يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi qad jaaa'akum Rasoolunaa yubaiyinu lakum 'alaa fatratim minal Rusuli an taqooloo maa jaaa'anaa mim basheerinw wa laa nazeerin faqad jaaa'akum basheerunw wa nazeer; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer
O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger to make clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers, lest you say, "There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner." But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And Allah is over all things competent.
اے اہلِ کتاب پیغمبروں کے آنے کا سلسلہ جو (ایک عرصے تک) منقطع رہا تو (اب) تمہارے پاس ہمارے پیغمبر آ گئے ہیں جو تم سے (ہمارے احکام) بیان کرتے ہیں تاکہ تم یہ نہ کہو کہ ہمارے پاس کوئی خوشخبری یا ڈر سنانے والا نہیں آیا سو (اب) تمہارے پاس خوشخبری اور ڈر سنانے والے آ گئے ہیں اور خدا ہر چیز پر قادر ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The word, "fatrah" in: عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍ مِّنَ الرُّسُلِ (after a gap between Messengers) literally means to slacken, to become dormant or to suspend or to terminate an activity. Leading authorities in Tafsir have given this very meaning of fatrah in this verse. It signifies the suspensio...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O People of the Scripture there has verily come to you Our Messenger Muhammad (s) making clear to you the laws of religion after an interval between the messengers for there was no messenger between him and Jesus an interval of 569 years; lest you should say if you are punished ‘There has not come t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَلَبِثُواْ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَازْدَادُواْ تِسْعًا
(And they stayed in their Cave three hundred years, adding nine.) meaning, nine more lunar years to substitute for the difference between lunar and solar years, thus agreeing with the three hundred years that the People of the Bo...
وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ فَمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
Wa maa nursilul mursaleena illaa mubashshireena wa munzireena faman aamana wa aslaha falaa khawfun 'alaihim wa laa hum yahzanoon
And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. So whoever believes and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
اور ہم جو پیغمبروں کو بھیجتے رہے ہیں تو خوشخبری سنانے اور ڈرانے کو پھر جو شخص ایمان لائے اور نیکوکار ہوجائے تو ایسے لوگوں کو نہ کچھ خوف ہوگا اور نہ وہ اندوہناک ہوں گے
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: We do not send messengers except as bearers of good tidings to those who believe good tidings of Paradise and as warners to those who disbelieve warning of the Fire. Whoever believes in them and makes amends in his deeds no fear shall befall them neither shall they grieve in the Hereafter.
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...
قُلِ ٱنظُرُوا۟ مَاذَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا تُغْنِى ٱلْـَٔايَٰتُ وَٱلنُّذُرُ عَن قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Qulin zuroo maazaa fissamaawaati wal ard; wa maa tughnil Aayaatu wannuzuru 'an qawmil laa yu'minoon
Say, "Observe what is in the heavens and earth." But of no avail will be signs or warners to a people who do not believe
(ان کفار سے) کہو دیکھو تو زمین اور آسمانوں میں کیا کچھ ہے۔ مگر جو لوگ ایمان نہیں رکھتے ان کی نشانیاں اور ڈرواے کچھ کام نہیں آتے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the seventh verse (98), the heedless deniers of truth have been admonished for their failure to make the optimum use of the time of life allowed to them. There was still time for them to leave denial and contumacy. Otherwise, an ominous time was due to come when they will make Taubah but their Ta...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say to the disbelievers of Mecca ‘Behold what is in the heavens and in the earth!’ of signs indicating God’s Oneness exalted be He. But signs and warners nudhur is the plural of nadhīr that is messengers do not avail a folk who will not believe according to God’s knowledge in other words these signs...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to reflect upon the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth
Allah, the Exalted, guides His servants to reflect upon His blessings. What Allah has created in the heavens and the earth is part of the clear signs for those who possess correct understanding. From that which is in the heavens a...
أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنَّنِى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ
Allaa ta'budooo illal laah; innanee lakum minhu nazeerunw wa basheer
[Through a messenger, saying], "Do not worship except Allah. Indeed, I am to you from Him a warner and a bringer of good tidings,"
(وہ یہ) کہ خدا کے سوا کسی کی عبادت نہ کرو اور میں اس کی طرف سے تم کو ڈر سنانے والا اور خوشخبری دینے والا ہوں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: From the second verse begins the delineation of one of the most important and foremost themes, that of Tauhid, the Oneness of Allah Ta` ala. It is said: أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا اللَّـهَ (that you worship none but Allah). It means that among things stated in these verses the most important and forem...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Saying ‘Worship none but God. Truly I am to you a warner from Him of chastisement if you disbelieve and a bearer of good tidings’ of reward if you believe.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
Surah Hud made the Prophet's Hair turn Gray
Abu `Isa At-Tirmidhi recorded from Ibn `Abbas that Abu Bakr said, "O Messenger of Allah, verily your hair has turned gray." The Prophet replied,
«شَيَّبَتْنِي هُودٌ وَالْوَاقِعَةُ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتُ وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَإِذَا...
فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌۢ بَعْضَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَضَآئِقٌۢ بِهِۦ صَدْرُكَ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُۥ مَلَكٌ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ نَذِيرٌ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ
Fala'allaka taarikum ba'da maa yoohaaa ilaika wa daaa'iqum bihee sadruka ai yaqooloo law laaa unzila 'alaihi kanzun aw jaaa'a ma'ahoo malak; innamaa anta nazeer; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai'inw wakeel
Then would you possibly leave [out] some of what is revealed to you, or is your breast constrained by it because they say, "Why has there not been sent down to him a treasure or come with him an angel?" But you are only a warner. And Allah is Disposer of all things.
شاید تم کچھ چیز وحی میں سے جو تمہارے پاس آتی ہے چھوڑ دو اور اس (خیال) سے کہ تمہارا دل تنگ ہو کہ (کافر) یہ کہنے لگیں کہ اس پر کوئی خزانہ کیوں نہ نازل ہوا یا اس کے ساتھ کوئی فرشتہ کیوں نہیں آیا۔ اے محمدﷺ! تم تو صرف نصیحت کرنے والے ہو۔ اور خدا ہر چیز کا نگہبان ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The fourth verse (12) has been revealed about a particular event. What happened was that the Mushriks of Makkah placed a host of demands before the Holy Prophet One of these was, ` our idols have been maligned in this Qur'an, therefore, we cannot believe in it. So, you should either bring some other...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Perhaps O Muhammad (s) you might think to leave out some of what is revealed to you such that you do not convey it to them for they do not take it seriously and that your breast should be straitened by it by reciting it to them because they say ‘Why has a treasure not been sent down for him or an an...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Messenger grieving by the Statements of the Polytheists, and His Gratification
This statement of Allah, the Exalted, to His Messenger comforted the worries that the polytheists were causing him due to their statements directed towards him. This is just as Allah says about them,
وَقَالُواْ مَا لِ...
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Wa laqad arsalnaa Noohan ilaa qawmihee innee lakum nazeerum mubeen
And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Indeed, I am to you a clear warner
اور ہم نے نوح کو ان کی قوم کی طرف بھیجا (تو انہوں نے ان سے کہا) کہ میں تم کو کھول کھول کر ڈر سنانے اور پیغام پہنچانے آیا ہوں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
When Sayyidna Nuh علیہ السلام invited his people to believe, they responded with some doubts and objections against the veracity of his mission as a prophet and messenger of Allah. Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) with the will and permission of Allah, answered their questions. Many primary and...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We sent Noah to his people and he said ‘I am annī a variant reading has innī in which case ‘he said’ has been omitted for you a clear warner one whose warning is plain.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Nuh and His Conversation with His People
Allah, the Exalted, informs about Prophet Nuh. He was the first Messenger whom Allah sent to the people of the earth who were polytheists involved in worshipping idols. Allah mentions that he (Nuh) said to his people,
إِنَّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِي...
وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرٌ وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ
Wa yaqoolul lazeena kafaroo law laaa unzila 'alaihi Aayatum mir Rabbih; innamaaa anta munzirunw wa likulli qawmin haad
And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" You are only a warner, and for every people is a guide.
اور کافر لوگ کہتے ہیں کہ اس (پیغمبر) پر اس کے پروردگار کی طرف سے کوئی نشانی نازل نہیں ہوئی۔ سو (اے محمدﷺ) تم تو صرف ہدایت کرنے والے ہو اور ہر ایک قوم کے لیے رہنما ہوا کرتا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: (that is, in order to raise an objection against the prophethood of Sayyidna Muhammad al-Mustafa ﷺ ، they say) 'Why has the specific miracle they demand has not been shown by him?' The answer is clear. The showing of a miracle is not within the control of a prophet or messenger. Instead, that is dir...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And those who disbelieve say ‘Why has not some sign been sent down upon him upon Muhammad (s) from his Lord!’ the like of the staff and the glowing hand or the she-camel. God exalted be He says You are only a warner one to threaten the disbelievers for it is not your duty to bring forth signs; and f...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators ask for a Miracle
Allah states that out of their disbelief and stubbornness, the idolators asked why is not a miracle sent down to the Messenger from his Lord, just like the earlier Messengers For instance, the disbelievers were being stubborn when they asked the Prophet to turn As-Saf...
وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
Wa qul inneee anan nazeerul mubeen
And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner" -
اور کہہ دو کہ میں تو علانیہ ڈر سنانے والا ہوں
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: And say ‘Indeed I am the warner of God’s chastisement lest it be sent down on you the clear warner clear in his warning.
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...
وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا
Wa bilhaqqi anzalnaahu wa bilhaqqi nazal; wa maaa arsalnaaka illaa mubash shiranw wa nazeeraa
And with the truth We have sent the Qur'an down, and with the truth it has descended. And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.
اور ہم نے اس قرآن کو سچائی کے ساتھ نازل کیا ہے اور وہ سچائی کے ساتھ نازل ہوا اور (اے محمدﷺ) ہم نے تم کو صرف خوشخبری دینے والا اور ڈر سنانے والا بنا کر بھیجا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The first verse (101): وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ آيَاتٍ mentions the bestowal of nine clear signs on Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) . The word: آیَہ ('ayah) carries the meaning of miracle or sign as well as that of the آیَت : ayat or verses of the Qur'an, that is, the divine injunctio...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: With the truth have We revealed it that is the Qur’ān and with the truth it comprises has it been revealed in the way it has unaffected by any alterations; and We have not sent you O Muhammad (s) except as a bearer of good tidings of Paradise for those who believe and as a warner of the Fire for tho...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Revelation of the Qur'an in Stages
Allah tells us that His Book, the Glorious Qur'an, has been sent with truth, i.e., it contains the truth, as Allah says:
لَّـكِنِ اللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكَ أَنزَلَهُ بِعِلْمِهِ وَالْمَلَـئِكَةُ يَشْهَدُونَ
(But Allah bears witness to that which He...
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوْمًا لُّدًّا
Fa innamaa yassarnaahu bilisaanika litubashshira bihil muttaqeena wa tunzira bihee qawmal luddaa
So, [O Muhammad], We have only made Qur'an easy in the Arabic language that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.
(اے پیغمبر) ہم نے یہ (قرآن) تمہاری زبان میں آسان (نازل) کیا ہے تاکہ تم اس سے پرہیزگاروں کو خوشخبری پہنچا دو اور جھگڑالوؤں کو ڈر سنا دو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ وُدًّا
"For them the Rahman (All-Merciful) will create love." - 19:96.
It means that for those who are steadfast in their faith in Him, Allah creates an environment of friendship and love for each other, which consequently promotes mutual amity and goodwill among the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed We have made it easy namely the Qur’ān in your tongue only that you may bear good tidings therewith to the God-fearing those who will be prosperous because of their faith and warn threaten therewith a folk who are contumacious luddan the accusative plural of aladd in other words extremely dis...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah places Love of the Righteous People in the Hearts
Allah, the Exalted, informs about His believing servants, who work righteous deeds -- deeds that He is pleased with because they are in accordance with the legislation of Muhammad -- that He plants love for them in the hearts of His righteous s...
قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Qul yaaa ayyuhan naasu innamaaa ana lakum nazeerum mubeen
Say, "O people, I am only to you a clear warner."
(اے پیغمبر) کہہ دو کہ لوگو! میں تم کو کھلم کھلا نصیحت کرنے والا ہوں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: How the Day of Resurrection will be equal to one thousand years by our reckoning
In this verseإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ (22:47) means that one day with your Lord is like one thousand years of what you count. This verse can be interpreted in two ways. The first meaning is that the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘O mankind that is O people of Mecca I am only a manifest warner to you’ one whose warning is plain; but also I am a giver of good tidings to the believers.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Recompense of the Righteous and the Unrighteous
Allah said to His Prophet , when the disbelievers asked him to hasten on the punishment for them:
قُلْ يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَآ أَنَاْ لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
(Say: "O mankind! I am (sent) to you only as a plain warner.") meaning, `Allah has sen...
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
Tabaarakal lazee nazzalal Furqaana 'alaa 'abdihee li yakoona lil'aalameena nazeera
Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -
وہ (خدائے غزوجل) بہت ہی بابرکت ہے جس نے اپنے بندے پر قرآن نازل فرمایا تاکہ اہل حال کو ہدایت کرے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Special features of the Surah
There is consensus among the commentators that this Surah was revealed in Makkah. However, Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ and Qatadah ؓ contend that three of its verses are Madani and rest of the Surah is Makkan. Yet Qurtubi and a few others maintain that the Surah itself is Ma...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Blessed exalted is He Who revealed the Criterion al-furqān the Qur’ān — called thus al-furqān because it has discriminated faraqa between truth and falsehood — to His servant Muhammad (s) that he may be to all the worlds to mankind and the jinn but not the angels a warner a threatening of God’s chas...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Blessed be Allah
Here Allah praises Himself for the Noble Qur'an He has revealed to His noble Messenger . This is like the Ayat:
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِى أَنْزَلَ عَلَى عَ...
وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيرًا
Wa law shi'naa laba'asnaa fee kulli qar yatin nazeeraa
And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.
اور اگر ہم چاہتے تو ہر بستی میں ڈرانے والا بھیج دیتے
Commentary
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 had We willed We could have sent forth in every town a warner to threaten its inhabitants with God’s chastisement; instead We have sent you to the inhabitants of all towns as a warner for your reward to be a great one.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The universality of the Prophet's Message, how He was supported in His Mission and Allah's Blessings to Mankind
Allah says:
وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيراً
(And had We willed, We would have raised a warner in every town.) `Calling them to Allah, but We have singled you out, O...
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا
Wa maa arsalnaaka illaa mubashshiranw wa nazeeraa
And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.
اور ہم نے (اے محمدﷺ) تم کو صرف خوشی اور عذاب کی خبر سنانے کو بھیجا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا (And He is the One who created man from water then made of him kinship of blood and kinship of in-laws. 25:54) نَسَب (nasab, translated above as 'kinship of blood' ) is that relationship which emanates from either parent, and...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We have not sent you except as a bearer of good tidings of Paradise and as a warner a threatener of people with the chastisement of the Fire.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Ignorance of the Idolators
Allah tells us how ignorant the idolators are; instead of worshipping Allah, they worship idols which do not possess the power either to harm or benefit. They do this with no evidence or proof; the only thing that led them to do this was their own whims and desires. So...
إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
In ana illaa nazeerum mubeen
I am only a clear warner."
میں تو صرف کھول کھول کر نصیحت کرنے والا ہوں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Nobility of a person depends on deeds and moral qualities and not on family or status
قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ ﴿111﴾ قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿112﴾
They said, "Shall we believe in you while you are followed by the lowest people?" [ 111] He said, "I do...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: I am just a plain warner’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Demand of the People of Nuh and His Response
They said: "We do not believe in you, and we will not follow you and become equal to the meanest of the people, who follow you and believe in you, and they are the lowest among us."
قَالُواْ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الاٌّرْذَلُونَ - قَالَ وَمَا عِ...
عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ
'Alaa qalbika litakoona minal munzireen
Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners -
(یعنی اس نے) تمہارے دل پر (القا) کیا ہے تاکہ (لوگوں کو) نصیحت کرتے رہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Qur’ an is the name of the collection of its words and meanings
نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ ﴿193﴾ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ ﴿194﴾ بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ ﴿195﴾ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿196﴾
It is brought by the Trusted Spirit down [ 193] to you...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: upon your heart that you may be one of the warners
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Qur'an was revealed by Allah
Here Allah tells us about the Book which He revealed to His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ.
وَأَنَّهُ
(And truly, this) refers to the Qur'an, which at the beginning of the Surah was described as
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَـنِ مُحْدَثٍ
(and never co...
وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
Wa maaa ahlaknaa min qaryatin illaa lahaa munziroon
And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners
اور ہم نے کوئی بستی ہلاک نہیں کی مگر اس کے لئے نصیحت کرنے والے (پہلے بھیج دیتے) تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ ﴿205﴾
So tell me, If We give them enjoyment for years, - 26:205.
There is a hint in this verse that those who are bestowed with long life in this world by Allah Ta’ ala, it is His grace on them. But those who show ingratitude for this grace and do not submit...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We have not destroyed any town but it had warners messengers to warn its inhabitants;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Deniers will never believe until They see the Torment
Allah says: `thus We caused denial, disbelief, rejection and stubbornness to enter the hearts of the sinners.'
لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ
(They will not believe in it), i.e., the truth,
حَتَّى يَرَوُاْ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ
(until they see the pain...
وَأَنْ أَتْلُوَا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ
Wa an atluwal Qur-aana famanih tadaa fa innnamaa yahtadee linafsihee wa man dalla faqul innamaaa ana minal munzireen
And to recite the Qur'an." And whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] himself; and whoever strays - say, "I am only [one] of the warners."
اور یہ بھی کہ قرآن پڑھا کروں۔ تو جو شخص راہ راست اختیار کرتا ہے تو اپنے ہی فائدے کے لئے اختیار کرتا ہے۔ اور جو گمراہ رہتا ہے تو کہہ دو کہ میں تو صرف نصیحت کرنے والا ہوں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
رَبَّ هَـٰذِهِ الْبَلْدَةِ (the Lord of this city - 27:91). Majority of the commentators have taken the word o=ff "Baldah" (the city) for Makkah. Allah Ta’ ala is the Lord of all the worlds and the Lord of heavens and earth. Therefore, the particular mention of Makkah here is to show its...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and to recite the Qur’ān to you as a call to faith. So whoever is guided to it is guided only for his own sake since the reward for his being guided will be his; and whoever goes astray from faith and errs from the path of guidance say to him ‘I am just one of the warners’ the threateners and theref...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to worship Allah and to call People with the Qur'an
Allah commands His Messenger to say:
إِنَّمَآ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ رَبِّ هَذِهِ الْبَلْدَةِ الَّذِى حَرَّمَهَا وَلَهُ كُلُّ شَىءٍ
(I have been commanded only to worship the Lord of this city, Who has sanctified it and to Whom belongs ...
وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلَٰكِن رَّحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
Wa maa kunta bijaanibit Toori iz naadainaa wa laakir rahmatam mir Rabbika litunzira qawmam maaa ataahum min nazeerim min qablika la'allahum yatazakkaroon
And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.
اور نہ تم اس وقت جب کہ ہم نے (موسٰی کو) آواز دی طور کے کنارے تھے بلکہ (تمہارا بھیجا جانا) تمہارے پروردگار کی رحمت ہے تاکہ تم اُن لوگوں کو جن کے پاس تم سے پہلے کوئی ہدایت کرنے والا نہیں آیا ہدایت کرو تاکہ وہ نصیحت پکڑیں
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: And you were not on the side of the Mount when We called out to Moses to take the Scripture earnestly; but We have sent you as a mercy from your Lord that you may warn a people to whom no warner came before you — these are the people of Mecca — and that perhaps they may remember they may be admonish...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Proof of the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ
Allah points out the proof of the prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ, whereby he told others about matters of the past, and spoke about them as if he were hearing and seeing them for himself. But he was an illiterate man who could not read books, and he grew up among a ...
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Wa maaa arsalnaaka illaa kaaffatal linnaasi basheeranw wa nazeeranw wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa ya'lamoon
And We have not sent you except comprehensively to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. But most of the people do not know.
اور (اے محمدﷺ) ہم نے تم کو تمام لوگوں کے لئے خوشخبری سنانے والا اور ڈرانے والا بنا کر بھیجا ہے لیکن اکثر لوگ نہیں جانتے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
That Allah is One and that His power is absolute was the subject in previous verses. In the present verse, it is being said that the Holy Prophet ﷺ “ was sent as the Messenger of Allah to all peoples of the world who are there now or will come in the future.
The word: كَافَّةً (Kaaffah) i...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We did not send you except to all kāffatan is a circumstantial qualifier referring to al-nās ‘mankind’ and is made to precede li’l-nās because of the importance attached to it of mankind both as a bearer of good tidings to believers of Paradise and a warner to the disbelievers of chastisement bu...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Prophet was sent to all of Mankind Allah says to His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ:
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ إِلاَّ كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيراً وَنَذِيراً
(And We have not sent you except as a giver of glad tidings and a warner to all mankind,) i.e., to all of creation among those who are account...
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ
Wa maaa arsalnaa' fee qaryatim min nazeerin illaa qaala mutrafooaa innaa bimaaa ursiltum bihee kaafiroon
And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."
اور ہم نے کسی بستی میں کوئی ڈرانے والا نہیں بھیجا مگر وہاں کے خوش حال لوگوں نے کہا کہ جو چیز تم دے کر بھیجے گئے ہو ہم اس کے قائل نہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The age-old shaitanic illusion of taking worldly riches and honours as a proof of being loved by Allah
All along the lanes of time since the very beginning, people intoxicated with material wealth and luxury have always opposed the voice of truth and taken a stance of hostility against th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We did not send a warner to any town without its affluent ones its leaders those enjoying life’s comforts saying ‘Indeed we disbelieve in that Message with which you have been sent’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How Those Who lived a Life of Luxury disbelieved in the Messengers and were misled by Their pursuit of Wealth and Children
Allah is consoling His Prophet and commanding him to follow the example of the Messengers that came before him. He tells him that no Prophet was ever sent to a township but thos...
وَمَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّن كُتُبٍ يَدْرُسُونَهَا وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِن نَّذِيرٍ
Wa maaa aatainaahum min Kutubiny yadrusoonahaa wa maaa arsalnaaa ilaihim qablaka min nazeer
And We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, [O Muhammad], any warner.
اور ہم نے نہ تو ان (مشرکوں) کو کتابیں دیں جن کو یہ پڑھتے ہیں اور نہ تم سے پہلے ان کی طرف کوئی ڈرانے والا بھیجا مگر انہوں نے تکذیب کی
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 We did not give them any scriptures for them to study nor did We send them any warner before you so on what grounds do they deny you?
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...
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَعِظُكُم بِوَٰحِدَةٍ أَن تَقُومُوا۟ لِلَّهِ مَثْنَىٰ وَفُرَٰدَىٰ ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ مَا بِصَاحِبِكُم مِّن جِنَّةٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ لَّكُم بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ
Qul innamaaa a'izukum biwaahidatin an taqoomoo lillaahi masnaa wa furaadaa summa tatafakkaroo; maa bisaahibikum min jinnah; in huwa illaa nazeerul lakum baina yadai 'azaabin shadeed
Say, "I only advise you of one [thing] - that you stand for Allah, [seeking truth] in pairs and individually, and then give thought." There is not in your companion any madness. He is only a warner to you before a severe punishment.
کہہ دو کہ میں تمہیں صرف ایک بات کی نصیحت کرتا ہوں کہ تم خدا کے لئے دو دو اور اکیلے اکیلے کھڑے ہوجاؤ پھر غور کرو۔ تمہارے رفیق کو سودا نہیں وہ تم کو عذاب سخت (کے آنے) سے پہلے صرف ڈرانے والے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Call to the disbelievers of Makkah
In verse 46: إِنَّمَا أَعِظُكُم بِوَاحِدَةٍ (I advise you for one thing only), in order to negate any excuse for the people of Makkah, they have been shown a shortcut to ascertain truth. For this, they had to do just one thing: Stand for Allah, in pairs and singles...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘I will give you just one piece of admonition namely that you rise up for God in other words for His sake in twos and individually and then reflect and realise that there is no madness in your companion Muhammad (s). He is just a warner to you before the befalling of a severe chastisement’ in th...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation of Their Accusation that the Prophet was Insane
Allah says: `Say, O Muhammad, to these disbelievers who claim that you are crazy,'
إِنَّمَآ أَعِظُكُمْ بِوَحِدَةٍ
I exhort you to one (thing) only, meaning, I am only telling you to one thing, and that is:
أَن تَقُومُواْ لِلَّهِ مَثْنَى وَفُ...
وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰٓ إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمَن تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفْسِهِۦ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ
Wa laa taziru waaziratun wizra ukhraa; wa in tad'u musqalatun ilaa himlihaa laa yuhmal minhu shai'unw wa law kaana zaa qurbaa; innamaa tunzirul lazeena yakhshawna Rabbahum bilghaibi wa aqaamus Sallah; wa man tazakkaa fa innamaa yatazakkaa linafsih; wa ilal laahil maseer
And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And if a heavily laden soul calls [another] to [carry some of] its load, nothing of it will be carried, even if he should be a close relative. You can only warn those who fear their Lord unseen and have established prayer. And whoever purifies himself only purifies himself for [the benefit of] his soul. And to Allah is the [final] destination.
اور کوئی اٹھانے والا دوسرے کا بوجھ نہ اٹھائے گا۔ اور کوئی بوجھ میں دبا ہوا اپنا بوجھ بٹانے کو کسی کو بلائے تو کوئی اس میں سے کچھ نہ اٹھائے گا اگرچہ قرابت دار ہی ہو۔ (اے پیغمبر) تم انہی لوگوں کو نصیحت کرسکتے ہو جو بن دیکھے اپنے پروردگار سے ڈرتے اور نماز بالالتزام پڑھتے ہیں۔ اور جو شخص پاک ہوتا ہے اپنے ہی لئے پاک ہوتا ہے۔ اور (سب کو) خدا ہی کی طرف لوٹ کر جانا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Verse 18: وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ (And no bearer will bear the burden of any other person) means that, on the Day of Judgment, no one will be able to bear the burden of another person's sins. Everyone will have to bear his or her burden. As for what appears in Surah Al-...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And no burdened soul shall bear the burden of another sinful soul. And should one soul burdened heavily with sin call for some of its burden to be borne by another nothing of it will be borne even if the one called be a relative kin such as a father or a son — the impossibility of ‘having something ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Mankind is in need of Allah, and each Person will carry His own Burdens on the Day of Resurrection
Allah tells us that He has no need of anyone or anything else, but all of creation is in need of Him and is in a position of humility before Him. He says:
يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ...
إِنْ أَنتَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ
In anta illaa nazeer
You, [O Muhammad], are not but a warner.
تم تو صرف ڈرانے والے ہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: At the beginning of the verse: وَمَا أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِي الْقُبُورِ (And you cannot make hear those who are in the graves - 22.), disbelievers have been likened to the dead and believers, to the living. In congruence to this, the expression: (those in the graves) here means the disbelievers. ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: You are but a warner to them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Believer and the Disbeliever are not equal
Allah says that these antonyms are clearly not equal, the blind and the seeing are not equal, there is a difference and a huge gap between them. Darkness and light are not equal, neither are shade and the sun's heat. By the same token, the living and th...
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَإِن مِّنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ
Innaa arsalnaak bil haqqi basheeranw wa nazeeraa; wa im min ummatin illaa khalaa feehaa nazeer
Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a warner.
ہم نے تم کو حق کے ساتھ خوشخبری سنانے والا اور ڈرانے والا بھیجا ہے۔ اور کوئی اُمت نہیں مگر اس میں ہدایت کرنے والا گزر چکا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: At the beginning of the verse: وَمَا أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِي الْقُبُورِ (And you cannot make hear those who are in the graves - 22.), disbelievers have been likened to the dead and believers, to the living. In congruence to this, the expression: (those in the graves) here means the disbelievers. ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Truly We have sent you with the truth with right guidance as a bearer of good tidings to him who responds to it and a warner to him who does not respond to it. And there is not a community but there has passed there has been in it a warner a prophet to warn it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Believer and the Disbeliever are not equal
Allah says that these antonyms are clearly not equal, the blind and the seeing are not equal, there is a difference and a huge gap between them. Darkness and light are not equal, neither are shade and the sun's heat. By the same token, the living and th...
وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ
Wa hum yastarikhoona feehaa Rabbanaa akhrijnaa na'mal saalihan ghairal lazee kunnaa na'mal; awa lamnu 'ammirkum maa yatazak karu feehi man tazakkara wa jaaa'akumun nazeeru fazooqoo famaa lizzaalimeena min naseer
And they will cry out therein, "Our Lord, remove us; we will do righteousness - other than what we were doing!" But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember therein to remember, and the warner had come to you? So taste [the punishment], for there is not for the wrongdoers any helper.
وہ اس میں چلائیں گے کہ اے پروردگار ہم کو نکال لے (اب) ہم نیک عمل کیا کریں گے۔ نہ وہ جو (پہلے) کرتے تھے۔ کیا ہم نے تم کو اتنی عمر نہیں دی تھی کہ اس میں جو سوچنا چاہتا سوچ لیتا اور تمہارے پاس ڈرانے والا بھی آیا۔ تو اب مزے چکھو۔ ظالموں کا کوئی مددگار نہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: When the people in Jahannam will plead with their Lord that they be delivered from its punishment, so that they could do good deeds then, and not do the bad ones they did earlier, at that time they will be told: أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَاءَكُمُ النَّذِيرُ "D...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: While therein they will be crying out calling for help in distress howling and saying ‘Our Lord! Bring us forth from it and we will act righteously other than how we used to act’. But it will be said to them ‘Did We not give you long life enough time in which to take heed for him who would take heed...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Disbeliever and what Their State will be in Hell
Having told us how the blessed will be (in Paradise), Allah now starts to tell us what the state of doomed will be. He says:
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لاَ يُقْضَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُواْ
(But those who disbelie...
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْ إِحْدَى ٱلْأُمَمِ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ مَّا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا
Wa aqsamoo billaahi jahda aymaanihim la'in jaaa'ahum nazeerul layakoonunna ahdaa min ihdal umami falam maa jaaa'ahum nazeerum maa zaadahum illaa nufooraa
And they swore by Allah their strongest oaths that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than [any] one of the [previous] nations. But when a warner came to them, it did not increase them except in aversion.
اور یہ خدا کی سخت سخت قسمیں کھاتے ہیں کہ اگر ان کے پاس کوئی ہدایت کرنے والا آئے تو ہر ایک اُمت سے بڑھ کر ہدایت پر ہوں۔ مگر جب ان کے پاس ہدایت کرنے والا آیا تو اس سے ان کو نفرت ہی بڑھی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the expression: إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ (Undoubtedly, Allah holds back the heavens and the earth - 35:41), the 'holding' of the heavens or the skies does not mean that their movement was stopped. Instead, it means holding them from moving askance - as the word: أَن تَزُولَا (an tazu...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they that is the disbelievers of Mecca swore by God their most solemn oaths they swore with utmost effort to be sincere in them that if a warner a messenger were to come to them they would be more readily guided than any one of the communities than the Jews the Christians or others in other word...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): They longed for a Warner to come, but when He came, They disbelieved in Him
Allah tells us how Quraysh and the Arabs swore by Allah their most binding oath before the Messenger came to them,
لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَى مِنْ إِحْدَى الاٍّمَمِ
(that if a warner came to them, they wou...
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...
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ
Qul innamaaa ana munzirunw wa maa min ilaahim illal laahul Waahidul Qahhaar
Say, [O Muhammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allah, the One, the Prevailing.
کہہ دو کہ میں تو صرف ہدایت کرنے والا ہوں۔ اور خدائے یکتا اور غالب کے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں
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: Say O Muhammad (s) to the disbelievers of Mecca ‘I am only a warner to threaten disbelievers with punishment in the Fire. And there is no god except God the One the All-Compelling of all His creatures;
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...
إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Iny-yoohaaa ilaiya illaaa annnamaaa ana nazeerum mubeen
It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."
میری طرف تو یہی وحی کی جاتی ہے کہ میں کھلم کھلا ہدایت کرنے والا ہوں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 69, it was said: مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ (I had no knowledge of the Heavenly Beings when they were debating (about the creation of 'Adam). Means: 'It is a clear proof of my prophethood that I am telling you these things from such a high assembly...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: All that is revealed to me is that I am just a plain warner’ one whose warning is clear.
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...
بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ
Basheeranw wa nazeeran fa-a'rada aksaruhum fahum laa yasma'oon
As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.
جو بشارت بھی سناتا ہے اور خوف بھی دلاتا ہے لیکن ان میں سے اکثروں نے منہ پھیر لیا اور وہ سنتے ہی نہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: An offer by the infidel's of Makkah to the Holy Prophet ﷺ
The infidels of Quraysh, who are the direct addressees of this Surah, tried very hard to suppress the propagation of Islam in early days after the revelation of the Qur'an, through the use of physical force, and tried equally hard to intimida...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: containing good tidings bashīran is an adjective describing qur’ānan ‘a Qur’ān’ and a warning. But most of them turn away so that they do not hear in a way so as to accept its message.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Description of the Qur'an, and what Those Who turn away from it say.
حـم - تَنزِيلٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(Ha Mim. A revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merc...
بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
Bal 'ajibooo an jaa'ahum munzirum minhum faqaalal kaafiroona haazaa shai'un 'ajeeb
But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.
لیکن ان لوگوں نے تعجب کیا کہ انہی میں سے ایک ہدایت کرنے والا ان کے پاس آیا تو کافر کہنے لگے کہ یہ بات تو (بڑی) عجیب ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Linkage with the preceding Surah
This Surah mostly contains subjects relating to the Day of Judgment, Resurrection, the Reckoning, Paradise, the Fire, Allah's reward and punishment etc. Thus this Surah is linked with Surah Al-Hujurat because the concluding part of the latter Surah dealt with these s...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Nay but they consider it odd that there should have come to them a warner from among themselves a messenger who is one of them to threaten them with the punishment of the Fire after resurrection. So the disbelievers say ‘This warning is an odd thing!
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 `...
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Wa laa taj'aloo ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara innee lakum minhu nazeerum mubeen
And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.
اور خدا کے ساتھ کسی اَور کو معبود نہ بناؤ۔ میں اس کی طرف سے تم کو صریح رستہ بتانے والا ہوں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّـهِ (So flee to Allah....51:50). Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ said: "It means: Flee from your sins and take shelter in Allah for repentance." Abu Bakr Warraq and Junaid Baghdadi رحمۃ اللہ علیہما said that the base self of man and the devil invite him to commit sins, and they deceive ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And do not set up another god alongside God. Truly I am a clear warner to you from Him before fa-firrū ‘so flee’ one may read an implicit preceding qul lahum ‘Say to them’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Proofs of Allah's Oneness abound in the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth
Allah reminds us of the creating of the higher and lower worlds,
وَالسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَـهَا
(We constructed the heaven.) meaning, `We made it as a high roof, protected from falling,'
بِأَيْدٍ
(with Hands), meaning, with str...
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Haazaa nazeerum minan nuzuril oolaa
This [Prophet] is a warner like the former warners.
یہ (محمدﷺ) بھی اگلے ڈر سنانے والوں میں سے ایک ڈر سنانے والے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولَىٰ (This [ Holy Prophet ] is a warner from the (genus of the) previous warners...53:56). Hadha is a demonstrative pronoun and points either to the Holy Prophet ﷺ or to the Qur'an. With reference to the Holy Prophet ﷺ ، it means that in the past, many Prophet...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: This Muhammad (s) is a warner in the tradition of the warners of old of their kind that is to say he is a messenger like messengers before him sent to you just as they were sent to their peoples.
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...
تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ كُلَّمَآ أُلْقِىَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ
Takaadu tamayyazu minal ghaizi kullamaaa uliqya feehaa fawjun sa alahum khazanatuhaaa alam yaatikum nazeer
It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?"
گویا مارے جوش کے پھٹ پڑے گی۔ جب اس میں ان کی کوئی جماعت ڈالی جائے گی تو دوزخ کے داروغہ ان سے پوچھیں گے کہ تمہارے پاس کوئی ہدایت کرنے والا نہیں آیا تھا؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ (And We have decorated the nearest sky with lamps, and have made them devices to stone the devils, and We have prepared for them the punishment of Hell....67:5). The word 'masabih' (translated above as 'la...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: almost exploding tamayyazu a variant reading has the original form tatamayyazu ripped apart with rage in wrath against the disbelievers. Whenever a host a group of them is flung into it its keepers ask them an interrogation of rebuke ‘Did there not come to you a warner?’ a messenger to warn you of G...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Description of Hell and Those Who will enter into it
Allah the Exalted says,
وَ
(and) meaning, `and We have prepared,'
لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْبِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ
(for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the torment of Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.) This...
قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ كَبِيرٍ
Qaaloo balaa qad jaaa'anaa nazeerun fakazzabnaa wa qulnaa maa nazzalal laahu min shai in in antum illaa fee dalaalin kabeer
They will say," Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, 'Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.'"
وہ کہیں گے کیوں نہیں ضرور ہدایت کرنے والا آیا تھا لیکن ہم نے اس کو جھٹلا دیا اور کہا کہ خدا نے تو کوئی چیز نازل ہی نہیں کی۔ تم تو بڑی غلطی میں (پڑے ہوئے) ہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ (And We have decorated the nearest sky with lamps, and have made them devices to stone the devils, and We have prepared for them the punishment of Hell....67:5). The word 'masabih' (translated above as 'la...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They will say ‘Yes a warner did indeed come to us but we denied and said “God has not revealed anything; you are assuredly in great error”’ this last words may be the words of the angels spoken to the disbelievers when they are told of the denial or they may belong to the words of the disbelievers s...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Description of Hell and Those Who will enter into it
Allah the Exalted says,
وَ
(and) meaning, `and We have prepared,'
لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْبِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ
(for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the torment of Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.) This...
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Qaala yaa qawmi innee lakum nazeerum mubeen
He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,
انہوں نے کہا کہ اے قوم! میں تم کو کھلے طور پر نصیحت کرتا ہوں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ (...and those who are upright in their testimonies, [ 70:33] '. The word shahadat is the plural of shahadah. The use of plural number in this verse too indicates that there are many types and categories of 'testimony', and it is necessary to stand firm by ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He said ‘O my people I am indeed a plain warner to you one whose warning is plain
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
(In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Nuh's Invitation to His People
Allah says concerning Nuh that He sent him to his people commanding him to warn them of the punishment of Allah before it befell them. He wa...
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰهَا
Innamaaa anta munziru maiy yakshaahaa
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
جو شخص اس سے ڈر رکھتا ہے تم تو اسی کو ڈر سنانے والے ہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Thereafter, the special marks of the inmates of Paradise are described. They too have two characteristics:
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ (whereas for the one who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained his self from the [ evil ] desire, 79:40). In othe...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: You are only a warner for your warning will only benefit the one who fears it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Day of Judgement, its Pleasures and Hell, and that its Time is not known
Allah says,
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ الطَّآمَّةُ الْكُبْرَى
(But when there comes the Great Catastrophe) This refers to the Day of Judgement. This has been said by Ibn `Abbas. It has been called this because it will overcome every m...
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Fazakkir innama anta Muzakkir
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
تو تم نصیحت کرتے رہو کہ تم نصیحت کرنے والے ہی ہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ (So, do they not look at the camels how they are created...88:17) The Qur'an first described the conditions of the Hereafter; and it then went on to depict the reward of the believers and the retribution of the unbelievers. Now it turns attention to...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So remind them of God’s graces and the proofs affirming His Oneness. For you are only an admonisher;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Exhortation to look at the Creation of the Camel, the Heaven, the Mountains and the Earth
Allah commands His servants to look at His creations that prove His power and greatness. He says,
أَفَلاَ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
(Do they not look at the camels, how they are created) Ind...