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Worldly Desires

زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا

"Worldly Desires," or *zīnatu al-ḥayāti ad-dunyā* (زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا), refers to the beautiful and alluring aspects of this earthly life: wealth, children, status, and material possessions. Islam acknowledges the natural human inclination towards these attractions, recognizing that [the love of desires has been beautified for people]. However, the Quran consistently reminds believers that these are [the enjoyment of worldly life], inherently temporary and fleeting. While these aspects are not inherently forbidden—Allah Himself has [produced the adornment of Allah which He has produced for His servants]—the true wisdom lies in understanding their transient nature. Believers are cautioned against becoming so engrossed in them that they forget their ultimate purpose and the eternal reward. The Quran encourages striving for enduring good deeds, emphasizing that [wealth and children are the adornment of [this] worldly life; but the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward]. This perspective helps Muslims maintain a balance, ensuring that their pursuit of sustenance and comfort in this life doesn't overshadow their preparation for the eternal life to come. It's about remembering that the ultimate return is with Allah, and not to be among those who only say, [Our Lord, give us in this world], neglecting the Hereafter.

Quran 35 verses

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا فَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ

Fawailul lillazeena yaktuboonal kitaaba bi aydddhim summa yaqooloona haazaa min 'indil laahi liyashtaroo bihee samanan qaleelan fawilul lahum mimaa katabat aydeehim wa wailul lahum mimmaa yaksiboon

So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.

تو ان لوگوں پر افسوس ہے جو اپنے ہاتھ سے تو کتاب لکھتے ہیں اور کہتے یہ ہیں کہ یہ خدا کے پاس سے (آئی) ہے، تاکہ اس کے عوض تھوڑی سے قیمت (یعنی دنیوی منفعت) حاصل کریں۔ ان پر افسوس ہے، اس لیے کہ (بےاصل باتیں) اپنے ہاتھ سے لکھتے ہیں اور (پھر) ان پر افسوس ہے، اس لیے کہ ایسے کام کرتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Allah reminds the Jews that He is omniscient, and knows what they try to keep concealed as well as what they say or do openly. So, it would make no difference at all, if the hypocrites tried to conceal their infidelity from the Muslims, or the other group, not to disclose the verses of the Torah whi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So woe a severe chastisement to those who write the Scripture with their hands that is fabricating it themselves then say ‘This is from God’ that they may sell it for a small price of this world these are the Jews the ones that altered the description of the Prophet in the Torah as well as the ‘ston...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Meaning of `Ummi Allah said, وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ (And there are among them Ummyyun people) meaning, among the People of the Book, as Mujahid stated. Ummyyun, is plural for Ummi, that is, a person who does not write, as Abu Al-`Aliyah, Ar-Rabi`, Qatadah, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i and others said. Thi...

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ حَيَوٰةٍ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَن يُعَمَّرَ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wa latajidannahum ahrasannaasi 'alaa hayaatinw wa minal lazeena ashrakoo; yawaddu ahaduhum law yu'ammaru alfa sanatinw wa maa huwa bi muzahzihihee minal 'azaabi ai yu'ammar; wallaahu baseerum bimaa ya'maloon

And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life - [even] more than those who associate others with Allah. One of them wishes that he could be granted life a thousand years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allah is Seeing of what they do.

بلکہ ان کو تم اور لوگوں سے زندگی کے کہیں حریص دیکھو گے، یہاں تک کہ مشرکوں سے بھی۔ ان میں سے ہر ایک یہی خواہش کرتا ہے کہ کاش وہ ہزار برس جیتا رہے، مگر اتنی لمبی عمر اس کو مل بھی جائے تو اسے عذاب سے تو نہیں چھڑا سکتی۔ اور جو کام یہ کرتے ہیں، خدا ان کو دیکھ رہا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: This verse shows the basic weakness of the Jews which did not allow them to accept the challenge proposed in Verse 94, and thus exposes the hollowness of their claim to the blessings of the other world being reserved for them. The Holy Qur'an puts a special emphasis on the fact that the Jews loved p...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And you shall find them the lām of la-tajidannahum is for oaths the people most covetous of life and more covetous of it than the idolaters who reject the idea of the Resurrection for the former know that their journey’s end will be the Fire while the idolaters do not believe even in this; any one o...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Calling the Jews to invoke Allah to destroy the Unjust Party Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated that Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah said to His Prophet , قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الاٌّخِرَةُ عِندَ اللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُاْ الْمَوْتَ إِن كُنْتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ (Say to (them): "If the...

وَلَن تَرْضَىٰ عَنكَ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَلَا ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمْ قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم بَعْدَ ٱلَّذِى جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

Wa lan tardaa 'ankal Yahoodu wa lan Nasaaraa hattaa tattabi'a millatahum; qul inna hudal laahi huwalhudaa; wa la'init taba'ta ahwaaa'ahum ba'dal lazee jaaa'aka minal 'ilmimaa laka minal laahi minw waliyyinw wa laa naseer

And never will the Jews or the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion. Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance." If you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allah no protector or helper.

اور تم سے نہ تو یہودی کبھی خوش ہوں گے اور نہ عیسائی، یہاں تک کہ تم ان کے مذہب کی پیروی اختیار کرلو۔ (ان سے) کہہ دو کہ خدا کی ہدایت (یعنی دین اسلام) ہی ہدایت ہے۔ اور (اے پیغمبر) اگر تم اپنے پاس علم (یعنی وحی خدا) کے آ جانے پر بھی ان کی خواہشوں پر چلو گے تو تم کو (عذاب) خدا سے (بچانے والا) نہ کوئی دوست ہوگا اور نہ کوئی مددگار

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Being anxious to save as many men as possible from misguidance and damnation, the Holy Prophet ﷺ took great pains to convince the deniers, and was specially lenient and gentle with the People of the Book. In this verse, Allah informs him that their denial is not due to lack of convincing arguments a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Never will the Jews be pleased with you neither the Christians not until you follow their creed their religion Say ‘God’s guidance that is Islam is the true guidance’ besides which there is only error. And if you were wa-la-in the lām is for oaths to follow their whims hypothetically speaking whims ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَلَن تَرْضَى عَنكَ الْيَهُودُ وَلاَ النَّصَـرَى حَتَّى تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمْ (Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you (O Muhammad ) till you follow their religion.) meaning, `The Jews and the Christians will never be happy with you, O Muhammad! Therefore, do not seek what pleases...

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...

فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُم مَّنَٰسِكَكُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًا فَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَٰقٍ

Fa-izan qadaitum manaa sikakum fazkurul laaha kazikrikum aabaaa'akum aw ashadda zikraa; faminannaasi mai yaqoolu Rabbanaaa aatinaa fiddunyaa wa maa lahoo fil Aakhirati min khalaaq

And when you have completed your rites, remember Allah like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance. And among the people is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share.

پھر جب حج کے تمام ارکان پورے کرچکو تو (منیٰ میں) خدا کو یاد کرو۔ جس طرح اپنے باپ دادا کو یاد کیا کرتے تھے بلکہ اس سے بھی زیادہ اور بعض لوگ ایسے ہیں جو (خدا سے) التجا کرتے ہیں کہ اے پروردگار ہم کو (جو دنیا ہے) دنیا ہی میں عنایت کر ایسے لوگوں کا آخرت میں کچھ حصہ نہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The prohibition of Jahili customs at Mina In the verses 199 to 201, some Jahili جاھلی customs have been corrected. One of these was that the Arabs of the Jahiliyyah جاھلیہ would, once they had finished their rites at ` Arafat and Muzdalifah and performed their tawaf طواف and sacrifice and stay in Mi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when you have performed and completed your holy rites that is the devotions pertaining to your pilgrimage having cast stones at the Jamrat al-‘Aqaba performed the circumambulation and stopped at Minā remember God by extolling Him and repeating the takbīr saying Allāhu akbar ‘God is Great’ as you...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Order for Remembrance of Allah and seeking Good in this Life and the Hereafter upon completing the Rites of Hajj Allah commands that He be remembered after the rituals are performed. كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ (...as you remember your forefathers) Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "Duri...

زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَٰطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَـَٔابِ

Zuyyina linnaasi hubbush shahawaati minannisaaa'i wal baneena walqanaateeril muqantarati minaz zahabi walfiddati walkhailil musawwamati wal an'aami walhars; zaalika mataa'ul hayaatid dunyaa wallaahu 'indahoo husnul ma-aab

Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return.

لوگوں کو ان کی خواہشوں کی چیزیں یعنی عورتیں اور بیٹے اور سونے اور چاندی کے بڑے بڑے ڈھیر اور نشان لگے ہوئے گھوڑے اور مویشی اور کھیتی بڑی زینت دار معلوم ہوتی ہیں (مگر) یہ سب دنیا ہی کی زندگی کے سامان ہیں اور خدا کے پاس بہت اچھا ٹھکانا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sequence That the hostility of disbelievers should be countered with Jihad against them was the theme in several previous verses. Now, in these verses the text explains the reason why the disbelievers indulge in hostility against Islam and Muslims. The reason for this and for all evil deeds is, in f...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Beautified for mankind is love of lusts that which the self lusts after and calls for beautified by Satan or by God as a test — of women children stored-up heaps of gold and silver horses of mark fine horses cattle namely camels cows and sheep and tillage the cultivation of land. That which is menti...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The True Value of This Earthly Life Allah mentions the delights that He put in this life for people, such as women and children, and He started with women, because the test with them is more tempting. For instance, the Sahih recorded that the Messenger ﷺ said, «مَا تَرَكْتُ بَعْدِي فِتْنَةً أَضَرَّ ...

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَٰقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُۥ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ

Wa iz akhazal laahu meesaaqal lazeena ootul Kitaaba latubaiyinunnahoo linnaasi wa laa taktumoona hoo fanabazoohu waraaa'a zuhoorihim washtaraw bihee samanan qaleelan fabi'sa maa yashtaroon

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it." But they threw it away behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price. And wretched is that which they purchased.

اور جب خدا نے ان لوگوں سے جن کو کتاب عنایت کی گئی تھی اقرار کرلیا کہ (جو کچھ اس میں لکھا ہے) اسے صاف صاف بیان کرتے رہنا۔ اور اس (کی کسی بات) کو نہ چھپانا تو انہں نے اس کو پس پشت پھینک دیا اور اس کے بدلے تھوڑی سی قیمت حاصل کی۔ یہ جو کچھ حاصل کرتے ہیں برا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In continuation of the description of evils practiced by the Jews mentioned in previous verses, the first of the present two verses (187, 188) takes up yet another evil practice of theirs. This is their habit of going back on solemn pledges and covenants - for Allah Almighty had taken pledge from th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And mention when God made covenant with those who had been given the Scripture that is the pledge taken from them in the Torah ‘You shall expound it read tubayyinunnahu or yubayyinunnahu ‘they shall expound it’ the Book to people and not conceal it’ read taktumūnahu ‘you shall not conceal it’ or yak...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Chastising the People of the Scriptures for Breaking the Covenant and Hiding the Truth In this Ayah, Allah chastises the People of the Scriptures, from whom Allah took the covenant by the words of their Prophets, that they would believe in Muhammad ﷺ and describe him to the people, so that they woul...

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَتَبَيَّنُوا۟ وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَنْ أَلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَٰمَ لَسْتَ مُؤْمِنًا تَبْتَغُونَ عَرَضَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ مَغَانِمُ كَثِيرَةٌ كَذَٰلِكَ كُنتُم مِّن قَبْلُ فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo izaa darabtum fee sabeelil laahi fatabaiyanoo wa laa taqooloo liman alqaaa ilaikumus salaama lasta mu'minan tabtaghoona 'aradal hayaatid dunyaa fa'indal laahi maghaanimu kaseerah; kazaalika kuntum min qablu famannnal laahu 'alaikum fatabaiyanoo; innallaaha kaana bimaa ta'maloona Khabeeraa

O you who have believed, when you go forth [to fight] in the cause of Allah, investigate; and do not say to one who gives you [a greeting of] peace "You are not a believer," aspiring for the goods of worldly life; for with Allah are many acquisitions. You [yourselves] were like that before; then Allah conferred His favor upon you, so investigate. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted.

مومنو! جب تم خدا کی راہ میں باہر نکلو کرو تو تحقیق سے کام لیا کرو اور جو شخص تم سے سلام علیک کرے اس سے یہ نہ کہو کہ تم مومن نہیں اور اس سے تمہاری غرض یہ ہو کہ دنیا کی زندگی کا فائدہ حاصل کرو سو خدا کے نزدیک بہت سے غنیمتیں ہیں تم بھی تو پہلے ایسے ہی تھے پھر خدا نے تم پر احسان کیا تو (آئندہ) تحقیق کرلیا کرو اور جو عمل تم کرتے ہو خدا کو سب کی خبر ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: CommentarySequence of Verses Stern warning has been given against the killing of a Muslim in previous verses. Now it is being said that the apparent profession of Islam is all that is needed for a Muslim to be regarded as a Muslim obligated to observe the laws of the Shari’ ah. So, it is necessary t...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The following was revealed when a group from among the Companions passed by a man from the Banū Sulaym driving his flock of sheep and he offered them a greeting of peace. But they said ‘He only greeted us dissimulating out of fear’. So they killed him and took away his flock O you who believe when y...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Greeting with the Salam is a Sign of Islam Imam Ahmad recorded that `Ikrimah said that Ibn `Abbas said, "A man from Bani Sulaym, who was tending a flock of sheep, passed by some of the Companions of the Prophet and said Salam to them. They said (to each other), `He only said Salam to protect himself...

قُلْ هَلُمَّ شُهَدَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَ هَٰذَا فَإِن شَهِدُوا۟ فَلَا تَشْهَدْ مَعَهُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَهُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ

Qul halumma shuhadaaa'akumul lazeena yash hadoona annal laaha harrama haazaa fa in shahidoo falaa tashhad ma'ahum; wa laa tattabi' ahwaaa'al lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wallazeena laa yu'minoona bil Aakhirati wa hum bi Rabbihim ya'diloon

Say, [O Muhammad], "Bring forward your witnesses who will testify that Allah has prohibited this." And if they testify, do not testify with them. And do not follow the desires of those who deny Our verses and those who do not believe in the Hereafter, while they equate [others] with their Lord.

کہو کہ اپنے گواہوں کو لاؤ جو بتائیں کہ خدا نے یہ چیزیں حرام کی ہیں پھر اگر وہ (آ کر) گواہی دیں تو تم ان کے ساتھ گواہی نہ دینا اور نہ ان لوگوں کی خواہشوں کی پیروی کرنا جو ہماری آیتوں کو جھٹلاتے ہیں اور آخرت پر ایمان نہیں لاتے اور (بتوں کو) اپنے پروردگار کے برابر ٹھہراتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Mentioned in the previous verses was how astray the disbelievers of Makkah had gone when they had taken their self-carved, lifeless, insensate idols as partners in the Divinity of Allah as they made them share in animals created by Him and in many other blessings which were bestowed on th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘Come bring forth your witnesses those who can testify that God has forbidden this’ which you have forbidden. Then if they testify do not bear witness with them; and do not follow the whims of those who deny Our signs those who do not believe in the Hereafter and ascribe equals to their Lord ass...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A False Notion and its Rebuttal Here Allah mentioned a debate with the idolators, refuting a false notion they have over their Shirk and the things that they prohibited. They said, surely, Allah has full knowledge of the Shirk we indulge in, and that we forbid some kinds of wealth. Allah is able to ...

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَٰهُ بِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ ٱلْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ذَّٰلِكَ مَثَلُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَٱقْصُصِ ٱلْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Wa law shi'naa larafa'naahu bihaa wa laakin nahooo akhlada ilal ardi watta ba'a hawaah; famasaluhoo kamasalil kalb; in tahmil 'alaihi yalhas aw tatruk hu yalhas; zaalika masalul qawmil lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa; faqsusil qasasa la'allahum yatafakkaroon

And if We had willed, we could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.

اور اگر ہم چاہتے تو ان آیتوں سے اس (کے درجے) کو بلند کر دیتے مگر وہ تو پستی کی طرف مائل ہوگیا اور اپنی خواہش کے پیچھے چل پڑا۔ تو اس کی مثال کتے کی سی ہوگئی کہ اگر سختی کرو تو زبان نکالے رہے اور یونہی چھوڑ دو تو بھی زبان نکالے رہے۔ یہی مثال ان لوگوں کی ہے جنہوں نے ہماری آیتوں کو جھٹلایا تو ان سے یہ قصہ بیان کردو۔ تاکہ وہ فکر کریں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The next verse (176) has said: وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَ‌فَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الْأَرْ‌ضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ "And if We so willed, we would have elevated him thereby, but he clung to the earth, and followed his desire." The word' أَخْلَدَ (Akhlada) is a derivative of اِخلَاد which m...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And had We willed We would have raised him up to the ranks of the scholars thereby by facilitating his way to good deeds; but he was disposed to at peace in the earth — that is this world — and inclined to it and followed his whims by calling others to them and so We abased him. Therefore his likene...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Story Bal`am bin Ba`ura `Abdur-Razzaq recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that Allah's statement, وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِى ءاتَيْنَـهُ ءَايَـتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا (And recite to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayat, but he threw them away) "Is about Bal`am bin Ba`ura' a ma...

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Zarhum yaakuloo wa tatamatta'oo wa yulhihimul amalu fasawfa ya'lamoon

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

(اے محمد) ان کو اُن کے حال پر رہنے دو کہ کھالیں اور فائدے اُٹھالیں اور (طول) امل ان کو دنیا میں مشغول کئے رہے عنقریب ان کو (اس کا انجام) معلوم ہو جائے گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary From: ذَرْ‌هُمْ يَأْكُلُوا (Let them eat ...3) we can see that the making of eating and drinking the real occupation and aim of life, and keeping glued to long-drawn material plans while surrounded by countless things of worldly comfort, and becoming totally heedless to death, is somethi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Leave them the disbelievers O Muhammad (s) to eat and to enjoy this world of theirs and that they be diverted distracted by hope of a long life and other such matters that keep them away from faith for they will come to know the sequel of their affair — this was revealed before the command to fight ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Al-Hijr was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Disbelievers will someday wish that They had been Muslims We have already discussed the letters which appear at the beginning of some Surahs. Allah said: رُّبَمَا يَو...

مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًا مَّدْحُورًا

Man kaana yureedul 'aajilata 'ajjalnaa lahoo feehaa maa nashaaa'u liman nureedu summa ja'alnaa lahoo Jahannama yaslaahaa mazmoomammad hooraa

Whoever should desire the immediate - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.

جو شخص دنیا (کی آسودگی) کا خواہشمند ہو تو ہم اس میں سے جسے چاہتے ہیں اور جتنا چاہتے ہیں جلد دے دیتے ہیں۔ پھر اس کے لئے جہنم کو (ٹھکانا) مقرر کر رکھا ہے۔ جس میں وہ نفرین سن کر اور (درگاہ خدا سے) راندہ ہو کر داخل ہوگا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Two behavior models of human beings appear in the cited verses side by side. As for those who elect to go for the readily available benefits out of their life in this world, and the punishment that comes in its wake, the words used were: مَّن كَانَ يُرِ‌يدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ (Whoever opts for ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Whoever desires through his deeds the hasty world that is the life of this world We hasten for him therein whatever We will for whom We please such a hastening li-man nurīd ‘for whom We please’ is a substitute for lahu ‘for him’ with the repetition of the genitive particle li-. Then We appoint for h...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of Those who desire this World and Those who desire the Hereafter Allah tells us that not everyone who desires this world and its luxuries gets what he wants. That is attained by those whom Allah wants to have it, and they get what He wills that they should get. This Ayah narrows down the...

وَٱسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُم بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِم بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ وَعِدْهُمْ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا

Wastafziz manis tat'ta minhum bisawtika wa ajlib 'alaihim bikhailika wa rajilika wa shaarik hum fil amwaali wal awlaadi wa 'idhum; wa maa ya'iduhumush Shaitaanu illaa ghurooraa

And incite [to senselessness] whoever you can among them with your voice and assault them with your horses and foot soldiers and become a partner in their wealth and their children and promise them." But Satan does not promise them except delusion.

اور ان میں سے جس کو بہکا سکے اپنی آواز سے بہکاتا رہ۔ اور ان پر اپنے سواروں اور پیاروں کو چڑھا کر لاتا رہ اور ان کے مال اور اولاد میں شریک ہوتا رہ اور ان سے وعدے کرتا رہ۔ اور شیطان جو وعدے ان سے کرتا ہے سب دھوکا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: (2) Secondly, he had said if he was given respite till the day of Qiyamah, he will mislead the entire progeny of 'Adam, except a few of them. That Allah Ta’ ala has elected to answer in the later verses. He said that the Shaitan will have no control over His sincere servants even if he were to rall...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And tempt dupe whomever of them you can with your voice by your calling them with songs and pipes and with every invitation to acts of disobedience; and rally incite against them your cavalry and your infantry namely those who ride and walk in acts of disobedience and share with them in wealth that ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): اذْهَبْ `(Go,) I will give you respite.' According to another Ayah (Allah) said: قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ - إِلَى يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ (Verily, you are of those allowed respite till the Day of the time appointed.) (38:80-81). Then Allah warned him and those who follow him among th...

وَٱصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُۥ فُرُطًا

Wasbir nafsaka ma'al lazeena yad'oona Rabbahum bilghadaati wal'ashiyyi yureedoona Wajhahoo wa laa ta'du 'aynaaka 'anhum tureedu zeenatal hayaatid dunyaa wa laa tuti' man aghfalnaa qalbahoo 'an zikrinaa wattaba'a hawaahu wa kaana amruhoo furutaa

And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.

اور جو لوگ صبح و شام اپنے پروردگار کو پکارتے اور اس کی خوشنودی کے طالب ہیں۔ ان کے ساتھ صبر کرتے رہو۔ اور تمہاری نگاہیں ان میں (گزر کر اور طرف) نہ دوڑیں کہ تم آرائشِ زندگانی دنیا کے خواستگار ہوجاؤ۔ اور جس شخص کے دل کو ہم نے اپنی یاد سے غافل کردیا ہے اور وہ اپنی خواہش کی پیروی کرتا ہے اور اس کا کام حد سے بڑھ گیا ہے اس کا کہا نہ ماننا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Da'wah and Tabligh admit of no discrimination Some events have been mentioned in the background of the revelation of the verse: وَاصْبِرْ‌ نَفْسَكَ (And keep yourself content - 28). It is possible that all of them became the cause of this instruction. Al-Baghawi reports that ` Uyainah ibn...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And restrain yourself detain yourself along with those who call upon their Lord at morning and evening desiring through their worship His Countenance exalted be He and not any of the transient things of this world — and these are the poor; and do not let your eyes overlook turn away from them — thes...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to recite the Qur'an and to patiently keep Company with the Believers Commanding His Messenger to recite His Holy Book and convey it to mankind, Allah says, لاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـتِهِ (None can change His Words,) meaning, no one can alter them, distort them or misinterpret them. وَلَن ت...

فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا

Fakhalafa mim ba'dihim khalfun adaa'us Salaata wattaba'ush shahawaati fasawfa yalqawna ghaiyaa

But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -

پھر ان کے بعد چند ناخلف ان کے جانشیں ہوئے جنہوں نے نماز کو (چھوڑ دیا گویا اسے) کھو دیا۔ اور خواہشات نفسانی کے پیچھے لگ گئے۔ سو عنقریب ان کو گمراہی (کی سزا) ملے گی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary فَخَلَفَ (Khalf) means bad successors, while فَخَلَفَ (Khalaf) means good successors. (Mazhari) Mujahid (رح) has reported that when the Day of Judgment would be near and the pious people would all be dead and gone, people will lose interest in prayers and indulge in all sort of vices and ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But there succeeded after them a posterity who neglected the prayer by abandoning performance of it a posterity such as the Jews and the Christians and followed their lusts in the way of acts of disobedience. So they shall soon encounter Ghayy — a valley in Hell — that is they shall fall into it;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): They were succeeded by Wicked People and Good People After Allah mentioned the party of blessed ones -- the Prophets and those who followed them by maintainig the limits set by Allah and His commandments, fulfilling what Allah ordered and avoiding His prohibitions -- then He mentions, (خَلَفَ مِنْ ب...

أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالَ لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا

Afara'aytal lazee kafara bi Aayaatinaa wa qaala la oota yanna maalanw wa waladaa

Then, have you seen he who disbelieved in Our verses and said, "I will surely be given wealth and children [in the next life]?"

بھلا تم نے اس شخص کو دیکھا جس نے ہماری آیتوں سے کفر کیا اور کہنے لگا کہ (اگر میں ازسرنو زندہ ہوا بھی تو یہی) مال اور اولاد مجھے (وہاں) ملے گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary لَأُوتَيَنَّ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا ("I shall certainly be given wealth and children". - 19:77) Bukhari and Muslim relate the story of Sayyidna Khabab Ibn Al-'Aratt ؓ who had lent some money to ` As Ibn Wa’ il. When pressed to return the loan, ` As Ibn Wa’ il said that he would not make the pay...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Have you seen him who disbelieves in Our signs namely al-‘Ās b. Wā’il and says to Khabbāb b. al-Aratt — who had said to him ‘You will be resurrected after death!’ and who had requested from him repayment of money — ‘I shall assuredly be given on the supposition that there is such a thing as resurrec...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refuting the Disbelievers Who claim that They will be given Wealth and Children in the Hereafter Imam Ahmad reported from Khabbab bin Al-Aratt that he said, "I was a blacksmith and Al-" ®256؛لs bin Wa'il owed me a debt. So I went to him to collect my debt from him. He said to me, `No, by Allah, I wi...

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ

Falaa yasuddannnaka 'anhaa mal laa yu'minu bihaa wattaba'a hawaahu fatardaa

So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.

تو جو شخص اس پر ایمان نہیں رکھتا اور اپنی خواہش کے پیچھے چلتا ہے (کہیں) تم کو اس (کے یقین) سے روک نہ دے تو (اس صورت میں) تم ہلاک ہوجاؤ

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا (must not make you neglectful of it - 20:16 ) Here Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) is cautioned by Allah Ta’ ala lest he should allow himself to be led away by the infidels and become negligent about the Day of Judgment because that would be the cause of his ruination. It is c...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So do not let him bar you distract you from it that is from believing in it who believes not in it but follows his own whim in denying the truth of it lest you perish that is lest you be ruined if you are barred from remembering it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The First Revelation to Musa Allah, the Exalted, says, فَلَمَّآ أَتَاهَا (And when he came to it,) This is referring to the fire when he approached it. نُودِىَ يمُوسَى (He was called by name: "O Musa!") In another Ayah it says, نُودِىَ مِن شَاطِىءِ الْوَادِى الأَيْمَنِ فِى الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ...

أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا

Ara'aita manit takhaza ilaahahoo hawaahu afa anta takoonu 'alaihi wakeelaa

Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?

کیا تم نے اس شخص کو دیکھا جس نے خواہش نفس کو معبود بنا رکھا ہے تو کیا تم اس پر نگہبان ہوسکتے ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Following forbidden things - a type of idolatry أَرَ‌أَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ (Tell me about the one who has taken his desire as his god - 25:43). The one who practises forbidden things which are against the tenets of Islam to satisfy his personal desires is described in this verse as...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Have you seen — inform Me about — him who has taken as his god his own desire? that is as something that will be bring about his ruin the indirect object ilāhahu ‘as his god’ precedes the direct object because it is more important; the clause beginning man ittakhadha ‘him who has taken’ constitutes ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How the Disbelievers mocked the Messenger Allah tells us how the disbelievers mocked the Messenger when they saw him. This is like the Ayah, وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً (And when the disbelievers see you, they take you not except for mockery) (21:36), which me...

فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكَ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Fa il lam yastajeeboo laka fa'lam annamaa yattabi'oona ahwaaa'ahum; w aman adallu mimmanit taba'a hawaahu bighari hudam minal laah; innal laaha laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen

But if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allah? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

پھر اگر یہ تمہاری بات قبول نہ کریں تو جان لو کہ یہ صرف اپنی خواہشوں کی پیروی کرتے ہیں۔ اور اس سے زیادہ کون گمراہ ہوگا جو خدا کی ہدایت کو چھوڑ کر اپنی خواہش کے پیچھے چلے۔ بیشک خدا ظالم لوگوں کو ہدایت نہیں دیتا

Commentary

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: Then if they do not respond to you regarding your invitation to them to bring a Scripture know that they are only following their desires in persisting in their disbelief. And who is more astray than he who follows his desire without any guidance from God? in other words there is no one more astray ...
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...

فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فِى زِينَتِهِۦ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا يَٰلَيْتَ لَنَا مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ قَٰرُونُ إِنَّهُۥ لَذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ

Fakharaja 'alaa qawmihee fee zeenatih; qaalal lazeena yureedoonal hayaatad dunyaa yaalaita lanaa misla maaa ootiya Qaaroonu innahoo lazoo hazzin 'azeem

So he came out before his people in his adornment. Those who desired the worldly life said, "Oh, would that we had like what was given to Qarun. Indeed, he is one of great fortune."

تو (ایک روز) قارون (بڑی) آرائش (اور ٹھاٹھ) سے اپنی قوم کے سامنے نکلا۔ جو لوگ دنیا کی زندگی کے طالب تھے کہنے لگے کہ جیسا (مال ومتاع) قارون کو ملا ہے کاش ایسا ہی ہمیں بھی ملے۔ وہ تو بڑا ہی صاحب نصیب ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّمَا أُوتِيتُهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عِندِي (This is given to me because of knowledge (I have) with me- 28:78). Some commentators are of the view that "knowledge" in this sentence refers to the understanding of Torah. As reported in some narrations, Qarun remembered Torah by heart and was an authority ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So he Korah emerged before his people in his finery with his large retinue all of them in procession dressed in gold and silk garments and mounted on adorned horses and mules. Those who desired the life of this world said ‘O yā is for drawing attention would that we had the like of what Korah has be...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How Qarun went forth in His Finery, and His People's Comments Allah tells us how Qarun went forth one day before his people with his magnificent regalia; wearing his fine clothes, accompanied by his fine horses, his servants and retinue. When those whose desires and inclinations were for the world s...

بَلِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَمَن يَهْدِى مَنْ أَضَلَّ ٱللَّهُ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ

Balit taba'al lazeena zalamooo ahwaaa'ahum bighairi 'ilmin famai yahdee man adallal laahu wa maa lahum min naasireen

But those who wrong follow their [own] desires without knowledge. Then who can guide one whom Allah has sent astray? And for them there are no helpers.

مگر جو ظالم ہیں بےسمجھے اپنی خواہشوں کے پیچھے چلتے ہیں تو جس کو خدا گمراہ کرے اُسے کون ہدایت دے سکتا ہے؟ اور ان کا کوئی مددگار نہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَهُ الْمَثَلُ الْأَعْلَىٰ (For Him is the highest attribute - 30:27) The word مَثَل mathal is used for any such thing which has resemblance and similarity with something else, but its being exactly like that is not necessary. Therefore, the Qur'an has used the word 'mathal' for Allah Ta’ ala at sev...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Nay but those who do evil through idolatry follow their own desires without any knowledge. So who will guide he whom God has led astray? that is to say he will have none to guide him. And they have no helpers no protectors against God’s chastisement.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Parable of Tawhid This is the parable Allah makes of the idolators, those who worship others besides Him and attribute partners to Him, while at the same time admitting that these so-called partners -- idols and false gods -- are enslaved to and belong to Him. In their Talbiyah (during Hajj and `U...

يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ

Yaa Daawoodu innaa ja'alnaaka khaleefatan fil ardi fahkum bainan naasi bilhaqqi wa laa tattabi'il hawaa fayudillaka 'an sabeelil laah; innal lazeena yadilloona 'an sabeelil laah; lahum 'azaabun shadeedum bimaa nasoo Yawmal Hisaab

[We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allah." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allah will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account.

اے داؤد ہم نے تم کو زمین میں بادشاہ بنایا ہے تو لوگوں میں انصاف کے فیصلے کیا کرو اور خواہش کی پیروی نہ کرنا کہ وہ تمہیں خدا کے رستے سے بھٹکا دے گی۔ جو لوگ خدا کے رستے سے بھٹکتے ہیں ان کے لئے سخت عذاب (تیار) ہے کہ انہوں نے حساب کے دن کو بھلا دیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Not only that Allah Ta’ ala had made Sayyidna Dawud (علیہ السلام) a prophet, He had also placed a government and state at his command. Accordingly, in this verse, he has been entrusted with a basic guideline for the conduct of governance and politics. Three things have been said in this g...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ‘O David! We have indeed made you a vicegerent on the earth managing the affairs of people; so judge justly between people and do not follow desire that is the desires of the soul that it then lead you astray from the way of God that is to say from the proofs that indicate the truth of His Oneness. ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Advice to Rulers and Leaders This is advice from Allah, may He be exalted, to those who are in positions of authority. They should rule according to the truth and justice revealed from Him, they should not turn away from it and be led astray from the path of Allah. Allah has issued a stern warning o...

ذَٰلِكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَ

Zaalikum bimaa kuntum tafrahoona fil ardi bighairil haqqi wa bimaa kuntum tamrahoon

[The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.

یہ اس کا بدلہ ہے کہ تم زمین میں حق کے بغیر (یعنی اس کے خلاف) خوش ہوا کرتے تھے اور اس کی (سزا ہے) کہ اترایا کرتے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The word: تَفْرَ‌حُونَ (tafrahun) in verse 75: (This is because you used to rejoice on the earth wrongfully, and because you used to show arrogance.) has been derived from: فَرَح (farah) which means to be happy while the word: تَمْرَ‌حُونَ (tamrahun) is from: مَرَح (marah) which means to exult undul...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And it will also be said to them ‘That chastisement is because you used to exult in the earth without right by your idolatry and denial of resurrection and because you were insolent committing acts of disobedience in abundance.
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...

أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم

Afaman kaana 'alaa baiyinatim mir Rabbihee kaman zuyyina lahoo sooo'u 'amalihee wattaba'ooo ahwaaa'ahum

So is he who is on clear evidence from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work has been made attractive and they follow their [own] desires?

بھلا جو شخص اپنے پروردگار (کی مہربانی) سے کھلے رستے پر (چل رہا) ہو وہ ان کی طرح (ہوسکتا) ہے جن کے اعمال بد انہیں اچھے کرکے دکھائی جائیں اور جو اپنی خواہشوں کی پیروی کریں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Essential Characteristics of Paradise Verse sixteen mentions four kinds of favours and blessings in the next world, that is, rivers of pure water, rivers of milk of which the taste does not change, rivers of wine which gives delight and rivers of purified honey which will be given to the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Is he who follows a clear sign a definitive argument and proof from his Lord and these are the believers like those whose evil deeds have been adorned for them so that they see them as fair deeds and these are the disbelievers of Mecca and who follow their desires? by worshipping graven images. In o...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Worshipper of the Truth and the Worshipper of Lust are not Equal Allah says: أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِ (Can then he, who stands on clear evidence from his Lord...) This means a person who is upon clear vision and certainty concerning Allah's commands and His religion, because o...

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُوا۟ مِنْ عِندِكَ قَالُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ

Wa minhum mai yastami' ilaika hattaaa izaa kharajoo min 'indika qaaloo lillazeena ootul 'ilma maazaa qaala aanifaa; ulaaa'ikal lazeena taba'al laahu 'alaa quloobihim wattaba'ooo ahwaaa'ahum

And among them, [O Muhammad], are those who listen to you, until when they depart from you, they say to those who were given knowledge, "What has he said just now?" Those are the ones of whom Allah has sealed over their hearts and who have followed their [own] desires.

اور ان میں بعض ایسے بھی ہیں جو تمہاری طرف کان لگائے یہاں تک کہ (سب کچھ سنتے ہیں لیکن) جب تمہارے پاس سے نکل کر چلے جاتے ہیں تو جن لوگوں کو علم (دین) دیا گیا ہے ان سے کہتے ہیں کہ (بھلا) انہوں نے ابھی کیا کہا تھا؟ یہی لوگ ہیں جن کے دلوں پر خدا نے مہر لگا رکھی ہے اور وہ اپنی خواہشوں کے پیچھے چل رہے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The lexical item اشراط "ashrat" occurring in this passage means "signs". The portents of the last Hour starts with the very advent of Khatam-un-Nabiyyin ﷺ [ the Last of the Holy Prophets ] as the end of the Holy Prophethood is the sign of the approach of the last Hour. The miracle of the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And there are some among them namely the disbelievers who listen to you during the Friday sermon — and these are the hypocrites; until when they go forth from you they say to those who have been given knowledge that is to say to the knowledgeable ones among the Companions of the Prophet such as ‘Abd...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Description of the Situation of the Hypocrites and the Command to maintain Tawhid and seek Forgiveness Allah describes the hypocrites' stupidity and limited understanding. They used to sit before Allah's Messenger ﷺ and listen to his words without understanding anything. Then when they left from...

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

Innaahum kaanoo qabla zaalika mutrafeen

Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

یہ لوگ اس سے پہلے عیشِ نعیم میں پڑے ہوئے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْآخِرِ‌ينَ (many from the earlier generations, and many from the later ones....56:39-40) In connection with sabiqun, (the Foremost) two views of the commentators were quoted earlier as to the identity of 'the earlier' and the 'later' generations. If 'the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed before that in the world they used to live at ease enjoying life’s comforts never wearying themselves with an act of obedience
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Those on the Left and Their Recompense After Allah mentioned the condition of those on the right hand, He then mentioned the condition of those on the left hand, وَأَصْحَـبُ الشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَـبُ الشِّمَالِ (And those on the left How will be those on the left) meaning, `What is the condition of t...

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

An kaana zaa maalinw-wa baneen

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

اس سبب سے کہ مال اور بیٹے رکھتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ ﴿10﴾ هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ ﴿11﴾ مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ‌ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿12﴾ عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ﴿13﴾ (And do not obey any contemptible one who swears much, a slanderer who goes about with calumnies, one who prevents good, [ and who is ] transgres...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: only because an should be understood as li-an ‘because’ and it is semantically connected to that meaning which it is indicating he has wealth and sons.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Prohibition of giving in to the Pressure of the Disbelievers and Their Suggestions, and that They like to meet in the Middle of the Path Allah says, `just as We have favored you and given you the upright legislation and great (standard of) character,' فَلاَ تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ - وَدُّواْ لَوْ تُد...

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

W jama'a fa aw'aa

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

اور (مال) جمع کیا اور بند کر رکھا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ‌ وَتَوَلَّىٰ وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰ (It will call him who had turned his back and fled away (from the truth.) and accumulated (wealth) and hoarded (it)....70:17, 18). The phrase 'accumulated wealth' signifies 'wealth accumulated by unlawful means' and the phrase 'hoarded it' signi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and amassed wealth then hoarded keeping it in containers and refraining from paying from it what is God’s due.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Terrors of the Day of Judgement Allah says that the torment will befall the disbelievers. يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَآءُ كَالْمُهْلِ (The Day that the sky will be like the Al-Muhl.) Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ata, Sa`id bin Jubayr, `Ikrimah, As-Suddi and others have all said, "Like the residue of oil." وَتَكُ...

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

Wa laa tamnun tastaksir

And do not confer favor to acquire more

اور (اس نیت سے) احسان نہ کرو کہ اس سے زیادہ کے طالب ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Injunction [ 5] وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُ (...and do no favour [ to anyone merely ] to ask more [ in exchange ]....74:6). In other words, no gift should be given to anyone seeking to get back in return more than what was given. This indicates that it is reprehensible to give to someone a gift with...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And do not grant a favour seeking greater gain read tastakthiru as a circumstantial qualifier in other words do not give something in order to demand more in return this stipulation is specific to the Prophet s since he is enjoined to adopt the fairest traits and the noblest of manners;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The First Ayat to be revealed after `Read! It has been confirmed in the Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim on the authority of Abu Salamah that Jabir bin `Abdullah informed ...

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

Summa yat ma'u an azeed

Then he desires that I should add more.

ابھی خواہش رکھتا ہے کہ اور زیادہ دیں

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: Still he is eager that I should give him more.
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...

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa

And you love wealth with immense love.

اور مال کو بہت ہی عزیز رکھتے ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا (and love wealth, with an excessive love 89:20). The word jamm means 'excessive'. This verse refers to the fourth evil trait of the unbelievers. They have an insatiable love for wealth. The word 'excessive' indicates that love of wealth in itself, in a sober sense...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and they love wealth with abounding love that is to say greatly and so they do not expend any of it a variant reading in the case of all four verbs has the second person plural.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Wealth and Poverty are both a Test and Honor or Disgrace for the Servant Allah refutes man in his belief that if Allah gives Him abundant provisions to test him with it, it is out of His honor for him. But this is not the case, rather it is a trial and a test, as Allah says, أَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا ن...

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

Wa innahu lihubbil khairi la shadeed

And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.

وہ تو مال سے سخت محبت کرنے والا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse [ 100:8] وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ‌ لَشَدِيدٌ (and in his love for wealth, he is very intense.) Literally, the word khair means 'any good thing'. Idiomatically, the word khair, in Arabic, means 'wealth' implying that 'wealth' is an embodiment of goodness and benefit. However, some type of we...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily in the love of wealth he is avid and is therefore niggardly with it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ (In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Swearing by the Horses of War about the Ungratefulness of Man and His Zeal for Wealth Allah swears by the horses when they are made to gallop into battle in His path (i.e....

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلْهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ

Al haaku mut takathur

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

(لوگو) تم کو (مال کی) بہت سی طلب نے غافل کر دیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Special Merit of Surah At-Takathur The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is reported to have once asked the noble Companions: Is there anyone from amongst you who has the strength to recite one thousand verses a day?" The blessed Companions replied: "Who can recite a thousand verses a day?" The Holy Prophet ﷺ sa...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Rivalry in worldly things mutual vainglory about wealth children and men distracts you preoccupies you diverting you from obedience to God
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Result of Loving the World and Heedlessness of the Hereafter Allah says that all are preoccupied by love of the world, its delights and its adornments, and this distrac...

ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ

Al-lazi jama'a maalaw wa'addadah

Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.

جو مال جمع کرتا اور اس کو گن گن کر رکھتا ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The third evil quality denounced severely in this Surah is greed, that is, the selfish hoarding of wealth, against which is the stern warning of the dreadful end of those who have passion for worldly riches. This verse, however, refers to the love of, and passion for, wealth which is accumulated and...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: who amasses read jama‘a or jamma‘a wealth and counts it over keeping count of it and stores it aside as a provision against the unforeseeable calamities of time.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءِ بِنَمِيمٍ (Hammaz, going about with slander) (68:11) Ibn `Abbas said, "Humazah Lumazah means one who reviles and disgraces (others)." Mujahid said, "Al-H...

يَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ

Yahsabu anna maalahu akhladah

He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

(اور) خیال کرتا ہے کہ اس کا مال اس کی ہمیشہ کی زندگی کا موجب ہو گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The third evil quality denounced severely in this Surah is greed, that is, the selfish hoarding of wealth, against which is the stern warning of the dreadful end of those who have passion for worldly riches. This verse, however, refers to the love of, and passion for, wealth which is accumulated and...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He thinks in his ignorance that his wealth will make him immortal never to die.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءِ بِنَمِيمٍ (Hammaz, going about with slander) (68:11) Ibn `Abbas said, "Humazah Lumazah means one who reviles and disgraces (others)." Mujahid said, "Al-H...

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