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Piety and Fear of Allah

التَّقْوَىٰ

*Taqwa*, often translated as piety or God-consciousness, is a profoundly beautiful and central concept in Islam. It describes a state of constant awareness of Allah's presence, leading to a profound reverence and a sincere desire to live in a way that pleases Him. This isn't a fear born of terror, but rather an awe-filled caution and a deep respect that compels a believer to [strive for righteousness and obey His commands]. It is the inner compass that guides one's actions and intentions. Cultivating *Taqwa* means being mindful of Allah in every aspect of life, recognizing His blessings, and actively seeking to avoid sin and injustice. The Quran describes it as [the best provision], an invaluable spiritual nourishment that sustains the soul. It encourages believers to [fear Allah above all others], understanding that true success and ultimate reward come from this devotion. Those who embrace *Taqwa* are promised guidance, mercy, and a profound connection with their Creator, ultimately leading to [a reward that is far better] in the Hereafter.

Piety and the profound awareness of Allah, known as Taqwa, stands as a cornerstone of Islamic belief and practice. It encapsulates a state of vigilant consciousness of the Divine presence, prompting a believer to live in alignment with divine commandments and shun what displeases the Creator. Far from a fear born of terror, it is an awe-filled reverence and deep respect that permeates every aspect of a Muslim's life, serving as an inner compass for actions and intentions. The Quran describes Taqwa as , an essential spiritual nourishment for the soul, urging believers to fear Allah above all others, for true success and ultimate reward stem from this devotion. Those who cultivate Taqwa are promised guidance, mercy, and a profound connection with their Creator, leading to a reward that is far better in the Hereafter.

The Quranic Foundations of Taqwa

The concept of Taqwa is deeply embedded throughout the Quran, presenting it not merely as an abstract idea but as a tangible state with clear characteristics and immense rewards. The very purpose of divine revelation is linked to fostering Taqwa, as seen in the verses about Adam's creation and subsequent guidance. After Adam and Eve were sent to Earth, Allah promised them guidance, stating that whoever follows My guidance, there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve. This assurance is directly connected to the state of Taqwa.

The Quran delineates the qualities of the God-fearing (Muttaqin) early in its chapters. According to Tafsir Ma'arif-ul-Quran, the first five verses of Surah Al-Baqarah describe these individuals as those who believe in the unseen, and are steadfast in Salah and spend out of what We have provided them. Belief in the unseen (Ghayb) encompasses faith in Allah, His angels, books, messengers, the Last Day, and the realities of Paradise and Hell, as explained by Ibn Kathir. This belief forms the bedrock of Taqwa, compelling individuals to embrace divine teachings even when they transcend sensory perception. Al-Jalalayn further clarifies "the unseen" as what is hidden from them of the Resurrection, Paradise, and the Fire.

Moreover, the performance of Salah (prayer) and spending in the way of Allah are highlighted as practical manifestations of Taqwa. Ma'arif-ul-Quran emphasizes that "establishing Salah" implies performing prayers correctly with all prescribed conditions, regularity, and inward concentration. Similarly, "spending in the way of Allah" encompasses all forms of charity, whether obligatory (Zakah) or voluntary (Infaq), recognizing that all possessions are ultimately from Allah. These acts are not ends in themselves but serve to deepen one's consciousness and fear of Allah, ultimately leading to success.

Manifestations of Taqwa in Action

Taqwa is not a passive state but an active engagement with divine commands, influencing moral conduct, social interactions, and even personal aspirations. The Quran explicitly links Taqwa with justice, commanding believers to . Ibn Kathir's commentary on this verse stresses that hatred for one's enemies should not lead to abandoning justice, as justice itself is a path to Taqwa. Ma'arif-ul-Quran further elaborates that justice must be upheld without compromise, whether with friends or foes, and truthful testimony must be given, reflecting honesty with Allah.

During the Hajj, a pivotal act of worship, Taqwa is presented as the best provision for the journey. The Quran states, . This verse, as explained by Ibn Kathir and Ma'arif-ul-Quran, not only encourages practical preparation for the physical journey but also emphasizes the spiritual preparation through Taqwa. It warns against heedlessness, obscenity (rafath), sin (fusuq), and quarreling (jidal) during the sacred rites, highlighting that such prohibitions intensify in sacred times and places. The ultimate goal of these spiritual disciplines during Hajj is to foster a deeper sense of responsibility before Allah and to safeguard against sins that could negate the pilgrimage's spiritual benefits.

The narrative of Habil and Qabil (Abel and Cain) further illustrates the essence of Taqwa. Habil's sacrifice was accepted while Qabil's was not, leading Habil to declare, Allah accepts only from the God-fearing. Ibn Kathir highlights that Habil's piety was the reason for the acceptance of his offering, demonstrating that the sincerity and God-consciousness behind an action are paramount. Ma'arif-ul-Quran notes that the acceptability of deeds depends on both ikhlas (sincerity) and Taqwa, and even the smallest deed done with Taqwa is not small.

Divine Promises and Warnings for the Muttaqin

The Quran repeatedly promises immense rewards and forgiveness for those who cultivate Taqwa, while issuing stern warnings to those who neglect it. The reward from Allah is far better, if they only knew for those who believe and fear Him. This emphasizes the lasting value of Taqwa over temporary worldly gains, as elaborated by Ibn Kathir. Forgiveness and a great reward are also promised to those who responded to Allah and the Messenger after injury had struck them. For those who did good among them and feared Allah is a great reward, particularly referring to the believers who rallied after the Battle of Uhud.

Conversely, the Quran warns against the consequences of lacking Taqwa. Those who are heedless and arrogant, especially when admonished, face severe repercussions. For instance, when it is said to a hypocrite, . Ibn Kathir explains this as the hypocrite refusing advice, becoming angry and outrageous due to his ingrained evil habits. This highlights the destructive nature of pride in sin and the severe punishment awaiting those who persist in it.

The concept of divine tests is also linked to Taqwa. Allah tests His servants to distinguish the wicked from the good. These trials reveal true faith, endurance, and obedience in believers, while exposing the hypocrisy of those who lack Taqwa. For those who disbelieve and abandon Taqwa, Allah warns that their wealth and children will not avail them against God, and they will be fuel for the Fire.

Scholarly Interpretations and Levels of Taqwa

Islamic scholars have extensively expounded on the meaning and dimensions of Taqwa. Ma'arif-ul-Quran, citing Ibn Mas'ud, Rabi', Qatadah, and Hasan al-Basri, defines the Haqq al-Taqwa (Taqwa as is His due) as "That He is obeyed and not defied, remembered and not forgotten, and appreciated and not unappreciated." This comprehensive definition encapsulates the behavioral, intellectual, and emotional aspects of true God-consciousness.

Furthermore, scholars identify different degrees of Taqwa: 1. Lowest Degree: Avoiding *Kufr (disbelief) and Shirk (associating partners with Allah). In this sense, every Muslim is a Muttaqi. 2. *Desirable Degree:** Avoiding what is disliked by Allah and His Messenger. This level is associated with the merits and blessings enumerated in the Quran and Hadith. 3. Highest Degree: This is reserved for prophets and the most devoted servants of Allah, involving guarding one's heart from anything unrelated to Allah and filling it with His remembrance and desire for His pleasure.

Imam al-Ghazali, as cited in Ma'arif-ul-Quran, suggests that the "humbleness of heart" (Khushu') in prayer is vital for Taqwa, signifying a quietude of heart rooted in the awareness of Allah's majesty. While some jurists, like the four great Imams, do not consider Khushu' throughout the entire prayer a necessary condition for its validity, they agree on its importance for earning reward and the intention at the outset. This highlights the balance between outward observance and inward sincerity in Islamic worship.

The Practical Implications of Taqwa

The Quran and Sunnah provide practical guidance for cultivating Taqwa in daily life. From turning one's face towards the Ka'bah during prayer to maintaining justice even with adversaries, Taqwa permeates all aspects of a believer's conduct. Allah commands believers to , indicating that Taqwa requires reflection and intellect. Observing the signs of Allah in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, leads men of understanding to recognize Allah's power and wisdom, fostering a deeper sense of Taqwa there are indeed signs for men of understanding.

The prohibition of hypocrisy and mischief-making is also a direct implication of Taqwa. The Quran condemns those who outwardly profess faith but inwardly harbor disbelief, highlighting their deceit as mischief on Earth. . Such individuals are described as the true mischief-makers, even if they claim otherwise.

Taqwa also extends to managing wealth and worldly desires. While Allah has beautified certain worldly pleasures, such as women, children, and wealth, for humanity, the Quran reminds that That is an enjoyment of the worldly life. And with Allah lies the beauty of the final resort. This teaches moderation and encourages using worldly provisions as a means to achieve success in the Hereafter, rather than becoming engrossed in them to the detriment of one's spiritual well-being.

In essence, Taqwa is a comprehensive spiritual virtue that demands constant self-awareness, adherence to divine commands, seeking justice, and internalizing the reverence for Allah. It is the ultimate measure of a believer's sincerity and is the pathway to true success in both this world and the Hereafter.

Quran — 65 verses

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

Wa law annahum aamanoo wattaqaw lamasoobatum min 'indillaahi khairun law kaanoo ya'lamoon

And if they had believed and feared Allah, then the reward from Allah would have been [far] better, if they only knew.

اور اگر وہ ایمان لاتے اور پرہیز گاری کرتے تو خدا کے ہاں سے بہت اچھا صلہ ملتا۔ اے کاش، وہ اس سے واقف ہوتے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In connection with these two verses, some commentators have reported certain Judaic traditions, which have given rise to a number of doubts, especially in the minds of Muslims with a Western orientation. Maulana Ashraf Thanavi has provided very simple and clear solutions to these exegetical problems...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Yet if only they the Jews had believed in the Prophet and the Qur’ān and been fearful of God’s chastisement by abandoning acts of disobedience towards Him such as sorcery the response to the conditional clause beginning with law ‘if’ has been omitted but it is intimated to be ‘they would have been r...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Proofs of Muhammad's ﷺ Prophethood Imam Abu Ja`far bin Jarir said that Allah's statement, وَلَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ءَايَـتٍ بَيِّنَـتٍ (And indeed We have sent down to you manifest Ayat) means, "We have sent to you, O Muhammad, clear signs that testify to your prophethood." These Ayat are contai...

وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيْكُمْ حُجَّةٌ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِى وَلِأُتِمَّ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

Wa min haisu kharajta fawalli wajhaka shatral Masjidil Haraam; wa haisu maa kuntum fawalloo wujoohakum shatrahoo li'allaa yakoona linnaasi 'alaikum hujjatun illal lazeena zalamoo minhum falaa takhshawhum wakhshawnee wa liutimma ni'matee 'alaikum wa la'allakum tahtadoon

And from wherever you go out [for prayer], turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] may be, turn your faces toward it in order that the people will not have any argument against you, except for those of them who commit wrong; so fear them not but fear Me. And [it is] so I may complete My favor upon you and that you may be guided.

اور تم جہاں سے نکلو، مسجدِ محترم کی طرف منہ (کرکے نماز پڑھا) کرو۔ اور مسلمانو، تم جہاں ہوا کرو، اسی (مسجد) کی طرف رخ کیا کرو۔ (یہ تاکید) اس لیے (کی گئی ہے) کہ لوگ تم کو کسی طرح کا الزام نہ دے سکیں۔ مگر ان میں سے جو ظالم ہیں، (وہ الزام دیں تو دیں) سو ان سے مت ڈرنا اور مجھی سے ڈرتے رہنا۔ اور یہ بھی مقصود ہے کہ تم کو اپنی تمام نعمتیں بخشوں اور یہ بھی کہ تم راہِ راست پر چلو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The change of Qiblah The question of religious orientation being of the highest significance for an Ummah (or a traditional community), these verses continue and enlarge upon the theme of the Qiblah, and lay down further raisons d'etre for the change. It is, the commentators point out, an observable...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: From whatever place you issue turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque; and wherever you may be turn your faces towards it all of which is being repeated for emphasis so that there be not any argument from the people the Jews or the idolaters against you so that there be not any cause for contention...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Why was changing the Qiblah mentioned thrice This is a third command from Allah to face Al-Masjid Al-Haram (the Sacred Mosque) from every part of the world (during prayer). It was said that Allah mentioned this ruling again here because it is connected to whatever is before and whatever is after it....

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِىَ مَوَٰقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلْحَجِّ وَلَيْسَ ٱلْبِرُّ بِأَن تَأْتُوا۟ ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأْتُوا۟ ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَٰبِهَا وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Yas'aloonaka 'anil ahillati qul hiya mawaaqeetu linnaasi wal Hajj; wa laisal birru bi an taatul buyoota min zuhoorihaa wa laakinnal birra manit taqaa; waatul buyoota min abwaa bihaa; wattaqullaaha la'allakum tuflihoon

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the new moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for Hajj." And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allah. And enter houses from their doors. And fear Allah that you may succeed.

(اے محمدﷺ) لوگ تم سے نئے چاند کے بارے میں دریافت کرتے ہیں (کہ گھٹتا بڑھتا کیوں ہے) کہہ دو کہ وہ لوگوں کے (کاموں کی میعادیں) اور حج کے وقت معلوم ہونے کا ذریعہ ہے اور نیکی اس بات میں نہیں کہ (احرام کی حالت میں) گھروں میں ان کے پچھواڑے کی طرف سے آؤ۔ بلکہ نیکوکار وہ ہے جو پرہیز گار ہو اور گھروں میں ان کے دروازوں سے آیا کرو اور خدا سے ڈرتے رہو تاکہ نجات پاؤ

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The theme of righteousness which started from Verse 177 still continues. The six injunctions that have appeared so far relate to even retaliation, bequest, fasting, I` tikaf اعتکاف and abstention from the unlawful. Now come those of Hajj حج and Jihad جہاد prior to which it was clarified that lunar m...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They will ask you O Muhammad (s) about the new moons ahilla plural of hilāl ‘Why do they seem very thin and then wax until they are full of light and then wane again as at the first and are not always the same in the way that the sun is?’ Say to them ‘They are appointed times mawāqīt is the plural o...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Crescent Moons Al-`Awfi related that Ibn `Abbas said, "The people asked Allah's Messenger ﷺ about the crescent moons. Thereafter, this Ayah was revealed: يَسْـَلُونَكَ عَنِ الأَهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِىَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ (They ask you (O Muhammad) about the crescents. Say, "These are signs to mark fi...

ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلْحَرَامُ بِٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَٱلْحُرُمَٰتُ قِصَاصٌ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱعْتَدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا ٱعْتَدَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Ash Shahrul Haraamu bish Shahril Haraami wal hurumaatu qisaas; famani'tadaa 'alaikum fa'tadoo 'alaihi bimsisli ma'tadaa 'alaikum; wattaqul laaha wa'lamooo annal laaha ma'al muttaqeen

[Fighting in] the sacred month is for [aggression committed in] the sacred month, and for [all] violations is legal retribution. So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.

ادب کا مہینہ ادب کے مہینے کے مقابل ہے اور ادب کی چیزیں ایک دوسرے کا بدلہ ہیں۔ پس اگر کوئی تم پر زیادتی کرے تو جیسی زیادتی وہ تم پر کرے ویسی ہی تم اس پر کرو۔ اور خدا سے ڈرتے رہو اور جان رکھو کہ خدا ڈرنے والوں کے ساتھ ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Ruling There are four 'sacred months': Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram which are consecutive and the fourth is Rajab. Even before Islam, fighting in these months was considered unlawful and the disbelievers of Makkah too used to observe their sanctity. Even in the early days of Islam, right throu...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The sacred month in return for the sacred month therefore just as they fight you during it kill them during it a response to the Muslims’ consideration of the momentous nature of this matter; holy things hurumāt plural of hurma is what must be treated as sacrosanct demand retaliation in kind if thes...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Fighting during the Sacred Months is prohibited, except in Self-Defense Ibn `Abbas, Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi, Qatadah, Miqsam, Ar-Rabi` bin Anas and `Ata said, "Allah's Messenger ﷺ went for `Umrah on the sixth year of Hijrah. Then, the idolators prevented him from entering the Sacred House (the Ka`bah in...

ٱلْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَٰتٌ فَمَن فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ ٱلْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِى ٱلْحَجِّ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ ٱللَّهُ وَتَزَوَّدُوا۟ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ ٱلزَّادِ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَٱتَّقُونِ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

Al-Hajju ashhurum ma'-loomaat; faman farada feeinnal hajja falaa rafasa wa laa fusooqa wa laa jidaala fil Hajj; wa maa taf'aloo min khairiny ya'lamhul laah; wa tazawwadoo fa inna khairaz zaadit taqwaa; wattaqooni yaaa ulil albaab

Hajj is [during] well-known months, so whoever has made Hajj obligatory upon himself therein [by entering the state of ihram], there is [to be for him] no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during Hajj. And whatever good you do - Allah knows it. And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is fear of Allah. And fear Me, O you of understanding.

حج کے مہینے (معین ہیں جو) معلوم ہیں تو شخص ان مہینوں میں حج کی نیت کرلے تو حج (کے دنوں) میں نہ عورتوں سے اختلاط کرے نہ کوئی برا کام کرے نہ کسی سے جھگڑے۔ اور جو نیک کام تم کرو گے وہ خدا کو معلوم ہوجائے گا اور زاد راہ (یعنی رستے کا خرچ) ساتھ لے جاؤ کیونکہ بہتر (فائدہ) زاد راہ (کا) پرہیزگاری ہے اور اے اہل عقل مجھ سے ڈرتے رہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Hajj Months: Prohibitions We now move to the second verse out of the eight that deal with the rules of Hajj, which is: الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ‌ مَّعْلُومَاتٌ: The Hajj is (in) the months well-known'. The word, ashhur أَشْهُرٌ‌is the plural of shahr شَھَر meaning the month. It will be recalled that in ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The Pilgrimage the time for it is in months well-known Shawwāl Dhū’l-Qa’da and ten nights some say all of Dhū’l Hijja; whoever undertakes upon himself the duty of Pilgrimage during them by entering into the state of pilgrimage inviolability then no lewdness no sexual intercourse for them nor wickedn...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): When does Ihram for Hajj start Allah said: الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَـتٌ (The Hajj is (in) the well-known months.) This Ayah indicates that Ihram for Hajj only occurs during the months of Hajj. This was reported from Ibn `Abbas, Jabir, `Ata', Tawus and Mujahid. The proof for this is Allah's statem...

وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ فَمَن تَعَجَّلَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ وَمَن تَأَخَّرَ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ لِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Wazkurul laaha feee ayyaamim ma'doodaat; faman ta'ajjala fee yawmaini falaaa ismaa 'alaihi wa man taakhkhara falaaa isma 'alayh; limanit-taqaa; wattaqul laaha wa'lamooo annakum ilaihi tuhsharoon

And remember Allah during [specific] numbered days. Then whoever hastens [his departure] in two days - there is no sin upon him; and whoever delays [until the third] - there is no sin upon him - for him who fears Allah. And fear Allah and know that unto Him you will be gathered.

اور (قیام منیٰ کے) دنوں میں (جو) گنتی کے (دن میں) خدا کو یاد کرو۔ اگر کوئی جلدی کرے (اور) دو ہی دن میں (چل دے) تو اس پر بھی کچھ گناہ نہیں۔ اور جو بعد تک ٹھہرا رہے اس پر بھی کچھ گناہ نہیں۔ یہ باتیں اس شخص کے لئے ہیں جو (خدا سے) ڈرے اور تم لوگ خدا سے ڈرتے رہو اور جان رکھو کہ تم سب اس کے پاس جمع کئے جاؤ گے۔

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The emphasis on remembering Allah in Mina In the last of the eight verses relating to injunctions about Hajj, that is, وَاذْكُرُ‌وا اللَّـهَ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُودَاتٍ (And recite the name of Allah in the given number of days), the Hajj pilgrims have been asked to engage themselves in the remembranc...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And remember God by making takbīr saying Allāhu akbar ‘God is Great’ while you cast your stones at the Jamarāt during certain days numbered the three days of tashrīq. If any man hastens on his departure from Minā in two days that is on the second day of tashrīq after he has cast his stones that hast...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Remembering Allah during the Days of Tashriq - Days of Eating and Drinking Ibn `Abbas said, `The Appointed Days are the Days of Tashriq (11-12-13th of Dhul-Hijjah) while the Known Days are the (first) ten (days of Dhul-Hijjah)." `Ikrimah said that: وَاذْكُرُواْ اللَّهَ فِى أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُودَتٍ (And...

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلْعِزَّةُ بِٱلْإِثْمِ فَحَسْبُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

Wa izaa qeela lahuttaqil laaha akhazathul izzatu bil-ism; fahasbuhoo jahannam; wa labi'sal mihaad

And when it is said to him, "Fear Allah," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place.

اور جب اس سے کہا جاتا ہے کہ خدا سے خوف کر تو غرور اس کو گناہ میں پھنسا دیتا ہے۔ سو ایسے کو جہنم سزاوار ہے۔ اور وہ بہت برا ٹھکانہ ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the previous verses, it was said that there are two kinds of those who make prayers. Some wish to have everything right here in this world, others pray for the good of both worlds, the mortal and the eternal. In the present verse, the same two kinds have been identified as those who are hypocriti...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when it is said to him ‘Fear God’ in your actions he is seized by vainglory pride and rage in his sin the one he was commanded to avoid committing. So Hell shall be enough it suffices for him — how evil a cradling a resting place it is!
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Characteristics of the Hypocrites The Characteristics of the Hypocrites As-Suddi said that these Ayat were revealed about Al-Akhnas bin Shariq Ath-Thaqafi who came to Allah's Messenger ﷺ and announced his Islam although his heart concealed otherwise. Ibn `Abbas narrated that these Ayat were reve...

ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلْقَرْحُ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

Allazeenas tajaaboo lil laahi war Rasooli mim ba'di maaa asaabahumulqarh; lillazeena ahsanoo minhum wattaqaw ajrun 'azeem

Those [believers] who responded to Allah and the Messenger after injury had struck them. For those who did good among them and feared Allah is a great reward -

جنہوں نے باوجود زخم کھانے کے خدا اور رسول (کے حکم) کو قبول کیا جو لوگ ان میں نیکوکار اور پرہیزگار ہیں ان کے لئے بڑا ثواب ہے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary: The subject of the previous verse was the battle of Uhud connected with which is the battle of Hamra' al-Asad which forms the subject of the present verse. Hamra' al-Asad is a place eight miles away from Madinah. The background of this event, mentioned briefly under introductory remarks ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Those who alladhīna is the subject responded to God and the Messenger to his call to set out for battle when Abū Sufyān and his companions wanted to resume hostilities they agreed with the Prophet s that the encounter would be at the annual market-fair of Badr a year from the date of Uhud; after the...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Virtues of the Martyrs Allah states that even though the martyrs were killed in this life, their souls are alive and receiving provisions in the Dwelling of Everlasting Life. In his Sahih, Muslim recorded that Masruq said, "We asked `Abdullah about this Ayah, وَلاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُواْ فِ...

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَآءَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ ٱعْدِلُوا۟ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamaanoo koonoo qawwaa meena lillaahi shuhadaaa'a bilqist, wa laa yajrimannakum shana aanu qawmin 'alaaa allaa ta'diloo; i'diloo; huwa aqrabu littaqwaa wattaqul laah; innal laaha khabeerum bimaa ta'maloon

O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm for Allah, witnesses in justice, and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.

اے ایمان والوں! خدا کے لیے انصاف کی گواہی دینے کے لیے کھڑے ہو جایا کرو۔ اور لوگوں کی دشمنی تم کو اس بات پر آمادہ نہ کرے کہ انصاف چھوڑ دو۔ انصاف کیا کرو کہ یہی پرہیزگاری کی بات ہے اور خدا سے ڈرتے رہو۔ کچھ شک نہیں کہ خدا تمہارے سب اعمال سے خبردار ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The subject of the first of the three verses given above has appeared earlier in Surah al-Nis-a' in almost the same words. The only difference is that the arrangement of words there (4:135) was: كُونُوا قَوَّامِينَ بِالْقِسْطِ شُهَدَاءَ لِلَّـهِ while, here (5:8), it has been said: كُونُ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O you who believe be upright before God in fulfilling what is His due witnesses in equity in justice. Let not hatred of a people namely the disbelievers cause you not to be just and to harm them on account of their enmity; be just towards both friend and foe that justice is nearer to God-fearing. An...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Reminding the Believers of the Bounty of the Message and Islam Allah reminds His believing servants of His bounty by legislating this glorious religion and sending them this honorable Messenger. He also reminds them of the covenant and pledges that He took from them to follow the Messenger , support...

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱبْتَغُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ وَجَٰهِدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanut taqul laaha wabtaghooo ilaihil waseelata wa jaahidoo fee sabeelihee la'allakum tuflihoon

O you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed.

اے ایمان والو! خدا سے ڈرتے رہو اور اس کا قرب حاصل کرنے کا ذریعہ تلاش کرتے رہو اور اس کے رستے میں جہاد کرو تاکہ رستگاری پاؤ

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary In verses previous to those cited above, the Islamic Prescribed Punishment of robbery and rebellion, as well as the details of injunctions relating to them, were mentioned while the Prescribed Punishment for theft is coming up after three verses later. The three verses which appear in bet...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O you who believe fear God fear His chastisement by being obedient to Him and seek the means to Him that obedience which brings you closer to Him and struggle in His way in order to elevate His religion; so that you might prosper triumph.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Commanding Taqwa, Wasilah, and Jihad Allah commands His faithful servants to fear Him in Taqwa, which if mentioned along with acts of obedience, it means to refrain from the prohibitions and the prohibited matters. Allah said next, وَابْتَغُواْ إِلَيهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ (seek the Wasilah to Him.) Sufyan ...

ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهَآ أَوْ يَخَافُوٓا۟ أَن تُرَدَّ أَيْمَٰنٌۢ بَعْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

Zaalika adnaaa ai yaatoo bishshahaadati 'alaa wajhihaaa aw yakhaafooo an turadda aimaanum ba'da aimaanihim; wattaqul laaha wasma'oo; wallaahu laa yahdil qawmal faasiqeen

That is more likely that they will give testimony according to its [true] objective, or [at least] they would fear that [other] oaths might be taken after their oaths. And fear Allah and listen; and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

اس طریق سے بہت قریب ہے کہ یہ لوگ صحیح صحیح شہادت دیں یا اس بات سے خوف کریں کہ (ہماری) قسمیں ان کی قسموں کے بعد رد کر دی جائیں گی اور خدا سے ڈرو اور اس کے حکموں کو (گوشِ ہوش سے) سنو اور خدا نافرمان لوگوں کو ہدایت نہیں دیتا

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sequence of Verses Prior to this, there were injunctions relevant to religious considerations. Now some injunctions relevant to worldly considerations have been mentioned. The hint given is that the way Allah Ta` ala, in His mercy, helps His servants with better life in the Hereafter, He also takes ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: That ruling mentioned where the oath devolves to the inheritors makes it likelier brings closer the eventuality that they the witnesses or the trustees will bear the testimony in its true form the form in which they have been charged to bear it without distortion or breach of faith or it is likelier...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Testimony of Two Just Witnesses for the Final Will and Testament This honorable Ayah contains a glorious ruling from Allah. Allah's statement, يِـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ شَهَـدَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ حِينَ الْوَصِيَّةِ اثْنَانِ (O you who believe! When death approaches...

يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَٰتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Yaa Baneee Aadama qad anzalnaa 'alaikum libaasany yuwaaree saw aatikum wa reeshanw wa libaasut taqwaa zaalika khair; zaalika min Aayaatil laahi la'allahum yaz zakkaroon

O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember.

اے نبی آدم ہم نے تم پر پوشاک اتاری کہ تمہارا ستر ڈھانکے اور (تمہارے بدن کو) زینت (دے) اور (جو) پرہیزگاری کا لباس (ہے) وہ سب سے اچھا ہے۔ یہ خدا کی نشانیاں ہیں تاکہ لوگ نصحیت پکڑ یں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Mentioned in almost a section preceding the verses cited above was the event relating to Sayyidna 'Adam and Satan, the accursed. The first outcome of the satanic instigation was that the heavenly apparel of 'Adam and Hawwa came off leaving them coverless as a re-suit of which they began h...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O Children of Adam! We have sent down on you a garment that is We have created it for you to conceal to cover up your shameful parts and feathers meaning all that one adorns oneself with of garments and the garment of God-fearing righteous deeds and virtuous traits read as libāsa’l-taqwā ‘the garmen...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Bestowing Raiment and Adornment on Mankind Allah reminds His servants that He has given them Libas and Rish. Libas refers to the clothes that are used to cover the private parts, while Rish refers to the outer adornments used for purposes of beautification. Therefore, the first type is essential whi...

يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتِى فَمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

yaa Banee Aadama immaa yaatiyannakum Rusulum minkum yaqussoona 'alaikum Aayaatee famanit taqaa wa aslaha falaa khawfun 'alaihim wa laa hum yahzanoon

O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses, then whoever fears Allah and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

اے نبی آدم! (ہم تم کو یہ نصیحت ہمیشہ کرتے رہے ہیں کہ) جب ہمارے پیغمبر تمہارے پاس آیا کریں اور ہماری آیتیں تم کو سنایا کریں (تو ان پر ایمان لایا کرو) کہ جو شخص (ان پر ایمان لا کر خدا سے) ڈرتا رہے گا اور اپنی حالت درست رکھے گا تو ایسے لوگوں کو نہ کچھ خوف ہوگا اور نہ وہ غمناک ہوں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The first and the second verse both mentioned two crimes committed by disbelievers. They took Halal as Haram and made the Haram become Halal for themselves by themselves. The third verse (34) describes their sad end and the punishment they would have in the Hereafter. It was said: وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O Children of Adam! If immā the nūn of the conditional particle in has been assimilated with the extra mā there should come to you messengers from among you narrating to you My signs then whoever fears associating others with God and makes amends in his actions — no fear shall befall them neither sh...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ (And every Ummah has), meaning, each generation and nation, أَجَلٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ (its appointed term; when their term comes) which they were destined for, لاَ يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلاَ يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ (neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a m...

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَٰٓئِفٌ مِّنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ تَذَكَّرُوا۟ فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْصِرُونَ

Innal lazeenat taqaw izaa massahum taaa'ifum minash Shaitaani tazakkaroo fa izaa hum mubsiroon

Indeed, those who fear Allah - when an impulse touches them from Satan, they remember [Him] and at once they have insight.

جو لوگ پرہیزگار ہیں جب ان کو شیطان کی طرف سے کوئی وسوسہ پیدا ہوتا ہے تو چونک پڑتے ہیں اور (دل کی آنکھیں کھول کر) دیکھنے لگتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the second verse, it was said: وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّـهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ (And if you are stricken with a strike from the Shaitan, seek refuge with Allah - 200). This verse too is really a complement of the subject taken up in the first verse w...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Truly the God-fearing when a visitation from Satan touches them befalls them tayfun a variant reading has tā’ifun that is when something of the sort overcomes them they remember God’s punishment and His reward and then see clearly distinguishing the truth from what is other than it and so they retur...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Whispering of Shaytan and the People of Taqwa Allah mentions His servants who have Taqwa, obeying His orders, and avoid what He forbade: إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ (when comes to them) an evil thought, or anger, or the whispers of Shaytan cross their mind, or intend to err, or commit an error, تَذَكَّرُواْ...

وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِى نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ ٱلْجَهْرِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْغَٰفِلِينَ

Wazkur Rabbaka fee nafsika tadarru'anw wa kheefatanw wa doonal jahri minal qawli bilghuduwwi wal aasali wa laa takum minal ghaafileen

And remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech - in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.

اور اپنے پروردگار کو دل ہی دل میں عاجزی اور خوف سے اور پست آواز سے صبح وشام یاد کرتے رہو اور (دیکھنا) غافل نہ ہونا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary That the Holy Qur'an should be listened to and that due etiquette should be observed when doing so was the subject in previous verses. Described in the present two verses, as held by the majority of commentators, is the injunction to remember Allah, in an absolute sense, as well as its at...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And remember your Lord within yourself that is secretly humbly submissively and fearfully in awe of Him and louder than speaking in secret more quietly than speaking out loud that is a middle way between the two at morning and evening at the beginning of the day and at its end. And do not be among t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Remembering Allah in the Mornings and Afternoons Allah ordains that He be remembered more often in the mornings and the afternoons. Just as He ordered that He be worshipped during these two times when He said, وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ الْغُرُوبِ (And glorify the p...

إِنَّ فِى ٱخْتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَّقُونَ

Inna fikh tilaafil laili wannahaari wa maa khalaqal laahu fis samaawaati wal ardi la Aayaatil liqawminy yattaqoon

Indeed, in the alternation of the night and the day and [in] what Allah has created in the heavens and the earth are signs for a people who fear Allah

رات اور دن کے (ایک دوسرے کے پیچھے) آنے جانے میں اور جو چیزیں خدا نے آسمان اور زمین میں پیدا کی ہیں (سب میں) ڈرنے والوں کے لیے نشانیاں ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Similarly, it was said in the second verse (6) that there are signs in the coming of the night after the day and the day after the night, and in everything Allah has created in the heavens and the earth. These are open proofs (of the Oneness of Allah and the inevitability of the Hereafter) for those...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Truly in the alternation of night and day in their coming and going increasing and diminishing and in what God has created in the heavens of angels sun moon stars and other things and in the earth of animals mountains seas rivers trees and other things there are signs indications of His power exalte...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Everything is a Witness to the Power of Allah Allah tells us about the signs He created that are indicative of His complete power and great might. He made the rays that come forth from the bright sun as the source of light, and made the beams that come forth from the moon as light. He made them of t...

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

Allazeena aamanoo wa kaanoo yattaqoon

Those who believed and were fearing Allah

(یعنی) جو لوگ ایمان لائے اور پرہیزگار رہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary In the verses cited above, particular merits, definition and identity of the Auliya' of Allah have been mentioned. Also given there is good news for them in the present world as well as in the Hereafter. The text says that they will have no apprehensions of facing some unpleasant or unfor...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They are those who believe and fear God by observing His commandments and prohibitions.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Identifying the Awliya' of Allah Allah tells us that His Awliya' (friends and allies) are those who believe and have Taqwa of Allah as He defined them. Every pious, God-fearing person is a friend of Allah, therefore, لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ (no fear shall come upon them) from the future horrors they w...

وَلَأَجْرُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

Wa la ajrul Aakhirati khairul lillazeena aamanoo wa kaanoo yattaqoon

And the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who believed and were fearing Allah.

اور جو لوگ ایمان لائے اور ڈرتے رہے ان کے لیے آخرت کا اجر بہت بہتر ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Shun Sin, Have Faith, Keep Fearing Allah: The Reward of the Hereafter is Yours Too At the end, verse 57 declares: لَأَجْرُ‌ الْآخِرَ‌ةِ خَيْرٌ‌ لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ And the reward of the Hereafter is surely better for those who keep fearing Allah. It means that Allah had already ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Yet the wage of the Hereafter is better than the wage of this world for those who believe and are God-fearing. And so the years of drought arrived and afflicted the land of Canaan and Syria.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Yusuf's Reign in Egypt Allah said next, وَكَذلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ (Thus did We give full authority to Yusuf in the land), in Egypt, يَتَبَوَّأُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَآءُ (to take possession therein, when or where he likes.) As-Suddi and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said that this ...

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ وَيَخَافُونَ سُوٓءَ ٱلْحِسَابِ

Wallazeena yasiloona maaa amaral laahu bihee an yoosala wa yakhshawna Rabbahum wa yakhaafoona sooo'al hisaab

And those who join that which Allah has ordered to be joined and fear their Lord and are afraid of the evil of [their] account,

اور جن (رشتہ ہائے قرابت) کے جوڑے رکھنے کا خدا نے حکم دیا ہے ان کو جوڑے رکھتے اور اپنے پروردگار سے ڈرتے رہتے اور برے حساب سے خوف رکھتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The third attribute of the obedient servants of Allah Ta’ ala stated here is: وَالَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ مَا أَمَرَ‌ اللَّـهُ بِهِ أَن يُوصَلَ (and those who maintain the relations Allah has commanded to be maintained). According to the well-known explanation of this verse, it means that these people mai...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and such as cement what God has commanded should be cemented of faith and kinship ties and so forth and fear their Lord that is His Threat of punishment and dread an awful reckoning — a similar statement has preceded;
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...

وَلَنُسْكِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامِى وَخَافَ وَعِيدِ

Wa lanuskinan nakumul arda mim ba'dihim; zaalika liman khaafa maqaamee wa khaafa wa'eed

And We will surely cause you to dwell in the land after them. That is for he who fears My position and fears My threat."

اور ان کے بعد تم کو اس زمین میں آباد کریں گے۔ یہ اس شخص کے لیے ہے جو (قیامت کے روز) میرے سامنے کھڑے ہونے سے ڈرے اور میرے عذاب سے خوف کرے

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 We shall surely make you dwell in the land their land after them after they have been destroyed — that victory over them and bequest of the land to you is for whoever fears the standing before Me that is whoever fears when he comes to stand before Me and fears My threat’ of chastisement.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Disbelieving Nations threaten Their Messengers with Expulsion Allah narrates to us how the disbelieving nations threatened their Messengers, that being, expulsion from their land and banshiment. For instance, the people of Prophet Shu`ayb, peace be upon him, said to him and to those who believed in ...

يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ

yakhaafoona Rabbahum min fawqihim wa yaf'aloona maa yu'maroon

They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

اور اپنے پروردگار سے جو ان کے اوپر ہے ڈرتے ہیں اور جو ان کو ارشاد ہوتا ہے اس پر عمل کرتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Even the Punishment of the World is Mercy in Disguise In the verses cited above, after having mentioned various punishments which could seize disbelievers within this world, it was said in the end: فَإِنَّ رَ‌بَّكُمْ لَرَ‌ءُوفٌ رَّ‌حِيمٌ (So, indeed your Lord is Very Kind Very Merciful). First of al...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They that is the angels fear yakhāfūna is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the person governing the verb yastakbirūna ‘they are not arrogant’ their Lord from above them min fawqihim is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the suffixed pronoun -hum of fawqihim in other words they fear their...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Everything prostrates to Allah Allah informs us about His might, majesty and pride, meaning that all things submit themselves to Him and every created being - animate and inanimate, as well as the responsible - humans and Jinns, and the angels - all humble themselves before Him. He tells us that eve...

وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ إِلَٰهَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ

Wa qaalal laahu laa tatta khizooo ilaahainis naini innamaa Huwa Ilaahunw Waahid; fa iyyaaya farhaboon

And Allah has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He is but one God, so fear only Me."

اور خدا نے فرمایا ہے کہ دو دو معبود نہ بناؤ۔ معبود وہی ایک ہے۔ تو مجھ ہی سے ڈرتے رہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Even the Punishment of the World is Mercy in Disguise In the verses cited above, after having mentioned various punishments which could seize disbelievers within this world, it was said in the end: فَإِنَّ رَ‌بَّكُمْ لَرَ‌ءُوفٌ رَّ‌حِيمٌ (So, indeed your Lord is Very Kind Very Merciful). First of al...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And God has said ‘Do not choose two gods ithnayn is for emphasis. Truly there is only One God — He has added this statement to affirm His Divinity and Oneness — so be in awe of Me alone’ fear Me to the exclusion of anyone else — herein is a shift from the third person to the first.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah Alone is Deserving of Worship Allah tells us that there is no god but He, and that no one else should be worshipped except Him, alone, without partners, for He is the Sovereign, Creator, and Lord of all things. وَلَهُ الدِّينُ وَاصِبًا (His is the religion Wasiba) Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah...

وَلَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَهُ ٱلدِّينُ وَاصِبًا أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ تَتَّقُونَ

Wa lahoo maa fis samaawaati wal ardi wa lahud deenu waasibaa; afaghairal laahi tattaqoon

And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is [due] worship constantly. Then is it other than Allah that you fear?

اور جو کچھ آسمانوں میں اور جو کچھ زمین میں ہے سب اسی کا ہے اور اسی کی عبادت لازم ہے۔ تو تم خدا کے سوا اوروں سے کیوں ڈرتے ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Even the Punishment of the World is Mercy in Disguise In the verses cited above, after having mentioned various punishments which could seize disbelievers within this world, it was said in the end: فَإِنَّ رَ‌بَّكُمْ لَرَ‌ءُوفٌ رَّ‌حِيمٌ (So, indeed your Lord is Very Kind Very Merciful). First of al...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth as possessions creatures and servants. And to Him belongs the religion the obedience that endures the one everlasting wāsiban is a circumstantial qualifier referring to al-dīn ‘the religion’ and is operated by the sense of the adverbial cla...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah Alone is Deserving of Worship Allah tells us that there is no god but He, and that no one else should be worshipped except Him, alone, without partners, for He is the Sovereign, Creator, and Lord of all things. وَلَهُ الدِّينُ وَاصِبًا (His is the religion Wasiba) Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah...

وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَزَكَوٰةً وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا

Wa hanaanam mil ladunnaa wa zakaatanw wa kaana taqiyyaa

And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allah

اور اپنے پاس شفقت اور پاکیزگی دی تھی۔ اور پرہیزگار تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: حَنَانًا Literal meaning of this word is soft heartedness, compassion and mercy, and these qualities were specially granted to Sayyidna Yahya (علیہ السلام) .
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and compassion a mercy for mankind from Us from Our presence and purity a charity for them and he was God-fearing — it is related that he never committed a sin nor contemplated committing one;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Birth of the Boy and His Characteristics This also implies what is not mentioned, that this promised boy was born and he was Yahya. There is also the implication that Allah taught him the Book, the Tawrah which they used to study among themselves. The Prophets who were sent to the Jews used to r...

إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

Illaa tazkiratal limany yakshaa

But only as a reminder for those who fear [Allah] -

بلکہ اس شخص کو نصیحت دینے کے لئے (نازل کیا ہے) جو خوف رکھتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِلَّا تَذْكِرَ‌ةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ (Rather to remind him who has the fear - 20:3). Ibn Kathir has narrated that in the early days following the revelation of the Qur'an while the believers spent whole nights in prayers, the infidels mocked and taunted them that the revelation of the Qur'an brought n...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: but We have revealed it only to remind therewith him who fears God;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed at Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Qur'an is a Reminder and a Revelation from Allah We have already discussed the separated letters at the beginning of Surah Al-Baqarah, so there is no need to repeat its...

فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ

Faqoolaa lahoo qawlal laiyinal la allahoo yatazakkkaru 'aw yakhshaa

And speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [Allah]."

اور اس سے نرمی سے بات کرنا شاید وہ غور کرے یا ڈر جائے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: رَ‌بُّنَا الَّذِي أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ Our Lord is He who gave everything its shape, then guidance - 20:50. The Pharaoh then asked them what they wanted. He charged Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) with the murder of the Egyptian and at the same time reminded him how he had brought...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And speak to him gentle words for him to renounce such claims that perhaps he may be mindful be admonished or fear’ God and so repent — the ‘hope’ for Pharaoh’s repentance is expressed from their perspective for God knows that he was not going to repent.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Choosing Musa to go to Fir`awn and to be Soft and Gentle in His Invitation Allah, the Exalted, says in His address to Musa that he had lived among the people of Madyan, avoiding Fir`awn and his chiefs. He worked as a shepherd for his father-in-law until the appointed time for his work ended. Then he...

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهِۦ مُشْفِقُونَ

Ya'lamu maa baina aideehim wa maa khalfahum wa laa yashfa'oona illaa limanir tadaa wa hum min khash yatihee mushfiqoon

He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.

جو کچھ ان کے آگے ہوچکا ہے اور پیچھے ہوگا وہ سب سے واقف ہے اور وہ (اس کے پاس کسی کی) سفارش نہیں کرسکتے مگر اس شخص کی جس سے خدا خوش ہو اور وہ اس کی ہیبت سے ڈرتے رہتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَا يَسْبِقُونَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ وَهُم بِأَمْرِ‌هِ يَعْمَلُونَ (They do not precede Him in speech and only under His command they act. 21:27) This verse refutes the claim of pagans of Makkah that angels were daughters of Allah. How can angels be Allah's children when they stand in such awe in His prese...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He knows what is before them and what is behind them that is what they have done and what they will do and they do not intercede except for him with whom He is satisfied that he be interceded for and they for awe of Him exalted be He are apprehensive fearful.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Refutation of Those Who claim that the Angels are the Daughters of Allah; description of their Deeds and Status Here Allah refutes those who claim that He has offspring among the angels -- exalted and sanctified be He. Some of the Arabs believed that the angels were the daughters of Allah, but A...

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...

لَن يَنَالَ ٱللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَآؤُهَا وَلَٰكِن يَنَالُهُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ مِنكُمْ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمْ لِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Lany yanaalal laaha luhoo muhaa wa laa dimaaa'uhaa wa laakiny yanaaluhut taqwaa minkum; kazaalika sakhkharhaa lakum litukabbirul laaha 'alaa ma hadaakum; wa bashshirul muhsineen

Their meat will not reach Allah, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and give good tidings to the doers of good.

خدا تک نہ اُن کا گوشت پہنچتا ہے اور نہ خون۔ بلکہ اس تک تمہاری پرہیزگاری پہنچتی ہے۔ اسی طرح خدا نے ان کو تمہارا مسخر کر دیا ہے تاکہ اس بات کے بدلے کہ اس نے تم کو ہدایت بخشی ہے اسے بزرگی سے یاد کرو۔ اور (اے پیغمبر) نیکوکاروں کو خوشخبری سنا دو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The real object is not the specific rites of pilgrimage but true devotion to Allah and submission to His will which are inherent in those rites لَن يَنَالَ اللَّـهَ لُحُومُهَا (It is neither their flesh nor their blood that reaches Allah - 22:37) It means that the sacrifice of animals is a very high...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Neither their flesh nor their blood shall reach God that is neither of these shall be raised up to Him; rather it is your piety that shall reach Him that is it is your righteous action performed purely for Him together with your faith that shall be raised up to Him. Thus has He disposed them for you...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Goal of the Udhiyyah (Sacrifice) according to Allah is the Sincerity and Taqwa of His Servant Allah says: this sacrifice is prescribed for you so that you will remember Him at the time of slaughter, for He is the Creator and Provider. Nothing of its flesh or blood reaches Him, for He has no need...

وَإِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱتَّقُونِ

Wa inna haaziheee ummatukum ummatanw waahidatanw wa Ana Rabbukum fattaqoon

And indeed this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so fear Me."

اور یہ تمہاری جماعت (حقیقت میں) ایک ہی جماعت ہے اور میں تمہارا پروردگار ہوں تو مجھ سے ڈرو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَإِنَّ هَـٰذِهِ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً (And surely this is your creed, a single creed - 23:52). The word اُمَّہ is used to describe a group or the followers of a prophet. Sometimes it is also used in the sense of "faith", "creed" or "way of life", as in the verse وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَىٰ أ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And know that this creed of Islam is your community your religion O you being addressed that is you must adhere to it as one community — a necessary state of affairs a variant reading for anna ‘that’ has the softened form in; a variant has inna ‘truly’ indicating the beginning of an independent new ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to eat Lawful Food and to do Righteous Deeds Allah commands His servants and Messengers, peace be upon them all, to eat lawful food and do righteous deeds, which indicates that eating what is lawful helps one to do righteous deeds. The Prophets, peace be upon them, did this in the most p...

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

Innal lazeena hum min khashyati Rabbihim mushfiqoon

Indeed, they who are apprehensive from fear of their Lord

جو اپنے پروردگار کے خوف سے ڈرتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا But they split up ways from one another (dividing themselves) into factions - 23:53). The word زُبُر is the plural of زُبُور meaning a book, and the verse would mean that Allah had commanded all prophets and their followers to adhere to the one and only fai...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Surely those who for fear of their Lord are apprehensive are fearful of His chastisement
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Description of the People of Good Deeds إِنَّ الَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ خَشْيةِ رَبِّهِمْ مُّشْفِقُونَ (Verily, those who live in awe for fear of their Lord;) means, even though they have reached the level of Ihsan and have faith and do righteous deeds, they are still in awe of Allah and fear Him and His ...

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ قُلْ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Sa yaqooloona lillaah; qul afalaa tattaqoon

They will say, "[They belong] to Allah." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?"

بےساختہ کہہ دیں گے کہ یہ (چیزیں) خدا ہی کی ہیں، کہو کہ پھر تم ڈرتے کیوں نہیں؟

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَاهُم بِالْعَذَابِ فَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا لِرَ‌بِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّ‌عُونَ And We have already seized them with punishment, but they did not turn humble to their Lord, nor do they supplicate in humility. (23:76) In the preceding verse it has been stated that when the unbelievers are su...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They will say ‘God’. Say ‘Will you not then be God-fearing?’ will you then not be wary of worshipping things other than Him?
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators believe in Tawhid Ar-Rububiyyah, which requires them to believe in Tawhid Al-Uluhiyyah Allah states that the fact that He is One and that He is independent in His creation, control, dominion and guides one to realize that there is no God except Him and that none should be worshipped ex...

وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَخْشَ ٱللَّهَ وَيَتَّقْهِ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ

Wa mai yuti'il laaha wa Rasoolahoo wa yakhshal laaha wa yattaqhi fa ulaaa'ika humul faaa'izoon

And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger and fears Allah and is conscious of Him - it is those who are the attainers.

اور جو شخص خدا اور اس کے رسول کی فرمانبرداری کرے گا اور اس سے ڈرے گا تو ایسے لوگ مراد کو پہنچنے والے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Four conditions for success and victory وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّـهَ وَرَ‌سُولَهُ وَيَخْشَ اللَّـهَ وَيَتَّقْهِ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَ ﴿52﴾ And whoever obeys, Allah and His messenger and has awe of Him and observes Tagwa of Him, then such people are the victorious. [ 52] In this verse it is decla...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And he who obeys God and His Messenger and fears God and fears Him read yattaqh or yattaqhi by being obedient to Him those they are the winners of Paradise.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Treachery of the Hypocrites and the Attitude of the Believers Allah tells us about the characteristics of the hypocrites who show one thing while hiding another, and who say with their tongues, آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ مِّن بَعْدِ ذلِكَ ("We...

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Iz qaala lahum akhoohum Noohun alaa tattaqoon

When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

جب ان سے ان کے بھائی نوح نے کہا کہ تم ڈرتے کیوں نہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ ﴿88﴾ إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّـهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ﴿89﴾ The Day when neither wealth will be of any use (to any one) nor sons, [ 88] except to one who will come to Allah with a sound heart, [ 26:89] This verse has declared that wealth and children will not be of a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: when Noah their brother — their brother only in terms of lineage — said to them ‘Will you not fear? God?
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Nuh's preaching to His People, and Their Response Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Nuh, peace be upon him, who was the first Messenger sent by Allah to the people of earth after they started to worship idols. Allah sent him to forbid that and to warn people of the consequences of ...

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Iz qaala lahum akhoohum Hoodun alaa tattaqoon

When their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

جب ان سے ان کے بھائی ہود نے کہا کیا تم ڈرتے نہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Nobility of a person depends on deeds and moral qualities and not on family or status قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْ‌ذَلُونَ ﴿111﴾ قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿112﴾ They said, "Shall we believe in you while you are followed by the lowest people?" [ 111] He said, "I do...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: when Hūd their brother said to them ‘Will you not fear God?
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Hud's preaching to His People `Ad Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Hud, when he called his people `Ad. His people used to live in the Ahqaf, curved sand-hills near Hadramawt, on the borders of Yemen. They lived after the time of Nuh, as Allah says in Surat Al-A`raf: وَاذكُرُواْ إِ...

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

Iz qaala lahum akhoohum Saalihun alaa tattaqoon

When their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?

جب ان سے ان کے بھائی صالح نے کہا کہ تم ڈرتے کیوں نہیں؟

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Explanation of some difficult words أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِ‌يعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ ﴿128﴾ وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ ﴿129﴾ Do you erect on every height a sign having no sound purpose, [ 128] and take the objects of architecture as if you are going to live forever, (26:1...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: when Sālih their brother said to them ‘Will you fear God?
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Salih and the People of Thamud Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Salih, whom He sent to his people Thamud. They were Arabs living in the city of Al-Hijr -- which is between Wadi Al-Qura and Greater Syria. Their location is well known. In our explanation of Surat Al-A`raf, we mentio...

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon

So fear Allah and obey me.

تو خدا سے ڈرو اور میرا کہا مانو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِ‌هِينَ ﴿149﴾And you hew out houses from the hills with pride. [ 149] According to Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ ، the word فَارِ‌هِينَ (Farihin) means arrogant and conceited people. But Abu Salih and Imam Raghib have taken this word to mean experts. Th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So fear God and obey me.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lut and His Call Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him. He was Lut bin Haran bin Azar, the nephew of Ibrahim Al-Khalil, upon him be peace. Allah sent him to a mighty nation during the lifetime of Ibrahim, peace be upon them both. They lived in Sadum (Sodom) and i...

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon

So fear Allah and obey me.

تو خدا سے ڈرو اور میرا کہا مانو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَمْطَرْ‌نَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرً‌ا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ‌ الْمُنذَرِ‌ينَ and subjected them to a terrible rain. So evil was the rain of those who were warned. - 26:173 This verse has confirmed that if a man commits sodomy, he may be punished with throwing a wall on him or by throwing him down from a high...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So fear God and obey me.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Shu`ayb and His Preaching to the Dwellers of Al-Aykah The companions of Al-Aykah were the people of Madyan, according to the most correct view. The Prophet of Allah Shu`ayb was one of them, but it does not say here, their brother Shu`ayb, because they called themselves by a name denoting their deifi...

وَأَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

Wa anjainal lazeena aamanoo wa kaanoo yattaqoon

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah.

اور جو لوگ ایمان لائے اور ڈرتے تھے ان کو ہم نے نجات دی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ We shall attack him (Salih علیہ السلام) and his family at night, then will say to his heir, We did not witness the destruction of his family and we are really truthful - 27:49. The plan w...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We delivered those who believed in Sālih — and they numbered 4000 — and were fearful of idolatry.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Plot of the Mischief-Makers and the End of the People of Thamud Allah tells us about the evildoers of Thamud and their leaders who used to call their people to misguidance and disbelief, and to deny Salih. Eventually they killed the she-camel and were about to kill Salih too. They plotted to let...

مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Muneebeena ilaihi wattaqoohu wa aqeemus Salaata wa laa takoonoo minal mushrikeen

[Adhere to it], turning in repentance to Him, and fear Him and establish prayer and do not be of those who associate others with Allah

(مومنو) اُسی (خدا) کی طرف رجوع کئے رہو اور اس سے ڈرتے رہو اور نماز پڑھتے رہو اور مشرکوں میں نہ ہونا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُشْرِ‌كِينَ (And establish Salah, and do not be among those who associate partners with Allah - 30:31). In the previous verse it was mentioned that the human nature is designed in a manner that it has an inherent capability to accept the Truth. Now in ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: turning referring to Him exalted be He concerning what He has commanded and what He has forbidden munībīna ‘turning’ is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of the verb aqim ‘set up’ in other words addressing the third plural person aqīmū ‘set up’ and fear Him and establish prayer and...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to adhere to Tawhid Allah says: `so set your face and persevere in the religion which Allah has prescribed for you, the worship of Allah Alone, the religion of Ibrahim, to which Allah has guided you and which He has perfected for you with the utmost perfection. In this manner, you will a...

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ وَٱخْشَوْا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِۦ وَلَا مَوْلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ

Yaaa ayyuhan naasuttaqoo Rabbakum wakhshaw Yawmal laa yajzee waalidun 'anw waladihee wa laa mawloodun huwa jaazin 'anw waalidihee shai'aa; innaa wa'dal laahi haqqun falaa taghurran nakumul hayaatud dunyaa wa laa yaghur rannakum billaahil gharoon

O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver.

لوگو اپنے پروردگار سے ڈرو اور اُس دن کا خوف کرو کہ نہ تو باپ اپنے بیٹے کے کچھ کام آئے۔ اور نہ بیٹا باپ کے کچھ کام آسکے۔ بیشک خدا کا وعدہ سچا ہے پس دنیا کی زندگی تم کو دھوکے میں نہ ڈال دے۔ اور نہ فریب دینے والا (شیطان) تمہیں خدا کے بارے میں کسی طرح کا فریب دے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary In the first of the two verses cited above, the address is to common people, believing and disbelieving both. They have been served with a notice that they will face Allah and be accountable before Him for their deeds on the day of Judgment and that they should be prepared for it. It was ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O people namely such as the people of Mecca fear your Lord and fear a day when no parent shall avail a child thereon in any way; and no child thereon shall avail its parent in any way. Surely God’s promise of resurrection is true. So do not let the life of this world deceive you and divert you from ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to fear Allah and remember the Day of Resurrection Here Allah warns people about the Day of Resurrection, and commands them to fear Him and remember the Day of Resurrection when لاَّ يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِ (no father can avail aught for his son,) which means, even if he wanted to o...

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

Yaa aiyuhan Nabiyyut taqil laaha wa laa tuti'il kaafireena wal munaafiqeen; innal laaha kaana 'aleeman Hakeemaa

O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.

اے پیغمبر خدا سے ڈرتے رہنا اور کافروں اور منافقوں کا کہا نہ ماننا۔ بےشک خدا جاننے والا اور حکمت والا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary This is a Madani Surah. Most of its subjects feature is the loveable persona of the Holy Prophet ﷺ and his special place with Allah. There it has been variously emphasized that showing reverence for him is obligatory and that causing any pain to him is haram (forbidden). Then the rest of ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O Prophet! Fear God remain in fear of Him and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites and so follow them in what contravenes your Law. Truly God is Knower of what will happens before it happens Wise in what He creates.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Al-Madinah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Command to defy the Disbelievers and Hypocrites by followingthe Revelation of Allah and putting One's Trust in Him Here Allah points out something lower by referrin...

ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَلِّغُونَ رِسَٰلَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَخْشَوْنَهُۥ وَلَا يَخْشَوْنَ أَحَدًا إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ حَسِيبًا

Allazeena yuballighoona Risaalaatil laahi wa yakhshaw nahoo wa laa yakkhshawna ahadan illal laah; wa kafaa billaahi Haseebaa

[Allah praises] those who convey the messages of Allah and fear Him and do not fear anyone but Allah. And sufficient is Allah as Accountant.

اور جو خدا کے پیغام (جوں کے توں) پہنچاتے اور اس سے ڈرتے ہیں اور خدا کے سوا کسی سے نہیں ڈرتے تھے۔ اور خدا ہی حساب کرنے کو کافی ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Mentioned next are particular attributes of the prophets علیہم السلام about whom we have learnt a while ago that they were permitted to have several wives in earlier times. It was said: الَّذِينَ يُبَلِّغُونَ رِ‌سَالَاتِ اللَّـهِ (those who convey the messages of Allah and have awe of Him and have n...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: — those who alladhīna qualifies the previous alladhīna deliver the Messages of God and fear Him and fear no one except Him and therefore they do not fear what people might say about that which God has made lawful for them. And God suffices as Reckoner as keeper of the deeds of His creatures and as O...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Praise for Those Who convey the Message Allah says: الَّذِينَ يُبَلِّغُونَ رِسَالـتِ اللَّهِ (Those who convey the Message of Allah) meaning, to His creation, and fulfil that with which they have been entrusted. وَيَخْشَوْنَهُ (and fear Him,) means, they fear Him and they do not fear any besides Him...

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanut taqul laaha wa qooloo qawlan sadeedaa

O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice.

مومنو خدا سے ڈرا کرو اور بات سیدھی کہا کرو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Customarily, Allah Ta'ala keeps prophets free from physical defects causing aversion In this event, Allah Ta'ala has demonstrated such unusual concern to have Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) absolved of the blame imputed to him by his people which took no less than a miracle whereby a rock ran away with...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O you who believe fear God and speak words of integrity what is proper.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to the Believers to have Taqwa and speak the Truth Here Allah commands His servants to have Taqwa of Him, worshipping Him as if they can see Him, and to قَوْلاً سَدِيداً (speak (always) the truth.) meaning, to speak in a straightforward manner, with no crookedness or distortion. He promi...

وَيُنَجِّى ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ بِمَفَازَتِهِمْ لَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلسُّوٓءُ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Wa yunajjil laahul lazee nat taqaw bimafaazatihim laa yamassuhumus sooo'u wa laa hum uahzanoon

And Allah will save those who feared Him by their attainment; no evil will touch them, nor will they grieve.

اور جو پرہیزگار ہیں ان کی (سعادت اور) کامیابی کے سبب خدا ان کو نجات دے گا نہ تو ان کو کوئی سختی پہنچے گی اور نہ غمناک ہوں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 59, it was said: بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَاءَتْكَ آيَاتِي فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا (Why not? My verses had reached you, but you called them untrue, and waxed proud, and became of those who disbelieved...). In this verse, what the disbelievers said in: (If Allah were to show me the way, I would have surely be...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And God will deliver from Hell those who fear idolatry because of their triumph that is on account of the place they have won in Paradise by placing them in it. No evil will touch them nor will they grieve.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Consequences for Those Who tell Lies against Allah and for Those Who have Taqwa Allah tells us that on the Day of Resurrection, some faces will be blackened and some will be whitened. The faces of those who followed splits and divisions will be blackened, and the faces of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama`a...

وَسِيقَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْجَنَّةِ زُمَرًا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُوهَا وَفُتِحَتْ أَبْوَٰبُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَٱدْخُلُوهَا خَٰلِدِينَ

Wa seeqal lazeenat taqaw Rabbahum ilal Jannati zumaran hattaaa izaa jaaa'oohaa wa futihat abwaabuhaa wa qaala lahum khazanatuhaa salaamun 'alaikum tibtum fadkhuloohaa khaalideen

But those who feared their Lord will be driven to Paradise in groups until, when they reach it while its gates have been opened and its keepers say, "Peace be upon you; you have become pure; so enter it to abide eternally therein," [they will enter].

اور جو لوگ اپنے پروردگار سے ڈرتے ہیں ان کو گروہ گروہ بنا کر بہشت کی طرف لے جائیں گے یہاں تک کہ جب اس کے پاس پہنچ جائیں گے اور اس کے دروازے کھول دیئے جائیں گے تو اس کے داروغہ ان سے کہیں کہ تم پر سلام تم بہت اچھے رہے۔ اب اس میں ہمیشہ کے لئے داخل ہوجاؤ

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 69, it was said: وَجِيءَ بِالنَّبِيِّينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ (and the prophets and the witnesses will be brought,) It means that, at the time of reckoning on the plains of Resurrection, present there will be all prophets as well as all other witnesses. The prophets themselves will also be among ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And those who feared their Lord will be driven gently to Paradise in troops until when they reach it and its gates are opened wa-futihat the wāw here indicates a circumstantial qualifier implying qad ‘already’ and its keepers will say to them ‘Peace be to you! You are good! tibtum a circumstantial q...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Believers will be taken to Paradise Here Allah tells us about the blessed believers, who will be taken to Paradise in groups, one group after another, starting with the best of them: those who are closest to Allah, then the most righteous, then the next best and the next best. Each group will be...

وَنَجَّيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

Wa najjainal lazeena aamanoo wa kaanoo yattaqoon

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah.

اور جو ایمان لائے اور پرہیزگاری کرتے رہے ان کو ہم نے بچا لیا

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَأَرْ‌سَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِ‌يحًا صَرْ‌صَرً‌ا (So, We let loose a wild wind on them - 41:16) This is the explanation of what was mentioned as ` calamity of ` Ad and Thamud' in the earlier verse. The Arabic word used in the text is sa` igah. It originally means ` something that renders one unconsciou...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We delivered from it those who believed and feared God.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Warning to the Disbelievers and a Reminder of the Story of `Ad and Thamud Allah says: `Say, O Muhammad, to these idolators who disbelieve in the message of truth that you have brought: If you turn away from that which I have brought to you from Allah, then I warn you of the punishment of Allah lik...

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

Qaalooo innaa kunnaa qablu feee ahlinaa mushfiqeen

They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].

کہیں گے کہ اس سے پہلے ہم اپنے گھر میں (خدا سے) ڈرتے رہتے تھے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Believing Children of the Righteous will benefit from their relationship with their Believing Parents in Paradise وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّ‌يَّتُهُم بِإِيمَانٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّ‌يَّتَهُمْ (And those who believed and their children followed them in belief, We will join the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They say as an intimation of the reason for this attainment ‘Truly before amid our families in the world we used to be ever anxious afraid of God’s chastisement;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Offspring of Righteous Believers will be elevated to Their Grades in Paradise In this Ayah, Allah the Exalted affirms His favor, generosity, graciousness, compassion and beneficence towards His creation. When the offspring of the righteous believers imitate their parents regarding faith, Allah w...

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ

Allazeena yajtaniboona kabaaa'iral ismi walfawaa hisha illal lamam; inna rabbaka waasi'ul maghfirah; huwa a'lamu bikum iz ansha akum minal ardi wa iz antum ajinnatun fee butooni umma haatikum falaa tuzakkooo anfusakum huwa a'lamu bimanit taqaa

Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.

جو صغیرہ گناہوں کے سوا بڑے بڑے گناہوں اور بےحیائی کی باتوں سے اجتناب کرتے ہیں۔ بےشک تمہارا پروردگار بڑی بخشش والا ہے۔ وہ تم کو خوب جانتا ہے۔ جب اس نے تم کو مٹی سے پیدا کیا اور جب تم اپنی ماؤں کے پیٹ میں بچّے تھے۔ تو اپنے آپ کو پاک صاف نہ جتاؤ۔ جو پرہیزگار ہے وہ اس سے خوب واقف ہے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Allah Forgives the Small Faults, Al-Lamam الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ‌ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ (those who abstain from the major sins and from shameful acts, except minor involvements....53:32) The preceding verse praises those who follow the right guidance of Allah and do go...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Those who avoid grave sins and abominations excepting lesser offences that is minor sins such as a look a kiss or a touch this constitutes a discontinuous exception in other words the meaning is but lesser offences are forgiven by the avoidance of grave sins. Truly your Lord is of vast forgiveness f...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah knows Every Matter, whether Small or Big, and He rewards Each according to His or Her Deeds Allah asserts that He is the King and Owner of the heavens and earth and that He is independent of the need for anyone. He is the authority over His creation and rules them with justice. He created the ...

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ

Wa liman khaafa maqaama rabbihee jannataan

But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -

اور جو شخص اپنے پروردگار کے سامنے کھڑے ہونے سے ڈرا اس کے لئے دو باغ ہیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Delight of the Righteous in Paradise The foregoing verses spoke of the horrible punishments to be faced by the disbelievers. In the current set of verses we are told about the rewards and bounties reserved for the righteous believers. The verse 46 speaks of two Gardens that are exclusively reser...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But for those who feared that is for every one of them or for all of them together the station of their Lord the standing before Him for the Reckoning and therefore refrained from being disobedient to Him there will be two gardens.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Delight of Those Who have Taqwa in Paradise Allah the Exalted said, وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ (But for him who fears the standing before his Lord,) on the Day of Resurrection, وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى (And restrained himself from the desires.) (79:40), and does not indulge nor prefer...

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا تَنَٰجَيْتُمْ فَلَا تَتَنَٰجَوْا۟ بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَمَعْصِيَتِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَتَنَٰجَوْا۟ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo izaa tanaajaytum falaa tatanaajaw bil ismi wal 'udwaani wa ma'siyatir rasooli wa tanaajaw bil birri wattaqwaa wattaqul laahal lazeee ilaihi tuhsharoon

O you who have believed, when you converse privately, do not converse about sin and aggression and disobedience to the Messenger but converse about righteousness and piety. And fear Allah, to whom you will be gathered.

مومنو! جب تم آپس میں سرگوشیاں کرنے لگو تو گناہ اور زیادتی اور پیغمبر کی نافرمانی کی باتیں نہ کرنا بلکہ نیکوکاری اور پرہیزگاری کی باتیں کرنا۔ اور خدا سے جس کے سامنے جمع کئے جاؤ گے ڈرتے رہنا

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Manners of the Secret Conference يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا تَنَاجَيْتُمْ فَلَا تَتَنَاجَوْا بِالْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَمَعْصِيَتِ الرَّ‌سُولِ وَتَنَاجَوْا بِالْبِرِّ‌ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ (0 those who believe, when you hold secret counsel, do not whisper for sinful act and wrongdoing and disob...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O you who believe if you do talk in secret then do not talk in secret sinfully and in enmity and disobedience to the Messenger but talk secretly in piety and fear of God. And fear God to Whom you will be gathered.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Evil of the Jews Ibn Abi Najih reported from Mujahid, أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ نُهُواْ عَنِ النَّجْوَى ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا نُهُواْ عَنْهُ (Have you not seen those who were forbidden to hold secret counsels, and afterwards returned to that which they had been forbidden,) He said, "The Jews....

مَّآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْقُرَىٰ فَلِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ كَىْ لَا يَكُونَ دُولَةًۢ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَغْنِيَآءِ مِنكُمْ وَمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَىٰكُمْ عَنْهُ فَٱنتَهُوا۟ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

Maaa afaaa'al laahu 'alaa Rasoolihee min ahlil quraa falillaahi wa lir Rasooli wa lizil qurbaa wal yataamaa walmasaakeeni wabnis sabeeli kai laa yakoona doolatam bainal aghniyaaa'i minkum; wa maaa aataakumur Rasoolu fakhuzoohu wa maa nahaakum 'anhu fantahoo; wattaqul laaha innal laaha shadeedul-'iqaab

And what Allah restored to His Messenger from the people of the towns - it is for Allah and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and orphans and the [stranded] traveler - so that it will not be a perpetual distribution among the rich from among you. And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.

جو مال خدا نے اپنے پیغمبر کو دیہات والوں سے دلوایا ہے وہ خدا کے اور پیغمبر کے اور (پیغمبر کے) قرابت والوں کے اور یتیموں کے اور حاجتمندوں کے اور مسافروں کے لئے ہے۔ تاکہ جو لوگ تم میں دولت مند ہیں ان ہی کے ہاتھوں میں نہ پھرتا رہے۔ سو جو چیز تم کو پیغمبر دیں وہ لے لو۔ اور جس سے منع کریں (اس سے) باز رہو۔ اور خدا سے ڈرتے رہو۔ بےشک خدا سخت عذاب دینے والا ہے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The Concept of Fai' and its Law of Distribution وَمَا أَفَاءَ اللَّـهُ عَلَىٰ رَ‌سُولِهِ مِنْهُمْ (And whatever fai' [ left over property ] Allah has passed on to His Messenger from them, ...59:6). The word afa'a is derived from fai'un which means 'to return'. Thus the time of the afterno...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Whatever spoils God has given to His Messenger from the people of the towns such as al-Safrā’ Wādī al-Qurā and Yanbu‘ belong to God dispensing with it as He will and to the Messenger and to the near of kin the Prophet’s kin from among the Banū Hāshim and the Banū al-Muttālib and the orphans the orph...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Fai' and how it is spent Allah the Exalted explains the regulations for Fai', the booty that the Muslims acquire from the disbelievers, without fighting them or using cavalry and camelry in war against them. For instance, the booty collected from Bani An-Nadir was not acquired because of fightin...

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلْتَنظُرْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanut taqul laa; waltanzur nafsum maa qaddamat lighadiw wattaqual laah; innal laaha khabeerum bimaa ta'maloon

O you who have believed, fear Allah. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow - and fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.

اے ایمان والوں! خدا سے ڈرتے رہو اور ہر شخص کو دیکھنا چاہیئے کہ اس نے کل (یعنی فردائے قیامت) کے لئے کیا (سامان) بھیجا ہے اور (ہم پھر کہتے ہیں کہ) خدا سے ڈرتے رہو بےشک خدا تمہارے سب اعمال سے خبردار ہے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The Command to Taqwa and to prepare for the Day of Resurrection The earlier parts of Surah Al-Hashr has described different events relating to the Jews, the pagans and the hypocrites and their punishments in this world and in the next. Now the concluding part of the Surah makes the believ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O you who believe fear God and let every soul consider what it has sent ahead for tomorrow for the Day of Resurrection. And fear God. God is indeed Aware of what you do.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to have Taqwa and to prepare for the Day of Resurrection Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Mundhir bin Jarir narrated that his father said, "While we were in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the early hours of the morning, some people came there who were barefooted, naked, wearing st...

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ وَأَنفِقُوا۟ خَيْرًا لِّأَنفُسِكُمْ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

Fattaqul laaha mastat'tum wasma'oo wa atee'oo waanfiqoo khairal li anfusikum; wa many-yooqa shuha nafsihee fa-ulaaa'ika humul muflihoon

So fear Allah as much as you are able and listen and obey and spend [in the way of Allah]; it is better for your selves. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.

سو جہاں تک ہوسکے خدا سے ڈرو اور (اس کے احکام کو) سنو اور (اس کے) فرمانبردار رہو اور (اس کی راہ میں) خرچ کرو (یہ) تمہارے حق میں بہتر ہے۔ اور جو شخص طبعیت کے بخل سے بچایا گیا تو ایسے ہی لوگ راہ پانے والے ہیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَاتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ (So, observe taqwa [ total obedience to Allah in awe of Him ] as far as you can…64:16). When the verse اتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ (…Observe taqwa as is His due…3:102] was revealed, the blessed Companions felt it very difficult, because it was impossible f...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So fear God as far as you can — this abrogates His saying Fear God as He should be feared Q. 3102 — and listen to what you have been enjoined to listening disposed to accept and obey and expend in obedience to Him; that is better for your souls khayran li-anfusikum is the predicate of an implied yak...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Warning against the Fitnah of Spouses and Offspring Allah states that some wives and children are enemies to their husbands and fathers, in that they might be busied with them rather than with performing the good deeds. Allah said in another Ayah, يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَ...

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا يَعْصُونَ ٱللَّهَ مَآ أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena samanoo qooo anfusakum wa ahleekum naaranw waqoodu han naasu wal hijaaratu 'alaihaa malaaa'ikatun ghilaazun shidaadul laa ya'soonal laaha maa amarahum wa yaf'aloona maa yu'maroon

O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.

مومنو! اپنے آپ کو اور اپنے اہل عیال کو آتش (جہنم) سے بچاؤ جس کا ایندھن آدمی اور پتھر ہیں اور جس پر تند خو اور سخت مزاج فرشتے (مقرر) ہیں جو ارشاد خدا ان کو فرماتا ہے اس کی نافرمانی نہیں کرتے اور جو حکم ان کو ملتا ہے اسے بجا لاتے ہیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ (0 those who believe, save yourselves and your families from a fire...66:6). This verse addresses the general body of Muslims and enjoins upon them to safeguard themselves and their families from a fire of Hell whose fuel is people and stones. Then the verse...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O you who believe! Guard yourselves and your families by enjoining obedience to God against a Fire whose fuel is disbelieving people and stones such as those idols of theirs made of that stone — the meaning is that it is extremely hot fuelled by the above-mentioned unlike the fire of this world whic...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Teaching One's Family the Religion and Good Behavior `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas; قُواْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَاراً (Protect yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell)) He said, "Work in the obedience of Allah, avoid disobedience of Allah and order your families to reme...

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ

Innal lazeena yakhshawna rabbahum bilghaibi lahum maghfiratunw wa ajrun kabeer

Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great reward.

(اور) جو لوگ بن دیکھے اپنے پروردگار سے ڈرتے ہیں ان کے لئے بخشش اور اجر عظیم ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُ‌جُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ (And We have decorated the nearest sky with lamps, and have made them devices to stone the devils, and We have prepared for them the punishment of Hell....67:5). The word 'masabih' (translated above as 'la...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Assuredly those who fear their Lord in secret while they are absent from people’s eyes being obedient to Him in secret such that openly before people it is all the more likely that they fear their Lord — there will be for them forgiveness and a great reward namely Paradise.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of those Who fear their Lord unseen Allah informs of he who fears standing before his Lord, being frightened about matters between himself and Allah when he is not in the presence of other people. So he refrains from disobedience and he performs acts of obedience when no one sees him exce...

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

Wallazeena hum min 'azaabi Rabbihim mushfiqoon

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

اور جو اپنے پروردگار کے عذاب سے خوف رکھتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Rates of Zakah are Specified by Allah وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ (and those in whose riches there is a specified right...70:24). This verse shows that the quantifications of Zakah have been fixed by Allah. The details are recorded in authentic ahadith. These quantifications, whet...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and who are apprehensive of the chastisement of their Lord —
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...

كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

Kallaa bal laa yakhaafoonal aakhirah

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

ایسا ہرگز نہیں ہوگا۔ حقیقت یہ ہے کہ ان کو آخرت کا خوف ہی نہیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِيْنَ (So what has happened to them that they are turning away from the Reminder... 74:49) The word tadhkirah (Reminder), in this context, refers to the Holy Qur'an, because the word literally signifies a 'reminder or something that reminds'. The Qur'an is uniq...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: No indeed! kallā a deterrent of what they desire. Rather they do not fear the Hereafter that is the chastisement thereof.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): What will take place in the Discussion between the People of Paradise and the People of the Hellfire Allah informs that, كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ (Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,) meaning, bound to his deed on the Day of Judgement. Ibn `Abbas and others have said this. ...

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

Wa maa yazkuroona illaaa any yashaaa'al laah; Huwa ahlut taqwaa wa ahlul maghfirah

And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

اور یاد بھی تب ہی رکھیں گے جب خدا چاہے۔ وہی ڈرنے کے لائق اور بخشش کا مالک ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: هُوَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰى وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ (...He is worthy to be feared, and worthy to forgive... 74:56) Allah is ` Ahl-ut-taqwa in the sense that 'He alone is worthy to be feared and entitled to be obeyed'. Ahl-ul-Maghfirah signifies that 'He alone is the Being Who forgives the sins of even the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they will not remember yadhkurūna or read second person plural tadhkurūna unless God wills it. He is the One worthy of your fear and the One worthy to forgive by forgiving those who fear Him.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): What will take place in the Discussion between the People of Paradise and the People of the Hellfire Allah informs that, كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ (Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,) meaning, bound to his deed on the Day of Judgement. Ibn `Abbas and others have said this. ...

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

Inna fee zaalika la'ibratal limaiy-yaksha

Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].

جو شخص (خدا سے) ڈر رکھتا ہے اس کے لیے اس (قصے) میں عبرت ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّـهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَ‌ةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ (So, Allah seized him for the deterrent punishment in the Hereafter and the present world....79:25). The word nakal means an 'exemplary punishment' or 'an extremely severe punishment given to an offender to deter others against committing a simila...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Assuredly in that which is mentioned there is a moral for him who fears God exalted be He.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Mentioning the Story of Musa and that it is a Lesson for Those Who fear Allah Allah informs His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ about His Messenger Musa. He mentions that he sent Musa to Fir`awn and He aided him with miracles. Yet, even after this, Fir`awn continued in his disbelief and transgression until All...

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

Wa ammaa man khaafa maqaama Rabbihee wa nahan nafsa 'anil hawaa

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

اور جو اپنے پروردگار کے سامنے کھڑے ہونے سے ڈرتا اور جی کو خواہشوں سے روکتا رہا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Thereafter, the special marks of the inmates of Paradise are described. They too have two characteristics: وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَ‌بِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ (whereas for the one who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained his self from the [ evil ] desire, 79:40). In othe...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But as for him who feared the stance before his Lord his standing before Him and forbade the evil-bidding soul from pursuing desire that leads to perdition as a result of that person’s lusting after carnal desires
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Day of Judgement, its Pleasures and Hell, and that its Time is not known Allah says, فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الْكُبْرَى (But when there comes the Great Catastrophe) This refers to the Day of Judgement. This has been said by Ibn `Abbas. It has been called this because it will overcome every m...

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا

Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

جو شخص اس سے ڈر رکھتا ہے تم تو اسی کو ڈر سنانے والے ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Thereafter, the special marks of the inmates of Paradise are described. They too have two characteristics: وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَ‌بِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ (whereas for the one who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained his self from the [ evil ] desire, 79:40). In othe...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: You are only a warner for your warning will only benefit the one who fears it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Day of Judgement, its Pleasures and Hell, and that its Time is not known Allah says, فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الْكُبْرَى (But when there comes the Great Catastrophe) This refers to the Day of Judgement. This has been said by Ibn `Abbas. It has been called this because it will overcome every m...

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

Wahuwa yakhshaa,

While he fears [Allah],

اور (خدا سے) ڈرتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ‌ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَ‌ىٰ (May be, [ if you had attended him properly,] he would have attained purity, or have taken to the advice, and the advice would have benefited him....80:3-4). In other words, because Sayyidna ` Abdullah Ibn Umm Maktum ؓ was a genuine beli...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: fearful of God wa-huwa yakhshā is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of the verb yas‘ā ‘hurrying’ — this being the blind man —
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 Prophet being reprimanded because He frowned at a Weak Man More than one of the scholars of Tafsir mentioned that one day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was addressing one o...

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

Sa yazzakkaru maiyakhshaa

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

جو خوف رکھتا ہے وہ تو نصیحت پکڑے گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ (So, extend advice [ to people ] if advice is useful....87:9) The preceding verses described the facilities created by Allah for the Holy Prophet in performing his Prophetic obligation. This verse commands him to perform his obligation. The verse contains the cond...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He who fears God exalted be He will be reminded by it as in the verse So admonish by the Qur’ān him who fears My threat Q. 5045;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat Al-A`la This Surah was revealed in Makkah before the migration to Al-Madinah. The proof of this is what Al-Bukhari recorded from Al-Bara' bin `Azib, that he said, "The first people to come to us (in Al-Madinah) from the Companions of the Prophet were...

جَزَآؤُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِىَ رَبَّهُۥ

Jazaa-uhum inda rabbihim jan naatu 'adnin tajree min tahtihal an haaru khalideena feeha abada; radiy-yallaahu 'anhum wa ra du 'an zaalika liman khashiya rabbah.

Their reward with Allah will be gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allah being pleased with them and they with Him. That is for whoever has feared his Lord.

ان کا صلہ ان کے پروردگار کے ہاں ہمیشہ رہنے کے باغ ہیں جن کے نیچے نہریں بہہ رہی ہیں ابدالاباد ان میں رہیں گے۔ خدا ان سے خوش اور وہ اس سے خوش۔ یہ (صلہ) اس کے لیے ہے جو اپنے پروردگار سے ڈرتا رہا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse [ 8 - the concluding phrase ] ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ رَ‌بَّهُ (…That is for him who has awe of his Lord.) The word 'fear' or 'awe' here is not used in the sense of an 'agitated, disturbed or perturbed feeling' which we naturally have for an enemy, a beast, a ferocious animal or an obnoxious thi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Their reward with their Lord will be Gardens of Eden as a residence underneath which rivers flow wherein they shall abide forever. God is pleased with them because of their obedience of Him and they are pleased with Him because of His reward. That is the reward for him who fears his Lord for him who...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Mentioning the Worse and Best of Creation and Their Recompense Allah informs of what will happen to the wicked disbelievers among the People of the Scripture and the idolators who oppose the Allah's divinely revealed Books and the Prophets whom He sent. He says that they will be in the fire of Hell ...

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