بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَآءً وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا
Yaaa aiyuhan naasut taqoo Rabbakumul lazee khalaqakum min nafsinw waahidatinw wa khalaqa minhaa zawjahaa wa bas sa minhumaa rijaalan kaseeranw wa nisaaa'aa; wattaqul laahallazee tasaaa 'aloona bihee wal arhaam; innal laaha kaana 'alaikum Raqeeba
O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
لوگو اپنے پروردگار سے ڈرو جس نے تم کو ایک شخص سے پیدا کیا (یعنی اول) اس سے اس کا جوڑا بنایا۔ پھر ان دونوں سے کثرت سے مرد وعورت (پیدا کرکے روئے زمین پر) پھیلا دیئے۔ اور خدا سے جس کے نام کو تم اپنی حاجت بر آری کا ذریعہ بناتے ہو ڈرو اور (قطع مودت) ارحام سے (بچو) کچھ شک نہیں کہ خدا تمہیں دیکھ رہا ہے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sequence _ _
The last verse of Surah 'Al-` Imran was concluded with an exhortation to Taqwa, the fear of Allah. The present Surah begins with Taqwa in the mode of command. The previous Surah mentioned some battles, described the manner of treating antagonists, condemned misappropriation in battle sp...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O people of Mecca fear your Lord that is His punishment by being obedient to Him Who created you of a single soul Adam and from it created its mate Eve Hawwā’ from one of his left ribs and from the pair of them Adam and Eve scattered separated and spread many men and many women; and fear God by whom...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Al-Madina
Virtues of Surat An-Nisa, A Madinan Surah
Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said that Surat An-Nisa' was revealed in Al-Madinah. Ibn Marduwyah recorded similar statements from `Abdullah bin Az-Zubayr and Zayd bin Thabit. In his Mustadrak, Al-Hakim recorded that `Abdul...
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
Wa laqad khalaqnal insaana min salsaalim min hama im masnoon
And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
اور ہم نے انسان کو کھنکھناتے سڑے ہوئے گارے سے پیدا کیا ہے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Going Ahead and Remaining Behind in Righteous Deeds: The Difference in Degrees
Some exegetic interpretations of the words: (al-mustaqdimin) : 'those who go ahead' and: (al-musta'khirin) : 'those who remain behind' appearing in verse 24: الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ ~.A11 have been variously reported from Tafs...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We created man Adam out of a dry clinking clay that gives off a clinking sound when it is tapped of malleable mud black mud.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Substances from which Mankind and Jinns were created
Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah said that Salsal means dry mud. The apparent meaning is similar to the Ayah:
خَلَقَ الإِنسَـنَ مِن صَلْصَـلٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ - وَخَلَقَ الْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
(He created man (Adam) from sounding clay ...
مَّآ أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ ٱلْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدًا
Maaa ash hattuhum khalqas samaawaati wal ardi wa laa khalqa anfusihim wa maa kuntu muttakizal mudilleena 'adudaa
I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants.
میں نے ان کو نہ تو آسمانوں اور زمین کے پیدا کرنے کے وقت بلایا تھا اور نہ خود ان کے پیدا کرنے کے وقت۔ اور میں ایسا نہ تھا کہ گمراہ کرنے والوں کو مددگار بناتا
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The progeny of Iblis, and his descendants and followers
The word: ذُرِّيَّتَهُ (dhurriyyatah) in verse 50 indicates that Iblis (Shaitan) has offspring, and a host of descendants and followers. Some commentators have said that 'progeny' at this place means 'accomplices.' That the Shaitan ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: I did not make them a witness that is Iblīs and his offspring to the creation of the heavens and the earth nor to their own creation that is to say I did not make any of them present at the moment of the creation of the other. Nor do I take misleaders devils as My support as assistants in the proces...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The gods of the Idolators did not witness the Creation of anything, not even Themselves
Allah says: `These whom you take as helpers instead of Me are creatures just like you. They do not possess anything and did not witness the creation of heaven and earth, because they did not exist at that time.' ...
أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا
awalaa yazkurul insaanu annaa khalaqnaahu min qablu wa lam yaku shai'aa
Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?
کیا (ایسا) انسان یاد نہیں کرتا کہ ہم نے اس کو پہلے بھی پیدا کیا تھا اور وہ کچھ بھی چیز نہ تھا
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
وَاصْطَبِرْ لِعِبَادَتِهِ ("and-persevere in His worship." - 19:65) The word اِصطِبَار ' means perseverance in the face of acute distress and hardship. The point here is that anyone who wishes to be constant and steadfast in. his prayers must be prepared to undergo pain and suffering.
هَ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Does not man then remember yadhdhakaru is actually yatadhakkaru but the tā’ has been changed to a dhāl and assimilated with the other dhāl; a variant reading leaves it as yadhkuru that We created him before when he was nothing? and thus infer from the first act of creation the possibility of resurre...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Man's Amazement about Life after Death and the Refutation against this Amazement
Allah, the Exalted, informs that mankind is amazed that he could be returned to life after death and he thinks that this is something farfetched. As Allah says,
وَإِن تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌ قَوْلُهُمْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَابًا...
مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ
Minhaa khalaqnaakum wa feehaa nu'eedukum wa minhaa nukhrijukum taaratan ukhraa
From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.
اسی (زمین) سے ہم تم کو پیدا کیا اور اسی میں تمہیں لوٹائیں گے اور اسی سے دوسری دفعہ نکالیں گے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The composition of every human being contains, together with the seed, the earth of the place when he will be buried
The words مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ (From this We created you) in verse 55 means that Allah created you from the earth. This verse is addressed to all mankind although it is known that ma...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: From it that is from the earth We created you by creating your father Adam from it and into it We shall restore you when you are interred after death and from it We shall bring you forth at the Resurrection a second time’ in the same way that We brought you forth from it when We initiated your creat...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Completion of Musa's Reply to Fir`awn
This is from the completion of Musa's speech concerning the description of His Lord when Fir`awn asked him about Him. He (Musa) said,
الَّذِى أَعْطَى كُلَّ شَىءٍ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدَى
(He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright.) The...
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا
Wa Huwal lazee khalaqa minal maaa'i basharran fa ja'alahoo nasaban wa sihraa; wa kaana Rabbuka Qadeeraa
And it is He who has created from water a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].
اور وہی تو ہے جس نے پانی سے آدمی پیدا کیا۔ پھر اس کو صاحب نسب اور صاحب قرابت دامادی بنایا۔ اور تمہارا پروردگار (ہر طرح کی) قدرت رکھتا ہے
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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 He it is Who created man from water He created from a sperm-drop a human being and made for him ties of blood and ties of marriage whether it be a male or a female they marry for the purposes of procreation. For your Lord is ever Powerful with the power to do whatever He will.
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...
وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنْ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ
Wa min Aayaatiheee an khalaqakum min turaabin summa izaaa antum basharun tantashiroon
And of His signs is that He created you from dust; then, suddenly you were human beings dispersing [throughout the earth].
اور اسی کے نشانات (اور تصرفات) میں سے ہے کہ اُس نے تمہیں مٹی سے پیدا کیا۔ پھر اب تم انسان ہوکر جا بجا پھیل رہے ہو
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
After narrating the incident of the war between Rum and Persia in the beginning of Surah Ar-Rum, it was declared that the cause of the misguidance of the infidels and their heedlessness towards the truth was their excessive love for material life and paying no heed to the Hereafter. After...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And of His signs exalted be He indicating His power is that He created you in other words your origin Adam of dust then lo! you are human beings of flesh and blood spreading across the earth.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Among the Signs of Allah
Allah says:
وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ
(And among His signs) -- which speak of His might and power, is the fact that He created your father Adam out of dust.
ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُمْ بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ
(and then -- behold you are human beings scattered!) So man's origins lie in dust, the...
خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِى ظُلُمَٰتٍ ثَلَٰثٍ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ
Khalaqakum min nafsinw waahidatin summa ja'ala minhaa zawjahaa wa anzala lakum minal-an'aami samaani yata azwaaj; yakhuluqukum fee butooni ummahaatikum khalqam mim ba'di khalqin fee zulumaatin salaas; zaalikumul laahu Rabbukum lahul mulk; laaa ilaaha illaa Huwa fa annaa tusrafoon
He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except Him, so how are you averted?
اسی نے تم کو ایک شخص سے پیدا کیا پھر اس سے اس کا جوڑا بنایا اور اسی نے تمہارے لئے چار پایوں میں سے آٹھ جوڑے بنائے۔ وہی تم کو تمہاری ماؤں کے پیٹ میں (پہلے) ایک طرح پھر دوسری طرح تین اندھیروں میں بناتا ہے۔ یہی خدا تمہارا پروردگار ہے اسی کی بادشاہی ہے۔ اس کے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں پھر تم کہاں پھرے جاتے ہو؟
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 6, it was said: وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الْأَنْعَامِ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ (and sent down for you eight pairs of the cattle.). The creation of the cattle has been expressed in this verse by saying that they have been 'sent down from the skies' whereby an indication has been given that a major...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He created you from a single soul namely Adam then made from it its mate Eve; and He sent down for you of the cattle of camels cows small cattle sheep and goats eight kinds of each kind a male and a female — as He makes clear in sūrat al-An‘ām Q. 6143f.. He creates you in your mothers’ wombs creatio...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Evidence of the Power and Oneness of Allah
Allah tells us that He is the Creator of what is in the heavens and on earth, and what is between them. He is the Sovereign and Controller alternating the night and day.
يُكَوِّرُ الَّيْـلَ عَلَى النَّهَـارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ النَّـهَارَ عَلَى الَّيْلِ
(He makes ...
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
Wa laqad khalaqnal insaana wa na'lamu maa tuwaswisu bihee nafsuhoo wa Nahnu aqrabu ilaihi min hablil wareed
And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein
اور ہم ہی نے انسان کو پیدا کیا ہے اور جو خیالات اس کے دل میں گزرتے ہیں ہم ان کو جانتے ہیں۔ اور ہم اس کی رگ جان سے بھی اس سے زیادہ قریب ہیں
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Linkage
The preceding verses purported to quell the doubt of those who denied the possibility of Resurrection and who thought that raising the dead was inconceivable. As a result, the unbelievers drew a false analogy between their finite knowledge and power and the infinite knowledge and power of Al...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We created man and We know wa-na‘lamu is a circumstantial qualifier with an implicit preceding nahnu what mā relates to the verbal action his soul whispers to him what it speaks to him the bi- of bihi ‘him’ is extra or it is required for the intransitive verb to become transitive and take...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah encompasses and watches all of Man's Activity
Allah the Exalted affirms His absolute dominance over mankind, being their Creator and the Knower of everything about them. Allah the Exalted has complete knowledge of all thoughts that cross the mind of man, be they good or evil. In the Sahih, the...
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
Khalaqal insaan
Created man,
اسی نے انسان کو پیدا کیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ (He has created man. He has taught him [ how ] to express himself...55:4) Man's creation itself is a great boon of Allah and in the natural order of things he is first and foremost, so much so that even imparting the knowledge of the Qur'an, which is mentioned...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He created man the species mankind
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
Imam Ahmad recorded that Zirr said that a man said to Ibn Mas`ud: "How is this recited: "Ma'in Ghayri Yasin or Asin" He asked him, "Are you that proficient in reciting the whole Qur'an" He replied, "I recite the Mufassal section in one Rak`ah." So he said, "Woe to you! D...
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
Khalaqal insaana min salsaalin kalfakhkhaari
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
اسی نے انسان کو ٹھیکرے کی طرح کھنکھناتی مٹی سے بنایا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Creation of Humans and Jinns
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ (He has created man from dry clay, ringing like pottery... 55:14). The word insan [ man ] in this context refers unanimously to 'Adam (علیہ السلام) . The word salsal [ clay ] refers to the wet soil when it becomes dry a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He created man Adam of dry clay salsāl a dry hollow mud producing an echo if tapped resembling the potter’s fakhkhār clay that has been baked
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Creation of Humans and Jinns
Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire. This was said by Ad-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas. It was also said by `Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Ibn Zayd. Al-`Awfi report...
إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Innal insaana khuliqa haloo'aa
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
کچھ شک نہیں کہ انسان کم حوصلہ پیدا ہوا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا (Indeed man is created weak in courage...70:19). The halu`, literally, means 'one who is greedy, impatient, lacking courage'. Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ says that the word halu' in the verse refers to a 'person who is greedy about unlawful wealth'. Sayyidna Said Ibn Jub...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed man was created restless halū‘an is an implied circumstantial qualifier the explanation of which follows
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Man is Impatient Allah informs about man and his inclination to corrupt his behavior.
Allah says,
إِنَّ الإِنسَـنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعاً
(Verily, man was created very impatient;) Then, Allah explains this statement by saying,
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاً
(Apprehensive when evil touches him;) meaning, w...
كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Kallaaa innaa khalaq nahum mimmaa ya'lamoon
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
ہرگز نہیں۔ ہم نے ان کو اس چیز سے پیدا کیا ہے جسے وہ جانتے ہیں
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: Nay! — meant to thwart their hopes of entering Paradise. Indeed We created them as others from what they know from drops of sperm and so one cannot hope for Paradise merely on account of this one hopes for it by being God-fearing.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Rebuke of the Disbelievers and the Threat against Them
Allah rebukes the disbelievers who, in the time of the Prophet , saw him and the guidance Allah sent him with. They witnessed the magnificent miracles Allah aided him with. Then, after all of this they fled from him and separated themselves ...
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Zamee wa man khalaqtu waheedaa
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ہمیں اس شخص سے سمجھ لینے دو جس کو ہم نے اکیلا پیدا کیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Injunction [ 6]
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ ( and for the sake of your Lord, observe patience 74:7) The word sabr literally signifies 'to restrain oneself. In the Qur'anic context, the word has a very wide scope. It signifies to bind oneself to the laws of Allah, to restrain oneself from things made unlaw...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Leave Me to deal with him whom I created wa-man khalaqtu is a supplement to the direct object or it is an object of accompaniment lonely wahīdan is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the man ‘whom’ or to the pronoun referring to it but omitted from khalaqtu sc. khalaqtuhu alone without family o...
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...
إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا
Innaa khalaqnal insaana min nutfatin amshaajin nabta leehi faja'alnaahu samee'am baseeraa
Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing.
ہم نے انسان کو نطفہٴ مخلوط سے پیدا کیا تاکہ اسے آزمائیں تو ہم نے اس کو سنتا دیکھتا بنایا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Neither we were there, nor was there any demand from us. It is only Your mercy that listened to what we never said.
Verse [ 2] describes the inception of human creation thus:
اِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ اَمْشَاجٍ (We have created man from a mixed sperm-drop __76:2). The word amshaj ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Verily We created man the species from a drop of mixed fluid from a mixture that is from the seminal fluid of the man and the ovarian fluid of the woman that have mixed and blended so that We may test him trying him with the moral obligations of religion nabtalīhi is either a new sentence ‘We will t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Recitation of Surat As-Sajdah and Al-Insan in the Morning Prayer on Friday
It has been mentioned previously that it is recorded in Sahih Muslim from Ibn `Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the Morning prayer on Friday:
الم تَنزِيلَ
(Alif Lam Mim. T...
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ
Alam nakhlukkum mimmaaa'im maheen
Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?
کیا ہم نے تم کو حقیر پانی سے نہیں پیدا کیا؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ (Then We will cause the later ones to follow them....77:17) According to popular reading, Verse 17 purports to say that the present-day infidels, the people of Makkah, will receive punishment soon. They were punished and destroyed by Muslims in the Battle of Badr and ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Did We not create you from a base fluid one that is delicate — and this is semen
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Call to contemplate the various Manifestations of Allah's Power
Allah says,
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الاٌّوَّلِينَ
(Did We not destroy the ancients) meaning, those who rejected the Messengers and opposed what they came to them with.
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الاٌّخِرِينَ
(So shall We make later generations to f...
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
Min aiyyi shai-in Khalaq
From what substance did He create him?
اُسے (خدا نے) کس چیز سے بنایا؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The word safarah may be used as the plural of safir in the sense of 'envoy'. In this case, it would refer to the angels who convey the revelation, and Prophets ﷺ and their companions who write the revelation. The ` ulama' (knowledgeable persons) of the Muslim community' are also included in this ter...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: From what thing has He created him? an interrogative meant as an affirmative which He then explains by saying
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Refutation against Whoever denies Life after Death
Allah rebukes those who deny the Resurrection and the Final Gathering.
قُتِلَ الإِنسَـنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُ
(Qutila mankind!) Ad-Dahhak reported from Ibn `Abbas that he said,
قُتِلَ الإِنسَـنُ
(Qutila mankind!) "May man be cursed." Abu Malik also ma...
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Min nutfah; khalaqahu faqad-darah.
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;
نطفے سے بنایا پھر اس کا اندازہ مقرر کیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ (He created him, and designed him in due proportion..80:19). In other words, He has made him with a special design and with great wisdom. His stature, body-structure, his face, his length and breadth of the limbs, his joints, his eyes, nose and ears are all well-proportioned in...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: From a drop of sperm did He create him then proportion him in stages as a blood-clot then an embryo up to the last stage of his creation.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Refutation against Whoever denies Life after Death
Allah rebukes those who deny the Resurrection and the Final Gathering.
قُتِلَ الإِنسَـنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُ
(Qutila mankind!) Ad-Dahhak reported from Ibn `Abbas that he said,
قُتِلَ الإِنسَـنُ
(Qutila mankind!) "May man be cursed." Abu Malik also ma...
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
Fal yanzuril insaanu mimma khuliq
So let man observe from what he was created.
تو انسان کو دیکھنا چاہئے کہ وہ کاہے سے پیدا ہوا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ (there is no human being, but there is a watcher over him....86:4). This is the subject of the oath. The particle in at the beginning of the statement is used in the sense of 'no', that is, a negative particle; and the particle lamma is used in the sense of...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So let man consider by way of reflection from what he was created from what thing
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat At-Tariq
An-Nasa'i recorded that Jabir said, "Mu`adh lead the Maghrib prayer and he recited Al-Baqarah and An-Nisa'. So the Prophet said,
«أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ، مَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاه...
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
Khuliqa mim maaa'in daafiq
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
وہ اچھلتے ہوئے پانی سے پیدا ہوا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ ﴿6﴾ يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ (He is created of a spouting water
that comes out from between the loins and the chest-bones...86:6, 7). The general body of commentators have explained that the spouting water (sperm) comes out from the loins of men and the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: the response is He was created from a gushing fluid gushing forth from the man and the woman into the womb
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat At-Tariq
An-Nasa'i recorded that Jabir said, "Mu`adh lead the Maghrib prayer and he recited Al-Baqarah and An-Nisa'. So the Prophet said,
«أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ، مَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاه...
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
Yakhruju mim bainissulbi wat taraaa'ib
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
جو پیٹھ اور سینے کے بیچ میں سے نکلتا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ ﴿6﴾ يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ (He is created of a spouting water
that comes out from between the loins and the chest-bones...86:6, 7). The general body of commentators have explained that the spouting water (sperm) comes out from the loins of men and the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: issuing from between the loins of the man and the breast-bones of the woman.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat At-Tariq
An-Nasa'i recorded that Jabir said, "Mu`adh lead the Maghrib prayer and he recited Al-Baqarah and An-Nisa'. So the Prophet said,
«أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ، مَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاه...
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ
Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee ahsani taqweem
We have certainly created man in the best of stature;
کہ ہم نے انسان کو بہت اچھی صورت میں پیدا کیا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The subject of the four oaths is: لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ (We have created man in the best composition...95:4). The word taqwim literally denotes 'to set a thing aright or lay the foundation straight or even; or to form something into an appropriate shape in a moderate re...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Verily We created man al-insān the generic in the best of forms in the best proportioning of his shape.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Recitation of Surat At-Tin in the Prayer while traveling
Malik and Shu`bah narrated from `Adi bin Thabit, who narrated that Al-Bara' bin `Azib said, "The Prophet used to recite in one of his Rak`ahs while traveling `At-Tin waz-Zaytun' (Surat At-Tin), and I have never...
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Khalaqal insaana min 'alaq
Created man from a clinging substance.
جس نے انسان کو خون کی پھٹکی سے بنایا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse [ 2] خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ (Created man from a clot of blood.) The previous verse referred to the creation of macrocosm, the large or entire universe in general. In this verse, the phrase is khalaqa'l-insan which refers to the creation of microcosm 'the best, noblest or most honourabl...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: created man al-insān the generic from a blood-clot ‘alaq is the plural of ‘alaqa which is a small quantity of congealing blood.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
This was the First of the Qur'an revealed
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Beginning of the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ and the First of the Qur'an revealed
Imam Ahmad recorded that `A'ishah said: The fi...