You as men who have submitted’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Fir`awn threatens the Magicians after They believed in Musa and Their Response to Him
Allah mentions the threats that the Fir`awn - may Allah curse him - made to the magicians after they believed Musa, peace be upon him, and the deceit and cunning that Fir`awn showed the people. Fir`awn said,
إِنَّ ...
قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلْعَٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Qaala Moosaa liqawmihis ta'eenoo billaahi wasbiroo innal arda lillaahi yoorisuhaa mai yashaaa'u min 'ibaadihee wal 'aaqibatu lilmuttaqeen
Said Moses to his people, "Seek help through Allah and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allah. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous."
موسیٰ نے اپنی قوم سے کہا کہ خدا سے مدد مانگو اور ثابت قدم رہو۔ زمین تو خدا کی ہے۔ وہ اپنے بندوں میں سے جسے چاہتا ہے اس کا مالک بناتا ہے۔ اور آخر بھلا تو ڈرنے والوں کا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After being defeated by the prophet Musa (علیہ السلام) ، Pharaoh enforced the law of killing the male children of the Israelites. They were greatly alarmed of the punishment they had experienced before the coming of the prophet Musa (علیہ السلام) . The prophet Musa (علیہ السلام) was also mindful of ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Moses said to his people ‘Seek help in God and be patient their persecution. Surely the earth is God’s and He bequeaths it He gives it to whom He will from among His servants. The praiseworthy sequel belongs to those who are wary of God’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Fir`awn vows to kill the Children of Israel, Who complain to Musa; Allah promises Them Victory
Allah mentions the conspiracy of Fir`awn and his people, their ill intentions and their hatred for Musa and his people.
وَقَالَ الْمَلأ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَونَ
(The chiefs of Fir`awn's people said), to Fir`aw...
وَأَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَٰرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَغَٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِى بَٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُۥ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْرِشُونَ
Wa awrasnal qawmal lazeena kaanoo yustad'afoona mashaariqal ardi wa maghaari bahal latee baaraknaa feehaa wa tammat kalimatu Rabbikal husnaa 'alaa Baneee Israaa'eela bimaa sabaroo wa dammarnaa maa kaana yasna'u Fir'awnu wa qawmuhoo wa maa kaanoo ya'rishoon
And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.
اور جو لوگ کمزور سمجھے جاتے تھے ان کو زمین (شام) کے مشرق ومغرب کا جس میں ہم نے برکت دی تھی وارث کردیا اور بنی اسرائیل کے بارے میں ان کے صبر کی وجہ سے تمہارے پروردگار کا وعدہٴ نیک پورا ہوا اور فرعون اور قوم فرعون جو (محل) بناتے اور (انگور کے باغ) جو چھتریوں پر چڑھاتے تھے سب کو ہم نے تباہ کردیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The previous verses contained an account of the warnings from Allah to the people of Pharaoh. The present verses speak of their ignominious end, and of the success of the Israelites. The verse 137 said, "And We made the people, who were taken to be weak, the inheritors of the land, of easts and west...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We bequeathed upon the people who were oppressed through bondage namely the Children of Israel the eastern parts of the land and the western parts thereof which We had blessed with water and trees allatī bāraknā fīhā ‘which We had blessed’ is an adjectival qualification of al-ard ‘the land’ and ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The People of Fir`awn drown in the Sea; the Children of Israel inherit the Holy Land
Allah states that when the people of Fir`awn rebelled and transgressed, even though He inflicted them with consecutive signs, one after another, He took retribution from them by drowning them in the sea that Musa pa...
وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَلَا تَنَٰزَعُوا۟ فَتَفْشَلُوا۟ وَتَذْهَبَ رِيحُكُمْ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
Wa atee'ul laaha wa Rasoolahoo wa laa tanaaza'oo fatafshaloo wa tazhaba reehukum wasbiroo; innal laaha ma'as saabireen
And obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute and [thus] lose courage and [then] your strength would depart; and be patient. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.
اور خدا اور اس کے رسول کے حکم پر چلو اور آپس میں جھگڑا نہ کرنا کہ (ایسا کرو گے تو) تم بزدل ہو جاؤ گے اور تمہارا اقبال جاتا رہے گا اور صبر سے کام لو۔ کہ خدا صبر کرنے والوں کا مددگار ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Moving to verse 46, we see that believers have been prompted to follow a third instruction and that أَطِيعُوا اللَّـهَ وَرَسُولَهُ (obey Allah and His Messenger) - because, help and support from Allah Ta` ala can be expected to come only through obedience to Him. Negligence and disobedience can onl...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And obey God and His Messenger and do not quarrel with one another do not fall into dispute with one another lest you falter become cowardly and your strength your power and dominion fade; and be patient. Surely God is with the patient giving them victory and assistance.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Manners of War
Allah instructs His faithful servants in the manners of fighting and methods of courage when meeting the enemy in battle,
يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ إِذَا لَقِيتُمْ فِئَةً فَاثْبُتُواْ
(O you who believe! When you meet (an enemy) force, take a firm stand against them) In the Two...
وَمَا كَانَ ٱسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَن مَّوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَآ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۥٓ أَنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّ لِّلَّهِ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَأَوَّٰهٌ حَلِيمٌ
Wa maa kaanas tighfaaru ibraaheema li abeehi illaa 'ammaw 'idatinw wa 'adahaaa iyyaahu falammaa tabaiyana lahooo annahoo 'aduwwul lillaahi tabarra a minh; inna Ibraaheema la awwaahum haleem
And the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to Abraham that his father was an enemy to Allah, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate and patient.
اور ابراہیم کا اپنے باپ کے لیے بخشش مانگنا تو ایک وعدے کا سبب تھا جو وہ اس سے کر چکے تھے۔ لیکن جب ان کو معلوم ہوگیا کہ وہ خدا کا دشمن ہے تو اس سے بیزار ہوگئے۔ کچھ شک نہیں کہ ابراہیم بڑے نرم دل اور متحمل تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: This put some Muslims into doubt. Was it not, they thought, that Sayyidna Ibrahim ؓ too had prayed for his disbelieving father? To answer it, the second verse (114) was revealed: مَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. In gist, it means: As for the prayer made by Sayyidna Ibrahim ؓ for his father, it...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Abraham’s prayer for the forgiveness of his father was only because of a promise he had made to him when he said to him I will ask my Lord forgiveness for you Q. 1947 in the hope that he would submit to God; but when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of God upon his death as an disbeliever...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Prohibition of supplicating for Polytheists
Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn Al-Musayyib said that his father Al-Musayyib said, "When Abu Talib was dying, the Prophet went to him and found Abu Jahl and `Abdullah bin Abi Umayyah present. The Prophet said,
«أَيْ عَمِّ، قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلِّا اللهُ كَل...
وَٱتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَٱصْبِرْ حَتَّىٰ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ
Qattabi' maa yoohaaa ilaika wasbir hattaa yahkumal laah; wa Huwa khairul haakimeen
And follow what is revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and be patient until Allah will judge. And He is the best of judges.
اور (اے پیغمبر) تم کو جو حکم بھیجا جاتا ہے اس کی پیروی کئے جاؤ اور (تکلیفوں پر) صبر کرو یہاں تک کہ خدا فیصلہ کردے۔ اور وہ سب سے بہتر فیصلہ کرنے والا 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 follow what is revealed to you from your Lord and endure patiently the Call and their hurting you until God give judgement concerning them by giving His command and He is the Best of Judges the fairest of them he the Prophet endured patiently until God judged that the idolaters be fought and tha...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَمَآ أَنَاْ عَلَيْكُمْ بِوَكِيلٍ
(And I am not set over you as a guardian) This means, `I am not a guardian over you in order for you to become believers. I am only a warner to you and guidance belongs to Allah, the Exalted.' Concerning Allah's statement,
وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ وَاصْبِرْ
(A...
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ
Illal lazeena sabaroo wa 'amilus saalihaati ulaaa'ika lahum maghfiratunw wa ajrun kabeer
Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great reward.
ہاں جنہوں نے صبر کیا اور عمل نیک کئے۔ یہی ہیں جن کے لیے بخشش اور اجرعظیم ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In order to make such perfect models of humanity distinct from those having common human temperament, it was said in the third verse (11): إِلَّا الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ (except those who are patient and do good deeds). It means that people exempted from this common human frailt...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: save but those who endure misery patiently and perform righteous deeds during times of comfort; theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward which is Paradise.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah created the Heavens and the Earth in Six Days
Allah, the Exalted, informs of His power over all things, and that He created the heavens and the earth in six days. He mentions that His Throne was over the water before that, just as Imam Ahmad recorded that `Imran bin Husayn said, "The Messenger...
تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَآ إِلَيْكَ مَا كُنتَ تَعْلَمُهَآ أَنتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِن قَبْلِ هَٰذَا فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ ٱلْعَٰقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Tilka min ambaaa'il ghaibi nooheehaaa ilaika maa kunta ta'lamuhaaaa anta wa laa qawmuka min qabli haazaa fasbir innal 'aaqibata lilmuttaqeen
That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muhammad]. You knew it not, neither you nor your people, before this. So be patient; indeed, the [best] outcome is for the righteous.
یہ (حالات) منجملہ غیب کی خبروں کے ہیں جو ہم تمہاری طرف بھیجتے ہیں۔ اور اس سے پہلے نہ تم ہی ان کو جانتے تھے اور نہ تمہاری قوم (ہی ان سے واقف تھی) تو صبر کرو کہ انجام پرہیزگاروں ہی کا (بھلا) ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: To console the Holy Prophet ﷺ ، it was said at the end of the verse that there were so many open proofs to the fact that he was a prophet and messenger of Allah. If there were some unfortunate human beings that see the sun yet insist that they do not, even challenge him and confront him, then, he sh...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Those that is these verses containing stories such as the story of Noah are of the tidings of the Unseen of the tales of that which was hidden from you which We inspire in you O Muhammad (s). You yourself did not know it nor did your people know it before this Qur’ān. So be patient in conveying the ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Explanation of These Stories is a Proof of the Revelation of Allah to His Messenger
Allah, the Exalted, says to His Prophet concerning these stories and their like,
مِنْ أَنبَآءِ الْغَيْبِ
(of the news of the Unseen) from the information of the unseen of the past. Allah revealed it to you (the P...
إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّٰهٌ مُّنِيبٌ
Inna Ibraaheema lahaleemun awwwaahum muneeb
Indeed, Abraham was forbearing, grieving and [frequently] returning [to Allah].
بےشک ابراہیم بڑے تحمل والے، نرم دل اور رجوع کرنے والے تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Surah Hud (علیہ السلام) carries an account of different kinds of Divine punishments sent over past peoples because of their antagonism to prophets of the time. Described in the verses cited above is the moral condition of the people of Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) and the severe punishment ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Assuredly Abraham was forbearing long-suffering imploring penitent always returning to God in repentance thus he said to them ‘Would you destroy a town in which there are 300 believers?’ They said ‘No’. He said ‘Would you destroy a town in which there are 200 believers?’ They said ‘No’. He said ‘Wou...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Dispute of Ibrahim over the People of Lut
Allah, the Exalted, informs of what happened after the fright of Ibrahim left him and he felt no more fear of the angels when they refused to eat. After this, they gave him the glad tidings of the birth of a son and the destruction of the people of Lut. ...
وَٱصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Wasbir fa innal laaha laa yudee'u ajral muhsineen
And be patient, for indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.
اور صبر کیے رہو کہ خدا نیکوکاروں کا اجر ضائع نہیں کرتا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 115, it was said: وَاصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّـهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ (And be patient, for Allah lets not the reward of the good-doers be lost).
Literally, صَبر (sabr) means to tie. Therefore, in usage, Sabr is also used to carry the sense of keeping one's naughty self in control...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And be patient O Muhammad (s) in enduring the harm inflicted upon you by your people or in performing prayer for indeed God does not waste the wage of those who are virtuous by patiently enduring through acts of obedience to God.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to establish the Prayer
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said,
وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَوةَ طَرَفَىِ النَّهَارِ
(And perform the Salah, at the two ends of the day) "This is referring to the morning prayer (Subh) and the evening prayer (Maghrib)." The same was said by Al-Hasan and `Abd...
وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ
Wa jaaa'oo 'alaa qamee shihee bidamin kazi' qaala bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amraa; fasabrun jameel; wallaahul musta'aanu 'alaa man tasifoon
And they brought upon his shirt false blood. [Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allah is the one sought for help against that which you describe."
اور ان کے کرتے پر جھوٹ موٹ کا لہو بھی لگا لائے۔ یعقوب نے کہا (کہ حقیقت حال یوں نہیں ہے) بلکہ تم اپنے دل سے (یہ) بات بنا لائے ہو۔ اچھا صبر (کہ وہی) خوب (ہے) اور جو تم بیان کرتے ہو اس کے بارے میں خدا ہی سے مدد مطلوب ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ; (And they came with fake blood on his shirt) that is, the brothers of Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) came back with his shirt they had smeared in fake blood so that they could make their father believe that he has been eaten up by a wolf.
But, Allah Ta’ ala h...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they came with false blood on his shirt ‘alā qamīsihi has the status of an accusative of the verb because it is an adverbial qualifier meaning fawqa qamīsihi they slaughtered a lamb and dabbed it his shirt with its blood — but they forgot to tear it the shirt — and they said that it was his bloo...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Yusuf's Brothers try to deceive Their Father
Allah narrates to us the deceit that Yusuf's brothers resorted to, after they threw him to the bottom of the well. They went back to their father, during the darkness of the night, crying and showing sorrow and grief for losing Yusuf. They started giving ...
وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ ءَاوَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَخَاهُ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ أَخُوكَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Wa lammaa dakhaloo 'alaa Yoosufa aawaaa ilaihi akhaahu qaala inneee ana akhooka falaa tabta'is bimaa kaanoo ya'maloon
And when they entered upon Joseph, he took his brother to himself; he said, "Indeed, I am your brother, so do not despair over what they used to do [to me]."
اور جب وہ لوگ یوسف کے پاس پہنچے تو یوسف نے اپنے حقیقی بھائی کو اپنے پاس جگہ دی اور کہا کہ میں تمہارا بھائی ہوں تو جو سلوک یہ (ہمارے ساتھ) کرتے رہے ہیں اس پر افسوس نہ کرنا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Onwards from here, it was said in verse 69:
وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ آوَىٰ إِلَيْهِ أَخَاهُ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي أَنَا أَخُوكَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
And when they came to Yusuf, he lodged his brother [ Benyamin ] with himself. He said, "Behold, I am your [ lost ] brother! So d...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when they entered to Joseph he took his brother into his arms saying to him ‘Truly it is me your brother therefore do not despair do not be grieved at what they did’ in the way of envying us. He commanded him not to tell them anything and he Joseph agreed with him that he would devise a trick to...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Yusuf comforts Binyamin
Allah states that when Yusuf's brothers went in before him along with his full brother Binyamin, he invited them to a place of honor as privileged guests. He granted them gifts and generous hospitality and kindness. He met his brother in confidence and told him the story of w...
قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِيَنِى بِهِمْ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
Qaala bal sawwalat lakum anfusukum amran fasabrun jameelun 'asal laahu any yaa tiyanee bihim jamee'aa; innahoo Huwal 'Aleemul Hakeem
[Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allah will bring them to me all together. Indeed it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise."
(جب انہوں نے یہ بات یعقوب سے آ کر کہی تو) انہوں نے کہا کہ (حقیقت یوں نہیں ہے) بلکہ یہ بات تم نے اپنے دل سے بنالی ہے تو صبر ہی بہتر ہے۔ عجب نہیں کہ خدا ان سب کو میرے پاس لے آئے۔ بےشک وہ دانا (اور) حکمت والا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
After the detention of young Benyamin in Egypt, his brothers returned home and told Sayyidna Ya` qub (علیہ السلام) about what had happened there. They tried to assure him that they were telling the truth which can be confirmed from the people in Egypt, as well as, from the caravan they ca...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ‘Nay’ he said ‘but your souls have beguiled you into have adorned for you something and you did it he accused them because of what had happened with them before concerning Joseph. Yet comely patience will be my course of patience! It may be that God will bring them Joseph and his two brothers all ba...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah's Prophet Ya`qub receives the Grievous News
Allah's Prophet Ya`qub repeated to his children the same words he said to them when they brought false blood on Yusuf' shirt,
بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ
(Nay, but your own selves have beguiled you into something. So pa...
قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ قَالَ أَنَا۠ يُوسُفُ وَهَٰذَآ أَخِى قَدْ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَآ إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَتَّقِ وَيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Qaaloo 'a innaka la anta Yoosufu qaala ana Yoosufu wa haazaaa akhee qad mannal laahu 'alainaa innahoo mai yattaqi wa yasbir fa innal laaha laa yudee'u ajral muhsineen
They said, "Are you indeed Joseph?" He said "I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Allah has certainly favored us. Indeed, he who fears Allah and is patient, then indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good."
وہ بولے کیا تم ہی یوسف ہو؟ انہوں نے کہا ہاں میں ہی یوسف ہوں۔ اور (بنیامین کی طرف اشارہ کرکے کہنے لگے) یہ میرا بھائی ہے خدا نے ہم پر بڑا احسان کیا ہے۔ جو شخص خدا سے ڈرتا اور صبر کرتا ہے تو خدا نیکوکاروں کا اجر ضائع نہیں کرتا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَإِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ (Are you really the Yusuf?). Then, Sayyidna Yusuf (علیہ السلام) said: ` Yes, I am Yusuf and this is my brother, Benyamin.' He supplemented his statement by adding the name of his brother so that they become certain about him. In addition to that, he also wanted them to beco...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They said — after recognising him by his noble traits — cautiously inquiring ‘Is it really read a-innaka either pronouncing both hamzas or by not pronouncing the second but in both cases inserting an alif you Joseph?’. He said ‘I am indeed Joseph and this is my brother. God has truly shown favour He...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Yusuf reveals His True Identity to His Brothers and forgives Them
Allah says, when Yusuf's brothers told him about the afflictions and hardship, and shortages in food they suffered from in the aftermath of the drought that struck them, and he remembered his father's grief for losing his two children...
وَٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً وَيَدْرَءُونَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ
Wallazeena sabarub tighaaa'a Wajhi Rabbihim wa aqaamus Salaata wa anfaqoo mimmaa razaqnaahum sirranw wa 'alaaniyatanw wa yadra'oona bilhasanatis saiyi'ata ulaaa'ika lahum 'uqbad daar
And those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home -
اور جو پروردگار کی خوشنودی حاصل کرنے کے لیے (مصائب پر) صبر کرتے ہیں اور نماز پڑھتے ہیں اور جو (مال) ہم نے ان کو دیا ہے اس میں سے پوشیدہ اور ظاہر خرچ کرتے ہیں اور نیکی سے برائی دور کرتے ہیں یہی لوگ ہیں جن کے لیے عاقبت کا گھر ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The sixth attribute has been stated as: وَالَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِمْ (and those who observe patience in order to seek the pleasure of their Lord).
The meaning of: صَبر (Sabr) in the Arabic language is fairly general as compared with the sense which has become popular in the Urd...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: such as are patient through obedience and during hardship and staying away from disobedience desiring seeking their Lord’s countenance and nothing else from among the transient things of this world; and maintain the prayer and expend in obedience of that which We have provided them secretly and open...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Qualities of the Blessed Ones, which will lead to Paradise
Allah states that those who have these good qualities, will earn the good, final home: victory and triumph in this life and the Hereafter,
الَّذِينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ يِنقُضُونَ الْمِيثَـقَ
(Those who fulfill the covenant of Al...
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُم بِمَا صَبَرْتُمْ فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ
Salaamun 'alaikum bimaa sabartum; fani'ma 'uqbad daar
"Peace be upon you for what you patiently endured. And excellent is the final home."
(اور کہیں گے) تم پر رحمت ہو (یہ) تمہاری ثابت قدمی کا بدلہ ہے اور عاقبت کا گھر خوب (گھر) ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After that, the text states the additional honour they shall have in their 'ultimate abode' of the Hereafter when the angels emerge from each of its doors greeting them with Salam and telling them that their Sabr brings to them eternal security from all hardships and that they can themselves see how...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They will say to them ‘Peace be upon you this is the reward for your patience’ during life on earth. How excellent is your sequel the sequel of the heavenly Abode!
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Qualities of the Blessed Ones, which will lead to Paradise
Allah states that those who have these good qualities, will earn the good, final home: victory and triumph in this life and the Hereafter,
الَّذِينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ يِنقُضُونَ الْمِيثَـقَ
(Those who fulfill the covenant of Al...
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أَنْ أَخْرِجْ قَوْمَكَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ وَذَكِّرْهُم بِأَيَّىٰمِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ
Wa laqad arsalnaa Moosaa bi Aayaatinaa an akhrij qawmaka minaz zulumaati ilan noori wa zak kirhum bi ayyaamil laah; inna fee zaalika la aayaatil likulli sabbaarin shakoor
And We certainly sent Moses with Our signs, [saying], "Bring out your people from darknesses into the light and remind them of the days of Allah." Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
اور ہم نے موسیٰ کو اپنی نشانیاں دے کر بھیجا کہ اپنی قوم کو تاریکی سے نکال کر روشنی میں لے جاؤ۔ اور ان کو خدا کے دن یاد دلاؤ اس میں ان لوگوں کے لیے جو صابر وشاکر ہیں (قدرت خدا کی) نشانیاں ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: . Please see footnote on the first verse of this Surah.
. The 'Days of Allah' here refers to the events of the past when Allah had graced some people with His favours and subjected some others to His punishment.
ommentary
The first verse cited above (5) mentions that Allah Ta’ ala sent Sayyidna Musa...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We sent Moses with Our signs the nine signs and We said to him ‘Bring forth your people the Children of Israel out of darkness out of unbelief into light into faith and remind them of the Days of God’ of His graces. Surely in that reminder are signs for every man enduring in obedience to ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Story of Musa and His People
Allah says here, `Just as We sent you (O, Muhammad) and sent down to you the Book, in order that you might guide and call all people out of darkness into the light, We also sent Musa to the Children of Israel with Our Ayat (signs, or miracles).' Mujahid said that this pa...
وَمَا لَنَآ أَلَّا نَتَوَكَّلَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ هَدَىٰنَا سُبُلَنَا وَلَنَصْبِرَنَّ عَلَىٰ مَآ ءَاذَيْتُمُونَا وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ
Wa maa lanaa allaa natawakkala 'alal laahi wa qad hadaanaa subulanaa; wa lanasbiranna 'alaa maaa aazaitumoonaa; wa 'alal laahi falyatawakkalil mutawakkiloon
And why should we not rely upon Allah while He has guided us to our [good] ways. And we will surely be patient against whatever harm you should cause us. And upon Allah let those who would rely [indeed] rely."
اور ہم کیونکر خدا پر بھروسہ نہ رکھیں حالانکہ اس نے ہم کو ہمارے (دین کے سیدھے) رستے بتائے ہیں۔ جو تکلیفیں تم ہم کو دیتے ہو اس پر صبر کریں گے۔ اور اہل توکل کو خدا ہی پر بھروسہ رکھنا چاہیئے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the last verse here (8), it was said: قَالَ مُوسَىٰ إِن تَكْفُرُوا أَنتُمْ وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا (And Musa said, "If you are ungrateful, you and all those on earth, then, Allah is free of all needs, worthy of every praise.) " This was said by Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) to his people. He...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And why indeed should we not put our trust in God in other words there is nothing to prevent us from doing this when He has guided us our ways? And we shall surely endure the hurt you do us. And in God let the trusting put their trust’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Argument between the Prophets and the Disbelievers
Allah narrates to us the arguments that ensued between the disbelievers and their Messengers. When their nations doubted the Message of worshipping Allah alone without partners, the Messengers said,
أَفِى اللَّهِ شَكٌّ
((What!) Can there be a do...
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Laa tamuddanna 'ainaika ilaa maa matta 'naa biheee azwaajam minhum wa laa tahzan 'alaihim wakhfid janaahaka lilmu 'mineen
Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing to the believers
اور ہم نے کفار کی کئی جماعتوں کو جو (فوائد دنیاوی سے) متمتع کیا ہے تم ان کی طرف (رغبت سے) آنکھ اٹھا کر نہ دیکھنا اور نہ ان کے حال پر تاسف کرنا اور مومنوں سے خاطر اور تواضع سے پیش آنا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Surah Al-Fatihah is the Text and Summary of the Whole Qur'an
That Surah Al-Fatihah (The Opening) has been called the Glorious Qur’ an in this verse (87) indicates that Surah Al-Fatihah is, in a way, the whole Qur’ an - because the basic principles of Islam have been merged in it.l
1. In o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Do not extend your glance toward that which We have given different groups of them to enjoy and do not grieve for them should they not believe and lower your wing temper your nature for the believers.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Reminder of the Blessing of the Qur'an and the Command to focus on its Message
Allah is saying to His Prophet : Since We have given you the Grand Qur'an, then do not look at this world and its attractions, or the transient delights that we have given to its people in order to test them. Do not env...
وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ
Wa laqad na'lamu annak yadeequ sadruka bimaa yaqooloon
And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.
اور ہم جانتے ہیں کہ ان باتوں سے تمہارا دل تنگ ہوتا ہے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Spiritual Defence Against Enemy Hostility
From verses 97 and 98, we learn that should one face heart-rending sayings and doings of enemies the anxiety from which bothers him, then, there is a spiritual cure for that condition: Let him or her get busy with Tasbih and ` Ibadah, praising Allah Ta’ ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily wa-laqad is for confirmation We know that your breast is at times oppressed by what they say in the way of mockery and denial.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to proclaim the Truth openly
Allah commanded His Messenger to convey what He sent him with, to proclaim and spread the Message, which means confronting the idolators with it. Ibn `Abbas said that the Ayah,
فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ
(Therefore openly proclaim that what you have been comman...
ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
Allazeena sabaroo wa 'alaa Rabbihim yatawak kaloon
[They are] those who endured patiently and upon their Lord relied.
یعنی وہ لوگ جو صبر کرتے ہیں اور اپنے پروردگار پر بھروسا رکھتے ہیں
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Out of these, the very first condition is that of: فِی اللہِ (fil-lah: for the sake of Allah) which means that the purpose of doing Hijrah should only be to please Allah Ta` ala and that, in it, there be no selfish motives of material gains such as business or employment. The second condition is tha...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They are those who endure the harm inflicted by the idolaters and endure the emigration in order to make manifest the religion and put their trust in their Lord so that He provides for them whence they do not reckon.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of the Muhajirin
Allah tells us about the reward of those who migrated for His sake, seeking His pleasure, those who left their homeland behind, brothers and friends, hoping for the reward of Allah. This may have been revealed concerning those who migrated to Ethiopia, those whose persecu...
مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَاقٍ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوٓا۟ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
maa 'indakum yanfadu wa maa 'indal laahi baaq; wa lanajziyannal lazeena sabarooo ajjrahum bi ahsani maa kaanoo ya'maloon
Whatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.
جو کچھ تمہارے پاس ہے وہ ختم ہو جاتا ہے اور جو خدا کے پاس ہے وہ باقی ہے کہ (کبھی ختم نہیں ہوگا) اور جن لوگوں نے صبر کیا ہم اُن کو ان کے اعمال کا بہت اچھا بدلہ دیں گے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: All Worldly Gains and States will Perish - Only their Outcome with Allah shall Remain
A casual look at the expression: مَا عِندَكُمْ (ma ` indakum: 'what is with you' meaning world gains) leads one to think of wealth and possessions only. My revered teacher, Maulana Sayyid Asghar Husain of Deoband, ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: That which is with you of the things of this world will come to an end will perish but that which is with God remains it is everlasting. And He shall surely pay read la-yajziyanna or la-najziyanna ‘We shall surely pay’ those who were patient in fulfilling their covenants their reward according to th...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one Nation
Allah says:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ
(And had Allah willed, He would have made you) meaning - O mankind,
أُمَّةً وَحِدَةً
((all) one nation,) This is like the Ayah:
وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَم...
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا فُتِنُوا۟ ثُمَّ جَٰهَدُوا۟ وَصَبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Summa inna Rabbaka lillazeena haajaroo mim ba'dimaa futinoo summma jaahadoo wa sabaroo inna Rabbaka mim ba'dihaa la Ghafoorur Raheem
Then, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to renounce their religion] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allah] and were patient - indeed, your Lord, after that, is Forgiving and Merciful
پھر جن لوگوں نے ایذائیں اٹھانے کے بعد ترک وطن کیا۔ پھر جہاد کئے اور ثابت قدم رہے تمہارا پروردگار ان کو بےشک ان (آزمائشوں) کے بعد بخشنے والا (اور ان پر) رحمت کرنے والا ہے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sequence of Verses
Warnings of punishment against disbelief (kufr) - whether original or apostacy (irtidad) - appeared in previous verses. After that, in the first (106) of the initial three verses cited above, it has been pointed clearly that 'Iman or the declaration of faith is a wealth that could...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then indeed your Lord — as for those who emigrated to Medina after they were persecuted after they were tortured and compelled to pronounce words of unbelief a variant reading for futinū ‘they were persecuted’ has fatanū in other words ‘after they disbelieved’ or ‘after they turned people away from ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The One who is forced to renounce Islam will be forgiven if He does Righteous Deeds afterwards
This refers to another group of people who were oppressed in Makkah and whose position with their own people was weak, so they went along with them when they were tried by them. Then they managed to escape...
وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِۦ وَلَئِن صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِّلصَّٰبِرِينَ
Wa in 'aaqabtum fa'aaqiboo bimisli maa 'ooqibtum bihee wa la'in sabartum lahuwa khairul lissaabireen
And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.
اور اگر تم ان کو تکلیف دینی چاہو تو اتنی ہی دو جتنی تکلیف تم کو ان سے پہنچی۔ اور اگر صبر کرو تو وہ صبر کرنے والوں کے لیے بہت اچھا ہے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Causing Pain to a Man of Da'wah: Revenge is Permissible, but Patience is Better.
The next three verses (126, 127, 128) carry another important instruction for those who present the message of Truth before people. It tells them about what they have to do in unusual conditions. There are occasions whe...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: After Hamza b. ‘Abd al-Muttalib had been killed and mutilated and the Prophet s had seen him and said ‘Verily I will mutilate 70 of them for you’ the following was revealed And if you retaliate retaliate with the like of what you have been made to suffer; and yet if you endure patiently refraining f...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command for Equality in Punishment
Allah commands justice in punishment and equity in settling the cases of rights. `Abdur-Razzaq recorded that, concerning the Ayah,
فَعَاقِبُواْ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ
(then punish them with the like of that with which you were afflicted.) Ibn Sirin said,...
وَٱصْبِرْ وَمَا صَبْرُكَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُ فِى ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ
Wasbir wa maa sabruka illaa billaah; wa laa tahzan 'alaihim wa laa taku fee daiqim mimmaa yamkuroon
And be patient, [O Muhammad], and your patience is not but through Allah. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.
اور صبر ہی کرو اور تمہارا صبر بھی خدا ہی کی مدد سے ہے اور ان کے بارے میں غم نہ کرو اور جو یہ بداندیشی کرتے ہیں اس سے تنگدل نہ ہو
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Causing Pain to a Man of Da'wah: Revenge is Permissible, but Patience is Better.
The next three verses (126, 127, 128) carry another important instruction for those who present the message of Truth before people. It tells them about what they have to do in unusual conditions. There are occasions whe...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So be patient and your patience is only by the help of God only by His assistance. And do not grieve for them that is for the disbelievers if they do not believe despite your eagerness that they believe nor be in distress because of that which they scheme in other words do not be concerned with thei...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command for Equality in Punishment
Allah commands justice in punishment and equity in settling the cases of rights. `Abdur-Razzaq recorded that, concerning the Ayah,
فَعَاقِبُواْ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ
(then punish them with the like of that with which you were afflicted.) Ibn Sirin said,...
وَٱصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُۥ فُرُطًا
Wasbir nafsaka ma'al lazeena yad'oona Rabbahum bilghadaati wal'ashiyyi yureedoona Wajhahoo wa laa ta'du 'aynaaka 'anhum tureedu zeenatal hayaatid dunyaa wa laa tuti' man aghfalnaa qalbahoo 'an zikrinaa wattaba'a hawaahu wa kaana amruhoo furutaa
And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.
اور جو لوگ صبح و شام اپنے پروردگار کو پکارتے اور اس کی خوشنودی کے طالب ہیں۔ ان کے ساتھ صبر کرتے رہو۔ اور تمہاری نگاہیں ان میں (گزر کر اور طرف) نہ دوڑیں کہ تم آرائشِ زندگانی دنیا کے خواستگار ہوجاؤ۔ اور جس شخص کے دل کو ہم نے اپنی یاد سے غافل کردیا ہے اور وہ اپنی خواہش کی پیروی کرتا ہے اور اس کا کام حد سے بڑھ گیا ہے اس کا کہا نہ ماننا
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Da'wah and Tabligh admit of no discrimination
Some events have been mentioned in the background of the revelation of the verse: وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ (And keep yourself content - 28). It is possible that all of them became the cause of this instruction. Al-Baghawi reports that ` Uyainah ibn...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And restrain yourself detain yourself along with those who call upon their Lord at morning and evening desiring through their worship His Countenance exalted be He and not any of the transient things of this world — and these are the poor; and do not let your eyes overlook turn away from them — thes...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to recite the Qur'an and to patiently keep Company with the Believers
Commanding His Messenger to recite His Holy Book and convey it to mankind, Allah says,
لاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـتِهِ
(None can change His Words,) meaning, no one can alter them, distort them or misinterpret them.
وَلَن ت...
قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا
Qaalaa innaka lan tastatee'a ma'iya sabraa
He said, "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience.
(خضر نے) کہا کہ تم میرے ساتھ رہ کر صبر نہیں کرسکو گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: It is not permissible for an 'Alim’ of the 'Shari'ah' to patiently bear what is contrary to the Shari'ah
By saying: إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ خُبْرًا (You can never be able to keep patient while with me. And how would you keep patient ove...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Said he ‘Truly you will not be able to bear with me.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Musa meeting with Al-Khidr and accompanying Him
Allah tells us what Musa said to that learned man, who was Al-Khidr. He was one to whom Allah had given knowledge that He had not given to Musa, just as He had given Musa knowledge that He had not given to Al-Khidr.
قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ
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وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ خُبْرًا
Wa kaifa tasbiru 'alaa maa lam tuhit bihee khubraa
And how can you have patience for what you do not encompass in knowledge?"
اور جس بات کی تمہیں خبر ہی نہیں اس پر صبر کر بھی کیوں کرسکتے ہو
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: It is not permissible for an 'Alim’ of the 'Shari'ah' to patiently bear what is contrary to the Shari'ah
By saying: إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ خُبْرًا (You can never be able to keep patient while with me. And how would you keep patient ove...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And how can you bear with that whereof you have never been informed?’ in the above-mentioned hadīth of Bukhārī after this verse there is the following statement ‘O Moses I possess knowledge which God has taught me and which you do not have and equally you possess knowledge which God has taught you a...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Musa meeting with Al-Khidr and accompanying Him
Allah tells us what Musa said to that learned man, who was Al-Khidr. He was one to whom Allah had given knowledge that He had not given to Musa, just as He had given Musa knowledge that He had not given to Al-Khidr.
قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ
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قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ صَابِرًا وَلَآ أَعْصِى لَكَ أَمْرًا
Qaala satajiduneee in shaa 'al laahu saabiranw wa laaa a'see laka amraa
[Moses] said, "You will find me, if Allah wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order."
(موسیٰ نے) کہا خدا نے چاہا تو آپ مجھے صابر پایئے گا۔ اور میں آپ کے ارشاد کے خلاف نہیں کروں گا
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: It is not permissible for an 'Alim’ of the 'Shari'ah' to patiently bear what is contrary to the Shari'ah
By saying: إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ خُبْرًا (You can never be able to keep patient while with me. And how would you keep patient ove...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He said ‘You will find me God willing patient and I will not disobey in other words and you will also find me non-disobedient towards you in any matter’ with which you charge me. He Moses made this statement conditional upon the Will of God because he was not confident of himself in what he had comm...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Musa meeting with Al-Khidr and accompanying Him
Allah tells us what Musa said to that learned man, who was Al-Khidr. He was one to whom Allah had given knowledge that He had not given to Musa, just as He had given Musa knowledge that He had not given to Al-Khidr.
قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ
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قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِى عَن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا
Qaala fa init taba'tanee falaa tas'alnee 'an shai'in hattaaa uhdisa laka minhu zikraa
He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention."
(خضر نے) کہا کہ اگر تم میرے ساتھ رہنا چاہو تو (شرط یہ ہے) مجھ سے کوئی بات نہ پوچھنا جب تک میں خود اس کا ذکر تم سے نہ کروں
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: It is not permissible for an 'Alim’ of the 'Shari'ah' to patiently bear what is contrary to the Shari'ah
By saying: إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ خُبْرًا (You can never be able to keep patient while with me. And how would you keep patient ove...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He said ‘If you follow me then do not question me lā tas’alnī a variant reading has lā tas’alannī concerning anything that you might find objectionable in what I do according to your limited knowledge and be patient until I myself make mention of it to you’ in other words until I mention it to you w...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Musa meeting with Al-Khidr and accompanying Him
Allah tells us what Musa said to that learned man, who was Al-Khidr. He was one to whom Allah had given knowledge that He had not given to Musa, just as He had given Musa knowledge that He had not given to Al-Khidr.
قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ
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فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًا
Fantalaqaa hattaaa izaa rakibaa fis safeenati kharaqahaa qaala akharaqtahaa litughriqa ahlahaa laqad ji'ta shai'an imraa
So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, al-Khidh r tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."
تو دونوں چل پڑے۔ یہاں تک کہ جب کشتی میں سوار ہوئے تو (خضر نے) کشتی کو پھاڑ ڈالا۔ (موسیٰ نے) کہا کیا آپ نے اس لئے پھاڑا ہے کہ سواروں کو غرق کردیں یہ تو آپ نے بڑی (عجیب) بات کی
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
It was said in verse 71: أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا (Did you break it that you drown its people?). About it, it appears in the Hadith of the Sahihs of al-Bukhari and Muslim that al-Khadir (علیہ السلام) had dislodged a plank of the
boat with an axe because of which there was a da...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So they set off making their way on foot along the coast of the sea until when they embarked on the ship which was carrying them he al-Khidr made a hole in it by destroying a plank or two on the starboard side with an axe after they had sailed into deep waters. Said he Moses to him ‘Did you make a h...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Damaging the Boat
Allah tells us that Musa and his companion Al-Khidr set out having come to an agreement and reached an understanding. Al-Khidr had made the condition that Musa should not ask him about anything he found distasteful until he himself initiated the discussion and offered an explanatio...
قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا
Qaala alam aqul innaka lan tastatee'a ma'iya sabraa
[Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"
(خضر نے) کہا۔ کیا میں نے نہیں کہا تھا کہ تم میرے ساتھ صبر نہ کرسکو گے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
It was said in verse 71: أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا (Did you break it that you drown its people?). About it, it appears in the Hadith of the Sahihs of al-Bukhari and Muslim that al-Khadir (علیہ السلام) had dislodged a plank of the
boat with an axe because of which there was a da...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He said ‘Did I not say that you would not be able to bear with me?’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Damaging the Boat
Allah tells us that Musa and his companion Al-Khidr set out having come to an agreement and reached an understanding. Al-Khidr had made the condition that Musa should not ask him about anything he found distasteful until he himself initiated the discussion and offered an explanatio...
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا
Fantalaqaa hattaa izaa laqiyaa ghulaaman faqatalahoo qaala aqatalta nafsan zakiy yatam bighairi nafs; laqad ji'ta shai'an nukraa
So they set out, until when they met a boy, al-Khidh r killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."
پھر دونوں چلے۔ یہاں تک کہ (رستے میں) ایک لڑکا ملا تو (خضر نے) اُسے مار ڈالا۔ (موسیٰ نے) کہا کہ آپ نے ایک بےگناہ شخص کو ناحق بغیر قصاص کے مار ڈالا۔ (یہ تو) آپ نے بری بات کی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: We now move to the sentence: حَتَّىٰ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَامًا (until when they met a boy -74). The word: غُلَام (ghulam) in the text is used for a minor boy in the Arabic usage. This boy killed by al-Khadir (علیہ السلام) was a minor - as corroborated by Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ and most commentators. Fu...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So they set off after leaving the ship making their way on foot until when they met a boy who had not yet reached puberty playing with other boys among whom his face was the fairest — and he al-Khidr slew him by slitting his throat with a knife while he lay down or by tearing his head off with his h...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of killing the Boy
فَانطَلَقَا
(Then they both proceeded,) means, after the first incident,
حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلاَمًا فَقَتَلَهُ
(till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him.) It has been stated previously that this boy was playing with other boys in one of the towns, and that Al-Kh...
قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا
Qaala alam aqul laka innaka lan tastatee'a ma'iya sabraa
[Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?"
(خضر نے) کہا کیا میں نے نہیں کہا تھا کہ تم سے میرے ساتھ صبر نہیں کرسکو گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: We now move to the sentence: حَتَّىٰ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَامًا (until when they met a boy -74). The word: غُلَام (ghulam) in the text is used for a minor boy in the Arabic usage. This boy killed by al-Khadir (علیہ السلام) was a minor - as corroborated by Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ and most commentators. Fu...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He said ‘Did I not say to you that you would never be able to bear with me?’ laka ‘to you’ has been added to that same statement which was made before because this time there could not be any excuse for Moses’s impatience.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of killing the Boy
فَانطَلَقَا
(Then they both proceeded,) means, after the first incident,
حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلاَمًا فَقَتَلَهُ
(till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him.) It has been stated previously that this boy was playing with other boys in one of the towns, and that Al-Kh...
قَالَ إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَىْءٍۭ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَٰحِبْنِى قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّى عُذْرًا
Qaala in sa altuka 'an shai'im ba'dahaa falaa tusaahibnee qad balaghta mil ladunnee 'uzraa
[Moses] said, "If I should ask you about anything after this, then do not keep me as a companion. You have obtained from me an excuse."
انہوں نے کہا کہ اگر میں اس کے بعد (پھر) کوئی بات پوچھوں (یعنی اعتراض کروں) تو مجھے اپنے ساتھ نہ رکھیئے گا کہ آپ میری طرف سے عذر (کے قبول کرنے میں غایت) کو پہنچ گئے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: We now move to the sentence: حَتَّىٰ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَامًا (until when they met a boy -74). The word: غُلَام (ghulam) in the text is used for a minor boy in the Arabic usage. This boy killed by al-Khadir (علیہ السلام) was a minor - as corroborated by Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ and most commentators. Fu...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And for this reason he said ‘If I ask you about anything after this after this instance then do not keep me in your company do not allow me to follow you for truly you will have found from me read ladunnī or ladunī on my part sufficient enough excuse’ for you to part company with me.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of killing the Boy
فَانطَلَقَا
(Then they both proceeded,) means, after the first incident,
حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلاَمًا فَقَتَلَهُ
(till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him.) It has been stated previously that this boy was playing with other boys in one of the towns, and that Al-Kh...
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا
Fantalaqaa hattaaa izaaa atayaaa ahla qaryatinis tat'amaaa ahlahaa fa abaw any yudaiyifoohumaa fawajadaa feehaa jidaarany yureedu any yanqadda fa aqaamah; qaala law shi'ta lattakhazta 'alaihi ajraa
So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so al-Khidh r restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."
پھر دونوں چلے۔ یہاں تک کہ ایک گاؤں والوں کے پاس پہنچے اور ان سے کھانا طلب کیا۔ انہوں نے ان کی ضیافت کرنے سے انکار کر دیا۔ پھر انہوں نے وہاں ایک دیوار دیکھی جو (جھک کر) گرا چاہتی تھی۔ خضر نے اس کو سیدھا کر دیا۔ موسیٰ نے کہا اگر آپ چاہتے تو ان سے (اس کا) معاوضہ لیتے (تاکہ کھانے کا کام چلتا)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The habitation mentioned أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ (the people of a town - 77) which Sayyidna Musa and al-Khadir (علیہ السلام) passed through and whose inhabitants refused to host them was Antakiah, as in the report of Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ ، and Aikah, as in the report of Ibn Sirin. It has also been report...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So they set off until when they came to the folk of a certain town namely Antioch Antākya they asked its folk for food they asked them for food by way of hospitality but they refused to extend them any hospitality. They then found in it a wall one hundred cubits high about to collapse that is it was...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of repairing the Wall Allah tells us that
فَانطَلَقَا
(they both proceeded) after the first two instances,
حَتَّى إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ
(till when they came to the people of a town,) Ibn Jarir narrated from Ibn Sirin that this was Al-Aylah. According to the Hadith;
«حَتَّى إِذَا أَ...
قَالَ هَٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا
Qaala haazaa firaaqu bainee wa bainik; sa unabi 'uka bitaaweeli maa lam tastati' 'alaihi sabraa
[Al-Khidh r] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.
خضر نے کہا اب مجھ میں اور تجھ میں علیحدگی۔ (مگر) جن باتوں پر تم صبر نہ کرسکے میں ان کا تمہیں بھید بتائے دیتا ہوں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The habitation mentioned أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ (the people of a town - 77) which Sayyidna Musa and al-Khadir (علیہ السلام) passed through and whose inhabitants refused to host them was Antakiah, as in the report of Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ ، and Aikah, as in the report of Ibn Sirin. It has also been report...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Said he al-Khidr to him ‘This is the parting that is the moment for parting between me and you baynī wa-baynika here the preposition bayna has been annexed to a non-multiple noun but this is allowed grammatically because it is then repeated with its other noun together with the coordinating wāw. I w...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of repairing the Wall Allah tells us that
فَانطَلَقَا
(they both proceeded) after the first two instances,
حَتَّى إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ
(till when they came to the people of a town,) Ibn Jarir narrated from Ibn Sirin that this was Al-Aylah. According to the Hadith;
«حَتَّى إِذَا أَ...
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَٱصْطَبِرْ لِعِبَٰدَتِهِۦ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُۥ سَمِيًّا
Rabbus samaawaati wal ardi wa maa bainahumaa fa'bud hu wastabir li'ibaadatih; hal ta'lamu lahoo samiyyaa
Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them - so worship Him and have patience for His worship. Do you know of any similarity to Him?"
(یعنی) آسمان اور زمین کا اور جو ان دونوں کے درمیان ہے سب کا پروردگار ہے۔ تو اسی کی عبادت کرو اور اسی کی عبادت پر ثابت قدم رہو۔ بھلا تم کوئی اس کا ہم نام جانتے ہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
وَاصْطَبِرْ لِعِبَادَتِهِ ("and-persevere in His worship." - 19:65) The word اِصطِبَار ' means perseverance in the face of acute distress and hardship. The point here is that anyone who wishes to be constant and steadfast in. his prayers must be prepared to undergo pain and suffering.
هَ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He is the Lord the Owner of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. So worship Him and be steadfast in His worship in other words continue to perform it patiently. Do you know of anyone who could be His namesake? anyone named with that same title? No!
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Angels do not descend, except by Allah's Command
Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn `Abbas said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Jibril,
«مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تَزُورَنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا؟»
(What prevents you from visiting us more than you do) Then this Ayah was revealed,
وَمَا نَتَنَزَّل...
فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّا
Falaa ta'jal alaihim innamaa na 'uddu lahum 'addaa
So be not impatient over them. We only count out to them a [limited] number.
تو تم ان پر (عذاب کے لئے) جلدی نہ کرو۔ اور ہم تو ان کے لئے (دن) شمار کر رہے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّا
"We are but counting for them a count down." - 19:84
This verse means: "Do not be impatient about their punishment because it is going to befall upon them in any case - and very soon. We have allowed them a fixed term in this world and that term is about to end. Then w...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So do not make haste against them to demand that they receive chastisement. Indeed We are only counting for them the days and the nights or their every breath carefully until the time arrives for their chastisement.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idols of the Polytheists will deny Their Worship
Allah, the Exalted, informs about the disbelievers who associate partners with their Lord, that they have taken gods besides Allah, so that these gods may be a source of honor and might for them. They think that these gods give them power and make...
فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا وَمِنْ ءَانَآئِ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَأَطْرَافَ ٱلنَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضَىٰ
Fasbir 'alaa maa yaqooloona wa sabbih bihamdi Rabbika qabla tuloo'ish shamsi wa qabla ghuroobihaa wa min aanaaa'il laili fasbbih wa atraafan nahaari la 'allaka tardaa
So be patient over what they say and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and during periods of the night [exalt Him] and at the ends of the day, that you may be satisfied.
پس جو کچھ یہ بکواس کرتے ہیں اس پر صبر کرو۔ اور سورج کے نکلنے سے پہلے اور اس کے غروب ہونے سے پہلے اپنے پروردگار کی تسبیح وتحمید کیا کرو۔ اور رات کی ساعات (اولین) میں بھی اس کی تسبیح کیا کرو اور دن کی اطراف (یعنی دوپہر کے قریب ظہر کے وقت بھی) تاکہ تم خوش ہوجاؤ
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ (So endure what they say - 20:130) The people of Makkah offered various excuses to justify their rejection of the religion brought to them by the Holy Prophet and these included derogatory remarks against his person also, such as branding him as a sorcerer, a poet or...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So be patient with what they say — this is abrogated by the ‘fighting’ verse cf. Q. 2190ff — and make glorifications pray by praising your Lord bi-hamdi rabbika is a circumstantial qualifier in other words ‘ensconced in such praise’ before the rising of the sun the morning prayer and before its sett...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Many Nations were destroyed and in Them is a Lesson
Allah, the Exalted, says,
أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ
(Is it not a guidance for them...) This is addressed to those who reject what the Prophet came to them with: `We destroyed those who denied the Messengers from the previous nations before them. They showed ...
وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
Wa Ismaa'eela wa Idreesa wa Zal Kifli kullum minas saabireen
And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.
اور اسمٰعیل اور ادریس اور ذوالکفل (کو بھی یاد کرو) یہ سب صبر کرنے والے تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Whether Sayyidna Dhul-Kifl was a prophet or a saint and his strange story
Three persons are mentioned in the above two verses. Out of these three there is no doubt about the prophethood of Sayyidna Isma1 (علیہ السلام) and Sayyidna Idris (علیہ السلام) as they are mentioned in the Qur'an as...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And mention Ishmael and Idrīs and Dhū’l-Kifl — all were of the patient in maintaining obedience to God and staying away from acts of disobedience to Him.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Prophet Ayyub Allah tells us about Ayyub (Job), and the trials that struck him, affecting his wealth, children and physical health.
He had plenty of livestock, cattle and crops, many children and beautiful houses, and he was tested in these things, losing every thing he had. Then he was tested w...
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ وَٱلْمُقِيمِى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ
Allazeena izaa zukiral laahu wajilat quloobuhum wassaabireena 'alaa maaa asaabahum walmuqeemis Salaati wa mimmaa razaqnaahum yunfiqoon
Who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts are fearful, and [to] the patient over what has afflicted them, and the establishers of prayer and those who spend from what We have provided them.
یہ وہ لوگ ہیں کہ جب خدا کا نام لیا جاتا ہے تو ان کے دل ڈر جاتے ہیں اور جب ان پر مصیبت پڑتی ہے تو صبر کرتے ہیں اور نماز آداب سے پڑھتے ہیں اور جو (مال) ہم نے ان کو عطا فرمایا ہے (اس میں سے) (نیک کاموں میں) خرچ کرتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ (Whose hearts are filled with awe - 22:35) The word وَجِلَ means a feeling of awe inspired by something majestic and sublime. These words describe the state of pious people who are overwhelmed by deep awe whenever the name of Allah is mentioned in their presence.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: who when God is mentioned their hearts tremble fear and who endure patiently whatever may befall them of ordeals and who observe prayer at its appointed times and who from that which We have provided them expend from it give voluntary alms.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Rites of Sacrifice have been prescribed for every Nation in the World
Allah tells us that sacrifice and shedding blood in the Name of Allah has been prescribed for all nations. `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said,
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ جَعَلْنَا مَنسَكًا
(And for every nation We have appoi...
ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ
Idfa' billate hiya ahsanus saiyi'ah; nahnu a'lamu bimaa yasifoon
Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.
اور بری بات کے جواب میں ایسی بات کہو جو نہایت اچھی ہو۔ اور یہ جو کچھ بیان کرتے ہیں ہمیں خوب معلوم ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ السَّيِّئَةَ
Repel evil with that which is best - 23:96
Allah instructs the Holy Prophet ﷺ to counter evil with good, oppression with justice and cruelty with mercy. These virtues of conduct have been taught by Allah to the Holy Prophet ﷺ and are generally observed in...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Ward off with that which is better that is to say with the better trait of pardoning and shunning them the evil act the hurt they cause you — this was revealed before the command to fight them. We know best what they allege what they invent of lies and what they say and so We will requite them for i...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to call on Allah when Calamity strikes, to repel Evil with that which is better, and to seek refuge with Allah
Allah commands His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to call on Him with this supplication when calamity strikes:
رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّى مَا يُوعَدُونَ
(My Lord! If You would show me that wi...
إِنِّى جَزَيْتُهُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا صَبَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ
Inee jazaituhumul Yawma bimaa sabarooo annahum humul faaa'izoon
Indeed, I have rewarded them this Day for their patient endurance - that they are the attainers [of success]."
آج میں نے اُن کو اُن کے صبر کا بدلہ دیا، کہ وہ کامیاب ہوگئے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ (Do not speak to Me - 23:108). According to Hasan al-Basri (رح) these will be the last words of the people who are cast in hell and in reply Allah will say, "Do not speak to Me." After this they will not be able to speak like human beings, but will make animal sounds to each other...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed I have rewarded them this day abiding bliss for the endurance they showed while you mocked them and caused them hurt. They are indeed the winners’ of what they sought read innahum as indicating a new sentence or annahum as indicating a second direct object of the verb jazaytuhum ‘I have rewar...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah's Response and Rejection of the Disbelievers
This is the response of Allah to the disbelievers when they ask Him to bring them out of the Fire and send them back to this world. He will say:
اخْسَئُواْ فِيهَا
(Remain you in it with ignominy!) meaning, abide therein, humiliated, despised and sco...
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا
Wa maaa arsalnaa qablaka minal mursaleena illaaa innahum la yaakuloonat ta'aama wa yamshoona fil aswaaq; wa ja'alnaa ba'dakum liba'din fitnatan atasbiroon; wa kaana Rabbuka Baseera
And We did not send before you, [O Muhammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.
اور ہم نے تم سے پہلے جتنے پیغمبر بھیجے ہیں سب کھانا کھاتے تھے اور بازاروں میں چلتے پھرتے تھے۔ اور ہم نے تمہیں ایک دوسرے کے لئے آزمائش بنایا ہے۔ کیا تم صبر کرو گے۔ اور تمہارا پروردگار تو دیکھنے والا ہے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
In the forgoing verses a general answer was given to the doubts raised by the infidels and polytheists in regard to prophethood of the Holy Prophet ﷺ . Here in the above verses a detailed reply is given to the objections. The gist of the reply is that because of your ignorance and mental ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We did not send before you any messengers but that they ate food and walked in the marketplaces and so you are like them in this respect and truly what was said to them is being said to you. And We have made some of you a trial for others a test trying the rich with the poor the healthy with the...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفاً وَلاَ نَصْراً
(then you can neither avert nor find help.) means: they will not be able to avert the punishment from themselves, nor will they be able to help themselves.
وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ
(And whoever among you does wrong,) means by associating others in worship wit...
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ ٱلْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَٰمًا
Ulaaa'ika yujzawnal ghurfata bimaa sabaroo wa yulaqqawna feehaa tahiyyatanw wa salaamaa
Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace.
ان (صفات کے) لوگوں کو ان کے صبر کے بدلے اونچے اونچے محل دیئے جائیں گے۔ اور وہاں فرشتے ان سے دعا وسلام کے ساتھ ملاقات کریں گے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أُولَـٰئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ الْغُرْفَةَ (Such people will be rewarded with the high place - 75) The literal meaning of غُرفَہ (ghurfah) is upper story. The righteous people having special closeness to Allah will be given high chambers in Paradise which will look like stars to common people. (al-Bukhari,...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Those they will be rewarded with the sublime abode the highest degree in Paradise forasmuch as they were steadfast in obedience to God and they will be met read yulaqqawna or yalqawna therein in this sublime abode with a greeting and words of peace from the angels;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of the Servants of the Most Gracious, and a Warning to the People of Makkah
After mentioning the beautiful attributes of His believing servants, and their fine words and deeds, Allah then says:
أُوْلَـئِكَ
(Those) meaning, the people who are described in this manner,
يُجْزَوْنَ
(will be r...
وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُن فِى ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ
Wa laa tahzan 'alaihim wa laa takun fee daiqim mimmaa yamkuroon
And grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire.
اور ان (کے حال) پر غم نہ کرنا اور نہ اُن چالوں سے جو یہ کر رہے ہیں تنگ دل ہونا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: بَلِ ادَّارَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ ﴿66﴾
Rather, their knowledge failed in the matter of Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are blind to it. 27:66.
There are different recitations for the word اِدّٰرَکَ (iddar...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And do not grieve for them and do not be distressed by their schemes — this is meant to comfort the Prophet s in other words do not be concerned with their plotting against you for We will grant you victory over them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Scepticism about the Resurrection and Its Refutation
Allah tells us about the idolators who deny the Resurrection, considering it extremely unlikely that bodies will be re-created after they have become bones and dust. Then He says:
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ
(Indeed we ...
وَأَصْبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ فَٰرِغًا إِن كَادَتْ لَتُبْدِى بِهِۦ لَوْلَآ أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Wa asbaha fu'aadu ummi Moosaa faarighan in kaadat latubdee bihee law laaa arrabatnaa 'alaa qalbihaa litakoona minal mu'mineen
And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.
اور موسٰی کی ماں کا دل بے صبر ہو گیا اگر ہم اُن کے دل مضبوط نہ کر دیتے تو قریب تھا کہ وہ اس (قصّے) کو ظاہر کر دیں۔ غرض یہ تھی کہ وہ مومنوں میں رہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ (28:7) The word Wahy (inspiration) is used here in its literal meaning. It does not mean the Wahy that is peculiar to prophets. This point has already been explained under Surah Taha.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And the heart of Moses’s mother when she found out that they had picked him up became empty of everything other than him. Indeed in softened from the hardened form its subject omitted in other words understand it as innaha she was about to expose him that is as being her son had We not fortified her...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The intense Grief of Musa's Mother, and how He was returned to Her
Allah tells us how, when her child was lost in the river, the heart of Musa's mother became empty, i.e., she could not think of any matter in this world except Musa. This was the view of Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubay...
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُم مَّرَّتَيْنِ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيَدْرَءُونَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ
Ulaaa'ika yu'tawna ajrahum marratayni bimaa sabaroo wa yadra'oona bil hasanatis saiyi'ata wa mimmmaa razaq naahum yunfiqoon
Those will be given their reward twice for what they patiently endured and [because] they avert evil through good, and from what We have provided them they spend.
ان لوگوں کو دگنا بدلہ دیا جائے گا کیونکہ صبر کرتے رہے ہیں اور بھلائی کے ساتھ برائی کو دور کرتے ہیں اور جو (مال) ہم نے اُن کو دیا ہے اس میں سے خرچ کرتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أُولَـٰئِكَ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُم مَّرَّتَيْنِ (Such people will be given their reward twice - 28:54). That is, the believers who are also people of the book will be rewarded twice. A similar promise is made for the wives of the Holy Prophet ، ﷺ وَمَن يَقْنُتْ مِنكُنَّ لِلَّـهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَتَعْم...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Those will be given their reward twice over for believing in both Scriptures for the patience they showed for having been steadfast in implementing the prescriptions in them; and they ward off from themselves evil with good and expend give as voluntary alms of that which We have provided them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Believers among the People of the Book
Allah tells us that the pious scholars among the People of the Book believe in the Qur'an, as He says:
الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَـهُمُ الْكِتَـبَ يَتْلُونَهُ حَقَّ تِلاَوَتِهِ أُوْلَـئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ
(Those to whom We gave the Book recite it as it should be rec...
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ وَيْلَكُمْ ثَوَابُ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا وَلَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلصَّٰبِرُونَ
Wa qaalal lazeena ootul 'ilma wailakum sawaabul laahi khairul liman aamana wa 'amila saalihaa; wa laa yulaq qaahaaa illas saabiroon
But those who had been given knowledge said, "Woe to you! The reward of Allah is better for he who believes and does righteousness. And none are granted it except the patient."
اور جن لوگوں کو علم دیا گیا تھا وہ کہنے لگے کہ تم پر افسوس۔ مومنوں اور نیکوکاروں کے لئے (جو) ثواب خدا (کے ہاں تیار ہے وہ) کہیں بہتر ہے اور وہ صرف صبر کرنے والوں ہی کو ملے گا
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ وَيْلَكُمْ (And said those who were given knowledge - 28:80). This verse has compared the knowledgeable persons with الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا (Those who are desirous of the worldly life - 28:79), which clearly indicates that it is not the trait ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But those to whom knowledge had been given knowledge of what God had promised in the Hereafter said to them ‘Woe to you! waylakum is an expression of reprimand God’s reward of Paradise in the Hereafter is better for him who believes and acts righteously than what Korah has been given in this world; ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How Qarun went forth in His Finery, and His People's Comments
Allah tells us how Qarun went forth one day before his people with his magnificent regalia; wearing his fine clothes, accompanied by his fine horses, his servants and retinue. When those whose desires and inclinations were for the world s...
ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
Allazeena sabaroo wa 'alaa Rabbihim yatawakkaloon
Who have been patient and upon their Lord rely.
جو صبر کرتے اور اپنے پروردگار پر بھروسہ رکھتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُم مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًا تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا (And those who believe and do righteous deeds, We shall accommodate them in mansions of the Paradise beneath which rivers flow, where they will live forever...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: they are those who are steadfast in enduring the harm inflicted upon them by the idolaters and in enduring the Emigration in order to make manifest the religion of Islam and who put their trust in their Lord so that He provides for them whence they do not expect.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Advice to migrate and the Promise of Provision and a Goodly Reward
Allah commands His believing servants to migrate from a land in which they are not able to establish Islam, to the spacious earth of Allah where they can do so, by declaring Allah to be One and worshipping Him as He has commanded. Al...
فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلَا يَسْتَخِفَّنَّكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُوقِنُونَ
Fasbir inna wa'dal laahi haqqunw wa laa yastakhif fannakal lazeena laa yooqinoon
So be patient. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth. And let them not disquiet you who are not certain [in faith].
پس تم صبر کرو بیشک خدا کا وعدہ سچا ہے اور (دیکھو) جو لوگ یقین نہیں رکھتے وہ تمہیں اوچھا نہ بنادیں
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After this, the falsehood and ignorance of the deniers of the Dooms Day is mentioned وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُوا غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ that is, ‘When the Dooms Day will come, these deniers of the Dooms Day will start swearing by losing senses after looking at the horr...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So be patient. Surely God’s promise to give you victory over them is true. And do not let them cause you to be inconstant those who are uncertain of the Resurrection in other words do not let them cause you to succumb to inconstancy and frivolity by abandoning patience that is to say do not abandon ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Parables in the Qur'an and how the Disbelievers do not learn from them
وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ
(And indeed We have set forth for mankind, in this Qur'an every kind of parable.) means, `We have explained the truth to them and have made it clear to them, a...
يَٰبُنَىَّ أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَٱنْهَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَكَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ
Yaa bunaiya aqimis-Salaata waamur bilma'roofi wanha 'anil munkari wasbir 'alaa maaa asaabaka inna zaalika min 'azmil umoor
O my son, establish prayer, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] determination.
بیٹا نماز کی پابندی رکھنا اور (لوگوں کو) اچھے کاموں کے کرنے کا امر اور بری باتوں سے منع کرتے رہنا اور جو مصیبت تجھ پر واقع ہو اس پر صبر کرنا۔ بیشک یہ بڑی ہمت کے کام ہیں
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Third Bequest of Luqman (علیہ السلام) about the Correction of Deed
There are many obligatory deeds, but the greatest and the most important of these is Salah - and not simply that it is important by itself, it also happens to be the master deed that becomes the catalyst changing other deeds towa...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O my son! Establish prayer and enjoin decency and forbid indecency. And be patient through whatever may befall you as a result of such enjoining and forbidding. Truly that which is mentioned is true constancy in other words that is one of those necessary things regarding which one must have firm res...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): This is useful advice which Allah tells us Luqman gave, so that people may follow it and take it as"See the full heading "This is useful advice which Allah tells us Luqman gave, so thatpeople may follow it and take it as a good example
He said:
يبُنَىَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْ...
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱلْفُلْكَ تَجْرِى فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِنِعْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ لِيُرِيَكُم مِّنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ
Alam tara annal fulka tajree fil bahri bini'matil laahi li yuriyakum min Aayaatih; inna fee zaalika la Aayaatil likulli sabbaarin shakoor
Do you not see that ships sail through the sea by the favor of Allah that He may show you of His signs? Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
کیا تم نے نہیں دیکھا کہ خدا ہی کی مہربانی سے کشتیاں دریا میں چلتی ہیں۔ تاکہ وہ تم کو اپنی کچھ نشانیاں دکھائے۔ بیشک اس میں ہر صبر کرنے والے (اور) شکر کرنے والے کے لئے نشانیاں ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: This has been stated in the verse: وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ (27) through a similitude. Says the similitude: 'If all trees that are on the earth were to be pens (or pens were to be made of all branches on them) and the ocean (converted into ink) is supported by seven sea...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Have you not seen that the ships run upon the sea by the grace of God that He may show you O you who are being addressed in this statement some of His signs? Surely in that there are signs lessons for every servant who is steadfast in abstaining from acts of disobedience to God grateful for His grac...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah tells us that He is the One Who has subjugated the sea so that ships may sail on it by His com"See the full heading"Allah tells us that He is the One Who has subjugated the sea so thatships may sail on it by His command, i.e. , by His grace and power
For if He did not give the water the streng...
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يُوقِنُونَ
Wa ja'alnaa minhum a'immatany yahdoona bi amrinaa lammaa sabaroo wa kaanoo bi aayaatinaa yooqinoon
And We made from among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were patient and [when] they were certain of Our signs.
اور ان میں سے ہم نے پیشوا بنائے تھے جو ہمارے حکم سے ہدایت کیا کرتے تھے۔ جب وہ صبر کرتے تھے اور وہ ہماری آیتوں پر یقین رکھتے تھے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Two conditions for the leader of any people
In the next verse (24), it was said:
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُوا ۖ وَكَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يُوقِنُونَ
(And We appointed leaders from among them who guided (people) under Our command, when they observed patience, and...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We appointed among them leaders read a-immatan by pronouncing both hamzas or by substituting the second one with a yā who guided people by Our command when they had endured patiently in observing their religion and against the hardships they suffered because of their enemies lammā ‘when’ a varia...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Book of Musa and the Leadership of the Children of Israel
Allah tells us that He gave the Book -- the Tawrah -- to His servant and Messenger Musa, peace be upon him.
فَلاَ تَكُن فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّن لِّقَآئِهِ
(So, be not you in doubt of meeting him.) Qatadah said, "This refers to the Night of Isra...
فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَٱنتَظِرْ إِنَّهُم مُّنتَظِرُونَ
Fa a'rid 'anhum wantazir innahum muntazirron
So turn away from them and wait. Indeed, they are waiting.
تو اُن سے منہ پھیر لو اور انتظار کرو یہ بھی انتظار کر رہے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: To answer that, Allah Ta'ala said: قُلْ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ لَا يَنفَعُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِيمَانُهُمْ (Say, 'On the day of decision their belief will not be of any use to disbelievers,'-29) This amounts to saying: Why are you asking us about the day of our victory while that day is going to be a day...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So turn away from them and wait for the chastisement to be sent down on them. They too are waiting for your death to take place or for you to be killed and so be rid of you — this was revealed before the command to fight them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How the Disbelievers sought to hasten on the Punishment, and what happened to Them
Allah tells us how the disbelievers sought to hasten on the punishment, and to bring the wrath and vengeance of Allah upon themselves, because they thought this punishment would never happen, and because of their disb...
فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا بَٰعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ
Faqaaloo Rabbanaa baa'id baina asfaarinaa wa zalamooo anfusahum faja'alnaahum ahaadeesa wa mazzaq naahum kulla mumazzaq; inna fee zaalika la Aayaatil likulli sabbaarin shakoor
But [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
تو انہوں نے دعا کی کہ اے پروردگار ہماری مسافتوں میں بُعد (اور طول پیدا) کردے اور (اس سے) انہوں نے اپنے حق میں ظلم کیا تو ہم نے (انہیں نابود کرکے) ان کے افسانے بنادیئے اور انہیں بالکل منتشر کردیا۔ اس میں ہر صابر وشاکر کے لئے نشانیاں ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse 19 opens with the statement: فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا بَاعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَاهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ (Then they said," Our Lord, make (the phases of) our journeys more distant." And they wronged themselves, therefore We turned them in...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But they said ‘Our Lord make far apart ba‘‘id a variant reading has bā‘id the stages of our travel’ to Syria make these stages through deserts so that they could glory before the poor in riding their camels and bearing their supplies and water and so they behaved wantonly with the graces bestowed on...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Trade of Saba' and Their Destruction
Allah tells us about the blessings which the people of Saba' enjoyed, and the luxuries and plentiful provision which was theirs in their land, with its secure dwellings and towns which were joined to one another, with many trees, crops and fruits. When they t...
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
Fatawalla 'anhum hatta heen
So, [O Muhammad], leave them for a time.
تو ایک وقت تک ان سے اعراض کئے رہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The sense of 'the victory of the people of Allah'
In verses 171-173, it was said: وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ الْمَنصُورُونَ وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ (And Our Word has already gone ahead in favor of Our servants - the messengers - they ar...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So leave them in other words shun the Meccan disbelievers for a while until such time as you are commanded to fight them;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Promise of Victory and the Command to turn away from Idolators
Allah says,
وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِينَ
(And, verily, Our Word has gone forth of old for Our servants, the Messengers,) meaning, it has already been stated in the first decree that the Messengers and the...
وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ
Wa tawalla 'anhum hattaa heen
And leave them for a time.
اور ایک وقت تک ان سے منہ پھیرے رہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The sense of 'the victory of the people of Allah'
In verses 171-173, it was said: وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ الْمَنصُورُونَ وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ (And Our Word has already gone ahead in favor of Our servants - the messengers - they ar...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So leave them for a while
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Promise of Victory and the Command to turn away from Idolators
Allah says,
وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِينَ
(And, verily, Our Word has gone forth of old for Our servants, the Messengers,) meaning, it has already been stated in the first decree that the Messengers and the...
ٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلْأَيْدِ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ
Isbir 'alaa maa yaqooloona wazkur 'abdanaa Daawooda zal aidi aidi innahooo awwaab
Be patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allah].
(اے پیغمبر) یہ جو کچھ کہتے ہیں اس پر صبر کرو۔ اور ہمارے بندے داؤد کو یاد کرو جو صاحب قوت تھے (اور) بےشک وہ رجوع کرنے والے تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
It was said in verse 17 وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُودَ ذَا الْأَيْد (and remember Our servant, Dawud, the man of might). Nearly all commentators have explained it in the sense that he used to demonstrate great courage and strength during the course of his acts of worship (` ibadah), theref...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: God exalted be He says Bear patiently what they say and remember Our servant David the one of fortitude that is to say the one of fortitude in worship he used to fast every other day and keep vigil for half the night sleep for a third and then keep vigil for the last sixth. Indeed he was a penitent ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah tells us that His servant and Messenger Dawud, peace be upon him, was endued with power
Al-Ayd means strength in knowledge and action. Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, As-Suddi and Ibn Zayd said, "Al-Ayd means strength." Mujahid said, "Al-Ayd means strength in obedience to Allah." Qa...
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ
Wa wahabnaa lahoo ahlahoo wa mislahum ma'ahum rahmatam minna wa zikraa li ulil albaab
And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.
اور ہم نے ان کو اہل و عیال اور ان کے ساتھ ان کے برابر اور بخشے۔ (یہ) ہماری طرف سے رحمت اور عقل والوں کے لئے نصیحت تھی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The event relating to Sayyidna Ayyub (علیہ السلام) has been introduced here to comfort and prompt the Holy Prophet (علیہ السلام) ، so that he would also observe patience. This event has appeared with details in our commentary on Surah Al-Anbiya' (Ma’ ariful-Qur’ an, Volume V1). A few sign...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We gave him back his family along with others like them that is God brought back to life all the children of his that had died and provided him with as many in addition to them as a mercy a grace from us and a reminder an admonition to people of pith possessors of intellect.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Ayyub
Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Ayyub (Job) and how He tested him. These tests afflicted his body, his wealth and his children, until there was no part of his body that was healthy except his heart. Then he had nothing left in this world which he could use to help him deal ...
وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَٰهُ صَابِرًا نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ
Wa khuz biyadika dighsan fadrib bihee wa laa tahnas, innaa wajadnaahu saabiraa; ni'mal 'abd; innahooo awwaab
[We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath." Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].
اور اپنے ہاتھ میں جھاڑو لو اور اس سے مارو اور قسم نہ توڑو۔ بےشک ہم نے ان کو ثابت قدم پایا۔ بہت خوب بندے تھے بےشک وہ رجوع کرنے والے تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 44, it was said: خُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا (Take [ a bundle of ] thin twigs in your hand). This was said in the background when Sayyidna Ayyub (علیہ السلام) intended to fulfill the oath he had taken. But, as his wife had taken good care of him, and had done nothing to deserve being chastised (w...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We said to him ‘Take in your hand a bunch of twigs or some blades of grass and smite therewith your wife — for he had sworn to smite her a hundred times on one occasion when she was late in coming to him — and do not break your oath’ by not smiting her so he took a hundred rushes and smote her w...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Ayyub
Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Ayyub (Job) and how He tested him. These tests afflicted his body, his wealth and his children, until there was no part of his body that was healthy except his heart. Then he had nothing left in this world which he could use to help him deal ...
قُلْ يَٰعِبَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ وَأَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةٌ إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى ٱلصَّٰبِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
Qul yaa 'ibaadil lazeena aamanut taqoo Rabbakum; lillazeena ahsanoo fee haazihid dunyaa hasanah; wa ardul laahi waasi'ah; innamaa yuwaffas saabiroona ajrahum bighayri hisab
Say, "O My servants who have believed, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world is good, and the earth of Allah is spacious. Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account."
کہہ دو کہ اے میرے بندو جو ایمان لائے ہو اپنے پروردگار سے ڈرو۔ جنہوں نے اس دنیا میں نیکی کی ان کے لئے بھلائی ہے۔ اور خدا کی زمین کشادہ ہے۔ جو صبر کرنے والے ہیں ان کو بےشمار ثواب ملے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 10, it was said: وَأَرْضُ اللَّـهِ وَاسِعَةٌ (and the earth of Allah is wide).In the sentence previous to this, Good deeds had been enjoined. This might prompt someone to come up with the excuse, 'The city or country in which I live, or the social milieu I am stuck with around me stops me ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘O servants of Mine who believe! Fear your Lord that is to say fear His chastisement by being obedient to Him. For those who are virtuous in this world through obedience there will be good and that is Paradise and God’s earth is vast so emigrate throughout it away from the company of disbeliever...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command for Taqwa, Emigration and to worship Him alone with all Sincerity
Allah commands His believing servants to remain steadfast in their obedience and have Taqwa of Him.
قُلْ يعِبَادِ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمْ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُواْ فِى هَـذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ
(Say: "O My ...
فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِبْكَٰرِ
Fasbir inna wa'dal laahi haqqunw wastaghfir lizambika wa sabbih bihamdi Rabbika bil'ashiyyi wal ibkaar
So be patient, [O Muhammad]. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth. And ask forgiveness for your sin and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord in the evening and the morning.
تو صبر کرو بےشک خدا کا وعدہ سچا ہے اور اپنے گناہوں کی معافی مانگو اور صبح وشام اپنے پروردگار کی تعریف کے ساتھ تسبیح کرتے رہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
In the opening statement of verse 51, it was said: إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا (Surely, We do help Our messengers and those who believe in the worldly life, 40:51). This verse carries the promise of Allah Ta’ ala that He would keep helping Hi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So be patient O Muhammad (s). Surely God’s promise to grant victory to His friends is true — for you and whoever follows you are among such friends. And ask forgiveness for your sin so that you will be emulated in this by your community and glorify perform prayer continuously with praise of your Lor...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Victory of the Messengers and the Believers
إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فِى الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا
(Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe in this world's life). As-Suddi, "Allah never sends a Messenger to a people and they kill him or so...
فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
Fasbir inna wa'dal laahi haqq; fa immaa nuriyannak ba'dal lazee na'i duhum aw natawaffayannaka fa ilainaa yurja'oon
So be patient, [O Muhammad]; indeed, the promise of Allah is truth. And whether We show you some of what We have promised them or We take you in death, it is to Us they will be returned.
تو (اے پیغمبر) صبر کرو خدا کا وعدہ سچا ہے۔ اگر ہم تم کو کچھ اس میں سے دکھادیں جس کا ہم تم سے وعدہ کرتے ہیں۔ (یعنی کافروں پر عذاب نازل کریں) یا تمہاری مدت حیات پوری کردیں تو ان کو ہماری ہی طرف لوٹ کر آنا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 77, it was said: فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّـهِ حَقٌّ فَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ (Therefore, be patient. Surely, the promise of Allah is true. Then, whether We show you [ in your life ] a part of the promise We are making to them, or make you die [ before they are punished ], in any case they ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So be patient. Assuredly God’s promise to chastise them is true. And if We show you fa-immā contains an assimilated conditional particle in; the mā is extra and emphasises the conditional import at the beginning of the verb while the nūn emphasises it at the end a part of what We promise them of cha...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to be Patient and Good News of Victory
Here Allah commands His Messenger to patiently bear the rejection of those who rejected him: `Allah will fulfill His promise to you that you will be victorious and will prevail over your people, and you and those who follow you, will be the successf...
وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ حَمِيمٌ
Wa laa tastawil hasanatu wa las saiyi'ah; idfa' billatee hiya ahsanu fa'izal lazee bainaka wa bainahoo 'adaawatun ka'annahoo waliyun hameem
And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.
اور بھلائی اور برائی برابر نہیں ہوسکتی۔ تو (سخت کلامی کا) ایسے طریق سے جواب دو جو بہت اچھا ہو (ایسا کرنے سے تم دیکھو گے) کہ جس میں اور تم میں دشمنی تھی گویا وہ تمہارا گرم جوش دوست ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ (And good and evil are not equal - 34). The special instructions for those who are engaged in calling others towards Allah commence from here. The gist of these instructions is not to repay evil with evil, but to be patient and to be obliging ادْفَعْ بِ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they are not equal the good deed and the evil deed even with respect to their subdivisions because any number of such good deeds are always above any number of the latter. Repel the evil deed with that in other words with that trait which is better such as repelling anger with endurance ignoranc...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Virtue of calling Others to Allah
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلاً مِّمَّن دَعَآ إِلَى اللَّهِ
(And who is better in speech than he who invites to Allah,) means, he calls the servants of Allah to Him.
وَعَمِلَ صَـلِحاً وَقَالَ إِنَّنِى مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
(and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of...
وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ
Wa maa yulaqqaahaaa illal lazeena sabaroo wa maa yulaqqaahaaa illaa zoo hazzin 'azeem
But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except one having a great portion [of good].
اور یہ بات ان ہی لوگوں کو حاصل ہوتی ہے جو برداشت کرنے والے ہیں۔ اور ان ہی کو نصیب ہوتی ہے جو بڑے صاحب نصیب ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ (And good and evil are not equal - 34). The special instructions for those who are engaged in calling others towards Allah commence from here. The gist of these instructions is not to repay evil with evil, but to be patient and to be obliging ادْفَعْ بِ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But none is granted it in other words none is given that better trait except those who are steadfast; and none is granted it except one deserving of a great reward.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Virtue of calling Others to Allah
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلاً مِّمَّن دَعَآ إِلَى اللَّهِ
(And who is better in speech than he who invites to Allah,) means, he calls the servants of Allah to Him.
وَعَمِلَ صَـلِحاً وَقَالَ إِنَّنِى مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
(and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of...
وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ
Wa maa yulaqqaahaaa illal lazeena sabaroo wa maa yulaqqaahaaa illaa zoo hazzin 'azeem
But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except one having a great portion [of good].
اور یہ بات ان ہی لوگوں کو حاصل ہوتی ہے جو برداشت کرنے والے ہیں۔ اور ان ہی کو نصیب ہوتی ہے جو بڑے صاحب نصیب ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ (And good and evil are not equal - 34). The special instructions for those who are engaged in calling others towards Allah commence from here. The gist of these instructions is not to repay evil with evil, but to be patient and to be obliging ادْفَعْ بِ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But none is granted it in other words none is given that better trait except those who are steadfast; and none is granted it except one deserving of a great reward.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Virtue of calling Others to Allah
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلاً مِّمَّن دَعَآ إِلَى اللَّهِ
(And who is better in speech than he who invites to Allah,) means, he calls the servants of Allah to Him.
وَعَمِلَ صَـلِحاً وَقَالَ إِنَّنِى مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
(and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of...
إِن يَشَأْ يُسْكِنِ ٱلرِّيحَ فَيَظْلَلْنَ رَوَاكِدَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهِۦٓ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ
Iny yashaaa yuskinir reeha fa yazlalna rawaakida 'alaa zahirh; inna fee zaalika la Aayaatil likulli sabbaarin shakoor
If He willed, He could still the wind, and they would remain motionless on its surface. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
اگر خدا چاہے تو ہوا کو ٹھیرا دے اور جہاز اس کی سطح پر کھڑے رہ جائیں۔ تمام صبر اور شکر کرنے والوں کے لئے ان (باتوں) میں قدرت خدا کے نمونے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَمَا أَصَابَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَن كَثِيرٍ (And whatever hardship befalls you is because of what your own hands have committed, while He overlooks many [ of your faults ].... 42:30) means exactly the same. Sayyidna Hasan ؓ has narrated that when this verse w...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: If He will He stills the wind whereat they remain they become motionless fixed not moving on its surface. Surely in that there are signs for every steadfast grateful servant — this is the believer who is steadfast during hardship and grateful in times of comfort.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Ships are also among the Signs of Allah
Allah tells us that another sign of His great power and dominion is the fact that He has subjugated the sea so that ships may sail in it by His command, so they sail in the sea like mountains. This was the view of Mujahid, Al-Hasan, As-Suddi and Ad-Dahhak. In ...
وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ
Wa laman sabara wa ghafara inna zaalika lamin 'azmil umoor
And whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the matters [requiring] determination.
اور جو صبر کرے اور قصور معاف کردے تو یہ ہمت کے کام ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Seventh virtue:۔ وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَهُمُ الْبَغْيُ هُمْ يَنتَصِرُونَ (and those who, when they are subjected to aggression, defend themselves - 39.) The original word used in the text is ` yantasirun' which may be translated as ` defend themselves' and also as ` retaliate'. In the latter case...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But verily he who is patient and defend himself by retaliating and forgives excuses the wrong done to him — surely that patience and excusing is true constancy in such affairs that is to say it is one of those courses of action for which one must have firm resolve meaning those which are required of...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Forgiving or exacting Revenge on Wrongdoers
وَجَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا
(The recompense for an evil is an evil like thereof). This is like the Ayat:
فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْتَدُواْ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ
(Then whoever transgresses the prohibition against you, ...
فَٱصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَٰمٌ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Fasfah 'anhum wa qul salaam; fasawfa ya'lamoon
So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.
تو ان سے منہ پھیر لو اور سلام کہہ دو۔ ان کو عنقریب (انجام) معلوم ہوجائے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَقُلْ سَلَامٌ (and say, Salam [ good-bye ]. Then soon they will come to know---43:89). At the end of the Surah, the same advice has been given to the Holy Prophet t that is always given to every preacher of truth. The gist of the advice is that one may reply to the arguments and doubts of the oppon...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: God exalted be He says Then disregard them leave them be and say ‘Peace!’ I will stay away from you — this was revealed before he was commanded to fight them. For they will soon come to know ya‘lamūna may also be read as second person plural ta‘lamūna ‘you will come to know’ meant to threaten them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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 language of the Arabs, which is the most eloquent language for communication among pe...
فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ
Fartaqib innahum murta qiboon
So watch, [O Muhammad]; indeed, they are watching [for your end].
پس تم بھی انتظار کرو یہ بھی انتظار کر رہے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَىٰ (They will not taste death therein, except for the first death (they faced in the world) - 44:56). In other words, they shall suffer no death other than the first death which they had encountered at the end of their lives in this world. T...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So be on the look out await their destruction. Indeed they too are on the look out for your death — this was before the revelation of the command to struggle against them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The State of Those Who have Taqwa and the Delights
They will enjoy in Paradise When Allah describes the state of the doomed, He follows that with a description of the life of the blessed. For this reason the Qur'an is called Al-Mathani (i.e., oft-repeated).
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ
(Verily, those who hav...
فَٱصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْعَزْمِ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِل لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا سَاعَةً مِّن نَّهَارٍۭ بَلَٰغٌ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ
Fasbir kamaa sabara ulul 'azmi minar Rusuli wa laa tasta'jil lahum; ka annahum Yawma yarawna maa yoo'adoona lam yalbasooo illaa saa'atam min nahaar; balaagh; fahal yuhlaku illal qawmul faasiqoon
So be patient, [O Muhammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them. It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?
پس (اے محمدﷺ) جس طرح اور عالی ہمت پیغمبر صبر کرتے رہے ہیں اسی طرح تم بھی صبر کرو اور ان کے لئے (عذاب) جلدی نہ مانگو۔ جس دن یہ اس چیز کو دیکھیں گے جس کا ان سے وعدہ کیا جاتا ہے تو (خیال کریں گے کہ) گویا (دنیا میں) رہے ہی نہ تھے مگر گھڑی بھر دن۔ (یہ قرآن) پیغام ہے۔ سو (اب) وہی ہلاک ہوں گے جو نافرمان تھے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
أُولُو الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ (...as the resolute messengers observed patience - 46:35). The word 'resolute' has been used here as a qualification for all the messengers, and not only for some of them, because the word 'min' used with 'rusul' is not, according to the authentic exegetes...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So endure with patience the harm done to you by your people just as the resolute those of constancy and power of endurance during hardships from among the messengers endured with patience before you so that you may be one of resolve like them min of mina’l-rusuli is explicative as all of them were m...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Commanding the Prophet to persevere
Allah then commands His Messenger to observe patience with those who rejected him among his people. He says,
فَاصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُوْلُواْ الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ
(Therefore be patient as did those of determination among the Messengers.) meaning, as they were ...
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُجَٰهِدِينَ مِنكُمْ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَنَبْلُوَا۟ أَخْبَارَكُمْ
Wa lanabluwannakum hattaa na'lamal mujaahideena minkum wassaabireena wa nabluwa akhbaarakum
And We will surely test you until We make evident those who strive among you [for the cause of Allah] and the patient, and We will test your affairs.
اور ہم تو لوگوں کو آزمائیں گے تاکہ جو تم میں لڑائی کرنے والے اور ثابت قدم رہنے والے ہیں ان کو معلوم کریں۔ اور تمہارے حالات جانچ لیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: حَتَّىٰ نَعْلَمَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ مِنكُمْ (...until We know those of you who carry out Jihad,... - 47:31) Allah's knowledge of every person’ s works and deeds is all-encompassing and eternal. It may be noted here that knowledge is of two kinds: [ i ] a priori knowledge or fore-knowledge, knowledge ab...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We will assuredly try you We will assuredly test you by way of commanding you to participate in the struggle and in other ways until We know with knowledge outwardly manifested those of you who struggle for God’s cause and those who are steadfast in adhering to the struggle and in other ways and...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Exposing the Hidden Secret of the Hypocrites Allah says ...
أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ أَن لَّن يُخْرِجَ اللَّهُ أَضْغَـنَهُمْ
(Or do those in whose hearts is disease think that Allah would never expose their ill--wills) meaning, do the hypocrites think that Allah will not expose ...
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Wa law annahum sabaroo hatta takhruja ilaihim lakaana khairal lahum; wallaahu Ghafoorur Raheem
And if they had been patient until you [could] come out to them, it would have been better for them. But Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
اور اگر وہ صبر کئے رہتے یہاں تک کہ تم خود نکل کر ان کے پاس آتے تو یہ ان کے لئے بہتر تھا۔ اور خدا تو بخشنے والا مہربان ہے
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: And had they been patient annahum ‘they’ has independent status on account of inceptiveness; alternatively it is said to govern an implied verb such as thabata ‘had their patience been maintained’ until you came out to them it would have been better for them; and God is Forgiving Merciful to those o...
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...
فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ
Fasbir 'alaa maa yaqooloona wa sabbih bihamdi Rabbika qabla tuloo'ish shamsi wa qablal ghuroob
So be patient, [O Muhammad], over what they say and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting,
تو جو کچھ یہ (کفار) بکتے ہیں اس پر صبر کرو اور آفتاب کے طلوع ہونے سے پہلے اور اس کے غروب ہونے سے پہلے اپنے پروردگار کی تعریف کے ساتھ تسبیح کرتے رہو
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ الْغُرُوبِ (and proclaim His purity along with your Lord's praise before sunrise and before sunset... 50:39). The imperative verb sabbih is derived from the infinitive tasbih which originally means to declare or proclaim the purity of Al...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So endure patiently addressing the Prophet s what they the Jews and others say in the way of anthropomorphic comparisons and denials and glorify with praise of your Lord perform prayers with praise of Him before the rising of the sun in other words perform the morning prayer and before the sunset th...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Warning the Disbelievers of the imminent Torment; commanding the Prophet to pray and have Patience
Allah the Exalted asks, `how many We have destroyed before these denying disbelievers'
مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشاً
(a generation who were stronger in power than they.) they were more numer...
ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Islawhaa fasbirooo aw laa tasbiroo sawaaa'un 'alaikum innamaa tujzawna maa kuntum ta'maloon
[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."
اس میں داخل ہوجاؤ اور صبر کرو یا نہ کرو تمہارے لئے یکساں ہے۔ جو کام تم کیا کرتے تھے (یہ) انہی کا تم کو بدلہ مل رہا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ تَمُورُ السَّمَاءُ مَوْرًا (...the Day when the sky will tremble, a horrible trembling, ...52:9) The lexicographical denotation of the word mawr is violent shaking, or movement caused by unrest. This verse describes the violent movement of the heavens on the Day of Resurrection.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Burn in it! And whether you endure it or do not endure your endurance and your anguish will be the same for you because your endurance will be of no use to you. You are only being requited for what you used to do’ that is to say only the requital for it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat At-Tur
Malik narrated that Jubayr bin Mut`im said, "I heard the Prophet reciting Surat At-Tur while praying Maghrib. Surely, I have never heard a more beautiful voice or recitation than his recitation." This Hadith is recorded in the Two Sahihs using...
وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
Wasbir lihukmi rabbika fa innaka bi-a'yuninaa wa sabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoom
And be patient, [O Muhammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes. And exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord when you arise.
اور تم اپنے پروردگار کے حکم کے انتظار میں صبر کئے رہو۔ تم تو ہماری آنکھوں کے سامنے ہو اور جب اُٹھا کرو تو اپنے پروردگار کی تعریف کے ساتھ تسبیح کیا کرو
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا (...you are before Our Eyes....) The hostility of the enemies towards, and their opposition to, and rejection of the Holy Prophet ﷺ depressed him. At the conclusion of the chapter, the Qur'an says 'You are before Our eyes', that is, under Our care and We shall prot...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord that they be reprieved and do not be grieved for surely you fare before Our eyes you are in Our sight We see you and preserve you. And glorify continuously with praise of your Lord that is to say say subhāna’Llāhi wa bi-hamdihi ‘Glory and praise be ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Stubbornness of the Idolators; Their Punishment
Allah the Exalted reaffirms the stubbornness of the idolators and their ignorance of what goes around them,
وَإِن يَرَوْاْ كِسْفاً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ سَـقِطاً
(And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down,) meaning, on them as punishmen...
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ
Innaa mursilun naaqati fitnatal lahum fartaqibhum wastabir
Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.
(اے صالح) ہم ان کی آزمائش کے لئے اونٹنی بھیجنے والے ہیں تو تم ان کو دیکھتے رہو اور صبر کرو
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Lexicological Analysis
The word سُعُر su'ur has appeared twice in this Surah. First it has appeared in verse 24 in connection with the people of Thamud where it is their own word, and means 'madness or insanity'. The second time, the word appears in connection with the punishment of the sinners wher...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Lo! We are sending the She-camel We will bring it forth out of the mountain the rock as they demanded as a trial a test for them that We may try them. So watch them O Sālih await to see what they will do and what will be done with them and remain patient istabir the tā’ here has replaced the tā’ of ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Thamud
Allah states here that the people of Thamud denied their Messenger Salih,
فَقَالُواْ أَبَشَراً مِّنَّا وَحِداً نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّآ إِذاً لَّفِى ضَلَـلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
(And they said: "A man, alone among us -- shall we follow him Truly, then we should be in error and distress!") They sa...
لِّكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا۟ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ
Likailaa taasaw 'alaa maa faatakum wa laa tafrahoo bimaaa aataakum; wallaahu laa yuhibbu kulla mukhtaalin fakhoor
In order that you not despair over what has eluded you and not exult [in pride] over what He has given you. And Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful -
تاکہ جو (مطلب) تم سے فوت ہوگیا ہو اس کا غم نہ کھایا کرو اور جو تم کو اس نے دیا ہو اس پر اترایا نہ کرو۔ اور خدا کسی اترانے اور شیخی بگھارنے والے کو دوست نہیں رکھتا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Patience and Gratitude
لِّكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَا آتَاكُمْ (...so that you may neither grieve on what has escaped you, nor over-exult on what He has given you ...57:23) This means that Allah has informed us of His encompassing knowledge, recording all things be...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: so that you may not kay-lā kay makes a verb subjunctive with the same sense as an as in an-lā ‘so that … not’ that is to say God informs you of this so that you may not grieve for what escapes you nor exult with a wanton exultation rather an exultation that is followed by a thanksgiving for the grac...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Everything that affects Mankind, is duly measured and destined
Allah reminds of His measuring and deciding the destiny of all things before He created the creation,
مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِى الاٌّرْضِ وَلاَ فِى أَنفُسِكُمْ
(No calamity occurs on the earth nor in yourselves) meaning, `there is n...
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
Fasbir lihkmi rabbika wa laa takun kasaahibil boot; iz naadaa wa huwa makzoom
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
تو اپنے پروردگار کے حکم کے انتظار میں صبر کئے رہو اور مچھلی (کا لقمہ ہونے) والے یونس کی طرح رہو نا کہ انہوں نے (خدا) کو پکارا اور وہ (غم و) غصے میں بھرے ہوئے تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ (So, remain patient with your Lord's judgment, and be not like the Man of the Fish...68:48). It refers to Sayyidna Yunus (علیہ السلام) . He is named here as 'Man of Fish' because he was devoured by a fish and remained in its belly for some time.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So await patiently the judgement of your Lord regarding them in the way that He wills and do not be like the one of the whale in terms of impatience and haste — this is Jonah peace be upon him — who called out who supplicated his Lord choking with grief filled with anguish inside the belly of the wh...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to be Patient and to refrain from being Hasty like Yunus was
Allah says,
فَاصْبِرْ
(So wait with patience) `O Muhammad, persevere against the harm your people cause you and their rejection. For verily, Allah will give you authority over them, and make the final victory for you and your f...
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Fasbir ssabran jameelaa
So be patient with gracious patience.
(تو تم کافروں کی باتوں کو) قوت کے ساتھ برداشت کرتے رہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ (to whom ascend the angels and the Spirit ...70:4). In other words, the angels and Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) ascend these levels which are one on top of the other. Although the word 'angels' include 'Jibra'il (علیہ السلام) ، his name is singled out specifically on a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So be patient — this was revealed before he the Prophet was commanded to fight — with a graceful patience that is one in which there is no anguish.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
A Request to hasten the Day of Judgement
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
(A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall) This Ayah contains an assumed meaning th...
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
Izaa massahush sharru jazoo'aa
When evil touches him, impatient,
جب اسے تکلیف پہنچتی ہے تو گھبرا اٹھتا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا (very upset when touched by evil, and very niggard when visited by good (fortune)... 70:20-21). This verse describes the fickle nature of man. When bad things happen to him he becomes desperate and upset, and loses patience. When g...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: when evil befalls him he is anxious at the point of that evil befalling him
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Man is Impatient Allah informs about man and his inclination to corrupt his behavior.
Allah says,
إِنَّ الإِنسَـنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعاً
(Verily, man was created very impatient;) Then, Allah explains this statement by saying,
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاً
(Apprehensive when evil touches him;) meaning, w...
وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا
Wasbir 'alaa maa yaqoo loona wahjurhum hajran jameelaa
And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.
اور جو جو (دل آزار) باتیں یہ لوگ کہتے ہیں ان کو سہتے رہو اور اچھے طریق سے ان سے کنارہ کش رہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰي مَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَاهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيْلًا
(And bear patiently what they say, and part with them in a beautiful manner...73:10). According to Imam Karkhi (رح) تعالیٰ ، this is the sixth injunction given to the Holy Prophet that he should bear with patience and fortitude the jib...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and bear patiently what they say that is the disbelievers of Mecca in the way of their maltreatment of you and part with them in a gracious manner without any anguish — this was revealed before the command to fight them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to be Patient with the Harms of the Disbelievers and a Discussion of what They will rece
Allah commands His Messenger to be patient with what the foolish who reject him among his people say. Allah also commands him to keep away from them in a nice way. This means in a way that is not bla...
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
Wa li Rabbika fasbir
But for your Lord be patient.
اور اپنے پروردگار کے لئے صبر کرو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Injunction [ 6]
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ ( and for the sake of your Lord, observe patience 74:7) The word sabr literally signifies 'to restrain oneself. In the Qur'anic context, the word has a very wide scope. It signifies to bind oneself to the laws of Allah, to restrain oneself from things made unlaw...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and endure patiently for the sake of your Lord all His commands and prohibitions.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The First Ayat to be revealed after `Read!
It has been confirmed in the Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim on the authority of Abu Salamah that Jabir bin `Abdullah informed ...
وَجَزَىٰهُم بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ جَنَّةً وَحَرِيرًا
Wa jazaahum bimaa sabaroo janatanw wa hareeraa
And will reward them for what they patiently endured [with] a garden [in Paradise] and silk [garments].
اور ان کے صبر کے بدلے ان کو بہشت (کے باغات) اور ریشم (کے ملبوسات) عطا کرے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَيُطْعِمُوْنَ الطَّعَامَ عَلٰي حُبِّهٖ مِسْكِيْنًا وَّيَـتِـيْمًا وَّاَسِيْرًا (and they give food, despite their love for it, to the needy, and the orphan, and the captive... 76:8). The other reason why the inmates of Paradise will receive these favours is given in this verse, that is, their feedi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And He has rewarded them for their patience for their steadfastness in refraining from disobedience with a Garden into which they are admitted and silk which they are given to wear;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Recompense of the Disbelievers and the Righteous
Allah informs of what he has waiting for those who disbelieve in Him from His creatures of chains, iron collars and Sa`ir. Sa`ir is the flame and fire of the Hell. This is as Allah says,
إِذِ الاٌّغْلَـلُ فِى أَعْنَـقِهِمْ والسَّلَـسِلُ يُسْحَبُون...
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعْ مِنْهُمْ ءَاثِمًا أَوْ كَفُورًا
Fasbir lihukmi Rabbika wa laa tuti' minhum aasiman aw kafooraa
So be patient for the decision of your Lord and do not obey from among them a sinner or ungrateful [disbeliever].
تو اپنے پروردگار کے حکم کے مطابق صبر کئے رہو اور ان لوگوں میں سے کسی بد عمل اور ناشکرے کا کہا نہ مانو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: اِنَّ هٰذَا كَانَ لَكُمْ جَزَاۗءً وَّكَانَ سَعْيُكُمْ مَّشْكُوْرًا ([ It will be said to them,] This is a reward for you, and your effort has been appreciated....76:22). Allah will address the inmates of Paradise once they have entered Paradise, and will announce to them that the amazing bounties ar...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So submit patiently to your Lord’s decree to you to deliver His Message and do not obey of them that is of the disbelievers any sinner or disbeliever namely ‘Utba b. Rabī‘a and al-Walīd b. al-Mughīra — both of whom said to the Prophet s ‘Abandon this affair of yours!’; it is also possible that what ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Mention of the Qur'an's Revelation and the Command to be Patient and remember Allah
Allah reminds His Messenger of how He blessed him by revealing the Magnificent Qur'an to him.
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ
(Therefore be patient with constancy to the command of your Lord.,) meaning, `just as you have ...
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
Famahhilil kaafireena amhilhum ruwaidaa
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
تو تم کافروں کو مہلت دو بس چند روز ہی مہلت دو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ (this is a decisive word..86:13) In other words, the Qur'an is truly a Decisive Word that decides between truth and falsehood, and there is no room for any doubt in it.
Sayyidna ` Ali ؓ says that he heard the Holy Prophet ﷺ as saying about the Holy Qur'an:
کتاب فیہ خبرما قبلک...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So respite O Muhammad (s) the disbelievers; grant them respite reiterated as an emphasis one enhanced by the use of a different form mahhil amhil that is to say put them off for a little ruwaydā is a verbal noun emphasising the import of the operator and is the diminutive form of rūd or irwad with s...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Swearing to the Truthfulness of the Qur'an and the Failure of Those Who oppose it
Ibn `Abbas said, "Ar-raj` means rain." It has also been narrated from him that he said, "It means the clouds that contain rain." He also said,
وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ
(By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives r...
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
پھر ان لوگوں میں بھی (داخل) ہو جو ایمان لائے اور صبر کی نصیحت اور (لوگوں پر) شفقت کرنے کی وصیت کرتے رہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Obligations of a Believer
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ (then he did not join those who believe and advise each other to be patient and advise each other to be merciful...90:17). The verse points out that the doing only of good actions me...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: while being thumma kāna is a supplement to iqtahama ‘he assaulted’; thumma is for the ordering of things to be mentioned in other words what is meant is that at the point of the assault he was one of those who believe and enjoin one another to steadfastness in pursuing obedience and in refraining fr...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Encouragement to traverse upon the Path of Goodness
Ibn Zayd said,
فَلاَ اقتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
(But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep.) "This means, will he not traverse upon the path which contains salvation and good Then He explains this path by his saying,
وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ ...