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Rejection of Truth

رَفْضُ الْحَقّ

Rejection of Truth (رفض الحق) addresses a profound human inclination: the persistent denial of divine guidance, even when presented with clear signs and messages from Allah's prophets. This theme explores the stubborn refusal to accept truth, often stemming from arrogance, jealousy, or an uncritical adherence to tradition. The Quran illustrates this powerfully, depicting those who, despite [recognizing the truth, disbelieved in it], choosing to reject what confirmed earlier revelations. Sometimes, this manifests as a [selective belief], where individuals accept only what aligns with their pre-existing notions while dismissing new, undeniable truths. Other instances show people prioritising [ancestral practices over divine commands], even when those traditions lack reason or guidance. This recurring theme serves as a poignant reminder that true faith requires an open heart and a willingness to embrace truth, rather than [throwing Allah's scripture behind one's back]. It highlights the profound responsibility that comes with receiving divine revelation and the spiritual consequences of consciously turning away from the light of guidance.

Rejection of Truth (رفض الحق) is a profound theme in the Quran, exploring the human tendency to deny divine guidance despite clear signs and messages. This denial often stems from deep-seated arrogance, jealousy, or an uncritical adherence to inherited traditions, leading individuals to selectively embrace only what aligns with their pre-existing notions. The Quran vividly illustrates the spiritual consequences of consciously turning away from divine revelation.

The Nature of Truth and Its Rejection

The Quran presents itself as a divine revelation in which there is no doubt, serving as guidance for the God-fearing (Muttaqin). As Ibn Kathir explains, "The Book, is the Qur'an, and Rayb means doubt... The meaning of this is that the Book, the Qur'an, is without a doubt revealed from Allah." This guidance, however, is primarily for those who possess Taqwa, a fear of Allah and refraining from transgressing His commands, encompassing belief in the unseen and certainty in the Hereafter, as detailed in 2:4.

Despite the clarity of divine truth, the Quran describes various forms of its rejection. For those who disbelieve, it is the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them — they will not believe. Ibn Kathir clarifies that this refers to those whom Allah has decreed to be miserable due to their stubbornness and denial, not a general inability to believe. The hearts of such individuals are described as sealed, their hearing stopped, and their eyes covered, preventing them from perceiving the truth as if they had not heard them. Ma'arif-ul-Quran explains this sealing as a form of divine punishment for willful disobedience, where their own arrogance and evil deeds gradually destroy their capacity to accept truth, akin to rust covering a heart as mentioned in the verse.

Obstacles to Accepting Truth: Arrogance, Envy, and Blind Adherence

The Quran identifies several root causes for the rejection of truth. One significant factor is arrogance, often manifesting as a refusal to acknowledge the prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ, despite clear signs. For instance, the Jews, though they recognized the truth of the Quran as confirming their own scriptures, out of envy and fear of losing leadership, as highlighted by Ibn Kathir. This denial, even with knowledge, renders them "infidels" (Kafirin), because true faith (Iman) requires not just knowing the truth but actively accepting and affirming it in deeds. Satan, too, knows the truth but rejects it out of arrogance.

Another major impediment is blind adherence to ancestral traditions. When urged to , many would retort, . This uncritical following is condemned, especially when "their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided." Ibn Kathir illustrates this by relating how some Jews, when invited to Islam, refused, stating they would adhere to their forefathers' practices, despite those practices being based on no sound understanding or guidance. This theme is reiterated in various surahs, such as when it is said, , even if their ancestors "knew nothing, nor were they guided."

Envy also plays a destructive role. The People of the Scripture, particularly the Jews, are depicted as being envious of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for the prophethood and bounties Allah bestowed upon him. They would even prefer disbelievers over Muslims, saying, These people are better guided on the way than the believers, as narrated in Tafsir Ibn Kathir regarding Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf and Huyay bin Akhtab. This envy drove them to reject him because he was an Arab, not from the Children of Israel, even though they knew his description from their own scriptures.

The Consequences of Rejection in This Life and the Hereafter

The Quran details severe consequences for those who reject the truth. For the disbelievers, a severe torment awaits them on the Day of Resurrection. This torment is not merely physical but also a profound spiritual loss, as their deeds in this world are rendered worthless, lost in this world and in the Hereafter. As Ibn Kathir explains, "Allah will punish him for his rejection, reckon him for his denial, and torment him for defying His Book."

For hypocrites who outwardly claim faith but inwardly harbor disbelief, their deceit is a form of mischief, confusing believers and supporting disbelievers (2:11, Tafsir Ibn Kathir). Allah mocks at them and leaves them increasing in their deviation to wander blindly. This divine "mockery" is a just punishment, a retribution for their cunning. Their fate is described through parables of those who lit a fire for light, but then Allah removed their light, leaving them in darkness, deaf, dumb, and blind, unable to return to guidance (2:17-18, Tafsir Ibn Kathir).

The rejection of truth can also lead to a hardened heart, becoming like stones or even worse in hardness. Such hearts, unlike certain stones from which rivers gush forth or water issues, are unmoved by signs or admonishment. Ibn Kathir clarifies that inanimate objects can possess a degree of awareness, citing verses like Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, you would have seen it humble itself and split apart from fear of Allah. Thus, the hardening of hearts in humans is a severe spiritual ailment, making them incapable of receiving guidance.

Manifestations of Rejection in History: The Children of Israel

The Quran frequently uses the narrative of the Children of Israel to illustrate various forms of truth rejection. Despite receiving numerous blessings and clear signs from Allah, they often exhibited stubbornness and disobedience. They were delivered from Pharaoh's people who afflicted them with horrible torment, and Allah even separated the sea for them to save them. Yet, shortly thereafter, they worshipped a calf in Musa's absence (2:54, Tafsir Ibn Kathir). Their repentance for this act was so severe that they were commanded to kill each other as a form of atonement.

Their defiance continued with their reluctance to follow divine commands, such as when they were ordered to sacrifice a specific cow. Instead of prompt obedience, they disputed the command and asked numerous unnecessary questions, making the task difficult for themselves (2:68-71, Tafsir Ibn Kathir). This stubbornness is contrasted with the simplicity of belief.

Another example of their rejection was their attitude towards the Sabbath. They breached the sanctity of the Sabbath through deceitful means to catch fish, leading to their transformation into "monkeys, despised and rejected." This physical metamorphosis, as explained by Tafsir Ma'arif-ul-Quran, was a literal punishment, not merely a psychological one, serving as a warning to others.

The People of the Book also exhibited a selective belief, saying in what was revealed to us] while disbelieving in later revelations like the Quran. This selective acceptance is further condemned by reminding them of their forefathers who killed the prophets of Allah before despite claiming belief in earlier scriptures. This highlights their inconsistency and deliberate rejection of truth.

Divine Mercy and the Path to Acceptance

Despite the dire warnings, the Quran always keeps the door of repentance open. Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Repentance is accepted as long as the soul has not reached the throat (4:17, Tafsir Ibn Kathir). This mercy is a testament to Allah's kindness, encouraging individuals to turn back to Him, even after prolonged disobedience.

The path to accepting truth is clear: unwavering belief in Allah, His Messengers, and His Books. It requires embracing Islam, which means total submission and obedience to Allah alone (3:19, Tafsir Ibn Kathir). The Quran emphasizes sincere devotion, not merely oral affirmation, and warns against allowing worldly desires or ancestral traditions to overshadow divine guidance.

Ultimately, adherence to the truth brings immense rewards, including forgiveness and eternal Paradise, while persistent rejection leads to severe consequences in both this world and the Hereafter.

The concept of Rejection of Truth (رفض الحق) in Islam is a multifaceted theme deeply explored in the Quran and elaborated upon by various tafsir commentaries. It highlights the profound human responsibility in responding to divine guidance and the spiritual perils of choosing disbelief, arrogance, or blind adherence over sincere acceptance. From the explicit warnings against those who disbelieve despite clear signs to the historical accounts of the Children of Israel's stubbornness, the sources consistently emphasize that true faith requires an open heart and a willingness to submit to Allah's undeniable truth, thereby securing ultimate success and escaping severe retribution.

Quran — 95 verses

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ كِتَٰبٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ وَكَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مَّا عَرَفُوا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَلَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Wa lammaa jaaa'ahum Kitaabum min 'indil laahi musaddiqul limaa ma'ahum wa kaanoo min qablu yastaftihoona 'alal lazeena kafaroo falammaa jaaa'ahum maa 'arafoo kafaroo bih; fala 'natul laahi 'alal kaafireen

And when there came to them a Book from Allah confirming that which was with them - although before they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieved - but [then] when there came to them that which they recognized, they disbelieved in it; so the curse of Allah will be upon the disbelievers.

اور جب الله کے ہاں سے ان کے پاس کتاب آئی جو ان کی (آسمانی) کتاب کی بھی تصدیق کرتی ہے، اور وہ پہلے (ہمیشہ) کافروں پر فتح مانگا کرتے تھے، تو جس چیز کو وہ خوب پہچانتے تھے، جب ان کے پاس آپہنچی تو اس سے کافر ہو گئے۔ پس کافروں پر الله کی لعنت

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Torah تورات had in several places foretold the coming of the Holy Prophet ﷺ . In fact, the Jews themselves used to tell the Arabs that a new prophet and a new Divine Book was soon to come. But when the Holy Qur'an came down from Allah, and even when they had recognized its authenticity, the Jews...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: When there came to them a Book from God confirming what was with them in the Torah that is the Qur’ān — and they formerly before it came prayed for victory for assistance over the disbelievers saying ‘God give us assistance against them through the Prophet that shall be sent at the end of time’; but...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Jews were awaiting the Prophet's coming, but They disbelieved in Him when He was sent Allah said, وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ (And when there came to them) meaning, the Jews, كِتَـبٌ مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ (a Book from Allah) meaning, the Qur'an that Allah sent down to Muhammad, مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ (c...

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَآءَهُۥ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنۢبِيَآءَ ٱللَّهِ مِن قَبْلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Wa izaa qeela lahum aaminoo bimaaa anzalal laahu qaaloo nu'minu bimaaa unzila 'alainaa wa yakfuroona bimaa waraaa'ahoo wa huwal haqqu musaddiqal limaa ma'ahum; qul falima taqtuloona Ambiyaaa'al laahi min qablu in kuntum mu'mineen

And when it is said to them, "Believe in what Allah has revealed," they say, "We believe [only] in what was revealed to us." And they disbelieve in what came after it, while it is the truth confirming that which is with them. Say, "Then why did you kill the prophets of Allah before, if you are [indeed] believers?"

اور جب ان سے کہا جاتا ہے کہ جو (کتاب) خدا نے (اب) نازل فرمائی ہے، اس کو مانو۔ تو کہتے ہیں کہ جو کتاب ہم پر (پہلے) نازل ہو چکی ہے، ہم تو اسی کو مانتے ہیں۔ (یعنی) یہ اس کے سوا کسی اور (کتاب) کو نہیں مانتے، حالانکہ وہ (سراسر) سچی ہے اور جو ان کی (آسمانی) کتاب ہے، اس کی بھی تصدیق کرتی ہے۔ (ان سے) کہہ دو کہ اگر تم صاحبِ ایمان ہوتے تو الله کے پیغمبروں کو پہلے ہی کیوں قتل کیا کرتے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Jews flatly refused to believe in any Book of Allah -- like the Evangel or the Holy Qur'an - except in the Torah. This denial is a clear evidence of their infidelity (Kufr کفر). Moreover, they also used to add that they believe in the Torah, for it had been sent down to them. This comes to mean ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when it was said to them ‘Believe in what God has revealed that is the Qur’ān and other Books they said ‘We believe in what was revealed to us’ that is the Torah; and wā here indicates a circumstantial qualifier they disbelieve in what is beyond that what is other than that or what came afterwar...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Although The Jews denied the Truth, They claimed to be Believers! Allah said, وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ (And when it is said to them), meaning, the Jews and the People of the Book, ءَامِنُواْ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ (Believe in what Allah has sent down) to Muhammad , believe in and follow him, قَالُواْ نُؤ...

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Wa lammaa jaaa'ahum Rasoolum min 'indil laahi musaddiqul limaa ma'ahum nabaza fareequm minal lazeena ootul Kitaaba Kitaabal laahi waraaa'a zuhoorihim ka annahum laa ya'lamoon

And when a messenger from Allah came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allah behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].

اور جب ان کے پاس الله کی طرف سے پیغمبر (آخرالزماں) آئے، اور وہ ان کی (آسمانی) کتاب کی بھی تصدیق کرتے ہیں تو جن لوگوں کو کتاب دی گئی تھی، ان میں سے ایک جماعت نے خدا کی کتاب کو پیٹھ پیچھے پھینک دیا، گویا وہ جانتے ہی نہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The previous verse had told us how the breaking of pledges and disobedience had become a regular habit with the Jews. The present verse gives us the latest instance, which is the most relevant to the context. The Torah had already given the Jews the good tidings of the coming of the Holy Prophet . W...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: When there came to them a messenger from God namely Muhammad (s) confirming what was with them a party of them who were given the Scripture have cast away the Scripture of God that is the Torah behind their backs that is to say they have not acted according to what it said about belief in the Messen...
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...

وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِكُلِّ ءَايَةٍ مَّا تَبِعُوا۟ قِبْلَتَكَ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْ وَمَا بَعْضُهُم بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Wa la'in ataital lazeena ootul kitaaba bikulli aayatim maa tabi'oo Qiblatak; wa maaa anta bitaabi'in Qiblatahum; wa maa ba'duhum bitaabi''in Qiblata ba'd; wa la'init taba'ta ahwaaa;ahum mim ba'di maa jaaa'aka minal 'ilmi innaka izal laminaz zaalimeen

And if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers.

اور اگر تم ان اہلِ کتاب کے پاس تمام نشانیاں بھی لے کر آؤ، تو بھی یہ تمہارے قبلے کی پیروی نہ کریں۔ اور تم بھی ان کے قبلے کی پیروی کرنے والے نہیں ہو۔ اور ان میں سے بھی بعض بعض کے قبلے کے پیرو نہیں۔ اور اگر تم باوجود اس کے کہ تمہارے پاس دانش (یعنی وحئ خدا) آ چکی ہے، ان کی خواہشوں کے پیچھے چلو گے تو ظالموں میں (داخل) ہو جاؤ گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In continuing the discussion on the subject of the Qiblah قبلہ ، or the divinely-ordained orientation, the present verse provides yet another instance of the maliciousness of the People of the Book اھل کتاب . It is not that they demand solid and convincing arguments in order to be able to accept the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Yet if wa-la-in the lām is for oaths you should bring to those who have been given the Scripture every sign about your truthfulness in the matter of the direction of prayer they will not follow your direction out of obduracy and you are not a follower of their direction this is a categorical negatio...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Stubbornness and Disbelief of the Jews Allah describes the Jews' disbelief, stubbornness and defiance of what they know of the truth of Allah's Messenger ﷺ , that if the Prophet brought forward every proof to the truth of what he was sent with, they will never obey him or abandon following their...

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Wa izaa qeela lahumuttabi'oo maaa anzalal laahu qaaloo bal nattabi'u maaa alfainaa 'alaihi aabaaa'anaaa; awalaw kaana aabaaa'hum laa ya'qiloona shai'anw wa laa yahtadoon

And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?

اور جب ان لوگوں سے کہا جاتا ہے کہ جو (کتاب) خدا نے نازل فرمائی ہے اس کی پیروی کرو تو کہتے ہیں (نہیں) بلکہ ہم تو اسی چیز کی پیروی کریں گے جس پر ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو پایا۔ بھلا اگرچہ ان کے باپ دادا نہ کچھ سمجھتے ہوں اورنہ سیدھے رستے پر ہوں (تب بھی وہ انہیں کی تقلید کئے جائیں گے)

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: When these mushrik people were asked to follow the injunctions revealed by Allah through His Messenger, they refused to do so and insisted that they would rather follow the customary practice they had inherited from their fathers because, as they assumed, their models were divinely appointed to foll...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when it is said to them the disbelievers ‘Follow what God has revealed’ pertaining to affirmation of God’s Oneness and the good things that He has made lawful they say ‘No; but we follow what we found our fathers doing’ in the way of idol-worship deeming unlawful the camel let loose and practisi...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Polytheist imitates Other Polytheists Allah states that if the disbelievers and polytheists are called to follow what Allah has revealed to His Messenger and abandon the practices of misguidance and ignorance that they indulge in, they will say, "Rather. We shall follow what we found our fathers...

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Alam tara ilal lazeena ootoo naseebam minal Kitaabi yud'awna ilaa Kitaabil laahi liyahkuma bainahum summa yatawallaa fareequm minhum wa hum mu'ridoon

Do you not consider, [O Muhammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allah that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.

بھلا تم نے ان لوگوں کو نہیں دیکھا جن کو کتاب (خدا یعنی تورات سے) بہرہ دیا گیا اور وہ (اس) کتاب الله کی طرف بلائے جاتے ہیں تاکہ وہ (ان کے تنازعات کا) ان میں فیصلہ کر دے تو ایک فریق ان میں سے کج ادائی کے ساتھ منہ پھیر لیتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: While dealing with the subject of Jews, as in verses 21-22, the text goes on to censure a particular claim of theirs in the present verse. The address is to the Holy Prophet ﷺ and the reference is to the Torah given to the Jews who would have found it enough for them if they were really looking forw...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Have you not seen those who were given a portion a share of the Book the Torah being called to the Book of God yud‘awna ‘being called’ is a circumstantial qualifier that it might decide between them and then a party of them turned away opposed? to the acceptance of its rulings. This was revealed con...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Chastising the People of the Book for Not Referring to the Book of Allah for Judgment Allah criticizes the Jews and Christians who claim to follow their Books, the Tawrah and the Injil, because when they are called to refer to these Books where Allah commanded them to follow Muhammad , they turn awa...

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا

Innal lazeena kafaroo wa saddoo 'an sabeelil laahi qad dalloo dalaalam ba'eedaa

Indeed, those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allah have certainly gone far astray.

جن لوگوں نے کفر کیا اور (لوگوں کو) خدا کے رستے سے روکا وہ رستے سے بھٹک کر دور جا پڑے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Then comes verse رُّ‌سُلًا مُّبَشِّرِ‌ينَ وَمُنذِرِ‌ينَ (-- Messengers giving good tidings and warning...) which succinctly tells that Almighty Allah consistently sent messengers to convey good tidings to all believers and to warn all disbelievers so that there remains no room for the excuse that th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Surely those who disbelieve in God and bar people from the way of God from the religion of Islam by concealing the descriptions of Muhammad (s) and these are the Jews they have indeed gone far astray from the truth.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): إِنَّآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ (Verily, We have inspired you...) emphasized the Prophet's prophethood and refuted the idolators and People of the Scripture who denied him. Allah said, لَّـكِنِ اللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكَ (But Allah bears witness to that which He has sent down unto you,) mea...

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ قَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Wa izaa qeela lahum ta'aalaw ilaa maaa anzalallaahu wa ilar Rasooli qaaloo hasbunaa maa wajadnaa 'alaihi aabaaa'anaa; awa law kaana aabaaa'uhum laa ya'lamoona shai'anw wa laa yahtadoon

And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?

اور جب ان لوگوں سے کہا جاتا ہے کہ جو (کتاب) خدا نے نازل فرمائی ہے اس کی اور رسول الله کی طرف رجوع کرو تو کہتے ہیں کہ جس طریق پر ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو پایا ہے وہی ہمیں کافی ہے بھلا اگر ان کے باپ دادا نہ تو کچھ جانتے ہوں اور نہ سیدھے رستے پر ہوں (تب بھی؟)

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sequence of Verses Mentioned earlier was one ignorant habit of the disbelievers who were very rigid in their customs. There were many more of such habits which made Muslims grieve. Therefore, the text now addresses Muslims asking them not to worry about others. They have been asked to correct themse...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when it is said to them ‘Come to what God has revealed and to the Messenger’ that is to His ruling concerning the permitting of what you have forbidden they say ‘What we have found our fathers following suffices us’ in the way of religion and laws. God exalted be He says What does that suffice t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Meaning of Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham Al-Bukhari recorded that Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib said, "The Bahirah is a female camel whose milk was spared for the idols and no one was allowed to milk it. The Sa'ibah is a female camel let loose for free pasture for the idols, and nothing was allowed ...

وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ مِّنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

Wa maa taateehim min Aayatim min Aayaati Rabbihim illaa kaanoo 'anhaa mu'rideen

And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they turn away therefrom.

اور خدا کی نشانیوں میں سے کوئی نشانی ان لوگوں کے پاس نہیں آتی مگر یہ اس سے منہ پھیر لیتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The fourth verse carries a complaint against the anti-truth doggedness and obstinacy of the chronically heedless human race by saying: وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ آيَةٍ مِّنْ آيَاتِ رَ‌بِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِ‌ضِينَ ﴿4﴾ that is, despite the many clear proofs and open signs of the Oneness of ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Not a verse min āya min introduces a relative clause of the verses of their Lord in the Qur’ān comes to them that is to the Meccans but they turn away from it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Threatening the Idolators for their Stubbornness Allah states that the rebellious, stubborn polytheists will turn away from every Ayah, meaning, sign, miracle and proof that is evidence of Allah's Uniqueness and the truth of His honorable Messengers. They will not contemplate about these Ayat or car...

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Faqad kazzaboo bilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum fasawfa yaateehim ambaaa'u maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon

For they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule.

جب ان کے پاس حق آیا تو اس کو بھی جھٹلا دیا سو ان کو ان چیزوں کا جن سے یہ استہزا کرتے ہیں عنقریب انجام معلوم ہو جائے گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the fifth and the last verse here, further details of this heedlessness have been indicated through some events. It was said: فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ ۖ (So, they have belied the truth when it came to them). The word, ` Al-Haqq' (the truth) here, could mean the Qur'an - and th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They denied the truth the Qur’ān when it came to them but there shall come to them the news the consequences of what they were mocking.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Threatening the Idolators for their Stubbornness Allah states that the rebellious, stubborn polytheists will turn away from every Ayah, meaning, sign, miracle and proof that is evidence of Allah's Uniqueness and the truth of His honorable Messengers. They will not contemplate about these Ayat or car...

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَٰبًا فِى قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Wa law nazzalnaa 'alaika Kitaaban fee qirtaasin falamasoohu bi aideehim laqaalal lazeena kafarooo in haazaaa illaa sihrum mubeen

And even if We had sent down to you, [O Muhammad], a written scripture on a page and they touched it with their hands, the disbelievers would say, "This is not but obvious magic."

اور اگر ہم تم پر کاغذوں پر لکھی ہوئی کتاب نازل کرتے اور یہ اسے اپنے ہاتھوں سے بھی ٹٹول لیتے تو جو کافر ہیں وہ یہی کہہ دیتے کہ یہ تو (صاف اور) صریح جادو ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The second verse (7) was revealed in the background of a particular event when ` Abdullah ibn Umaiyyah came up with a hostile demand before the Holy Prophet ﷺ by saying: ` I cannot believe in you until such time that I see you climbing all the way to the heavens and bringing a book from there before...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And had We revealed to you a Scripture inscribed on parchment as they requested and had they then touched it with their hands — this is more powerful than saying ‘had they seen it with their eyes’ since it touch is more effective in eliminating doubt; the disbelievers would have said in disobedience...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Censuring the Rebellious and their Refusal to Accept Human Messengers Allah describes the rebellion and stubbornness of the idolators in defying the truth and arguing against it, وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَـباً فِى قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ (And even if We had sent down unto you a Mess...

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

Wa man azlamu mim manif tara 'alal laahi kaziban aw kazzaba bi Aayaatih; innahoo laa yuflihuz zaalimoon

And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.

اور اس شخص سے زیادہ کون ظالم ہے جس نے خدا پر جھوٹ افتراء کیا یا اس کی آیتوں کو جھٹلایا۔ کچھ شک نہیں کہ ظالم لوگ نجات نہیں پائیں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 20, there is a refutation of the saying of those who had said that they had checked with the Jews and the Christians and none of them were ready to attest to his truth as a Messenger of Allah. About that it was said: الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْرِ‌فُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِ‌فُونَ أَبْنَ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And who that is none does greater evil than he who invents a lie against God by ascribing to Him an associate or denies His signs? the Qur’ān; it is verily the case that they the evildoers shall not prosper on account of this.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah is the Irresistible, Able to Bring Benefit and Protect from Harm Allah states that He Alone brings benefit or harm, and that He does what He wills with His creatures, none can resist His judgment or prevent what He decrees, وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلاَ كَـشِفَ لَهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَإِن ...

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُوكَ يُجَٰدِلُونَكَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Wa minhum mai yastami'u ilaika wa ja'alnaa 'alaa quloobihim akinnatan ai yafqahoohu wa feee aazaanihim waqraa; wa ai yaraw kulla Aayatil laa yu'minoo bihaa; hattaaa izaa jaaa'oka yujaadiloonaka yaqoolul lazeena kafaroo in haazaa illaaa asaateerul awwaleen

And among them are those who listen to you, but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. Even when they come to you arguing with you, those who disbelieve say, "This is not but legends of the former peoples."

اور ان میں بعض ایسے ہیں کہ تمہاری (باتوں کی) طرف کان رکھتے ہیں۔ اور ہم نے ان کے دلوں پر تو پردے ڈال دیئے ہیں کہ ان کو سمجھ نہ سکیں اور کانوں میں ثقل پیدا کردیا ہے (کہ سن نہ سکیں) اور اگر یہ تمام نشانیاں بھی دیکھ لیں تب بھی ان پر ایمان نہ لائیں۔ یہاں تک کہ جب تمہارے پاس تم سے بحث کرنے کو آتے ہیں تو جو کافر ہیں کہتے ہیں یہ (قرآن) اور کچھ بھی نہیں صرف پہلے لوگوں کی کہانیاں ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 24, it was said: انظُرْ‌ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُ‌ونَ (See how they lied about themselves - and lost to them was all that they used to coin). The address here is to the Holy Prophet ﷺ who has been asked to see how these people have lied agai...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And there are some of them who listen to you when you recite and We have placed veils covers upon their hearts so that they do not understand it so that they do not comprehend the Qur’ān; and in their ears a heaviness a deafness so that they do not hear it with a willingness to accept it. And if the...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Polythiests Shall be Questioned About the Shirk They Committed About the polytheists, Allah said: وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعاً (And on the Day when We shall gather them all together,) This is on the Day of Resurrection, when He will ask them about the idols and rivals that they worshipped inst...

قَدْ نَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيَحْزُنُكَ ٱلَّذِى يَقُولُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يُكَذِّبُونَكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

Qad na'lamu innahoo layahzunukal lazee yaqooloona fa innahum laa yukazziboonaka wa laakinnaz zaalimeena bi Aayaatil laahi yajhadoon

We know that you, [O Muhammad], are saddened by what they say. And indeed, they do not call you untruthful, but it is the verses of Allah that the wrongdoers reject.

ہم کو معلوم ہے کہ ان (کافروں) کی باتیں تمہیں رنج پہنچاتی ہیں (مگر) یہ تمہاری تکذیب نہیں کرتے بلکہ ظالم خدا کی آیتوں سے انکار کرتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary About the statement: فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يُكَذِّبُونَكَ (it is not you they are belying, rather, it is the signs of Allah they are denying) in the first verse (33), there is a related event, reported in Tafsir Mazhari on the authority of a narration by As-Suddiy, according to which, once Akhn...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: We know indeed qad is a confirmative particle that it grieves you that matter which they say to you in denial; yet it is not that they deny you in secret for they know that you are truthful a variant reading for lā yukadhdhibūnaka ‘not that they deny you’ has lā yukdhibūnak that is to say ‘they do n...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Comforting the Prophet Allah comforts the Prophet in his grief over his people's denial and defiance of him, قَدْ نَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُ لَيَحْزُنُكَ الَّذِى يَقُولُونَ (We know indeed the grief which their words cause you;) meaning, We know about their denial of you and your sadness and sorrow for them. ...

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

Wallazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa yamassuhumul 'azaabu bimaa kaanoo yafsuqoon

But those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience.

اور جنہوں نے ہماری آیتوں کو جھٹلایا ان کی نافرمانیوں کے سبب انہیں عذاب ہوگا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the last verse (45), it was said that, when the mass punishment of Allah Ta` ala came, the people who did wrong were uprooted to the last man. Said immediately after was: وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّـهِ رَ‌بِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds) where the hint given is: Whenever t...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But those who deny Our signs the chastisement shall afflict them because they were wicked rebelling against obedience.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَأَبْصَـرَكُمْ (Tell me, if Allah took away your hearing and your sight.) just as He gave these senses to you. In another Ayah, Allah said; هُوَ الَّذِى أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالاٌّبْصَـرَ (It is He Who has created you, and endowed you wi...

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ

Fa tawalla 'anhum wa qaala yaa qawmi laqad ablaghtukum Risaalata Rabbee wa nasahtu lakum wa laakil laa tuhibboonan naasiheen

And he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."

پھر صالح ان سے (ناامید ہو کر) پھرے اور کہا کہ میری قوم! میں نے تم کو خدا کا پیغام پہنچا دیا اور تمہاری خیر خواہی کی مگر تم (ایسے ہو کہ) خیر خواہوں کو دوست ہی نہیں رکھتے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Other verses of the Qur'an have also mentioned: فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ (that is, a Cry or Sound seized them - 15:83). The word: الصَّيْحَةُ (As-Saihah) means a shrill cry or severe sound. From these two verses, we find out that two kinds of punishment had simultaneously converged on the people o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So he turned his back on them Sālih left them and said ‘O my people I have conveyed to you the Message of my Lord and gave you sincere advice but you do not love sincere advisers’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): «يَا أَبَا جَهْلِ بْنَ هِشَامٍ يَا عُتْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ يَا شَيْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَيَا فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ هَلْ وَجَدْتُمْ مَا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا،؟ فَإِنِّي وَجَدْتُ مَا وَعَدَنِي رَبِّي حَقًّا» (O Abu Jahl bin Hisham! O `Utbah bin Rabi`ah! O Shaybah bin Rabi`ah! Did you find what your L...

وَقَالُوا۟ مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِۦ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

Wa qaaloo mahmaa taatinaa bihee min Aayatil litasharanaa bihaa famaa nahnu laka bimu'mineen

And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we will not be believers in you."

اور کہنے لگے کہ تم ہمارے پاس (خواہ) کوئی ہی نشانی لاؤ تاکہ اس سے ہم پر جادو کرو۔ مگر ہم تم پر ایمان لانے والے نہیں ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: And they said, مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِ مِنْ آيَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَ‌نَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ 'Whatever sign you bring to us in order to enchant us therewith, we are not going to believe in you."
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they said to Moses ‘Whatever sign you bring us to cast a spell upon us therewith we will not believe in you’ and so he Moses invoked God against them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah punishes the People of Fir`awn because of Their Rebellion Allah describes the rebellion, tyranny, defiance of the truth and insistence on falsehood of the people of Fir`awn, prompting them to proclaim, مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِ مِن ءَايَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ("Wh...

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Falammaa jaaa'ahumul haqqu min 'indinaa qaalooo inna haazaa lasihrum mubeen

So when there came to them the truth from Us, they said, "Indeed, this is obvious magic."

تو جب ان کے پاس ہمارے ہاں سے حق آیا تو کہنے لگے کہ یہ تو صریح جادو ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: It was said in the last verse (64) that, for the friends of Allah, there is the good news in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. As for the good news of the Hereafter, it will come at the time of death when the spirit of the deceased will be taken to Allah. At that time, he will hear the good new...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So when the Truth came to them from Us they said ‘Surely this is manifest sorcery’ sorcery that is clear and evident.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Musa and Fira`wn Allah said: ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا (Then after them We sent ) meaning ofter these Messengers, مُّوسَى وَهَـرُونَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ (Musa and Harun to Fir`awn and his chiefs,) meaning his people بِـَايَـتِنَآ (with Our Ayat.) meaning; `Our proofs and evidences.' فَاسْ...

ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

Allazeena yasuddoona 'an sabeelil laahi wa yabghoonahaa 'iwajanw wa hum bil Aakhiratihum kaafiroon

Who averted [people] from the way of Allah and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they, concerning the Hereafter, were disbelievers.

جو خدا کے رستے سے روکتے ہیں اور اس میں کجی چاہتے ہیں اور وہ آخرت سے بھی انکار کرتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The word: bayyinah (بینہ) appearing in this verse refers to the Qur'an. As for the meaning of ` shahid' (شاھِد evidence), statements of Tafsir authorities differ. The author of Bay-an a1-Qur'an takes ` shahid' to mean the miracle of the Qur'an that is present in the Qur'an as such. Thus, it comes to...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: they who bar people from God’s way from the religion of Islam desiring to have it seeking that the way be crooked; and in the Hereafter they hum ‘they’ is reiterated for emphasis are disbelievers.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Those Who invent Lies against Allah and hinder Others from His Path are the Greatest Losers Allah, the Exalted, explains the condition of those who lie against Him and that their scandal in the Hereafter will be presented before the heads of creation (for testimony) from the angels, Messengers, Prop...

لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

Laqaaloo innamaa sukkirat absaarunaa bal nahnu qawmum mashooroon

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

تو بھی یہی کہیں کہ ہماری آنکھیں مخمور ہوگئی ہیں بلکہ ہم پر جادو کر دیا گیا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: A Lexical Note of Explanation The word: اَلشِيَعِ in the first verse (10) is the plural form of: شِیعہ (shah) which means the follower or helper of a person. Then, it is also used to denote a group which agrees upon particular beliefs and theoretical assumptions. So, the sense of the statement is th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: they would say ‘It is merely that our eyes have been dazzled they have been shut. Nay we are a folk bewitched!’ imagining this.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Stubborn Disbelievers will never believe, no matter what Signs and Wonders They see Allah explains the extent of their disbelief and stubborn resistance to the truth by stating that even if a door to heaven were to be opened for them, and they were to be taken up through it, they would still not...

ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ

Allazeena ja'alul Quraana'ideen

Who have made the Qur'an into portions.

یعنی قرآن کو (کچھ ماننے اور کچھ نہ ماننے سے) ٹکڑے ٹکڑے کر ڈالا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Surah Al-Fatihah is the Text and Summary of the Whole Qur'an That Surah Al-Fatihah (The Opening) has been called the Glorious Qur’ an in this verse (87) indicates that Surah Al-Fatihah is, in a way, the whole Qur’ an - because the basic principles of Islam have been merged in it.l 1. In o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: those who have reduced the Recitation namely those scriptures revealed to them to parts believing in some and disbelieving in others. It is alternatively said that the individuals meant here were those who ‘divided up’ among themselves the roads to Mecca barring people from Islam. Some of them said ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Messenger is a Plain Warner Allah commanded His Prophet to tell the people: إِنِّى أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْمُبِينُ (I am indeed a plain warner) coming to warn the people of a severe punishment that they will suffer if they reject him, as happened to those nations before them who disbelieved in their...

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Wa izaa qeela lahum maazaaa anzala Rabbukum qaaloo asaateerul awwaleen

And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" They say, "Legends of the former peoples,"

اور جب ان (کافروں) سے کہا جاتا ہے کہ تمہارے پروردگار نے کیا اتارا ہے تو کہتے ہیں کہ (وہ تو) پہلے لوگوں کی حکایتیں ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary It will be recalled that, after describing the blessings of Allah and proving that He was unique in the creation of the universe, the text made a pointed reference to how the polytheists chose to stick to their own ways of error. In the present verses, the text describes how they, not con...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The following was revealed regarding al-Nadr b. al-Hārith And when it is said to them ‘What is it mā is an interrogative particle; dhā is a relative particle that your Lord has revealed?’ to Muhammad (s) they say that these revelations are ‘fables lies of the ancients’ in order to lead people astray...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Destruction of the Disbelievers and Intensification of their Punishment for rejecting the Revelation Allah informs us that when it is said to those liars, مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُواْ ("What is it that your Lord has revealed" They say,) not wanting to answer, أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ("Tal...

وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۥ وَإِذًا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًا

Wa in kaadoo la yaftinoonaka 'anil lazeee awhainaaa ilaika litaftariya 'alainaaa ghairahoo wa izallat takhazooka khaleelaa

And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend.

اور اے پیغمبر جو وحی ہم نے تمہاری طرف بھیجی ہے قریب تھا کہ یہ (کافر) لوگ تم کو اس سے بچلا دیں تاکہ تم اس کے سوا اور باتیں ہماری نسبت بنالو۔ اور اس وقت وہ تم کو دوست بنا لیتے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Out of the verses appearing above, the first three relate to a particular event. To determine it precisely, Tafsir Mazhari carries some relevant reports. The event which is closer and more supportive in terms of the indicators set in the Qur'an is what has been reported by Ibn Abi Hatim a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The following was revealed regarding the tribe of Thaqīf for they had asked him the Prophet s to declare their valley inviolable and implored him to grant them this request And indeed wa-in the particle in is softened they were about to they nearly did beguile you away from that which We revealed to...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How the Prophet would have been punished if He had given in at all to the Disbelievers' Demands that He change some of the Revelation Allah tells us how He supported His Prophet and protected him and kept him safe from the evil plots of the wicked transgressors. Allah is the One Who took care of him...

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِن تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهْتَدُوٓا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًا

Wa man azlamu mimman zukkira bi ayaati Rabbihee fa-a'rada 'anhaa wa nasiya maa qaddamat yadaah; innaa ja'alnaa 'alaa quloobihim akinnatan any yafqahoohu wa feee aazaanihim waqraa; wa in tad'uhum ilal hudaa falany yahtadooo izan abadaa

And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord but turns away from them and forgets what his hands have put forth? Indeed, We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if you invite them to guidance - they will never be guided, then - ever.

اور اس سے ظالم کون جس کو اس کے پروردگار کے کلام سے سمجھایا گیا تو اُس نے اس سے منہ پھیر لیا۔ اور جو اعمال وہ آگے کرچکا اس کو بھول گیا۔ ہم نے ان کے دلوں پر پردے ڈال دیئے کہ اسے سمجھ نہ سکیں۔ اور کانوں میں ثقل (پیدا کردیا ہے کہ سن نہ سکیں) اور اگر تم ان کو رستے کی طرف بلاؤ تو کبھی رستے پر نہ آئیں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The statement: وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ أَكْثَرَ‌ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا (And man is the most quarrel-some of all things - 54) has been testified through a Hadith narrated by Sayyidna 'Anas ؓ in which the Holy Prophet ﷺ has been reported to have said, "On the day of Qiyamah, a man from among the disbelievers wil...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And who does greater wrong than he who has been reminded of the signs of his Lord yet turns away from them and forgets what his hands have sent ahead? what he has committed in the way of disbelief and acts of disobedience. Indeed on their hearts We have cast veils coverings lest they should understa...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Worst People are Those Who turn away after being reminded Allah says, `Who among My creatures does more wrong than one who is reminded of the signs of Allah then turns away from them,' i.e., ignores them and does not listen or pay attention to them. وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ (forgetting wha...

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ

Qul innamaaa unzirukum bilwahyi; wa laa yasma'us summud du'aaa'a izaa maa yunzaroon

Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

کہہ دو کہ میں تم کو حکم خدا کے مطابق نصیحت کرتا ہوں۔ اور بہروں کوجب نصیحت کی جائے تو وہ پکار کر سنتے ہی نہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Haste is undesirable خُلِقَ الْإِنسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ (Man is made of haste. - 21:37). عَجَل ('ajal) means haste or hurry. The word is used in situations when one desires things to happen before their time, and this trait is bad by its very nature. In another place also the word is used to denote huma...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say to them ‘I warn you only by the Revelation’ that comes from God and not by my own prompting. But the deaf do not hear the call when idhā read pronouncing both hamzas fully or omitting the second hamza between it and the yā’ they are warned. They are like those who are deaf when they fail to act ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How the Idolators are deceived by their long and luxurious Lives in this World, and the Explanation of the Truth Allah explains that they have been deceived and misled by the luxuries that they enjoy in this world and the long life that they have been given, so they believe that they are following s...

قَدْ كَانَتْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنتُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَٰبِكُمْ تَنكِصُونَ

Qad kaanat Aayaatee tutlaa 'alaikum fakuntum 'alaaa a'qaabikum tankisoon

My verses had already been recited to you, but you were turning back on your heels

میری آیتیں تم کو پڑھ پڑھ کر سنائی جاتی تھیں اور تم الٹے پاؤں پھر پھر جاتے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: مُتْرَ‌فِيهِم (their affluent ones - 23:64). The word مُتْرَ‌فِ is derived from تْرَ‌فِ meaning comfort and prosperity. This verse mentions the Divine punishment which will descend upon the unbelievers whether rich or poor. The rich people have been specially mentioned here because they are the ones...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Verily My signs in the Qur’ān used to be recited to you but you used to take to your heels falling back in retreat
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Justice of Allah and the Frivolity of the Idolators Allah tells us of His justice towards His servants in this world, in that He does not task any person except according to his capacity, i.e., He does not burden any soul with more than it can bear. On the Day of Resurrection He will call them t...

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ بَلْ جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ

Am yaqooloona bihee jinnnah; bal jaaa'ahum bilhaqqi wa aksaruhum lil haqqi kaarihoon

Or do they say, "In him is madness?" Rather, he brought them the truth, but most of them, to the truth, are averse.

کیا یہ کہتے ہیں کہ اسے سودا ہے (نہیں) بلکہ وہ ان کے پاس حق کو لے کر آئے ہیں اور ان میں سے اکثر حق کو ناپسند کرتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِ‌فُوا رَ‌سُولَهُمْ Or did they not recognize their messenger? - 23:69. One reason for their denial of the true faith could have been if the message was brought to them by an outsider who was a stranger to them and with whose character and antecedents they were unfamiliar. But this ar...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Or do they say ‘There is a madness in him’? — this interrogative is meant as an affirmation of the truth of the Prophet’s sincerity and of the fact that messengers did come to past communities and of the fact that they do indeed recognise their Messenger to be truthful and trustworthy and of the fac...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation and Condemnation of the Idolators Allah denounces the idolators for not understanding the Qur'an or contemplating its meaning, and for turning away from it, even though they had been addressed specifically in this Book which Allah did not reveal to any Messenger more perfect and noble, an...

وَلَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ بَلْ أَتَيْنَٰهُم بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَن ذِكْرِهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Wa lawit taba'al haqqu ahwaaa'ahum lafasadatis samaawaatu wal ardu wa man feehinnn; bal atainaahum bizikrihim fahum 'an zikrihim mu'ridon

But if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away.

اور خدائے (برحق) ان کی خواہشوں پر چلے تو آسمان اور زمین اور جو ان میں ہیں سب درہم برہم ہوجائیں۔ بلکہ ہم نے ان کے پاس ان کی نصیحت (کی کتاب) پہنچا دی ہے اور وہ اپنی (کتاب) نصیحت سے منہ پھیر رہے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِ‌فُوا رَ‌سُولَهُمْ Or did they not recognize their messenger? - 23:69. One reason for their denial of the true faith could have been if the message was brought to them by an outsider who was a stranger to them and with whose character and antecedents they were unfamiliar. But this ar...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And if the truth namely the Qur’ān had followed their desires and come to them with mention of what they fancied in the way of God having a partner and a child may God be exalted above such associations indeed the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been corrupted they the heaven...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation and Condemnation of the Idolators Allah denounces the idolators for not understanding the Qur'an or contemplating its meaning, and for turning away from it, even though they had been addressed specifically in this Book which Allah did not reveal to any Messenger more perfect and noble, an...

بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

Bal qaaloo misla maa qaalal awwaloon

Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.

بات یہ ہے کہ جو بات اگلے (کافر) کہتے تھے اسی طرح کی (بات یہ) کہتے ہیں

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: Nay but they say the like of what the ancients said.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَـهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ (And indeed We seized them with punishment,) means, `We tried and tested them with difficulties and calamities.' His saying: فَمَا اسْتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ (but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor did they invoke with submission to...

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Laqad wu'idnaa nahnu wa aabaaa'unaa haazaa min qablu in haazaaa illaaa asaateerul awwaleen

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."

یہ وعدہ ہم سے اور ہم سے پہلے ہمارے باپ دادا سے بھی ہوتا چلا آیا ہے (اجی) یہ تو صرف اگلے لوگوں کی کہانیاں ہیں

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: Already We and our fathers have been promised this resurrection after death before these are nothing but the fables the lies of the ancients’ mere jokes and strange tales asātīr the plural of ustūra.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَـهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ (And indeed We seized them with punishment,) means, `We tried and tested them with difficulties and calamities.' His saying: فَمَا اسْتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ (but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor did they invoke with submission to...

أَلَمْ تَكُنْ ءَايَٰتِى تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

Alam takun Aayaatee tutlaa 'alaikum fakuntum bihaa tukazziboon

[It will be said]. "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"

کیا تم کو میری آیتیں پڑھ کر نہیں سنائی جاتیں تھیں (نہیں) تم ان کو سنتے تھے (اور) جھٹلاتے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَالِحُونَ And they will be disfigured therein - 23:104). The word is used for a person whose lips do not meet and leave his teeth fully exposed, which looks very ugly. It is said that the upper lip of a person consigned to Hell will be drawn up and his lower lip will be drawn down so ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ‘Were not My signs in the Qur’ān recited to you were you not threatened therewith and you used to deny them?’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Rebuking the People of Hell, their admission of Their Wretchedness and their Request to be brought out of Hell This is a rebuke from Allah to the people of Hell for the disbelief, sins, unlawful deeds and evil actions that they committed, because of which they were doomed. Allah says: أَلَمْ تَكُنْ ...

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورًا

Wa qaalar Rasoolu yaa Rabbi inna qawmit takhazoo haazal Qur-aana mahjooraa

And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur'an as [a thing] abandoned."

اور پیغمبر کہیں گے کہ اے پروردگار میری قوم نے اس قرآن کو چھوڑ رکھا تھا

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَقَالَ الرَّسُوْلُ يٰرَبِّ اِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوْا ھٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ مَهْجُوْرًا (That is Rasul will say, 0 my Lord my people have forgotten and forsaken Qur'an - 25:30). There is a difference of opinion among the commentators whether this complaint of the Holy Prophet ﷺ to Allah Ta’ ala about hi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And the Messenger Muhammad (s) says ‘O my Lord lo! my people the tribe of Quraysh consider this Qur’ān as something to be shunned’ to be disregarded.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Messenger will complain against His Opponents Allah tells how His Messenger and Prophet Muhammad ﷺ will say: "O my Lord! Verily, my people deserted this Qur'an." The idolators would not listen to the Qur'an, as Allah says: وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لاَ تَسْمَعُواْ لِهَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ وَالْغَ...

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا

Wa laqad sarrafnaahu bainahum li yazzakkaroo fa abaaa aksarun naasi illaa kufooraa

And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief.

اور ہم نے اس (قرآن کی آیتوں) کو طرح طرح سے لوگوں میں بیان کیا تاکہ نصیحت پکڑیں مگر بہت سے لوگوں نے انکار کے سوا قبول نہ کیا

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَقَدْ صَرَّ‌فْنَاهُ بَيْنَهُمْ (And We have distributed it (the water) among them - 25:50). The verse says that We keep rotating the rainfall, that is, it sometimes falls in one locality and sometimes in another. Then sometimes a locality receives in one year more rain and in subsequent years les...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We have distributed it the water among them so that they may remember li-yadhdhakkarū should actually be li-yatadhakkarū but the tā’ has been assimilated with the dhāl; a variant reading has li-yadhkurū that is to say so that they may remember therewith the grace of God. But most people a...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): This is also part of His complete power and supreme authority: Allah sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, i.e., they bring the clouds behind them. The winds are of many different types, depending on the purpose for which they are sent. Some of them form the clouds, others carry the clouds or ...

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

Qaaloo bal wajadnaaa aabaaa 'anaa kazaalika yaf'aloon

They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."

انہوں نے کہا (نہیں) بلکہ ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو اسی طرح کرتے دیکھا ہے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The reasoning for this he gave إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَ‌بِّي سَيَهْدِينِ (62) "Indeed with me is my Lord. He will guide me." Such are the moments for the test of faith, when Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) was not terror stricken at all, as if he was seeing for himself the way out. Almost the same thing happened...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They said ‘Rather we found our fathers so doing’ that is doing the same as we do.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How the Close Friend of Allah, Ibrahim spoke out against Shirk Here Allah tells us about His servant, Messenger and Close Friend, Ibrahim, upon him be peace, the leader of the pure monotheists. Allah commanded His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ to recite this story to his Ummah so that they could follow this ...

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

Qaaloo sawaaa'un 'alainaaa awa 'azta am lam takum minal waa'izeen

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

وہ کہنے لگے کہ ہمیں خواہ نصیحت کرو یا نہ کرو ہمارے لئے یکساں ہے

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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: They said ‘It is the same to us whether you admonish us or are not one of those who admonish anyway. In other words we will not heed your admonition.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Response of the People of Hud, and Their Punishment Allah tells us how the people of Hud responded to him after he had warned them, encouraged them, and clearly explained the truth to them. قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِّنَ الْوَعِظِينَ (They said: "It is the same to u...

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

Qaloo la'il lam tantahi yaa Lootu latakoonanna minal mukhrajeen

They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted."

وہ کہنے لگے کہ لوط اگر تم باز نہ آؤ گے تو شہر بدر کردیئے جاؤ گے

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Unnatural act is unlawful even with one's own wife وَتَذَرُ‌ونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَ‌بُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم And leave what your Lord has created for you, that is, your wives? - 26:166 In the phrase مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم the word مِّنْ (min) Min could be descriptive (which is translated ab...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They said ‘If you do not desist O Lot from reproaching us you will assuredly be of those expelled’ from our land.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lut's Denunciation of His People's Deeds, Their Response and Their Punishment The Prophet of Allah forbade them from committing evil deeds and intercourse with males, and he taught them that they should have intercourse with their wives whom Allah had created for them. Their response was only to say...

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Fa asqit 'alainaa kisafam minas samaaa'i in kunta minas saadiqeen

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful."

اور اگر سچے ہو تو ہم پر آسمان سے ایک ٹکڑا لا کر گراؤ

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ And do not make people short of their things - 26:183 What it means is that it is unlawful to reduce any quantity or amount from that which has been contracted with anyone, whether it is a measurable thing or otherwise. Therefore, if a servant or a laborer doe...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then make fragments read kisfan or kisafan of the heaven fall upon us if you are of the truthful’ in your Mission.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Response of Shu`ayb's People, Their Disbelief in Him and the coming of the Punishment upon Them Allah tells us how his people responded, and how it was like the response of Thamud to their Messenger -- for they were of like mind -- when they said: إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ (You are onl...

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ ءَالَ لُوطٍ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

Fammaa kaana jawaaba qawmiheee illaaa an qaalooo akrijoon aalaa Lootim min qaryatikum innahum unaasuny yatatahharoon

But the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure."

تو ان کی قوم کے لوگ (بولے تو) یہ بولے اور اس کے سوا ان کا کچھ جواب نہ تھا کہ لوط کے گھر والوں کو اپنے شہر سے نکال دو۔ یہ لوگ پاک رہنا چاہتے ہیں

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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: But the only response of his people was that they said ‘Expel Lot’s family from your town. They are indeed a folk who prefer to remain pure!’ from coming unto the rears of men.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lut and His People Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Lut, peace be upon him, and how he warned his people of Allah's punishment for committing an act of immorality which no human ever committed before them -- intercourse with males instead of females. This is a major sin, whereby men ar...

أَمَّن يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Ammmany-yabda'ul khalqa summa yu'eeduhoo wa many-yarzuqukum minas sammaaa'i wal ard; 'a-ilaahum ma'allah; qul haatoo burhaanakum in kuntum saadiqeen

Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."

بھلا کون خلقت کو پہلی بار پیدا کرتا۔ پھر اس کو بار بار پیدا کرتا رہتا ہے اور (کون) تم کو آسمان اور زمین سے رزق دیتا ہے (یہ سب کچھ خدا کرتا ہے) تو کیا خدا کے ساتھ کوئی اور معبود بھی ہے (ہرگز نہیں) کہہ دو کہ (مشرکو) اگر تم سچے ہو تو دلیل پیش کرو

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْ‌ضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّـهُ Say, "No one in the heavens and the earth has the knowledge of Unseen except Allah." - 27:65 The Holy Prophet ﷺ was instructed to tell people that all the creatures that live in the heavens, like angels, and al...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Or He Who originates creation in the wombs from a sperm-drop then brings it back again after death as established by the proofs for this resurrection even if you do not acknowledge it; and Who provides for you from the heaven rain and from the earth vegetation. Is there a god with God? In other word...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ - إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِىءُ وَيُعِيدُ (Verily, the punishment of your Lord is severe and painful. Verily, He it is Who begins and repeats.) (85:12-13) وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ (And He it is Who originates the creation, the...

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Laqad wu'idnaa haazaa nahnu wa aabaaa'unaa min qablu in haazaaa illaaa asaateerul awwaleen

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

یہ وعدہ ہم سے اور ہمارے باپ دادا سے پہلے سے ہوتا چلا آیا ہے (کہاں کا اُٹھنا اور کیسی قیامت) یہ تو صرف پہلے لوگوں کی کہانیاں ہیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: بَلِ ادَّارَ‌كَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَ‌ةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ ﴿66﴾ Rather, their knowledge failed in the matter of Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are blind to it. 27:66. There are different recitations for the word اِدّٰرَکَ (iddar...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Already we and our fathers have been promised this before. But these are just the legendary fables of the ancients’ asātīr is the plural of ustūra meaning ‘what has been written down mā sutira of lies’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Scepticism about the Resurrection and Its Refutation Allah tells us about the idolators who deny the Resurrection, considering it extremely unlikely that bodies will be re-created after they have become bones and dust. Then He says: لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ (Indeed we ...

إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

Innaka laa tusmi'ul mawtaa wa laa tusmi'us summad du'aaa izaa wallaw mudbireen

Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.

کچھ شک نہیں کہ تم مردوں کو (بات) نہیں سنا سکتے اور نہ بہروں کو جب کہ وہ پیٹھ پھیر کر پھر جائیں آواز سنا سکتے ہو

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary It was the demand of love and affection the Holy Prophet ﷺ had for all human beings that he should save them all from the fire of jahannam by making them accept the message of Allah. It used to hurt him a lot if someone did not accept it. He used to feel as if someone's children were proc...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed you cannot make the dead hear nor can you make the deaf hear the call when al-du‘ā’a idhā read by pronouncing both hamzas or by not pronouncing the second one eliding it with the yā’ they have turned their backs upon you;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Qur'an tells the Story of the Differences among the Children of Israel, and Allah judges between Them Allah tells us about His Book and the guidance, proof and criterion between right and wrong that it contains. He tells us about the Children of Israel, who were the bearers of the Tawrah and Inj...

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّفْتَرًى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Falammaa jaaa'ahum Moosaa bi Aayaatinaa baiyinaatin qaaloo maa haazaaa illaa sihrum muftaranw wa maa sami'naa bihaazaa feee aabaaa'inal awwaleen

But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."

اور جب موسٰی اُن کے پاس ہماری کھلی نشانیاں لےکر آئے تو وہ کہنے لگے کہ یہ جادو ہے جو اُس نے بنا کھڑا کیا ہے اور یہ باتیں ہم نے اپنے اگلے باپ دادا میں تو (کبھی) سنی نہیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: A sermon should have high degree of eloquence هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّي لِسَانًا (He is more fluent in his tongue - 28:34). This verse points out that a high degree of oratory and eloquence is desirable for sermons and preaching, and there is no harm if one takes training in that.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But when Moses brought them Our clear signs bayyinātin a circumstantial qualifier they said ‘This is nothing but concocted invented sorcery. And we never heard of such a thing to have ever existed in the days of our forefathers’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Musa before Fir`awn and His People Allah tells us how Musa and his brother Harun came before Fir`awn and his chiefs, and showed them the clear miracles and overwhelming proof that Allah had given them to confirm the truth of what they were saying about Allah being One and that His commandments were ...

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُوتِىَ مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ قَالُوا۟ سِحْرَانِ تَظَٰهَرَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَٰفِرُونَ

Falammaa jaaa'ahumul haqqu min 'indinaa qaaloo law laa ootiya misla maaa ootiyaa Moosaa; awalam yakfuroo bimaaa ootiya Moosaa min qablu qaaloo sihraani tazaaharaa wa qaalooo innaa bikullin kaafiroon

But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, "Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?" Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They said, "[They are but] two works of magic supporting each other, and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers."

پھر جب اُن کے پاس ہماری طرف سے حق آپہنچا تو کہنے لگے کہ جیسی (نشانیاں) موسٰی کو ملی تھیں ویسی اس کو کیوں نہیں ملیں۔ کیا جو (نشانیاں) پہلے موسٰی کو دی گئی تھیں اُنہوں نے اُن سے کفر نہیں کیا۔ کہنے لگے کہ دونوں جادوگر ہیں ایک دوسرے کے موافق۔ اور بولے کہ ہم سب سے منکر ہیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لِتُنذِرَ‌ قَوْمًا مَّا أَتَاهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ‌ ( so that you warn a people to whom no warner has come before - 28:46). The expression ` a people' is purported here for the Arabs, who are the progeny of Sayyidna Ismail (علیہ السلام) . No prophet was sent to this ` people' after Sayyidna Ismail علیہ ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But when the truth namely Muhammad (s) came to them from Us they said ‘Why has he not been given the like of what Moses was given?’ in the way of signs such as the glowing hand the staff and others or by having the Book revealed all at once. God exalted be He says And did they not disbelieve in what...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The stubborn Response of the Disbelievers Allah tells us that if people were to be punished before proof was established against them, they would use the excuse that no Messenger came to them, but when the truth did come to them through Muhammad ﷺ, in their stubbornness, disbelief, ignorance and mis...

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا وَلَّىٰ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَأَنَّ فِىٓ أُذُنَيْهِ وَقْرًا فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Wa izaa tutlaa 'alayhi Aayaatunaa wallaa mustakbiran ka al lam yasma'haa ka anna feee uzunwihi waqran fabash shiru bi'azaabin aleem

And when our verses are recited to him, he turns away arrogantly as if he had not heard them, as if there was in his ears deafness. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

اور جب اس کو ہماری آیتیں سنائی جاتی ہیں تو اکڑ کر منہ پھیر لیتا ہے گویا اُن کو سنا ہی نہیں جیسے اُن کے کانوں میں ثقل ہے تو اس کو درد دینے والے عذاب کی خوشخبری سنادو

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The word: اشتراء (ishtira) in: وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِ‌ي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ (And from among the people who buys the distracting amusement of things - 31:6) literally means 'to buy.' And on occasions, the same word is used in the sense of 'doing an act instead of another' - as in: أُولَـٰئِكَ الّ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when Our signs in other words in the Qur’ān are recited to such a one he turns away disdainfully as though he never heard them as though there were a deafness in his ears both comparisons constitute two circumstantial qualifiers referring to the subject of the verb wallā ‘turns away’; or it is t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The Doomed are preoccupied with Idle Talk and They turn away from the Ayat of Allah When Allah mentions the blessed -- who are those who are guided by the Book of Allah and benefit ...

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

Wa izaa qeela lahumut-tabi'oo maaa anzalal laahu qaaloo bal nattabi'u maa wajadnaa 'alaihi aabaaa'anaa; awalaw kaanash Shaitaanu yad'oohum ilaa 'azaabis sa'eer

And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers." Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?

اور جب اُن سے کہا جاتا ہے کہ جو (کتاب) خدا نے نازل فرمائی ہے اُس کی پیروی کرو۔ تو کہتے ہیں کہ ہم تو اسی کی پیروی کریں گے جس پر اپنے باپ دادا کو پایا۔ بھلا اگرچہ شیطان ان کو دوزخ کے عذاب کی طرف بلاتا ہو (تب بھی؟)

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary At the beginning of the Surah, the Kafirs and the Mushriks were admonished for still persisting with their Kufr and Shirk despite that they had seen the manifestations of the all-encompassing knowledge and the most perfect power of Allah Ta’ ala. And in contrast to their condition, obedie...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And if it is said to them ‘Follow what God has revealed’ they say ‘We will rather follow what we found our fathers following’. He exalted be He says What! Would they follow such things even though Satan were calling them to the chastisement of the Blaze? that is to what will bring it about necessari...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Reminder of Blessings Here Allah reminds His creation of the blessings He bestows upon them in this world and the Hereafter. In the heavens He has subjugated for them the stars which give them light during the night and during the day, and He has created clouds, rain, snow and hail, and made the hea...

وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فَسَقُوا۟ فَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَآ أُعِيدُوا۟ فِيهَا وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Wa ammal lazeena fasaqoo famaawaahumn Naaru kullamaaa araadooo any yakhrujoo minhaaa u'eedoo feehaa wa qeela lahum zooqoo 'zaaaban Naaril lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon

But as for those who defiantly disobeyed, their refuge is the Fire. Every time they wish to emerge from it, they will be returned to it while it is said to them, "Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny."

اور جنہوں نے نافرمانی کی اُن کے رہنے کے لئے دوزخ ہے جب چاہیں گے کہ اس میں سے نکل جائیں تو اس میں لوٹا دیئے جائیں گے۔ اور اُن سے کہا جائے گا کہ جس دوزخ کے عذاب کو تم جھوٹ سمجھتے تھے اس کے مزے چکھو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Before approaching verse 16: تَـتَجَافٰى جُنُوْبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَّطَمَعًا (Their sides remain apart from their beds. They call their Lord with fear and hope - 16), it should be borne in mind that disbelievers, Mushriks and the deniers of the day of Qiyamah were ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But as for those who transgressed by disbelieving and denying their abode shall be the Fire. Whenever they seek to exit from it they shall be brought back into it and it shall be said to them ‘Taste the chastisement of the Fire which you used to deny’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Believer and the Rebellious are not equal Allah tells us that in His justice and generosity, on the Day of Judgement He will not judge those who believed in His signs and followed His Messengers, in the same way as He will judge those who rebelled, disobeyed Him and rejected the Messengers sent ...

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَآ إِنَّا مِنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ

Wa man azlamu mimman zukkira bi aayaati rabbihee summa a'rada 'anhaa; innaa minal mujrimeena muntaqimmon

And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution.

اور اس شخص سے بڑھ کر ظالم کون جس کو اس کے پروردگار کی آیتوں سے نصیحت کی جائے تو وہ اُن سے منہ پھیر لے۔ ہم گنہگاروں سے ضرور بدلہ لینے والے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: There are some crimes the punishment of which comes even within the mortal world much before the Hereafter. The last sentence of the set of verses cited above reads:إِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِ‌مِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ (We have to take vengeance upon the sinners - 22). Obviously, the word: الْمُجْرِ‌مِينَ (al-mu...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And who does greater wrong than he who is reminded of the signs of his Lord such as the Qur’ān but then turns away from them? in other words none does greater wrong than such a person. Assuredly We shall take vengeance upon the criminals the idolaters.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Believer and the Rebellious are not equal Allah tells us that in His justice and generosity, on the Day of Judgement He will not judge those who believed in His signs and followed His Messengers, in the same way as He will judge those who rebelled, disobeyed Him and rejected the Messengers sent ...

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ مُّفْتَرًى وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Wa izaa tutlaa 'alaihim Aayaatunaa baiyinaatin qaaloo maa haazaa illaa rajuluny yureedu ai-yasuddakum 'ammaa kaana ya'budu aabaaa'ukum wa qaaloo maa haazaaa illaaa ifkum muftaraa; wa qaalal lazeena kafaroo lilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum in haazaaa illaa sihrum mubeen

And when our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, "This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping." And they say, "This is not except a lie invented." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is not but obvious magic."

اور جب ان کو ہماری روشن آیتیں پڑھ کر سنائی جاتی ہیں تو کہتے ہیں یہ ایک (ایسا) شخص ہے جو چاہتا ہے کہ جن چیزوں کی تمہارے باپ دادا پرستش کیا کرتے تھے ان سے تم کو روک دے اور (یہ بھی) کہتے ہیں کہ یہ (قرآن) محض جھوٹ ہے (جو اپنی طرف سے) بنا لیا گیا ہے۔ اور کافروں کے پاس جب حق آیا تو اس کے بارے میں کہنے لگے کہ یہ تو صریح جادو ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary This verse has appeared a little earlier (36) almost in the same words. As obvious, the same thing has been mentioned here, however, it has a difference. At this place, there is an addition of: مِنْ عِبَادِهِ (out of His servants) after: مَن يَشَاءُ whomsoever He wills) and: لَہ، (lahu: f...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when Our signs from the Qur’ān are recited to them being clear signs evident ones by the tongue of our Prophet Muhammad (s) they say ‘This is just a man who desires to bar you from worshipping what your fathers used to worship’ of idols. And they say ‘This Qur’ān is nothing but a calumny a lie t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Saying of the Disbelievers about the Prophets, and its refutation Allah tells us that the disbeliever deserve to be severely punished by Him, because when His clear Verses were recited to them, and they heard them fresh from the lips of His Messenger , they said: قَالُواْ مَا هَـذَا إِلاَّ رَجُل...

وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِن قَبْلُ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

Wa qad kafaroo bihee min qablu wa yaqzifoona bilghaibi mim makaanim ba'eed

And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.

اور پہلے تو اس سے انکار کرتے رہے اور بن دیکھے دور ہی سے (ظن کے) تیر چلاتے رہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The word: قَذف (qadhf) in verse 53: وَقَدْ كَفَرُ‌وا بِهِ مِن قَبْلُ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ مِن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ (while they had rejected it before, and used to make conjectures from a place (so) far off) means to hit something by throwing. In the Arab idiom, anyone talking out of his hat having ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: when they disbelieved in it before? in this world. And they throw guesses at the Unseen from a far-off place in other words they make guesses about something the knowledge of which was hidden far away from them as when they would say that the Prophet was a sorcerer or a poet or a soothsayer or that ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَأُخِذُواْ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ (and they will be seized from a near place.) means, they will not even be given the slightest chance of escape, but they will be seized from the first instant. Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: "When they come forth from their graves." وَقَالُواْ ءَامَنَّا بِهِ (And they will ...

وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْيَاعِهِم مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ فِى شَكٍّ مُّرِيبٍۭ

Wa heela bainahum wa baina maa yashtahoona kamaa fu'ila bi-ashyaa'ihim min qabl; innahum kaanoo fee shakkim mureeb

And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire, as was done with their kind before. Indeed, they were in disquieting denial.

اور ان میں اور ان کی خواہش کی چیزوں میں پردہ حائل کردیا گیا جیسا کہ پہلے ان کے ہم جنسوں سے کیا گیا وہ بھی الجھن میں ڈالنے والے شک میں پڑے ہوئے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the last verse (54), it was said: وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ (And a barrier will be placed between them and that which they desire,) that is, they were not allowed to have it. This description could be true about the Day of Judgment in the sense that these people will be seeking ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And a barrier is set between them and what they crave in the way of faith — in other words their craving to embrace it — just as was done with their counterparts in respect to disbelief formerly in other words before them. Indeed they used to be in grave doubt doubt causing them to have misgivings a...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَأُخِذُواْ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ (and they will be seized from a near place.) means, they will not even be given the slightest chance of escape, but they will be seized from the first instant. Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: "When they come forth from their graves." وَقَالُواْ ءَامَنَّا بِهِ (And they will ...

وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ مِّنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

Wa maa taateehim min aayatim min ayataati Rabbihim illaa kaanoo 'anhaa mu'rideen

And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they are from it turning away.

اور ان کے پاس ان کے پروردگار کی کوئی نشانی نہیں آتی مگر اس سے منہ پھیر لیتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary In the previous verses, through a description of Divine manifestations of power and wisdom in the creation of the heavens and the earth, people were invited to recognize their creator and believe that He alone is worthy of worship and, on the acceptance of this invitation, a promise of ev...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And never did a sign of the signs of their Lord come to them but that they turned away from it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Misguidance of the Idolators Allah tells us how the idolators persisted in their misguidance and in not paying attention to the sins that they had committed in the past or what was to happen to them in the future, on the Day of Resurrection. وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُواْ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ ...

وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ

Wa 'ajibooo an jaaa'a hum munzirum minhum wa qaalal kaafiroona haazaa saahirun kazzaab

And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.

اور انہوں نے تعجب کیا کہ ان کے پاس ان ہی میں سے ہدایت کرنے والا آیا اور کافر کہنے لگے کہ یہ تو جادوگر ہے جھوٹا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The background of the revelation The background of the revelation of the initial verses of this Surah was that Abu Talib, the uncle of the Holy Prophet ﷺ was doing his best as his guardian, despite that he had not yet embraced Islam. When he fell sick, the chiefs of the tribe of Quraish h...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they marvel that a warner has come to them from among themselves a messenger from among their number to warn them and to threaten them with the punishment of the Fire after resurrection — and this warner is the Prophet s. And those who disbelieve the overt noun al-kāfirūnā has replaced the third...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators were amazed at the Message, Tawhid and the Qur'an Allah tells us that the idolators wondered at the sending of the Messenger of Allah as a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. This is like the Ayah: أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ النَّاس...

مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَٰقٌ

Maa sami'naa bihaazaa fil millatil aakhirati in haazaaa illakh tilaaq

We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication.

یہ پچھلے مذہب میں ہم نے کبھی سنی ہی نہیں۔ یہ بالکل بنائی ہوئی بات ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 6, it was said: وَانطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ امْشُوا وَاصْبِرُ‌وا عَلَىٰ آلِهَتِكُمْ (And the leaders among them went forth saying (to their followers)," Walk away (from the Prophet) and stay firm on (adhering to) your gods - 12). This is pointing out to the event mentioned above that...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: We never heard of this in the latter-day creed namely the creed of Jesus. This is surely nothing but an invention mere lies.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators were amazed at the Message, Tawhid and the Qur'an Allah tells us that the idolators wondered at the sending of the Messenger of Allah as a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. This is like the Ayah: أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ النَّاس...

أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ

Antum 'anhu mu'ridoon

From which you turn away.

جس کو تم دھیان میں نہیں لاتے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary A Gist of the Subjects of the Surah In verse 65, it was said: قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا مُنذِرٌ‌ (Say, “ I am only a warner) At the beginning of the Surah, you have seen that the real objective of this Surah was the affirmation of the prophethood of the noble Prophet ﷺ refutation of what the di...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: from which you are turning away namely the Qur’ān of which I have informed you and in which I have brought you what can only be known by revelation and that is God’s saying
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Message of the Messenger is a Great News Allah tells His Messenger to say to those who disbelieved in Allah, associated others in worship with Him and denied His Messenger: `I am a warner, I am not as you claim.' وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـهٍ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْوَحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ (and there is no God (worth...

فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَبَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلصِّدْقِ إِذْ جَآءَهُۥٓ أَلَيْسَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Faman azlamu mimman kazaba 'alal laahi wa kazzaba bissidqi iz jaaa'ah; alaisa fee Jahannama maswal lilkaafir

So who is more unjust than one who lies about Allah and denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a residence for the disbelievers?

تو اس سے بڑھ کر ظالم کون جو خدا پر جھوٹ بولے اور سچی بات جب اس کے پاس پہنچ جائے تو اسے جھٹلائے۔ کیا جہنم میں کافروں کا ٹھکانا نہیں ہے؟

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: All deeds will be given against oppressions and infringement of rights, but one's 'iman (faith) will not be given After having reported all Hadith narrations cited above, it has been said in Tafsir Mazhari that the thing mentioned about giving the deeds of the oppressor in settlement of the rights o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So who is — in other words none is — a greater wrongdoer than he who imputes falsehood to God by ascribing partners and child to Him and who denies the truth namely the Qur’ān when it reaches him? Is there not a fitting abode in Hell for the disbelievers? Indeed there is.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Disbelievers and Liars, and the Reward of the Sincere Believers The idolators uttered lies against Allah and said that there were other gods besides Him and claimed that the angels were the daughters of Allah and that Allah had a son -- glorified be He far above all that they s...

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ أَنَّىٰ يُصْرَفُونَ

Alam tara ilal lazeena yujaadiloona feee Aayaatil laahi annaa yusrafoon

Do you not consider those who dispute concerning the signs of Allah - how are they averted?

کیا تم نے ان لوگوں کو نہیں دیکھا جو خدا کی آیتوں میں جھگڑتے ہیں۔ یہ کہاں بھٹک رہے ہیں؟

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 64, it was said: وَصَوَّرَ‌كُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَ‌كُمْ (and shaped you, and made your shapes so good -). Allah Ta’ ala has blessed the human person with the most distinct, superior and better-balanced form and shape out of all animals. He was given reason. He was given such hands and feet t...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Have you not regarded those who dispute the signs of God the Qur’ān how they are turned away? from faith —
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The End of Those Who dispute and deny the Signs of Allah Allah says, `do you not wonder, O Muhammad, at those who deny the signs of Allah and dispute the truth by means of falsehood, how their minds are diverted from the truth and are misguided' الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِالْكِـتَـبِ وَبِمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا...

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَسْمَعُوا۟ لِهَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَٱلْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ

Wa qaalal lazeena kafaroo laa tasma'oo lihaazal Quraani walghaw feehi la'allakum taghlihoon

And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur'an and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."

اور کافر کہنے لگے کہ اس قرآن کو سنا ہی نہ کرو اور (جب پڑھنے لگیں تو) شور مچا دیا کرو تاکہ تم غالب رہو

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِهَـٰذَا الْقُرْ‌آنِ وَالْغَوْا فِيهِ (Do not listen to this Qur'an, and make noiseduring its recitation, - 41:26) When all the efforts of the disbelievers failed in confronting the Holy Qur'an, they started doing such mischievous acts as mentioned in this verse. Sayyidna ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And those who disbelieve say during the Prophet’s s recitation of the Qur’ān ‘Do not listen to this Qur’ān and hoot it down make a din and so forth and clamour whenever he is reciting that perhaps you might prevail’ so that he will then desist from recitation.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The intimate Companions of the Idolators make Evil Actionsattractive to Them Allah tells us that He is the One Who sends theidolators astray, and that this happens by His will and decree. He isthe All-Wise in His actions, when He appoints for them closecompanions from among the devils of men and Jin...

ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ أَعْدَآءِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّارُ لَهُمْ فِيهَا دَارُ ٱلْخُلْدِ جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

Zaalika jazaaa'u a'daaa'il laahin Naaru lahum feehaa daarul khuld, jazaaa'am bimaa kaanoo bi aayaatinaa yajhdoon

That is the recompense of the enemies of Allah - the Fire. For them therein is the home of eternity as recompense for what they, of Our verses, were rejecting.

یہ خدا کے دشمنوں کا بدلہ ہے (یعنی) دوزخ۔ ان کے لئے اسی میں ہمیشہ کا گھر ہے۔ یہ اس کی سزا ہے کہ ہماری آیتوں سے انکار کرتے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِهَـٰذَا الْقُرْ‌آنِ وَالْغَوْا فِيهِ (Do not listen to this Qur'an, and make noiseduring its recitation, - 41:26) When all the efforts of the disbelievers failed in confronting the Holy Qur'an, they started doing such mischievous acts as mentioned in this verse. Sayyidna ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: That severe chastisement and worst requital is the requital of God’s enemies jazā’u a‘dā’i the second hamza may be pronounced fully or replaced with a wāw — the Fire! al-nāru an explicative supplement to jazā’u ‘the requital’ alluded to by the demonstrative dhālika ‘that’. Therein will be their ever...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The intimate Companions of the Idolators make Evil Actionsattractive to Them Allah tells us that He is the One Who sends theidolators astray, and that this happens by His will and decree. He isthe All-Wise in His actions, when He appoints for them closecompanions from among the devils of men and Jin...

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا لَا يَخْفَوْنَ عَلَيْنَآ أَفَمَن يُلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلنَّارِ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّن يَأْتِىٓ ءَامِنًا يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُمْ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

Innal lazeena yulhidoona feee Aayaatina laa yakhfawna 'alainaa' afamai yulqaa fin Naari khayrun am mai yaateee aaminai Yawmal Qiyaamah; i'maloo ma shi'tum innahoo bimaa ta'maloona Baseer

Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses are not concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.

جو لوگ ہماری آیتوں میں کج راہی کرتے ہیں وہ ہم سے پوشیدہ نہیں ہیں۔ بھلا جو شخص دوزخ میں ڈالا جائے وہ بہتر ہے یا وہ جو قیامت کے دن امن وامان سے آئے۔ (تو خیر) جو چاہو سو کرلو۔ جو کچھ تم کرتے ہو وہ اس کو دیکھ رہا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Description and Rules of Ilhad (الحاد) - A particular kind of kufr إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي آيَاتِنَا (Surely those who go crooked about Our signs are not hidden from Us….41:40) In the earlier verses, there were warnings, threats and mention of scourge for those who used to openly ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed those who blaspheme yulhidūna derives from the verb alhada or lahada ‘he blasphemed’ Our signs — the Qur’ān by denying its truth — are not hidden from Us and We will requite them. Is one who is cast into the Fire better off or one who arrives secure on the Day of Resurrection? Act as you wish...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Deniers and the Description of the Qur'an إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِى ءَايَـتِنَا (Verily, Yulhiduna Fi Our Ayat) Ibn `Abbas said, "Al-Ilhad means putting words in their improper places." Qatadah and others said, "It means disbelief and obstinate behavior." لاَ يَخْفَوْنَ ع...

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآجُّونَ فِى ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ٱسْتُجِيبَ لَهُۥ حُجَّتُهُمْ دَاحِضَةٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ

Wallazeena yuhaaajjoona fil laahi mim ba'di mastujeeba lahoo hujjatuhum daahidatun 'inda Rabbihim wa 'alaihim ghadabunw wa lahum 'azaabun shadeed

And those who argue concerning Allah after He has been responded to - their argument is invalid with their Lord, and upon them is [His] wrath, and for them is a severe punishment.

اور جو لوگ خدا (کے بارے) میں بعد اس کے کہ اسے (مومنوں نے) مان لیا ہو جھگڑتے ہیں ان کے پروردگار کے نزدیک ان کا جھگڑا لغو ہے۔ اور ان پر (خدا کا) غضب اور ان کے لئے سخت عذاب ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 1. i.e. after many people responded to the call of His prophets by accepting Islam. Commentary In the previous verses, all the people of the whole world had been invited towards the original ` din' (religion) common between all the revealed Books and between all the prophets (علیہم السلام) ، and wer...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And those who argue with the Prophet concerning the religion of God after His call has been answered through faith on account of His miracle having been manifested — and they are the Jews — their argument stands refuted is invalid with their Lord and His wrath shall be upon them and there will be a ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Warning to Those Who dispute concerning Matters of Religion Here Allah warns those who try to hinder those who believe in Allah, from following His path. وَالَّذِينَ يُحَآجُّونَ فِى اللَّهِ مِن بَعْدِ مَا اسَتُجِيبَ لَهُ (And those who dispute concerning Allah, after it has been accepted,) means, ...

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Bal qaalooo innaa wajadnaaa aabaaa'anaa 'alaaa ummatinw wa innaa 'alaaa aasaarihim muhtadoon

Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

بلکہ کہنے لگے کہ ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو ایک رستے پر پایا ہے اور ہم انہی کے قدم بقدم چل رہے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَوَمَن يُنَشَّأُ فِي الْحِلْيَةِ (Is it that (Allah has chosen) those (as His offspring) who are grown up in ornaments,... 43:18). This tells us that use of ornaments and adornment in accordance with 'Shari'ah is permissible for women. As such, there is consensus on this issue, but at the same time...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Nay but they say ‘Lo! we found our fathers following a certain creed and we are indeed proceeding in their footsteps to be guided’ by them for they used to worship other than God.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators have no Proof Allah condemns the idolators for worshipping others instead of Allah with no evidence or proof for doing so. أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـهُمْ كِتَـباً مِّن قَبْلِهِ (Or have We given them any Book before this) means, before their idolatry. فَهُم بِهِ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ (to which they are...

قَٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

Qaala awa law ji'tukum bi ahdaa mimmaa wajattum 'alaihi aabaaa'akum qaalooo innaa bimaaa ursiltum bihee kaafiroon

[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

پیغمبر نے کہا اگرچہ میں تمہارے پاس ایسا (دین) لاؤں کہ جس رستے پر تم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو پایا وہ اس سے کہیں سیدھا رستہ دکھاتا ہے کہنے لگے کہ جو (دین) تم دے کر بھیجے گئے ہو ہم اس کو نہیں مانتے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَوَمَن يُنَشَّأُ فِي الْحِلْيَةِ (Is it that (Allah has chosen) those (as His offspring) who are grown up in ornaments,... 43:18). This tells us that use of ornaments and adornment in accordance with 'Shari'ah is permissible for women. As such, there is consensus on this issue, but at the same time...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say to them ‘What! Will you follow them even if I bring you a better means to guidance than what you found your fathers following?’ They say ‘Lo! we disbelieve in what you and those before you are sent with’. God exalted be He says to them as a threat to them
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators have no Proof Allah condemns the idolators for worshipping others instead of Allah with no evidence or proof for doing so. أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـهُمْ كِتَـباً مِّن قَبْلِهِ (Or have We given them any Book before this) means, before their idolatry. فَهُم بِهِ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ (to which they are...

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

Wa lammaa jaaa'ahumul haqqu qaaloo haazaa sihrunw wa innaa bihee kaafiroon

But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

اور جب ان کے پاس حق (یعنی قرآن) آیا تو کہنے لگے کہ یہ تو جادو ہے اور ہم اس کو نہیں مانتے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً بَاقِيَةً فِي عَقِبِهِ (And he made it a word lasting among his posterity.) It means that Ibrahim t did not keep the belief in 'tauhid' restricted to himself, rather he emphasized upon his posterity also to remain firm on this faith, as a result of which a large number of his po...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But when the truth the Qur’ān came to them they said ‘This is sorcery and we are indeed disbelievers in it’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Ibrahim's Declaration of Tawhid Here Allah tells us about His servant, Messenger and close Friend, the leader of the monotheists and the father of all subsequent Prophets, from whom Quraysh were descended and claimed to have taken their religion. He disowned his father's and his people's worship of ...

وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ

Wa qaaloo yaaa ayyuhas saahirud'u lanaa Rabbaka bimaa 'ahida 'indaka innanaa lamuhtadoon

And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

اور کہنے لگے کہ اے جادوگر اس عہد کے مطابق جو تیرے پروردگار نے تجھ سے کر رکھا ہے اس سے دعا کر بےشک ہم ہدایت یاب ہو جائیں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Incidents related to Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) have been stated by the Qur'an at many places repeatedly, and the incidents referred to in the present verses have been described in detail in Surah Al-A` raf. The reason for reminding these incidents here is to show that the objection of t...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they said to Moses upon seeing the chastisement ‘O sorcerer! — that is to say ‘O knowledgeable perfect one’ since for them sorcery was an awesome form of knowledge — supplicate your Lord for us by the covenant that He has made with you to the effect that He would relieve us from chastisement if ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Musa was sent with the Message of Tawhid to Fir`awn and His Chiefs Here Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Musa, peace be upon him, and how He sent him to Fir`awn and his chiefs. That is, his governors, ministers, leaders and followers among the Egyptians and the Children of Israel. Alla...

لَقَدْ جِئْنَٰكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ

Laqad ji'naakum bilhaqqi wa laakinna aksarakum lilhaqqi kaarihoon

We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

ہم تمہارے پاس حق لے کر آئے ہیں لیکن تم اکثر حق سے ناخوش ہوتے رہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The only real friendship is that which is in the sake of Allah الْأَخِلَّاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقِينَ (Friends, on that day, will become enemies to one another, except the God-fearing 43:67). This verse tells us plainly that the friendly relations in whi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: God exalted be He says ‘Verily We brought you O people of Mecca the truth by the tongue of the Messenger but most of you were averse to the truth’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Doomed The description of the state of the blessed is followed by a description of the state of the doomed. إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَـلِدُونَ لاَ يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ (Verily, the criminals will be in the torment of Hell to abide therein forever. It will not b...

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ

Summaa tawallaw 'anhu wa qaaloo mu'allamum majnoon

Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."

پھر انہوں نے ان سے منہ پھیر لیا اور کہنے لگے (یہ تو) پڑھایا ہوا (اور) دیوانہ ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary دُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ...visible smoke" in verse (10) embodies a prophecy and the Prophet ﷺ was asked to watch for the Day when the sky will bring forth a manifest smoke covering the people. There are three opinions recorded about this from the Companions and their pupils. The first view is tha...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: but they turned away from him and said ‘He has been taught — that is a human being is teaching him the Qur’ān — he is a madman!’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Alarming the Idolators with News of the Day when the Sky will bring forth a visible Smoke Allah says, these idolaters are playing about in doubt, i.e., the certain truth has come to them, but they doubt it and do not believe in it. Then Allah says, warning and threatening them: فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَ...

إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ

Inna haazaa maa kuntum bihee tamtaroon

Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."

یہ وہی (دوزخ) ہے جس میں تم لوگ شک کیا کرتے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Punishment and Reward of the Hereafter In these verses, according to the style of the Qur'an, Allah describes Hell and the way the unbelievers will be punished, and Paradise and the way the believers will be rewarded. Punishment of the Dwellers of Hell "Indeed the tree of zaqqum... (44:43...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And it will be said to them This that you see of the chastisement is indeed that which you used to doubt’ about which you used to be uncertain.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Condition of the Idolators and Their Punishment on the Day of Resurrection Allah tells us how He will punish the disbelievers who deny the meeting with Him: إِنَّ شَجَرَةَ الزَّقُّومِ - طَعَامُ الاٌّثِيمِ (Verily, the tree of Zaqqum will be the food of the sinners.) Those who sinned by their wor...

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Wa izaa tutlaa 'alaihim Aayaatunaa baiyinaatin qaalal lazeena kafaroo lilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum haazaa sihrum mubeen

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is obvious magic."

اور جب ان کے سامنے ہماری کھلی آیتیں پڑھی جاتی ہیں تو کافر حق کے بارے میں جب ان کے پاس آچکا کہتے ہیں کہ یہ تو صریح جادو ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary قُلْ أَرَ‌أَيْتُم مَّا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّـهِ (Say, "Tell me about those whom you invoke instead of Allah,...46:4) In these verses, the claim of the polytheists about the existence of some other gods has been refuted by demanding a proof to substantiate this claim, because no claim ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when Our signs the Qur’ān are recited to them namely to the people of Mecca being clear signs manifest signs bayyinātin is a circumstantial qualifier those who disbelieve from among them say of the truth that is the Qur’ān when it comes to them ‘This is plain sorcery!’ clear and evident sorcery.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refuting Claims of the Idolators about the Qur'an and the Messenger Concerning the disbelief and rebellion of the idolators, Allah says that when the clear Ayat of Allah are recited to them they say; هَـذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ (This is plain magic!) meaning, simple magic. In this statement of theirs, th...

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

Zaalika bi annahum karihoo maaa anzalal laahu faahbata a'maalahum

That is because they disliked what Allah revealed, so He rendered worthless their deeds.

یہ اس لئے کہ خدا نے جو چیز نازل فرمائی انہوں نے اس کو ناپسند کیا تو خدا نے بھی ان کے اعمال اکارت کردیئے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَيُدْخِلُهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ عَرَّ‌فَهَا لَهُمْ (and will admit them to the Paradise He has identified for them. - 47:6). This is the third bounty of Allah. He will not only admit them into Paradise but will identify for them the gardens of bliss and will make them familiar with such bounties as houris...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: That wretchedness and wasting of their works is because they are averse to what God has revealed of the Qur’ān with all that it includes of religious obligations takālīf so He has made their works fail.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to strike the Enemies' Necks, tighten Their Bonds, and then free Them either by an Act of Grace or for a Ransom Guiding the believers to what they should employ in their fights against the idolators, Allah says, فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِ (So, when you meet...

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَىٰٓ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ

Ulaaa'ikal lazeena la'anahumul laahu fa asammahum wa a'maaa absaarahum

Those [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.

یہی لوگ ہیں جن پر خدا نے لعنت کی ہے اور ان (کے کانوں) کو بہرا اور (ان کی) آنکھوں کو اندھا کردیا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّـهُ (Those are the ones whom Allah has cursed - 47:23) In other words, people who cause corruption in the land and break bonds of kinship have been cursed by Allah, that is, Allah has driven them away from His mercy. On the basis of this verse, Sayyidna ` Umar ؓ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Those that is the agents of corruption are the ones whom God has cursed so made them deaf to hearing the truth and blinded their eyes to the path of guidance.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Situation of the True Believer and the Sick-Hearted when the Command for Jihad was revealed Allah mentions that the believers were hoping that Jihad would be legislated. But when Allah ordained it, many of the people turned back, as Allah says, أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّواْ أ...

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَشَآقُّوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَن يَضُرُّوا۟ ٱللَّهَ شَيْـًٔا وَسَيُحْبِطُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

Innnal lazeena kafaroo wa saddoo 'an sabeelil laahi wa shaaaqqur Rasoola mim ba'di maa tabaiyana lahumul hudaa lany yadurrul laaha shai'anw wa sa yuhbitu a'maalahum

Indeed, those who disbelieved and averted [people] from the path of Allah and opposed the Messenger after guidance had become clear to them - never will they harm Allah at all, and He will render worthless their deeds.

جن لوگوں کو سیدھا رستہ معلوم ہوگیا (اور) پھر بھی انہوں نے کفر کیا اور (لوگوں کو) خدا کی راہ سے روکا اور پیغمبر کی مخالفت کی وہ خدا کا کچھ بھی بگاڑ نہیں سکیں گے۔ اور خدا ان کا سب کیا کرایا اکارت کردے گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُ‌وا وَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّـهِ (Those who disbelieve and prevent (others) from Allah's way ... - 47:32) This verse also refers to the hypocrites, and the Jewish tribes of Banu Quraizah and Banu Nadir. Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ says that this verse refers to those hy...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed those who disbelieve and bar from the way of God the path of truth and defy the Messenger opposing him after the guidance this is the meaning of ‘the way of God’ has become clear to them they will not hurt God in any way and He will make their works fail He will invalidate them good works suc...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Nullifying the Disbelievers' Deeds and the Command to chase Them Allah then informs about those who disbelieve, obstruct others from the path of Allah, oppose the Messenger and contend with him, and revert from the faith after guidance has become clear to them. He indicates that those people can nev...

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِىٓ أَمْرٍ مَّرِيجٍ

Bal kazzaboo bilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum fahum feee amrim mareej

But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.

بلکہ (عجیب بات یہ ہے کہ) جب ان کے پاس (دین) حق آ پہنچا تو انہوں نے اس کو جھوٹ سمجھا سو یہ ایک الجھی ہوئی بات میں (پڑ رہے) ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Removal of a Doubt relating to Resurrection قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنقُصُ الْأَرْ‌ضُ مِنْهُمْ (We know very well how much of them is diminished by the earth,... 50:4). The disbelievers wondered at the idea that when they are dead and reduced to broken bones and particles of dust and scattered all over ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Nay but they denied the truth the Qur’ān when it came to them and so they with regard to the Prophet s and the Qur’ān are now in a confounded situation a troubled one. For on one occasion they said that he was ‘A sorcerer!’ cf. Q. 384 and that his statements were ‘Nothing but manifest sorcery!’ cf. ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Beginning of the Mufassal Section of the Qur'an This Surah is the first Surah in the Mufassal section of the Qur'an, according to the correct view. It is said that the Mufassal starts with Surat Al-Hujurat. Some common people say that the Mufassal starts with Surah `...

فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

Fatawalla biruknihee wa qaala saahirun aw majnoon

But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."

تو اس نے اپنی جماعت (کے گھمنڈ) پر منہ موڑ لیا اور کہنے لگا یہ تو جادوگر ہے یا دیوانہ

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After the mention of the people of Lut (علیہ السلام) ، the people of Musa (علیہ السلام) ، Fir'aun and others are taken up briefly. When Musa (علیہ السلام) delivered the message of truth to Fir'aun, the latter reacted thus: فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُ‌كْنِهِ (So he turned away along with his chiefs,...51:39) Th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: but he turned away he rejected belief to his supports bi-ruknihi his hosts so called because to him they are like a support rukn saying to Moses that he Moses was ‘A sorcerer or a madman!’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Lessons from the Destruction of Fir`awn, `Ad, Thamud, and the People of Nuh Allah the Exalted said, وَفِى مُوسَى إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـهُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـنٍ مُّبِينٍ (And in Musa, when We sent him to Fir`awn with a manifest authority.) meaning, with clear proof and plain evidence, فَتَوَلَّى بِر...

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

Wa iny yaraw kisfam minas samaaa'i saaqitany yaqooloo sahaabum markoom

And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."

اور اگر یہ آسمان سے (عذاب) کا کوئی ٹکڑا گرتا ہوا دیکھیں تو کہیں کہ یہ گاڑھا بادل ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: { 1} It refers to the punishments faced by the disbelievers right in this world, like famines and the deterrent defeat in the battle of Badr. (Muhammad Taqi Usmani).
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And if they were to see a fragment a portion of the heaven falling on them — as they say Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us Q. 26187 as a chastisement for them — they would say this is ‘A heap of clouds!’ piled on top of one another that will bring us water; and so they do not believe.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Stubbornness of the Idolators; Their Punishment Allah the Exalted reaffirms the stubbornness of the idolators and their ignorance of what goes around them, وَإِن يَرَوْاْ كِسْفاً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ سَـقِطاً (And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down,) meaning, on them as punishmen...

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا

Wa maa lahum bihee min 'ilmin iny yattabi'oona illaz zanna wa innaz zanna laa yughnee minal haqqi shai'aa

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.

حالانکہ ان کو اس کی کچھ خبر نہیں۔ وہ صرف ظن پر چلتے ہیں۔ اور ظن یقین کے مقابلے میں کچھ کام نہیں آتا

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Various Types of Zann إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا (and conjecture is of no use in [ the matter on Truth.... 53:28) The Arabic word ظَن Zann is used in several different senses, and one of them is baseless thoughts. This is the sense in which it...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But they do not have any knowledge thereof of this claim. They follow in this respect nothing but conjecture which they have conjured up and indeed conjecture can never substitute for the truth that is to say when it comes to acquiring knowledge of that which one is required to have knowledge of.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refuting the Claim of the Idolators that the Angels are Allah's Daughters Allah the Exalted admonishes the idolators for calling the angels female names and claiming that they are Allah's daughters. Allah is far removed from what they ascribe to Him. Allah the Exalted said in another Ayah, وَجَعَلُو...

أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ

Afara'ayatal lazee tawallaa

Have you seen the one who turned away

بھلا تم نے اس شخص کو دیکھا جس نے منہ پھیر لیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Background of Revelation Ad-Durr-ul-Manthur reports from Ibn Jarir that a person embraced Islam and one of his friends rebuked him for having abandoned his forefather's religion. He responded that he fears Allah's chastisement. The friend told him to make a certain payment to him, and he will take u...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Did you see him who turned away from faith — that is the one who recanted when he was derided for it. He said ‘But I fear the punishment of God!’. But when the one deriding him guaranteed him that he would bear God’s chastisement for him provided that he reverted to his former idolatry and he then g...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Chastising Those Who disobey Allah and stop giving Charity Allah the Exalted chastises those who turn away from His obedience, فَلاَ صَدَّقَ وَلاَ صَلَّى - وَلَـكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى (So he (the disbeliever) neither believed nor prayed! But on the contrary, he belied and turned away!)(75:31-32), وَ...

أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ

Afamin hazal hadeesi ta'jaboon

Then at this statement do you wonder?

اے منکرین خدا) کیا تم اس کلام سے تعجب کرتے ہو؟

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ (Do you then wonder at this discourse, and laugh [ at it ], and not weep....53:59-60). The phrase this discourse' refers to the Qur'an. That is, the Qur'an, the Divine Discourse, which is itself a miracle, has already come to them...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Do you then marvel in denial at this discourse the Qur’ān
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Warning and Exhortation, the Order to prostrate and to be humble Allah said, هَـذَا نَذِيرٌ (This is a warner) in reference to Muhammad ﷺ , مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الاٍّوْلَى (from the warners of old.) means, just like the warners of old, he was sent as a Messenger as they were sent as Messengers. Allah t...

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

Wa iny yaraw aayatany yu'ridoo wa yaqooloo sihrum mustamirr

And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic."

اور اگر (کافر) کوئی نشانی دیکھتے ہیں تو منہ پھیر لیتے ہیں اور کہتے ہیں کہ یہ ایک ہمیشہ کا جادو ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَإِن يَرَ‌وْا آيَةً يُعْرِ‌ضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ‌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ‌ (And when these people see a sign, they turn away and say, "[ This is ] a transient magic.... 54:2). The word mustamirr, in the popular sense of the word, as used in Persian and Urdu, means something lasting or enduring. However, in ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And if they the disbelievers among Quraysh see a sign a miracle of the Prophet s they turn away and say this is ‘A powerful sorcery!’ mustamirr ‘powerful’ derives from al-mirra meaning ‘strength’; or it mustamirr means ‘incessant’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Hadith of Abu Waqid preceded, in which it is mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recite Surah Qaf (chapter 53) and Iqtarabat As-Sa`ah (Al-Qamar, chapter 54), during (the `Id Prayers of) Al-Adha and Al-Fitr. The Prophet used to recite these two Surahs during...

أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

'A-ulqiyaz zikru 'alaihi mim baininaa bal huwa kazzaabun ashir

Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

کیا ہم سب میں سے اسی پر وحی نازل ہوئی ہے؟ (نہیں) بلکہ یہ جھوٹا خود پسند ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Lexicological Analysis The word سُعُر su'ur has appeared twice in this Surah. First it has appeared in verse 24 in connection with the people of Thamud where it is their own word, and means 'madness or insanity'. The second time, the word appears in connection with the punishment of the sinners wher...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Has the Reminder the revelation been cast read a-ulqiya pronouncing both hamzas or by not pronouncing the second one but in both cases inserting an intervening alif or leaving this insertion out upon him alone from among us? in other words nothing has been revealed to him. Nay but he is a conceited ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Thamud Allah states here that the people of Thamud denied their Messenger Salih, فَقَالُواْ أَبَشَراً مِّنَّا وَحِداً نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّآ إِذاً لَّفِى ضَلَـلٍ وَسُعُرٍ (And they said: "A man, alone among us -- shall we follow him Truly, then we should be in error and distress!") They sa...

وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

Wa laqad anzarahum batshatanaa fatamaaraw binnuzur

And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

اور لوطؑ نے ان کو ہماری پکڑ سے ڈرایا بھی تھا مگر انہوں نے ڈرانے میں شک کیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Lexicological Analysis The word سُعُر su'ur has appeared twice in this Surah. First it has appeared in verse 24 in connection with the people of Thamud where it is their own word, and means 'madness or insanity'. The second time, the word appears in connection with the punishment of the sinners wher...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily he had warned them Lot had threatened them of Our strike Our seizing them with chastisement but they disputed they contested and denied the warnings his warning.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of the People of the Prophet Lut Allah the Exalted states that the people of Lut defied and denied their Messenger and committed sodomy, the awful immoral sin that no people in the history of mankind had committed before. This is why Allah destroyed them with a type of torment that He neve...

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُوَ يُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلْإِسْلَٰمِ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Wa man azlamu mimma nif taraa 'alal laahil kaziba wa huwa yad'aaa ilal Islaam; wallaahu laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen

And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah untruth while he is being invited to Islam. And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

اور اس سے ظالم کون کہ بلایا تو جائے اسلام کی طرف اور وہ خدا پر جھوٹ بہتان باندھے۔ اور خدا ظالم لوگوں کو ہدایت نہیں دیا کرتا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يُحِبُّ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ صَفًّا كَأَنَّهُم بُنْيَانٌ مَّرْ‌صُوصٌ (Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way in firm rows, as if they were a solid edifice...61:4) The main subject of this Surah for which it was revealed is to mention the dearest action in the si...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And who does — that is to say none does — greater wrong than he who invents lies against God by ascribing a partner and a child to Him and describing His signs as being sorcery when he is actually being summoned to submission to God? And God does not guide the wrongdoing folk the disbelieving folk.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Most Unjust among all People Allah said, وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ وَهُوَ يُدْعَى إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ (And who does more wrong than the one who invents a lie against Allah, while he is being invited to Islam) meaning, none is more unjust than he who lies about Allah ...

فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا

Falam yazid hum du'aaa 'eee illaa firaaraa

But my invitation increased them not except in flight.

لیکن میرے بلانے سے وہ اور زیادہ گزیر کرتے رہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary يَغْفِرْ‌ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ and Allah will forgive you your sins, 71:4). The particle min is often used to indicate division into parts, that is, to refer to only a part of an amount, group or number. If it is taken in that sense here, it would signify that by embracing the faith onl...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: but my summon has only increased their evasion of faith.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Nuh complains about his Encounter with His People Allah tells about His servant and Messenger, Nuh, and that he complained to his Lord about the response he received from his people, and how he was patient with them for this long period of time -- which was nine hundred and fifty years. He complaine...

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا

Kallaaa innahoo kaana li Aayaatinaa 'aneedaa

No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

ایسا ہرگز نہیں ہوگا۔ یہ ہماری آیتیں کا دشمن رہا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Annual Income of Walid Ibn Mughirah: Ten Million Guineas The disbeliever referred to here is Walid Ibn Mughirah. Allah had favoured him with abundant wealth, property and children. According to Ibn ` Abbas 4his land, property and gardens stretched from Makkah to Ta'if. According to Thauri, his a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Nay! I shall not give him more than that. He is indeed stubborn to Our signs to the Qur’ān.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Threat for Whoever claims that the Qur'an is Magic Allah threatens this wicked person whom He has favored with the blessings of this world, yet he is ungrateful for the blessings of Allah and he meets them with disbelief (in Allah) and rejection of His Ayat. He invents lies against Allah's Ayat an...

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

Innahoo fakkara wa qaddar

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

اس نے فکر کیا اور تجویز کی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Annual Income of Walid Ibn Mughirah: Ten Million Guineas The disbeliever referred to here is Walid Ibn Mughirah. Allah had favoured him with abundant wealth, property and children. According to Ibn ` Abbas 4his land, property and gardens stretched from Makkah to Ta'if. According to Thauri, his a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed he pondered what to say about the Qur’ān which he heard from the Prophet s and decided this in his mind.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Threat for Whoever claims that the Qur'an is Magic Allah threatens this wicked person whom He has favored with the blessings of this world, yet he is ungrateful for the blessings of Allah and he meets them with disbelief (in Allah) and rejection of His Ayat. He invents lies against Allah's Ayat an...

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Summa nazar

Then he considered [again];

پھر تامل کیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Annual Income of Walid Ibn Mughirah: Ten Million Guineas The disbeliever referred to here is Walid Ibn Mughirah. Allah had favoured him with abundant wealth, property and children. According to Ibn ` Abbas 4his land, property and gardens stretched from Makkah to Ta'if. According to Thauri, his a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then he contemplated the faces of his people; or he contemplated with what words he might cast aspersions upon it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Threat for Whoever claims that the Qur'an is Magic Allah threatens this wicked person whom He has favored with the blessings of this world, yet he is ungrateful for the blessings of Allah and he meets them with disbelief (in Allah) and rejection of His Ayat. He invents lies against Allah's Ayat an...

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

Summaa adbara wastakbar

Then he turned back and was arrogant

پھر پشت پھیر کر چلا اور (قبول حق سے) غرور کیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Annual Income of Walid Ibn Mughirah: Ten Million Guineas The disbeliever referred to here is Walid Ibn Mughirah. Allah had favoured him with abundant wealth, property and children. According to Ibn ` Abbas 4his land, property and gardens stretched from Makkah to Ta'if. According to Thauri, his a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then he turned his back to faith in disdain scornful of following the Prophet s
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Threat for Whoever claims that the Qur'an is Magic Allah threatens this wicked person whom He has favored with the blessings of this world, yet he is ungrateful for the blessings of Allah and he meets them with disbelief (in Allah) and rejection of His Ayat. He invents lies against Allah's Ayat an...

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

Faqaala in haazaaa illaa sihruny yu'sar

And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

پھر کہنے لگا کہ یہ تو جادو ہے جو (اگلوں سے) منتقل ہوتا آیا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Annual Income of Walid Ibn Mughirah: Ten Million Guineas The disbeliever referred to here is Walid Ibn Mughirah. Allah had favoured him with abundant wealth, property and children. According to Ibn ` Abbas 4his land, property and gardens stretched from Makkah to Ta'if. According to Thauri, his a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and said of what he the Prophet had brought ‘This is nothing but handed-down sorcery learnt from sorcerers;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Threat for Whoever claims that the Qur'an is Magic Allah threatens this wicked person whom He has favored with the blessings of this world, yet he is ungrateful for the blessings of Allah and he meets them with disbelief (in Allah) and rejection of His Ayat. He invents lies against Allah's Ayat an...

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

Wa kunnaa nakhoodu ma'al khaaa'ideen

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

اور اہل باطل کے ساتھ مل کر (حق سے) انکار کرتے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِيْنَةٌ اِلَّآ اَصْحٰبَ الْيَمِيْنِ (Everyone will be detained [ in the Hell ] because of what he did, [ 38] except the People of the Right, [ i.e. those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands ] 74:38-39) The word rahinah is used in the sense of ma...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And we used to delve into falsehood along with those who delved
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. ...

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

Famaa lahum 'anittazkirati mu'rideen

Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

ان کو کیا ہوا ہے کہ نصیحت سے روگرداں ہو رہے ہیں

Commentary

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: So what fa-mā the subject is wrong with them lahum the predicate thereof semantically connected to an omitted clause the person of which has been transposed onto it that they turn away mu‘ridīna is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the suffixed pronoun in lahum ‘them’ from the Reminder — in ot...
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. ...

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Izaa tutlaa'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

جب اس کو ہماری آیتیں سنائی جاتی ہیں تو کہتا ہے کہ یہ تو اگلے لوگوں کے افسانے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: كِتَابٌ مَّرْ‌قُومٌ (A register inscribed!...83:9) The word marqum (translated above as 'inscribed' ) signifies here makhtum meaning 'sealed'. Imam Baghawi and Ibn Kathir say that this statement is not the interpretation of sijjin, but rather the explication of a phrase before that, namely: كِتَابَ ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: When Our signs of the Qur’ān are recited to him he says ‘Mere fables asātīr of the ancients!’ mere tales that were written down sutirat in ancient times asātīr is the plural of ustūra or istāra.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Record of the Wicked and some of what happens to Them Allah says truly, إِنَّ كِتَـبَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ (Nay! Truly, the Record of the wicked is in Sijjin.) meaning, that their final destination and their abode will be in Sijjin, which is derived from the word prison (Sijn), and here it...

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Summa yuqaalu haazal lazee kuntum bihee tukazziboon

Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

پھر ان سے کہا جائے گا کہ یہ وہی چیز ہے جس کو تم جھٹلاتے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ (No! Indeed they will be screened off from their Lord on that Day...83:15). This will be their punishment for their failure to recognise Allah in the world. The unbelievers will remain deprived of seeing their Lord on the Day of Judgment, and a scr...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: then it will be said to them ‘This that is the chastisement is that which you used to deny!’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Record of the Wicked and some of what happens to Them Allah says truly, إِنَّ كِتَـبَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ (Nay! Truly, the Record of the wicked is in Sijjin.) meaning, that their final destination and their abode will be in Sijjin, which is derived from the word prison (Sijn), and here it...

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ

Balil lazeena kafaroo yukazziboon

But those who have disbelieved deny,

بلکہ کافر جھٹلاتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Therefore, the verse concludes: فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿20﴾ وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ So, what has happened to them that they do not believe, and when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not offer sajdah [ prostration ] ۩? (84:20-21) It means that when the Qur'a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Nay but the disbelievers deny resurrection and other matters
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Swearing by the Various Stages of Man's Journey It has been reported from `Ali, Ibn `Abbas, `Ubadah bin As-Samit, Abu Hurayrah, Shaddad bin Aws, Ibn `Umar, Muhammad bin `Ali bin Al-Husayn, Makhul, Bakr bin `Abdullah Al-Muzani, Bukayr bin Al-Ashaj, Malik, Ibn Abi Dhi'b, and `Abdul-`Aziz bin Abi Salam...

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

Wa yatajannabuhal ashqaa

But the wretched one will avoid it -

اور (بےخوف) بدبخت پہلو تہی کرے 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: but the wretched one al-ashqā means al-shaqī that is to say the disbeliever will shun it that is the reminder in other words he will leave it aside not looking at it
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...

ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Allazee kazzaba wa tawallaa

Who had denied and turned away.

جس نے جھٹلایا اور منہ پھیرا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَا يَصْلَاهَا إِلَّا الْأَشْقَى الَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ (None will enter it but the wretched one who rejected [ the truth ] and turned away....92:16). This describes the fire of Hell. It is quite clear that only a kafir will reject Allah and His Messenger. Apparently, it seems that a sinful bel...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: he who denies the Prophet and turns away from faith — this delimiting of those who deserve to enter this fire constitutes an interpretation of His saying But He forgives other than that to whomever He will Q. 448 which in turn suggests that what is meant is that entry into the Fire which will be eve...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Matter of Guidance and other than it is in the Hand of Allah, and Allah's Warning about the Hell Qatadah said, إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَى (Truly, on Us is (to give) guidance.) "This means, We will explain what is lawful and what is prohibited." Others have said that it means, "Whoever traverses u...

أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ

Ara-aital lazee yanhaa

Have you seen the one who forbids

بھلا تم نے اس شخص کو دیکھا جو منع کرتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verses [ 9-10] أَرَ‌أَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ أَرَ‌أَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ (Have you seen him who forbids a slave of Allah when he prays?) From here to the end of the Surah, the verses allude to an incident. When the Holy Prophet was enjoined to perform the salah, he started perf...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Have you seen a-ra’ayta in all three instances here and below is an exclamation of wonder him namely Abū Jahl who forbids
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Threat against Man's Transgression for the sake of Wealth Allah informs that man is very pleased, most evil, scornful and transgressive when he considers himself self-sufficient and having an abundance of wealth. Then Allah threatens, warns and admonishes him in His saying, إِنَّ إِلَى رَبِّكَ ا...

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