إِنَّمَا يَسْتَجِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ وَٱلْمَوْتَىٰ يَبْعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ
Innamaa yastajeebul lazeena yasma'oon; walmawtaa yab'asuhumul laahu summa ilaihi yurja'oon
Only those who hear will respond. But the dead - Allah will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned.
بات یہ ہے کہ (حق کو) قبول وہی کرتے ہیں جو سنتے بھی ہیں اور مردوں کو تو خدا (قیامت ہی کو) اٹھائے گا۔ پھر اسی کی طرف لوٹ کر جائیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
About the statement: فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يُكَذِّبُونَكَ (it is not you they are belying, rather, it is the signs of Allah they are denying) in the first verse (33), there is a related event, reported in Tafsir Mazhari on the authority of a narration by As-Suddiy, according to which, once Akhn...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Only those who hear in such a way so as to understand and take heed will answer your call to faith; as for the dead that is the disbelievers — they are likened to them on account of their inability to hear — God will resurrect them in the Hereafter and then to Him they will be returned and He will r...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Comforting the Prophet
Allah comforts the Prophet in his grief over his people's denial and defiance of him,
قَدْ نَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُ لَيَحْزُنُكَ الَّذِى يَقُولُونَ
(We know indeed the grief which their words cause you;) meaning, We know about their denial of you and your sadness and sorrow for them. ...
قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ
Qaala feehaa tahyawna wa feehaa tamootoona wa minhaa tukhrajoon
He said, "Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth."
(یعنی) فرمایا کہ اسی میں تمہارا جینا ہوگا اور اسی میں مرنا اور اسی میں سے (قیامت کو زندہ کر کے) نکالے جاؤ گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The story of Sayyidna 'Adam (علیہ السلام) and Iblis mentioned in the present verses has appeared in the fourth section of Surah Al-Baqarah.
Detailed comments have been given in the Tafsir of that Surah. If needed, please see Ma‘ariful-Quran, English Translation, Volume I, Pages 170-187.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Said He ‘There that is on earth you shall live and there you shall die and from there you shall be brought forth’ through the Resurrection read active takhrujūn ‘you shall come forth’ or passive tukhrajūn ‘you shall be brought forth’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Sending Them All Down to Earth
It was said that,
اهْبِطُواْ
(Get down), was addressed to Adam, Hawwa', Iblis and the snake. Some scholars did not mention the snake, and Allah knows best. The enmity is primarily between Adam and Iblis, and Hawwa' follows Adam in this regard. Allah said in Surah Ta Ha...
قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّى بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ
Qul amara Rabbee bilqisti wa aqeemoo wujoohakum 'inda kulli masjidin wad'oohu mukhliseena lahud deen; kamaa bada akum ta'oodoon
Say, [O Muhammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you maintain yourselves [in worship of Him] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] -
کہہ دو کہ میرے پروردگار نے تو انصاف کرنے کا حکم دیا ہے۔ اور یہ کہ ہر نماز کے وقت سیدھا (قبلے کی طرف) رخ کیا کرو اور خاص اسی کی عبادت کرو اور اسی کو پکارو۔ اس نے جس طرح تم کو ابتداء میں پیدا کیا تھا اسی طرح تم پھر پیدا ہوگے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Said in the second verse was: قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّي بِالْقِسْطِ (Say, "My Lord has bid-den me to do justice). Here, the Holy Prophet ﷺ has been asked to tell those ignorant people, who were falsely attributing the justification of their naked Tawaf towards Allah, that Allah always commands justice. T...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘My Lord enjoins justice fairness. And set wa-aqīmū is a supplement to the syntactical significance of bi’l-qist ‘justice’ that is to say it is as if He said ‘Be just and set your faces’ or read wa-aqīmū with an implied fa-aqbilū ‘so turn’ towards it your faces towards God in every place of wors...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Disbelievers commit Sins and claim that Allah commanded Them to do so!
Mujahid said, "The idolators used to go around the House (Ka`bah) in Tawaf while naked, saying, `We perform Tawaf as our mothers gave birth to us.' The woman would cover her sexual organ with something saying, `Today, some or all...
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالًا سُقْنَٰهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ ٱلْمَآءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
Wa Huwal lazee yursilur riyaaha bushram baina yadai rahmatihee hattaaa izaaa aqallat sahaaban siqaalan suqnaahu libaladim maiyitin fa annzalnaa bihil maaa'a fa akhrajnaa bihee minn kullis samaraat; kazaalika nukhrijul mawtaa la'allakum tazakkaroon
And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby [some] of all the fruits. Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.
اور وہی تو ہے جو اپنی رحمت (یعنی مینھ) سے پہلے ہواؤں کو خوشخبری (بنا کر) بھیجتا ہے۔ یہاں تک کہ جب وہ بھاری بھاری بادلوں کو اٹھا لاتی ہے تو ہم اس کو ایک مری ہوئی بستی کی طرف ہانک دیتے ہیں۔ پھر بادل سے مینھ برساتے ہیں۔ پھر مینھ سے ہر طرح کے پھل پیدا کرتے ہیں۔ اسی طرح ہم مردوں کو (زمین سے) زندہ کرکے باہر نکال لیں گے۔ (یہ آیات اس لیے بیان کی جاتی ہیں) تاکہ تم نصیحت پکڑو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
In previous verses, Allah Ta` ala has mentioned some of His major and particular blessings. By pointing out to the creation of the heavens and the earth, the day and night, and the sun, moon and stars and how they serve human beings, the lesson driven home is that there is no power other ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He it is Who sends the winds unfolding with His mercy that is dispersing before the rains a variant reading for nushuran ‘unfolding’ has nushran; another reading has nashran as the verbal noun; and a third variant has bushran meaning mubashshiran ‘with which He is bearing good tidings of His mercy’;...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Among Allah's Signs, He sends down the Rain and brings forth the Produce
After Allah stated that He created the heavens and earth and that He is the Owner and Possessor of the affairs Who makes things subservient (for mankind), He ordained that He be invoked in Du`a', for He is able to do all things...
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَأَنَّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ
Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanus tajeeboo lillaahi wa lir Rasooli izaa da'aakum limaa yuhyeekum wa'lamooo annal laaha yahoolu bainal mar'i wa qalbihee wa anahooo ilaihi tuhsharoon
O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart and that to Him you will be gathered.
مومنو! خدا اور اس کے رسول کا حکم قبول کرو جب کہ رسول خدا تمہیں ایسے کام کے لیے بلاتے ہیں جو تم کو زندگی (جاوداں) بخشتا ہے۔ اور جان رکھو کہ خدا آدمی اور اس کے دل کے درمیان حامل ہوجاتا ہے اور یہ بھی کہ تم سب اس کے روبرو جمع کیے جاؤ گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the fifth verse (24), believers have been addressed once again. Commanded to obey Allah and His Messenger in a particular manner, they have been told that the thing to which Allah and His Messenger invite you is something which brings no benefit to Allah and His Messenger per se. Instead of that,...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O you who believe respond to God and the Messenger with obedience when He calls you to that which will give you life in the matter of religion for it will be the source of everlasting life for you; and know that God comes in between a man and his heart so that he cannot believe or disbelieve except ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to answer and obey Allah and His Messenger
Al-Bukhari said,
اسْتَجِيبُواْ
"(Answer), obey,
لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ
(that which will give you life) that which will make your affairs good." Al-Bukhari went on to narrate that Abu Sa`id bin Al-Mu`alla said, "I was praying when the Prophet passed b...
إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا إِنَّهُۥ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ
Ilaihi marji'ukum jamee 'anw wa'dal laahi haqqaa; innahoo yabda'ul khalqa summa yu'eeduhoo liyajziyal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati bilqist; wallazeena kafaroo lahum sharaabum min hamee minw wa 'azaabun aleemum bimaa kaanoo yakfuroon
To Him is your return all together. [It is] the promise of Allah [which is] truth. Indeed, He begins the [process of] creation and then repeats it that He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds, in justice. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment for what they used to deny.
اسی کے پاس تم سب کو لوٹ کر جانا ہے۔ خدا کا وعدہ سچا ہے۔ وہی خلقت کو پہلی بار پیدا کرتا ہے۔ پھر وہی اس کو دوبارہ پیدا کرے گا تاکہ ایمان والوں اور نیک کام کرنے والوں کو انصاف کے ساتھ بدلہ دے۔ اور جو کافر ہیں ان کے لیے پینے کو نہایت گرم پانی اور درد دینے والا عذاب ہوگا کیوں کہ (خدا سے) انکار کرتے تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The fourth verse describes the ` Aqidah of 'Akhirah (Belief in the Hereafter) إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا (Towards Him is the return of you all). The announcement is asserted by saying: وَعْدَ اللَّـهِ حَقًّا (a real [ and true ] promise from Allah). That it must be as promised has been explaine...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: To Him exalted be He is the return of all of you God’s promise in truth both wa‘da and haqqan are verbal nouns and in the accusative because of the verbs implicit in them. Truly He read innahu as a new sentence or annahu with an implied lām sc. li-annahu ‘Because He’ originates creation that is He b...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Return of Everything is to Allah
Allah tells us that the return of the creatures on the Day of Resurrection is to Him. He will not leave anyone of them without bringing everyone into being as He brought them in the beginning. Then Allah states that He is going to bring all the creatures into bei...
هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Huwa yuhyee wa yumeetu wailaihi turja'oon
He gives life and causes death, and to Him you will be returned
وہی جان بخشتا اور (وہی) موت دیتا ہے اور تم لوگ اسی کی طرف لوٹ کر جاؤ گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: It was said in verse أَثُمَّ إِذَا مَا وَقَعَ آمَنتُم بِهِ ۚ آلْآنَ. It means: ` Would you believe when Divine punishment actually descends down upon you - whether at the time of death, or even before it? But, at that time, the response to your believing will be: آلْآنَ ('al'an: now?) meaning: Is it...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He gives life and makes to die and to Him you shall be returned in the Hereafter and He shall requite you for your deeds.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Resurrection is Real
Allah said that they ask you to inform them (saying):
أَحَقٌّ هُوَ
("Is it true") asking about the return and the Resurrection from the graves, after the bodies become sand.
قُلْ إِى وَرَبِّى إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ
(Say: "Yes! By my Lord! It is the very ...
مَتَٰعٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ نُذِيقُهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلشَّدِيدَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ
Mataa'un fiddunyaa summa ilainaa marji'uhum summa nuzeequhumul 'azaabash shadeeda bimaa kaanoo yakkfuroon
[For them is brief] enjoyment in this world; then to Us is their return; then We will make them taste the severe punishment because they used to disbelieve
(ان کے لیے جو) فائدے ہیں دنیا میں (ہیں) پھر ان کو ہماری ہی طرف لوٹ کر آنا ہے۔ اس وقت ہم ان کو شدید عذاب (کے مزے) چکھائیں گے کیونکہ کفر (کی باتیں) کیا کرتے تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: It was said in the last verse (64) that, for the friends of Allah, there is the good news in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. As for the good news of the Hereafter, it will come at the time of death when the spirit of the deceased will be taken to Allah. At that time, he will hear the good new...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Theirs will be enjoyment only a little in this world which they will enjoy for the duration of their lives then to Us is their return at death then We shall make them taste terrible chastisement after death because they used to disbelieve.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah is Far Above taking a Wife or having Children
Allah criticizes those who claim that He has,
وَلَداً سُبْحَـنَهُ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ
(...begotten a son. Glory is to Him! He is Rich (Free of all needs).) He is Greater than that and above it. He is Self-Sufficient, free of want or need of anything. E...
إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Ilal laahi marji'ukum wa Huwa 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer
To Allah is your return, and He is over all things competent."
تم (سب) کو خدا کی طرف لوٹ کر جانا ہے اور وہ ہر چیز پر قادر ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the fifth verse, the theme has been emphasized further. Let man do what he elects to. Let him live the way he fancies. But, ultimately, once dead, man has to return to Him and He is powerful over everything. It is not at all difficult for Him to have each particle man is made of reassembled after...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Unto God is your return and He has power over all things’ including reward and chastisement.
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...
وَلَا يَنفَعُكُمْ نُصْحِىٓ إِنْ أَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَنصَحَ لَكُمْ إِن كَانَ ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغْوِيَكُمْ هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Wa laa yanfa'ukum nusheee in arattu an ansaha lakum in kaanal laahu yureedu ai yughwi yakum; Huwa Rabbukum wa ilaihi turja'oon
And my advice will not benefit you - although I wished to advise you - If Allah should intend to put you in error. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."
اور اگر میں یہ چاہوں کہ تمہاری خیرخواہی کروں اور خدا یہ چاہے وہ تمہیں گمراہ کرے تو میری خیرخواہی تم کو کچھ فائدہ نہیں دے سکتی۔ وہی تمہارا پروردگار ہے اور تمہیں اس کی طرف لوٹ کر جانا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Fourthly, it was stated: In your sight these poor people may appear lowly and disgraceful. But, I cannot say as you say that Allah Ta'ala will not bless them with what is good, because good relates to one's heart, not wealth, and only Allah knows the secrets of hearts and He knows whose heart is wor...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And my counsel will not benefit you if I desire to counsel you when God desires to keep you astray the response to the conditional is indicated by wa-lā yanfa‘ukum nushī ‘and my counsel will not benefit you’. He is your Lord and to Him you will be brought back’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The People's Request of Nuh to bring the Torment and His Response to Them
Allah, the Exalted, informs that the people of Nuh sought to hasten Allah's vengeance, torment, anger and the trial (His punishment). This is based on their saying,
قَالُواْ ينُوحُ قَدْ جَادَلْتَنَا فَأَكْثَرْتَ جِدَالَنَا
(Th...
يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ ٱلْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَبَرَزُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْوَٰحِدِ ٱلْقَهَّارِ
Yawma tubaddalul ardu ghairal ardi wassamaawaatu wa barazoo lillaahil Waahidil Qahhaar
[It will be] on the Day the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [as well], and all creatures will come out before Allah, the One, the Prevailing.
جس دن یہ زمین دوسری زمین سے بدل دی جائے گی اور آسمان بھی (بدل دیئے جائیں گے) اور سب لوگ خدائے یگانہ وزبردست کے سامنے نکل کھڑے ہوں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the verses which appear onwards from here (48-51), the text re-turns to the awe-inspiring happenings of the day of Qiyamah. It is said:
يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ ۖ وَبَرَزُوا لِلَّـهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ
The day on which this earth will be turned into som...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And mention the day when the earth will be changed to other than the earth and the heavens namely the Day of Resurrection mankind shall be gathered onto a white clear earth as reported in the hadīth of the two Shaykhs al-Bukhārī and Muslim. Muslim relates the following hadīth ‘The Prophet s was aske...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah never breaks a Promise
فَلاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّهَ مُخْلِفَ وَعْدِهِ رُسُلَهُ
(So think not that Allah will fail to keep His promise to His Messengers.) His promise to grant them victory in this life and on the Day when the Witnesses shall come forth. Allah affirms that He is All-Able and that n...
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا
Wa qaalooo'a izaa kunnaa 'izaamanw wa rufaatan 'a innaa lamab'oosoona khalqan jadeedaa
And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"
اور کہتے ہیں کہ جب ہم (مر کر بوسیدہ) ہڈیوں اور چُور چُور ہوجائیں گے تو کیا ازسرنو پیدا ہو کر اُٹھیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Can Magic affect a Prophet?
A prophet being affected by magic is as possible as being affected by sickness. Therefore, blessed prophets are not devoid of or detached from human characteristics. For instance, they could be wounded, run temperature or feel pain. Similarly, they could also b...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they say in denial of the Resurrection ‘What when we are bones and fragments shall we really be raised up in a new creation?’
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation of Those Who do not believe in Life after Death
Allah tells us about the disbelievers who think it very unlikely that the Resurrection will happen and who say, in a tone of denial,
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـماً وَرُفَـتاً
(When we are bones and fragments.) meaning earth. This was the view of Mu...
قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا
Qul koonoo jijaaratan aw hadeedaa
Say, "Be you stones or iron
کہہ دو کہ (خواہ تم) پتھر ہوجاؤ یا لوہا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Can Magic affect a Prophet?
A prophet being affected by magic is as possible as being affected by sickness. Therefore, blessed prophets are not devoid of or detached from human characteristics. For instance, they could be wounded, run temperature or feel pain. Similarly, they could also b...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say to them ‘Be stones or iron
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation of Those Who do not believe in Life after Death
Allah tells us about the disbelievers who think it very unlikely that the Resurrection will happen and who say, in a tone of denial,
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـماً وَرُفَـتاً
(When we are bones and fragments.) meaning earth. This was the view of Mu...
أَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا
aw khalqam mimmaa yakburu fee sudoorikum; fasa yaqooloona mai yu'eedunaa qulil lazee fatarakum awwala marrah; fasa yunghidoona ilaika ru'oosahum wa yaqooloona mataa huwa qul 'asaaa any yakoona qareeba
Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon -
یا کوئی اور چیز جو تمہارے نزدیک (پتھر اور لوہے سے بھی) بڑی (سخت) ہو (جھٹ کہیں گے) کہ (بھلا) ہمیں دوبارہ کون جِلائے گا؟ کہہ دو کہ وہی جس نے تم کو پہلی بار پیدا کیا۔ تو (تعجب سے) تمہارے آگے سرہلائیں گے اور پوچھیں گے کہ ایسا کب ہوگا؟ کہہ دو کہ امید ہے جلد ہوگا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Can Magic affect a Prophet?
A prophet being affected by magic is as possible as being affected by sickness. Therefore, blessed prophets are not devoid of or detached from human characteristics. For instance, they could be wounded, run temperature or feel pain. Similarly, they could also b...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: or some creation yet greater in your breasts something yet far less able to accept life aside from bones and fragments a spirit will undoubtedly be made to exist in you to bring you back to life. They will then say ‘Who shall bring us back?’ to life. Say ‘He Who originated you created you the first ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation of Those Who do not believe in Life after Death
Allah tells us about the disbelievers who think it very unlikely that the Resurrection will happen and who say, in a tone of denial,
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـماً وَرُفَـتاً
(When we are bones and fragments.) meaning earth. This was the view of Mu...
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا
Wa minal laili fatahajjad bihee naafilatal laka 'asaaa any yab'asaka Rabbuka Maqaamam Mahmoodaa
And from [part of] the night, pray with it as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.
اور بعض حصہ شب میں بیدار ہوا کرو (اور تہجد کی نماز پڑھا کرو) ۔ (یہ شب خیزی) تمہاری لئے (سبب) زیادت ہے (ثواب اور نماز تہجد تم کو نفل) ہے قریب ہے کہ خدا تم کو مقام محمود میں داخل کرے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The time of the Salah of Tahajjud: Injunctions and rulings
The word: فَتَھَجُّد (tahajjud) in: وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ (And during the night, wake up for Salah- 79) has been derived from ھجود :hujud. This word is used for two opposite meanings, that of sleeping and that of waking both. But...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And for a part of the night keep vigil perform prayer therewith with the Qur’ān as a supererogatory devotion for you as an extra obligation for you to the exclusion of your community or it means as extra merit for you on top of the other obligatory prayers. It may be that your Lord will raise you to...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to offer the Prayers at their appointed Times
Allah says, commanding His Messenger to offer the prescribed prayers at the appointed times:
أَقِمِ الصَّلَوةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ
(Perform the Salat from midday.) Hushaym narrated from Mughirah from Ash-Sha`bi from Ibn `Abbas: "Midday means ...
وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا
Wa yawma nusaiyirul jibaala wa taral arda baariza tanw wa hasharnaahum falam nughaadir minhum ahadaa
And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth prominent, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.
اور جس دن ہم پہاڑوں کو چلائیں گے اور تم زمین کو صاف میدان دیکھو گے اور ان (لوگوں کو) ہم جمع کرلیں گے تو ان میں سے کسی کو بھی نہیں چھوڑیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The meaning of 'everlasting virtues' ('al-baqyat al-salilhat'- 34)
The Musnad of Ahmad, Ibn Hibban and Hakim have reported on the authority of Sayyidna Abu Said al-Khudri ؓ that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, "Accumulate 'everlasting virtues' as much as you can." It was said, "What are they?" H...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And mention the day when the mountains shall be set in motion — they shall be removed from the face of the earth and become ‘as scattered dust’ Q. 566 a variant reading for tusayyaru’l-jibālu has nusayyiru’l-jibāla ‘We shall set the mountains in motion’ and you will see the earth exposed manifest in...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Major Terrors of the Hour
Allah tells us of the terrors of the Day of Resurrection, and the awesome things that will come to pass, as He says elsewhere:
يَوْمَ تَمُورُ السَّمَآءُ مَوْراً - وَتَسِيرُ الْجِبَالُ سَيْراً
(On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking, And the mounta...
وَعُرِضُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۭ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن نَّجْعَلَ لَكُم مَّوْعِدًا
Wa 'uridoo 'alaa Rabbika saffaa, laqad ji'tumoonaa kamaa khalaqnaakum awala marrah; bal za'amtum allannaj'ala lakum maw'idaa
And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never make for you an appointment."
اور سب تمہارے پروردگار کے سامنے صف باندھ کر لائے جائیں گے (تو ہم ان سے کہیں گے کہ) جس طرح ہم نے تم کو پہلی بار پیدا کیا تھا (اسی طرح آج) تم ہمارے سامنے آئے لیکن تم نے تو یہ خیال کر رکھا تھا کہ ہم نے تمہارے لئے (قیامت کا) کوئی وقت مقرر ہی نہیں کیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Visualize the Day of Resurrection
The address to everyone on that fateful Day of Qiyamah shall be: جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ (Lo! You have come to Us [ empty-handed, without any of those things you proudly possessed ] just as We had created you at first - 48). A1-Bukhari, Mus...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they shall be presented before your Lord in ranks saffan is a circumstantial qualifier in other words ranged so that every community is in a row on its own and it shall be said to them ‘Verily you have come to Us just as We created you the first time that is to say individually barefoot naked an...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Major Terrors of the Hour
Allah tells us of the terrors of the Day of Resurrection, and the awesome things that will come to pass, as He says elsewhere:
يَوْمَ تَمُورُ السَّمَآءُ مَوْراً - وَتَسِيرُ الْجِبَالُ سَيْراً
(On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking, And the mounta...
وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا
Wa salaamun 'alaihi yawma wulida wa yawma yamootu wa yawma yub'asu haiyaa
And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive.
اور جس دن وہ پیدا ہوئے اور جس دن وفات پائیں گے اور جس دن زندہ کرکے اٹھائے جائیں گے۔ ان پر سلام اور رحمت (ہے)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: حَنَانًا Literal meaning of this word is soft heartedness, compassion and mercy, and these qualities were specially granted to Sayyidna Yahya (علیہ السلام) .
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ‘And peace from Us be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he shall be raised alive!’ that is on those fearful days in which he sees what he will never have seen before — in these he will be given security from fear.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Birth of the Boy and His Characteristics
This also implies what is not mentioned, that this promised boy was born and he was Yahya. There is also the implication that Allah taught him the Book, the Tawrah which they used to study among themselves. The Prophets who were sent to the Jews used to r...
وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ عَلَىَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدتُّ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا
Wassalaamu 'alaiya yawma wulittu wa yawma amootu wa yawma ub'asu baiyaa
And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."
اور جس دن میں پیدا ہوا اور جس دن مروں گا اور جس دن زندہ کرکے اٹھایا جاؤں گا مجھ پر سلام (ورحمت) ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي
"and (He has made me) good to my mother." - 19:32.
Here only the mother is mentioned and not both the parents. Hence it is implied that his birth was a miracle, being without a father. Such a
discourse coming from an infant was a miracle by itself to prove his miraculous birth...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And peace from God be upon me the day I was born and the day I die and the day I shall be raised alive!’ — the same is being said about him as was said above regarding the lord John. God exalted be He says
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Maryam with Al-Masih before the People, Their Rejection of Her and His Reply to Them
Allah, the Exalted, informs of Maryam's situation when she was commanded to fast that day and not to speak to any human being. For verily, her affair would be taken care of and her proof would be established. Thus, ...
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
Innaa NNahnu narisul arda wa man 'alaihaa wa ilainaa yurja'oon
Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.
ہم ہی زمین کے اور جو لوگ اس پر (بستے) ہیں ان کے وارث ہیں۔ اور ہماری ہی طرف ان کو لوٹنا ہوگا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ (the Day of Remorse) in verse 39 refers to the Day of Judgment and has been called the Day of Remorse because on that day persons consigned to Hell as punishment for their evil deeds will regret their disregard of the righteous way of life, and wish that if they had lived the lif...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Indeed We innā nahnu a repetition of the first person for emphasis shall inherit the earth and all who are on it of rational beings and others by destroying them and to Us they shall be returned thereon on the Day of Resurrection for requital.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Disbeliever's warning of the Day of Distress
Allah, the Exalted, says informing about the disbelievers on the Day of Resurrection that they will be made to have the clearest hearing and sight. This is as Allah says,
وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذِ الْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُواْ رُءُوسِهِمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ رَبَّنَآ...
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
Commentary
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...
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّنَ ٱلْبَعْثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍ مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَنُقِرُّ فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرْذَلِ ٱلْعُمُرِ لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْـًٔا وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَآءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنۢبَتَتْ مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ
Yaaa ayyuhan naasu in kuntum fee raibim minal ba'si fa innaa khalaqnaakum min turaabin summa min nutfatin summaa min 'alaqatin summa mim mud ghatim mukhal laqatinw wa ghairi mukhalla qatil linubaiyina lakum; wa nuqirru fil arhaami maa nashaaa'u ilaaa ajalim musam man summa nukhrijukum tiflan summa litablughooo ashud dakum wa minkum mai yutawaffa wa minkum mai yuraddu ilaaa arzalil 'umuri likailaa ya'lama mim ba'di 'ilmin shai'aa; wa taral arda haamidatan fa izaaa anzalnaa 'alaihal maaa'ah tazzat wa rabat wa ambatat min kulli zawjim baheej
O People, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.
لوگو اگر تم کو مرنے کے بعد جی اُٹھنے میں کچھ شک ہو تو ہم نے تم کو (پہلی بار بھی تو) پیدا کیا تھا (یعنی ابتدا میں) مٹی سے پھر اس سے نطفہ بنا کر۔ پھر اس سے خون کا لوتھڑا بنا کر۔ پھر اس سے بوٹی بنا کر جس کی بناوٹ کامل بھی ہوتی ہے اور ناقص بھی تاکہ تم پر (اپنی خالقیت) ظاہر کردیں۔ اور ہم جس کو چاہتے ہیں ایک میعاد مقرر تک پیٹ میں ٹھہرائے رکھتے ہیں پھر تم کو بچہ بنا کر نکالتے ہیں۔ پھر تم جوانی کو پہنچتے ہو۔ اور بعض (قبل از پیری مرجاتے ہیں اور بعض شیخ فالی ہوجاتے اور بڑھاپے کی) نہایت خراب عمر کی طرف لوٹائے جاتے ہیں کہ بہت کچھ جاننے کے بعد بالکل بےعلم ہوجاتے ہیں۔ اور (اے دیکھنے والے) تو دیکھتا ہے (کہ ایک وقت میں) زمین خشک (پڑی ہوتی ہے) پھر جب ہم اس پر مینہ برساتے ہیں تو شاداب ہوجاتی اور ابھرنے لگتی ہے اور طرح طرح کی بارونق چیزیں اُگاتی ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Different stages in the development of foetus in mother's womb
فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ (We created you from dust - 22:5.) This verse deals with the different stages through which the foetus passes in its mother's womb before taking a human form. There is a detailed hadith on this subject...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: O mankind in other words O people of Mecca if you are in doubt about the Resurrection then lo! consider that We have created you that is We have created your origin — Adam — from dust then We created his progeny from a drop a sperm-drop then from a clot congealed blood then from a little lump of fle...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Evidence of the Resurrection in the creation of Man and of Plants
When Allah speaks of disbelief in the Resurrection, He also mentions the evidence of His power and ability to resurrect that is evident from the way He initiates creation. Allah says:
يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّنَ ا...
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّهُۥ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَأَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Zaalika bi annal laaha Huwal haqqu wa annahoo yuhyil mawtaa wa annahoo 'alaakulli shai'in Qadeer
That is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to the dead and because He is over all things competent
ان قدرتوں سے ظاہر ہے کہ خدا ہی (قادر مطلق ہے جو) برحق ہے اور یہ کہ وہ مردوں کو زندہ کردیتا ہے۔ اور یہ کہ وہ ہر چیز پر قدرت رکھتا ہے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Different stages in the development of foetus in mother's womb
فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ (We created you from dust - 22:5.) This verse deals with the different stages through which the foetus passes in its mother's womb before taking a human form. There is a detailed hadith on this subject...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: That which is mentioned from the commencement of man’s creation to the end of the description of the earth being revived is because God He is the Truth the Constant the Permanent and because He revives the dead and has power over all things;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Evidence of the Resurrection in the creation of Man and of Plants
When Allah speaks of disbelief in the Resurrection, He also mentions the evidence of His power and ability to resurrect that is evident from the way He initiates creation. Allah says:
يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّنَ ا...
وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ
Wa annas Saa'ata aatiya tul laa raiba feeha wa annal laaha yab'asuman fil quboor
And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves.
اور یہ کہ قیامت آنے والی ہے۔ اس میں کچھ شک نہیں۔ اور یہ کہ خدا سب لوگوں کو جو قبروں میں ہیں جلا اٹھائے گا
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Different stages in the development of foetus in mother's womb
فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ (We created you from dust - 22:5.) This verse deals with the different stages through which the foetus passes in its mother's womb before taking a human form. There is a detailed hadith on this subject...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and because the Hour will come whereof there is no doubt uncertainty; and because God will resurrect those who are in the graves.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Evidence of the Resurrection in the creation of Man and of Plants
When Allah speaks of disbelief in the Resurrection, He also mentions the evidence of His power and ability to resurrect that is evident from the way He initiates creation. Allah says:
يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّنَ ا...
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ
Wa Huwal lazee ahyaakum summa yumeetukum summma yuheekum; innal insaana lakafoor
And He is the one who gave you life; then He causes you to die and then will [again] give you life. Indeed, mankind is ungrateful.
اور وہی تو ہے جس نے تم کو حیات بخشی۔ پھر تم کو مارتا ہے۔ پھر تمہیں زندہ بھی کرے گا۔ اور انسان تو بڑا ناشکر ہے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ (Allah has subjugated to you whatever there is on the earth - 22:65) It means that everything on this earth has been placed under the control of man. This raises the question that the mountains, rivers, beasts and birds and thousands of similar objects d...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And He it is Who gave you life by originating you then He will cause you to die upon the conclusion of your terms of life then He will give you life again at the Resurrection. Truly man that is truly the idolater is very ungrateful for God’s graces by neglecting to affirm His Oneness.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Signs of the Power of Allah
This is a further sign of His might and power; that he sends the winds to drive the clouds which deliver rain to the barren land where nothing grows, land which is dry, dusty and desiccated.
فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَآءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ
(but when We send down ...
أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Afahsibtum annamaa khalaqnaakum 'abasanw wa annakum ilainaa laa turja'oon
Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"
کیا تم یہ خیال کرتے ہو کہ ہم نے تم کو بےفائدہ پیدا کیا ہے اور یہ تم ہماری طرف لوٹ کر نہیں آؤ گے؟
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ (Do not speak to Me - 23:108). According to Hasan al-Basri (رح) these will be the last words of the people who are cast in hell and in reply Allah will say, "Do not speak to Me." After this they will not be able to speak like human beings, but will make animal sounds to each other...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Did you suppose that We created you aimlessly and not for an underlying reason and that you would not be returned to Us?’ read active tarji‘ūna ‘you would not return’ or passive turja‘ūna ‘you would not be returned’ Nay! But it was so that We might enthral you with commands and prohibitions where af...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah tells them how much they wasted in their short lives in this world by failing to obey Allah and worship Him Alone.
If they had been patient during their short stay in this world, they would have attained victory just like His pious close friends.
قَـلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِ...
وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ
Wallazee yumeetunee summa yuhyeen
And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life
اور جو مجھے مارے گا اور پھر زندہ کرے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The reasoning for this he gave إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ (62) "Indeed with me is my Lord. He will guide me." Such are the moments for the test of faith, when Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) was not terror stricken at all, as if he was seeing for himself the way out. Almost the same thing happened...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and Who will make me die then give me life
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Ibrahim mentions Allah's Kindness towards Him
Ibrahim said, "I will not worship any but the One Who does these things:
الَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ
(Who has created me, and it is He Who guides me.) He is the Creator Who has decreed certain things to which He guides His creation, so each person...
أَمَّن يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Ammmany-yabda'ul khalqa summa yu'eeduhoo wa many-yarzuqukum minas sammaaa'i wal ard; 'a-ilaahum ma'allah; qul haatoo burhaanakum in kuntum saadiqeen
Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
بھلا کون خلقت کو پہلی بار پیدا کرتا۔ پھر اس کو بار بار پیدا کرتا رہتا ہے اور (کون) تم کو آسمان اور زمین سے رزق دیتا ہے (یہ سب کچھ خدا کرتا ہے) تو کیا خدا کے ساتھ کوئی اور معبود بھی ہے (ہرگز نہیں) کہہ دو کہ (مشرکو) اگر تم سچے ہو تو دلیل پیش کرو
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّـهُ
Say, "No one in the heavens and the earth has the knowledge of Unseen except Allah." - 27:65
The Holy Prophet ﷺ was instructed to tell people that all the creatures that live in the heavens, like angels, and al...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Or He Who originates creation in the wombs from a sperm-drop then brings it back again after death as established by the proofs for this resurrection even if you do not acknowledge it; and Who provides for you from the heaven rain and from the earth vegetation. Is there a god with God? In other word...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ - إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِىءُ وَيُعِيدُ
(Verily, the punishment of your Lord is severe and painful. Verily, He it is Who begins and repeats.) (85:12-13)
وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ
(And He it is Who originates the creation, the...
قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْغَيْبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ
Qul laa ya'lamu mman fis sammaawaati wal ardil ghaiba illal laah; wa maa yash'uroona aiyaana yub'asoon
Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected."
کہہ دو کہ جو لوگ آسمانوں اور زمین میں ہیں خدا کے سوا غیب کی باتیں نہیں جانتے۔ اور نہ یہ جانتے ہیں کہ کب (زندہ کرکے) اٹھائے جائیں گے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّـهُ
Say, "No one in the heavens and the earth has the knowledge of Unseen except Allah." - 27:65
The Holy Prophet ﷺ was instructed to tell people that all the creatures that live in the heavens, like angels, and al...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They the disbelievers also asked him when the Hour will come to pass and the following was revealed Say ‘No one in the heavens or the earth knows be it angels or human beings the Unseen namely what is hidden from them except God He knows it and they are not aware the disbelievers of Mecca like other...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The One Who knows the Unseen is Allah
Allah commands His Messenger to inform all of creation that no one among the dwellers of heaven and earth knows the Unseen, except Allah.
إِلاَّ اللَّهُ
(except Allah) This is an absolute exception, meaning that no one knows this besides Allah, He is alone in th...
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥٓ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ
Awa lam yaraw kaifa yubdi'ul laahul khalqa summa yu'eeduh; inna zaalika 'alal laahi yaseer
Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.
کیا اُنہوں نے نہیں دیکھا کہ خدا کس طرح خلقت کو پہلی بار پیدا کرتا پھر (کس طرح) اس کو بار بار پیدا کرتا رہتا ہے۔ یہ خدا کو آسان ہے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The infidels of Makkah believed that it is Allah who has created the whole universe, but they deemed it impossible that the people will be resurrected after they once die. The present verses have described the fallacy of their view. It is stated that repeating the process of creation is m...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Have they not seen yaraw or taraw ‘have you not seen?’ observed how God originates creation yubdi’u from 4th form abda’a; a variant reading has yabda‘u from 1st form bada’a both with the same meaning ‘He creates them originally’ then He restores it namely creation just as He originated them? Surely ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Evidence for Life after Death
Allah tells us that Ibrahim, peace be upon him, showed them the proof of life after death, which they denied, in their souls. For Allah created them after they had been nothing at all, then they came into existence and became people who could hear and see. The One W...
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Kullu nafsin zaaa'iqatul mawti summa ilainaa turja'oon
Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.
ہر متنفس موت کا مزہ چکھنے والا ہے۔ پھر تم ہماری ہی طرف لوٹ کر آؤ گے
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The answer to this problem is given in the next verse: كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ (Every person has to taste death - 29:57) that is, no one has any escape from death anywhere in any situation. Therefore, it should not be the trait of a Muslim to be afraid of death, because despite all possible...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Every soul shall taste death. Then to Us you shall be returned turja‘ūna; or yurja‘ūna ‘they shall be returned’ after resurrection.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Advice to migrate and the Promise of Provision and a Goodly Reward
Allah commands His believing servants to migrate from a land in which they are not able to establish Islam, to the spacious earth of Allah where they can do so, by declaring Allah to be One and worshipping Him as He has commanded. Al...
ٱللَّهُ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Allaahu yabda'ul khalqa summa yu'eeduhoo summa ilaihi turja'oon
Allah begins creation; then He will repeat it; then to Him you will be returned.
خدا ہی خلقت کو پہلی بار پیدا کرتا ہے وہی اس کو پھر پیدا کرے گا پھر تم اُسی کی طرف لوٹ جاؤ گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ (Have they not travelled on earth - 30:9). It means that the Makkans live in a land where there is neither any cultivation and industry nor any tall and beautiful buildings, but for the sake of trade they do travel to Syria and Yemen. So, have they not seen, during...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: God originates creation in other words He produces the creation of mankind then He will reproduce it that is the creation of them after their death then to Him you shall be returned read turja‘ūna; or yurja‘ūna ‘they shall be returned’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): اللَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ
(Allah originates the creation, then He will repeat it,) Just as He was able to create it in the first place, so He is also able to repeat it.
ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
(then to Him you will be returned.) on the Day of Resurrection, when each will be requi...
يُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّ وَيُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ
Yukhrijul haiya minal maiyiti wa yukhrijul maiyita minal haiyi wa yuhyil arda ba'da mawtihaa; wa kazaalika tukhrajoon
He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. And thus will you be brought out.
وہی زندے کو مردے سے نکالتا اور (وہی) مردے کو زندے سے نکالتا ہے اور (وہی) زمین کو اس کے مرنے کے بعد زندہ کرتا ہے۔ اور اسی طرح تم (دوبارہ زمین میں سے) نکالے جاؤ گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَسُبْحَانَ اللَّـهِ حِينَ تُمْسُونَ وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُونَ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَعَشِيًّا وَحِينَ تُظْهِرُونَ
So, proclaim Allah's purity when you see the evening and when you see the morning. And to Him be praise in the heavens and the earth, and in the afternoon and when...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He brings forth the living from the dead as in the case of the human being who is produced from a sperm-drop and a bird from an egg and He brings forth the dead a sperm-drop or an egg from the living and He revives the earth with vegetation after it has died dried out. And in such a manner of being ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to pray Five Times Daily
Here Allah glorifies Himself and commands His servants to glorify and praise Him at these times which come one after the other and are indicative of His might and power in the heavens. This is when the night comes with its darkness, then in the morning the day co...
وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَن تَقُومَ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ دَعْوَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِذَآ أَنتُمْ تَخْرُجُونَ
Wa min Aayaatihee an taqoomas samaaa'u wal ardu bi-amrih; summa izaa da'aakum da'watam minal ardi izaaa antum takhrujoon
And of His signs is that the heaven and earth remain by His command. Then when He calls you with a [single] call from the earth, immediately you will come forth.
اور اسی کے نشانات (اور تصرفات) میں سے ہے کہ آسمان اور زمین اس کے حکم سے قائم ہیں۔ پھر جب وہ تم کو زمین میں سے (نکلنے کے لئے) آواز دے گا تو تم جھٹ نکل پڑو گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sixth sign of divine omnipotence
Existence of the sky and earth is by the command of Allah. When He will command the breakup of this system, this strong arrangement, which is working since thousands of years perfectly without a slight depreciation, will end up in no time. Then by the command of Alla...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And of His signs is that the heaven and the earth remain standing by His command by His will without any supports; then when He calls you to come out of the earth when Isrāfīl blows the Horn for the raising from the graves to commence lo! you shall come forth from it alive. Thus your coming forth ou...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ
(And among His signs) which speak of His greatness,
يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاً
(He shows you the lightning, for fear and for hope,) Sometimes you fear the heavy rain and destructive thunderbolts that follow it, and sometimes you feel hope, when you see a flash of lightni...
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَهُ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
Wa Huwal lazee yabda'ul khalqa summa yu'eeduhoo wa huwa ahwanu 'alaih; wa lahul masalul la'laa fissamaawaati wal-ard; wa Huwal 'Azeezul Hakeem
And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest attribute in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
اور وہی تو ہے جو خلقت کو پہلی دفعہ پیدا کرتا ہے پھر اُسے دوبارہ پیدا کرے گا۔ اور یہ اس کو بہت آسان ہے۔ اور آسمانوں اور زمین میں اس کی شان بہت بلند ہے۔ اور وہ غالب حکمت والا ہے
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: And He it is Who initiates the creation of mankind then brings it back after their destruction and that is even easier for Him than the initiation — from the perspective of those addressed for whom to repeat something is easier than doing it for the first time — otherwise in God’s case exalted be He...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): وَلَهُ مَن فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ
(To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth.) means, He owns it and it is enslaved to Him.
كُلٌّ لَّهُ قَـنِتُونَ
(All are obedient to Him.) they are humble before Him and submit to Him, whether willingly or unwillingly.
Repeating the Creation is ...
فَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِ رَحْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Fanzur ilaaa aasaari rahmatil laahi kaifa yuhyil arda ba'da mawtihaa; inna zaalika lamuhyil mawtaa wa Huwa 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer
So observe the effects of the mercy of Allah - how He gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed, that [same one] will give life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.
تو (اے دیکھنے والے) خدا کی رحمت کی نشانیوں کی طرف دیکھ کہ وہ کس طرح زمین کو اس کے مرنے کے بعد زندہ کرتا ہے۔ بیشک وہ مردوں کو زندہ کرنے والا ہے۔ اور وہ ہر چیز پر قادر ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (Then We took vengeance upon those who were guilty. And it was due on Us to help the believers. -30:47). This verse tells us that Allah Ta’ ala has taken it upon Himself to help the believers. On the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So behold the effects a variant reading has singular athar ‘the effect’ of God's mercy that is His grace in giving them rain how He revives the earth after it has died after it has dried out so that it produces vegetation again. Surely He is the Reviver of the dead and He has power over all things.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Revival of the Earth is a Sign of the Resurrection
Here Allah explains how He creates the clouds that rain the water.
اللَّهُ الَّذِى يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَـحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَاباً
(Allah is He Who sends the winds, so that they raise clouds) either from the sea, as was mentioned by more than one (of the...
مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ
Maa khalqukum wa laa ba'sukum illaa kanafsinw-waa hidah; innal laaha Samee'um Baseer
Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing.
(خدا کو) تمہارا پیدا کرنا اور جِلا اُٹھانا ایک شخص (کے پیدا کرنے اور جلا اُٹھانے) کی طرح ہے۔ بیشک خدا سننے والا دیکھنے والا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: This has been stated in the verse: وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ (27) through a similitude. Says the similitude: 'If all trees that are on the earth were to be pens (or pens were to be made of all branches on them) and the ocean (converted into ink) is supported by seven sea...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Your creation and your resurrection are only as that of a single soul in terms of creation and resurrection because it is the result of the words kun fa-yakūn ‘“Be!” and it is!’ Truly God is Hearer hearing everything that may be heard Seer seeing everything that may be seen nothing able to distract ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Words of Allah cannot be counted or exhausted
Allah tells us of His might, pride, majesty, beautiful Names and sublime attributes, and His perfect Words which no one can encompass. No human being knows their essence or nature, or how many they are. As the Leader of Mankind and Seal of the Messen...
وَٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَسُقْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلنُّشُورُ
Wallaahul lazeee arsalar riyaaha fatuseeru shaaban fasuqnaahu ilaa baladim maiyitin fa ahyaynaa bihil arda ba'da mawtihaa; kazaalikan nushoor
And it is Allah who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds, and We drive them to a dead land and give life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Thus is the resurrection.
اور خدا ہی تو ہے جو ہوائیں چلاتا ہے اور وہ بادل کو اُبھارتی ہیں پھر ہم ان کو ایک بےجان شہر کی طرف چلاتے ہیں۔ پھر اس سے زمین کو اس کے مرنے کے بعد زندہ کردیتے ہیں۔ اسی طرح مردوں کو جی اُٹھنا ہوگا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Imam al-Baghawi has reported on the authority of Sayyidna ` Abdullah Ibn ` Abbas ؓ that the verse: فَإِنَّ اللَّـهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ (The fact, therefore, is that Allah lets go astray whomsoever He wills , and leads to the right path whomsoever He wills.- 8) was revealed at ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And it is God Who unleashes the winds al-riyāha a variant reading has al-rīha and they raise clouds fa-tuthīru’l-sahāba the imperfect tense here is used to narrate the past that is they stir them up then We drive them there is a shift here from the third person to the first person address to a dead ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Evidence of Life after Death
Often Allah refers to the Resurrection by using the analogy of the earth coming back to life after it has died, as in the beginning of Surat Al-Hajj, where He urges His servants to draw the lesson of the former from the latter. For the earth is dead and lifeless, with no...
وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَحْيَآءُ وَلَا ٱلْأَمْوَٰتُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ
Wa maa yastawil ahyaaa'u wa lal amwaat; innal laaha yusmi'u mai yashaaa'u wa maaa anta bimusi'im man fil quboor
And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allah causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.
اور نہ زندے اور مردے برابر ہوسکتے ہیں۔ خدا جس کو چاہتا ہے سنا دیتا ہے۔ اور تم ان کو جو قبروں میں مدفون ہیں نہیں سنا سکتے
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: nor are the living equal to the dead the believers and the disbelievers respectively the addition of the particle lā ‘nor’ in all three instances is for emphasis. Indeed God makes to hear whomever He will to be guided so that such a person then responds to Him by embracing faith. But you cannot make...
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...
وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ
Wa nufikha fis-soori faizaa hum minal ajdaasi ilaa Rabbihim yansiloon
And the Horn will be blown; and at once from the graves to their Lord they will hasten.
اور (جس وقت) صور پھونکا جائے گا یہ قبروں سے (نکل کر) اپنے پروردگار کی طرف دوڑ پڑیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After that, it was said: وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ (And the Horn will be blown, and suddenly they will be rushing from their graves towards their Lord. (36:51). Here, the word: أَجْدَاثِ (ajdath) is the plural form of: جَدَث (jadath) which mea...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And the Trumpet is blown — this is the Horn — at the second Blast for the Resurrection to take place; between the two Blasts is an interval of forty years; and lo! they those interred will be scrambling out of their graves towards their Lord emerging therefrom hurriedly.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Trumpet Blast of the Resurrection
This will be the third blast of the trumpet, the trumpet blast of the resurrection when people will come forth from their graves. Allah says:
فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ الاٌّجْدَاثِ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ
(and behold from the graves they will come out quickly to thei...
قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا مَنۢ بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
Qaaloo yaa wailanaa mam ba'asanaa mim marqadinaa; haaza maa wa'adar Rahmanu wa sadaqal mursaloon
They will say, "O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?" [The reply will be], "This is what the Most Merciful had promised, and the messengers told the truth."
کہیں گے اے ہے ہمیں ہماری خوابگاہوں سے کس نے (جگا) اُٹھایا؟ یہ وہی تو ہے جس کا خدا نے وعدہ کیا تھا اور پیغمبروں نے سچ کہا تھا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 52, it was said: قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا مَن بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا (They will say, "Woe to us! Who has raised us from our sleeping place?" ). Though the disbelievers were already having their punishment in their graves with no sign of any relief, yet this punishment will appear as nothi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They the disbelievers among them will say ‘O yā is for calling attention to something woe to us! waylanā means halākanā ‘O our destruction!’ and it is a verbal noun which has no regular verbal conjugation Who has raised us from our place of sleep? they say this because they will have been asleep in ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Trumpet Blast of the Resurrection
This will be the third blast of the trumpet, the trumpet blast of the resurrection when people will come forth from their graves. Allah says:
فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ الاٌّجْدَاثِ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ
(and behold from the graves they will come out quickly to thei...
وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ
Wa daraba lanaa maslanw-wa nasiya khalqahoo qaala mai-yuhyil'izaama wa hiya rameem
And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"
اور ہمارے بارے میں مثالیں بیان کرنے لگا اور اپنی پیدائش کو بھول گیا۔ کہنے لگا کہ (جب) ہڈیاں بوسیدہ ہوجائیں گی تو ان کو کون زندہ کرے گا؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 78, it was said: ضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا (And he has set up an argument about Us). Here, the expression refers to the event described above, that is, while smashing and rubbing the bone into bone meal, its revival was considered improbable. After that, it was said: وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ (and forg...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And he strikes for Us a similitude in this respect and forgets the manner of his creation from a sperm-drop a thing more curious than his similitude; he says ‘Who will revive the bones when they are rot?’ in other words when they have become withered He does not say ramīmatun ‘decayed’ because it ra...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Denial of Life after Death, and the Refutation of this Idea
Mujahid, `Ikrimah, `Urwah bin Az-Zubayr, As-Suddi and Qatadah said, "Ubayy bin Khalaf, may Allah curse him, came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a dry bone in his hand, which he was crumbling and scattering in the air, saying, `O Muham...
قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ
Qul yuh yeehal lazeee ansha ahaaa awwala marrah; wa Huwa bikulli khalqin 'Aleem
Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing."
کہہ دو کہ ان کو وہ زندہ کرے گا جس نے ان کو پہلی بار پیدا کیا تھا۔ اور وہ سب قسم کا پیدا کرنا جانتا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 78, it was said: ضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا (And he has set up an argument about Us). Here, the expression refers to the event described above, that is, while smashing and rubbing the bone into bone meal, its revival was considered improbable. After that, it was said: وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ (and forg...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘He will revive them Who originated them the first time and He is Knower of all creation of every single creature generally and in detail before and after it has been created —
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Denial of Life after Death, and the Refutation of this Idea
Mujahid, `Ikrimah, `Urwah bin Az-Zubayr, As-Suddi and Qatadah said, "Ubayy bin Khalaf, may Allah curse him, came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a dry bone in his hand, which he was crumbling and scattering in the air, saying, `O Muham...
فَسُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Fa Subhaanal lazee biyadihee malakootu kulli shai-inw-wa ilaihi turja'oon
So exalted is He in whose hand is the realm of all things, and to Him you will be returned.
وہ (ذات) پاک ہے جس کے ہاتھ میں ہر چیز کی بادشاہت ہے اور اسی کی طرف تم کو لوٹ کر جانا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 82, it was said: إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ (His practice, when He intends to do something, is no more than He says, "Be", and it comes to be.). In other words, the verse means that when Allah Ta’ ala intends to create something, He has no need ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion of all things malakūt means mulk the wāw and tā’ have been added for hyperbole and to Whom you will be returned restored in the Hereafter.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah points out His great might and power in that He created theseven heavens with all their stars and planets, and the seven earths with everything in them of mountains, sands, oceans and wildernesses, and everything in between
He tells us to find the proof that He will re-create our bodies in His...
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
'A-izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa 'izaaman 'ainnaa lamab'oosoon
When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
بھلا جب ہم مرگئے اور مٹی اور ہڈیاں ہوگئے تو کیا پھر اٹھائے جائیں گے؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The proof of the miracles of the Holy Prophet ﷺ
The word: آيَةً ('ayt tan) in verse وَإِذَا رَأَوْا آيَةً (And when they see a sign) literally means 'sign' and at this place it means 'miracle.' Hence, this verse proves that Allah Taala had given to the Holy Prophet t some other miracles as well in ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: When we are dead and have become dust and bones shall we indeed be resurrected? In both places sc. a-idhā and a-innā either pronounce both hamzas or read without pronouncing the second one and inserting an alif between them in both cases.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Certainty of Life after Death
Allah says: `Ask these people, those who deny the resurrection, which is harder to create Are they more difficult to create or the heavens, the earth, the angels, devils, the mighty creatures -- everything in between them' Ibn Mas`ud said that they admitted that the...
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
Fa innamaa hiya zajra tunw waahidatun fa izaa hum yanzuroon
It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.
وہ تو ایک زور کی آواز ہوگی اور یہ اس وقت دیکھنے لگیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
After having shown the possibility and proof of 'Akhirah or Hereafter, Allah Ta’ ala has described some events relating to Resurrection in these verses.
Given in the first verse (19) is the mode in which the dead will rise again. It was said: فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ, it will b...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: For it will be only innamā hiya this hiya is a demonstrative pronoun explained by the following zajratun a single cry and lo! they all creatures will be alive watching to see what will be done with them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Certainty of Life after Death
Allah says: `Ask these people, those who deny the resurrection, which is harder to create Are they more difficult to create or the heavens, the earth, the angels, devils, the mighty creatures -- everything in between them' Ibn Mas`ud said that they admitted that the...
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
'A-izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa 'izaaman 'ainnaa lamadeenoon
That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
بھلا جب ہم مر گئے اور مٹی اور ہڈیاں ہوگئے تو کیا ہم کو بدلہ ملے گا؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: An inmate of Jannah and his disbelieving acquaintance
After having described the general condition of the people of Jannah, one of them has been mentioned particularly. Once he has settled down with other inmates of Jannah, he will recall a disbelieving acquaintance who denied the possibility of the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: that when we are dead and have become dust and bones we shall actually be called to account?” ’ that we shall be requited and reckoned with — he rejects the truth of this as well as regards all three instances of the hamzas sc. a-innaka a-idhā and a-innā what has been mentioned above applies.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The gathering of the People of Paradise, and the exchange between One of Them and His Counterpart in
Allah tells us how the people of Paradise will turn to one another, asking one another about their situation, how they were in this world and what they suffered. This is part of their conversation wh...
وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ
Wa maa yanzuru haaa ulaaa'i illaa saihatanw waahidatam maa lahaa min fawaaq
And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.
اور یہ لوگ تو صرف ایک زور کی آواز کا جس میں (شروع ہوئے پیچھے) کچھ وقفہ نہیں ہوگا، انتظار کرتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The word: فَوَاقُ (fawaq) in verse 15: مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ (that will have no pause.) is used in Arabic to convey several meanings. To begin with, 'fawaq' is the period of time that intervenes between milking an animal and creation of milk in its teats once again. Then, it also means 'comfort.' W...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And these that is the disbelievers of Mecca do not await but a single Cry namely the Blast of the Resurrection that will herald chastisement for them for which there will be no revoking read fawāq or fuwāq.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Reminder of Those Who were destroyed among the Previous Nations
Allah tells us about those past nations and the punishment and vengeance that struck them for their going against the Messengers and disbelieving in the Prophets, peace be upon them. We have already seen their stories in detail in num...
وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَىٰ فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنظُرُونَ
Wa nufikha fis Soori fas'iqa man fis samaawaati wa man fil ardi illaa man shaa'al lahu summa nufikha feehi ukhraa fa izaa hum qiyaamuny yanzuroon
And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on.
اور جب صور پھونکا جائے گا تو جو لوگ آسمان میں ہیں اور جو زمین میں ہیں سب بےہوش ہو کر گر پڑیں گے مگر وہ جس کو خدا چاہے۔ پھر دوسری دفعہ پھونکا جائے گا تو فوراً سب کھڑے ہو کر دیکھنے لگیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
In verse 68, it was said: فَصَعِقَ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَاءَ اللَّـهُ and all those in the heavens and all those in the earth will faint, except the one whom Allah wills." The word: صَعِقَ (sa'iqa) literally means to swoon, faint or fall unconscious, and ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And the Trumpet will be blown for the First Blast and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth will swoon will die except whomever God wills such as the houris the beautiful youths of Paradise and others. Then it will be blown again and behold they that is all creatures who are dead wil...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Blast of the Trumpet, the Judgement and the Recompense
Allah tells us about the terrors of the Day of Judgement, with its mighty signs and terrifying upheaval.
وَنُفِخَ فِى الصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَمَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ إِلاَّ مَن شَآءَ اللَّهُ
(And the Trumpet will be blown and all ...
قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَمَتَّنَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَأَحْيَيْتَنَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَٱعْتَرَفْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلْ إِلَىٰ خُرُوجٍ مِّن سَبِيلٍ
Qaaloo Rabbanaaa amat tanasnataini wa ahyaitanas nataini fa'tarafnaa bizunoo binaa fahal ilaa khuroojim min sabeel
They will say, "Our Lord, You made us lifeless twice and gave us life twice, and we have confessed our sins. So is there to an exit any way?"
وہ کہیں گے کہ اے ہمارے پروردگار تو نے ہم کو دو دفعہ بےجان کیا اور دو دفعہ جان بخشی۔ ہم کو اپنے گناہوں کا اقرار ہے تو کیا نکلنے کی کوئی سبیل ہے؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 7, it was said: الَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ الْعَرْشَ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُ (Those who are bearing the Throne and those who are around it). The present count of angels who bear the Throne (arsh) is four and, on the day of Qiyamah (the Day of Judgment), they will be eight, and only Allah knows the numb...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They will say ‘Our Lord You have caused us to die twice two deaths and You have given us life twice — for they were lifeless drops of semen then they were given life then made to die then brought back to life for the Resurrection. We now confess our sins in having disbelieved in the Resurrection. Is...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Regret of the Disbelievers after They enter Hell
Allah tells us that the disbelievers will feel regret on the Day of Resurrection, when they enter Hell and sink in the agonizing depth of fire. When they actually experience the unbearable punishment of Allah, they will hate themselves with the ut...
وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٌ
Wa min Aayaatihee khalqus samaawaati wal ardi wa maa bassa feehimaa min daaabbah; wa Huwa 'alaa jam'ihim izaa yashaaa'u Qadeer
And of his signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent.
اور اسی کی نشانیوں میں سے ہے آسمانوں اور زمین کا پیدا کرنا اور ان جانوروں کا جو اس نے ان میں پھیلا رکھے ہیں اور وہ جب چاہے ان کے جمع کرلینے پر قادر ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن (and the creatures He has spread in them - 29). The original lexical meaning of دَابَّةٍ ` dabbah' (used in the text and translated as ` creatures' ) is anything which moves about of its own will; later on this word began to be used for animals. This verse states that Allah ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the creation of whatever He has scattered whatever He has divided and spread in them in the way of creatures dābba this denotes all those creatures which tread yadubbu upon the earth whether human beings or otherwise. And He is able t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Among the Signs of Allah is the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth
وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ
(And among His Ayat) the signs which point to His great might and power,
خَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا
(is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and whatever moving creatures He has di...
وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ
Wa innaaa ilaa Rabbinaa lamunqaliboon
And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."
اور ہم اپنے پروردگار کی طرف لوٹ کر جانے والے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَإِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ (and of course, towards our Lord we have to return - 14). These words teach us that every time a man embarks on a journey, he should think of his last arduous journey to the Hereafter also, which one has to undertake in all circumstances; - and the only way t...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And indeed it is to our Lord that we shall return’ to Him that we shall depart.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Idolators' admission that Allah is the Sole Creator, and Further Evidence of that
Allah says: `If you, O Muhammad, were to ask these idolators who associate others with Allah and worship others besides Him,'
مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزِيزُ الْعَلِيمُ
("W...
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
In hiya illaa mawtatunal oolaa wa maa nahnu bimun shareen
"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.
کہ ہمیں صرف پہلی دفعہ (یعنی ایک بار) مرنا ہے اور (پھر) اُٹھنا نہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَآتَيْنَاهُم مِّنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُّبِينٌ And We gave them the clear signs in which there was a manifest blessing. (44:33) " The word 'signs' refers to the miracles of the staff, the shining hand and others. The word 1 bala' has two senses: (1) blessing; and (2) trial. Here both sense...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ‘It that death after which there is life is nothing more than our first death that is when they were sperm-drops and we shall not be resurrected we shall not be raised alive after the second one.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation of Those Who deny the Resurrection
Here Allah denounces the idolators for their denial of the Resurrection and their belief that there is nothing after this life and no life or resurrection after death, which they based on the fact that their forefathers had died and had not returned. The...
فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Faatoo bi aabaaa'inaaa inkuntum saadiqeen
Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."
پس اگر تم سچے ہو تو ہمارے باپ دادا کو (زندہ کر) لاؤ
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ "Bring our fathers, if you are true (in your belief in resurrection" ) (44:36) ". Allah did not give an answer to this argument of theirs, because it was too obvious to need explanation, for the resurrection will happen on the Day of Judgment, n...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Bring us then our fathers alive if you are being truthful’ about our being resurrected after we have died that is to say that we will be given life again.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation of Those Who deny the Resurrection
Here Allah denounces the idolators for their denial of the Resurrection and their belief that there is nothing after this life and no life or resurrection after death, which they based on the fact that their forefathers had died and had not returned. The...
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Awalam yaraw annal laahal lazee khalaqas samaawaati wal larda wa lam ya'ya bikhal qihinna biqaadirin 'alaaa anyyuhiyal mawtaa; balaaa innahoo 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer
Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.
کیا انہوں نے نہیں سمجھا کہ جس خدا نے آسمانوں اور زمین کو پیدا کیا اور ان کے پیدا کرنے سے تھکا نہیں۔ وہ اس (بات) پر بھی قادر ہے کہ مردوں کو زندہ کر دے۔ ہاں ہاں وہ ہر چیز پر قادر ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: یغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ (will forgive your sins for you,) The word 'min' used in the text gives the sense of 'some'. If it is taken in this sense here, it would mean that 'some sins' will be forgiven by embracing Islam. It will indicate that only sins relating to the rights of Allah would be...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Have they not seen have they not realised that is the deniers of resurrection that God Who created the heavens and the earth and Who was not wearied by their creation Who did not fail therein is able to give life to the dead? bi-qādirin is the predicate of anna ‘that’ the bi- having been added to it...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Commanding the Prophet to persevere
Allah then commands His Messenger to observe patience with those who rejected him among his people. He says,
فَاصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُوْلُواْ الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ
(Therefore be patient as did those of determination among the Messengers.) meaning, as they were ...
وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
Wastami' yawma yunaa dil munaadi mim makaanin qareeb
And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near -
اور سنو جس دن پکارنے والا نزدیک کی جگہ سے پکارے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ (...the Day when the caller will call from a near place - 50:41). Sayyidna Ibn ` Asakir ؓ reports from Zaid Ibn Jabir Shafi` i that the "caller" referred to here is the angel Israfil (علیہ السلام) who will stand on the Dome of the Rock (Sakhrah) and wi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And listen — O addressee to My words — on the day when the caller namely the archangel Isrāfīl calls out from a place that is near to the heaven this is the Rock of the Holy House of Jerusalem the place on earth that is the nearest to the heaven. He Isrāfīl will say ‘O withered bones severed limbs t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Admonition from Some Scenes of the Day of Resurrection
Allah the Exalted said,
وَاسْتَمِعْ
(And listen) `O Muhammad,'
يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
(on the Day when the caller will call from a near place.) to the gathering for the Day of Judgement,
يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِا...
يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ
Yawma yasmaoonas sai hata bilhaqq zaalika yawmul khurooj
The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].
جس دن لوگ چیخ یقیناً سن لیں گے۔ وہی نکل پڑنے کا دن ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ (...the Day when the caller will call from a near place - 50:41). Sayyidna Ibn ` Asakir ؓ reports from Zaid Ibn Jabir Shafi` i that the "caller" referred to here is the angel Israfil (علیہ السلام) who will stand on the Dome of the Rock (Sakhrah) and wi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: On the day yawma substitutes for the previous yawma when they that is all creatures hear the Call of truth of the Resurrection — this will be Isrāfīl’s second blast and it may precede or follow his initial call — that day of the call and the hearing is the day of coming forth from the graves yawma ‘...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Admonition from Some Scenes of the Day of Resurrection
Allah the Exalted said,
وَاسْتَمِعْ
(And listen) `O Muhammad,'
يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
(on the Day when the caller will call from a near place.) to the gathering for the Day of Judgement,
يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِا...
يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ
Yawma tashaqqaqul ardu 'anhum siraa'aa; zaalika hashrun 'alainaa yaseer
On the Day the earth breaks away from them [and they emerge] rapidly; that is a gathering easy for Us.
اس دن زمین ان پر سے پھٹ جائے گی اور وہ جھٹ پٹ نکل کھڑے ہوں گے۔ یہ جمع کرنا ہمیں آسان ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ الْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا (...on the Day when the earth will burst apart exposing them, while they will be hurrying up. - 50:44). The Prophetic Tradition indicates that this 'hurrying up' will be towards Syria where the Dome of the Rock is situated. Israfil (علیہ السلام) will st...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: On the day when yawma substitutes for the previous yawma with the intervening statement being a parenthetical the earth is split asunder read tashaqqaqu or tashshaqqaqu where the original second tā’ of tatashaqqaqu has been assimilated with it the shīn from them they will come hastening forth sirā‘a...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Admonition from Some Scenes of the Day of Resurrection
Allah the Exalted said,
وَاسْتَمِعْ
(And listen) `O Muhammad,'
يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
(on the Day when the caller will call from a near place.) to the gathering for the Day of Judgement,
يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِا...
وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ
Wa anna 'alaihin nash atal ukhraa
And that [incumbent] upon Him is the next creation
اور یہ کہ (قیامت کو) اسی پر دوبارہ اٹھانا لازم ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ (and that He is the One who makes [ one ] laugh and makes [ him ] weep,...53:43) Mankind experiences happiness and grief, and consequently laughing and weeping. Man assigns this to the secondary causes [ which refer to every existent thing in this universe, and tha...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and that with Him rests the second genesis read al-nashā’ata or al-nash’ata the other creation for the Resurrection after the first creation
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Some Attributes of the Lord, that He returns Man as He originated Him, and some of what He does with His Servants
Allah the Exalted said,
وَأَنَّ إِلَى رَبِّكَ الْمُنتَهَى
(And that to your Lord is the End.) meaning, the return of everything on the Day of Resurrection. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `A...
خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ
khushsha'an absaaruhum yakrujoona minal ajdaasi ka annahum jaraadum muntashir
Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
تو آنکھیں نیچی کئے ہوئے قبروں سے نکل پڑیں گے گویا بکھری ہوئی ٹڈیاں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ (...while every matter has to be settled....54:3). The literal meaning of the word istiqrar is to settle. The verse means that everything must ultimately reach its end and the matter must become clear. If a veil is fabricated and cast over the truth or reality, eventual...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: with their downcast khāshi‘an a variant reading has khushsha‘an humiliated looks absāruhum is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of the verb yakhrujūna ‘they will emerge’ they that is mankind will emerge from the graves as though they were scattered locusts not knowing where to go o...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The terrible End the Disbelievers will meet on the Day of Resurrection
Allah the Exalted says, `O Muhammad, turn away from these people who, when they witness a miracle, they deny it and say that this is continuous magic.' Turn away from them and wait until,
يَوْمَ يَدْعُو الدَّاعِ إِلَى شَىْءٍ نُّك...
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا
Izaa rujjatil ardu rajjaa
When the earth is shaken with convulsion
جب زمین بھونچال سے لرزنے لگے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ (It will be abasing [ some ], exalting [ others ]...56:3). The verse means that the 'Inevitable Event' referred to in the previous verse will bring about a great revolution in the lives of men, as is witnessed at the time of revolution of governments. The high and the mighty wi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: When the earth is shaken with a violent shock
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat Al-Waqi`ah
Abu Ishaq reported from `Ikrimah from Ibn `Abbas that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger! You are becoming gray" The Messenger ﷺ replied,
«شَيَّبَتْنِي هُودٌ وَالْوَاقِعَةُ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتُ وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَإِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَ...
وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّا
Wa bussatil jibaalu bassaa
And the mountains are broken down, crumbling
اور پہاڑ ٹوٹ کر ریزہ ریزہ ہوجائیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ (It will be abasing [ some ], exalting [ others ]...56:3). The verse means that the 'Inevitable Event' referred to in the previous verse will bring about a great revolution in the lives of men, as is witnessed at the time of revolution of governments. The high and the mighty wi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and the mountains are pulverised to tiny pieces
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat Al-Waqi`ah
Abu Ishaq reported from `Ikrimah from Ibn `Abbas that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger! You are becoming gray" The Messenger ﷺ replied,
«شَيَّبَتْنِي هُودٌ وَالْوَاقِعَةُ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتُ وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَإِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَ...
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنۢبَثًّا
Fakaanat habaaa'am mumbassaa
And become dust dispersing.
پھر غبار ہو کر اُڑنے لگیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ (It will be abasing [ some ], exalting [ others ]...56:3). The verse means that the 'Inevitable Event' referred to in the previous verse will bring about a great revolution in the lives of men, as is witnessed at the time of revolution of governments. The high and the mighty wi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: so that they become a scattered dust the second idh ‘when’ is a substitution for the first idh
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat Al-Waqi`ah
Abu Ishaq reported from `Ikrimah from Ibn `Abbas that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger! You are becoming gray" The Messenger ﷺ replied,
«شَيَّبَتْنِي هُودٌ وَالْوَاقِعَةُ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتُ وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَإِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَ...
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
'Alaaa an nubaddila amsaalakum wa nunshi'akum fee maa laa ta'lamoon
In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.
کہ تمہاری طرح کے اور لوگ تمہاری جگہ لے آئیں اور تم کو ایسے جہان میں جس کو تم نہیں جانتے پیدا کر دیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Proof of the occurrence of the Day of Resurrection
Thus far the Surah dealt with three categories of people on the Plain of Hashr (Gathering.) The verses so far described the reward and punishment of these three groups. The current set of verses warn the deviant skeptics and atheists who completely ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: replacing you with We are not incapable of appointing your likes in your place and making you creating you in what you do not know in the way of forms such as apes or swine.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Proof that Resurrection will occur
Allah asserts that Resurrection will occur and refutes the misguided atheists who deny it, those who said,
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَاباً وَعِظَـماً أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
(When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be resurrected) 56:47 They s...
زَعَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَن لَّن يُبْعَثُوا۟ قُلْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّى لَتُبْعَثُنَّ ثُمَّ لَتُنَبَّؤُنَّ بِمَا عَمِلْتُمْ وَذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ
Za'amal lazeena kafarooo al-lany yub'asoo; qul balaa wa rabbee latub'asunna summa latunabba'unna bimaa 'amiltum; wa zaalika 'alal laahi yaseer
Those who disbelieve have claimed that they will never be resurrected. Say, "Yes, by my Lord, you will surely be resurrected; then you will surely be informed of what you did. And that, for Allah, is easy."
جو لوگ کافر ہیں ان کا اعتقاد ہے کہ وہ (دوبارہ) ہرگز نہیں اٹھائے جائیں گے۔ کہہ دو کہ ہاں ہاں میرے پروردگار کی قسم تم ضرور اٹھائے جاؤ گے پھر جو کام تم کرتے رہے ہو وہ تمہیں بتائے جائیں گے اور یہ (بات) خدا کو آسان ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا (…but they said, “ Shall some mortals give us guidance?”…64:6). Though the word basher [ mortal (s)] is singular, but in meaning it is plural. Therefore, the verb يَهْدُونَنَا ‘give us guidance’ is plural. All unbelievers held the notion that prophets and messengers ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Those who disbelieve claim that an is softened its subject having been omitted that is to say annahum they will never be resurrected. Say ‘Yes indeed by my Lord! You will be resurrected; then you will be informed of what you did. And that is easy for God’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Life after Death is True
Allah the Exalted informs about the disbelievers, idolators and the atheists that they claim that they will not be resurrected,
قُلْ بَلَى وَرَبِّى لَتُبْعَثُنَّ ثُمَّ لَتُنَبَّؤُنَّ بِمَا عَمِلْتُمْ
(Say: "Yes! By my Lord, you will certainly be resurrected, then you will be...
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَٱمْشُوا۟ فِى مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِهِۦ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ
Huwal lazee ja'ala lakumul arda zaloolan famshoo fee manaakibihaa wa kuloo mir rizqihee wa ilaihin nushoor
It is He who made the earth tame for you - so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision - and to Him is the resurrection.
وہی تو ہے جس نے تمہارے لئے زمین کو نرم کیا تو اس کی راہوں میں چلو پھرو اور خدا کا (دیا ہو) رزق کھاؤ اور تم کو اسی کے پاس (قبروں سے) نکل کر جانا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا (He is the One who has made the earth submissive for you ...67:15) The word dhalul signifies 'submissive'. When dhalul is used for an animal, it means that it is not insolent when someone is riding it. The word manakib is the plural of mankib, which mea...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: It is He Who made the earth tractable for you easy for you to walk on; so walk in its flanks and eat of His provision that has been created for you; and to Him is the resurrection from the graves for the Requital.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of those Who fear their Lord unseen
Allah informs of he who fears standing before his Lord, being frightened about matters between himself and Allah when he is not in the presence of other people. So he refrains from disobedience and he performs acts of obedience when no one sees him exce...
قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ
Qul huwal lazee zara akum fil ardi wa ilaihi tuhsharoon
Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered."
کہہ دو کہ وہی ہے جس نے تم کو زمین میں پھیلایا اور اسی کے روبرو تم جمع کئے جاؤ گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِي أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۖ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ (Say, "He is the One who has originated you, and made for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts. How little you pay gratitude" ...67:23).
Specifying ears, eyes and Heart
Of all the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘It is He Who multiplied you created you on earth and to Him you will be gathered’ for the Reckoning.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): No One will help You and No One can grant Sustenance except for Allah
Allah addresses the idolators who worship others besides Him, seeking help and sustenance from them. Allah rebukes them for what they believe, and He informs them that they will not attain that which they hope for. Allah says,
أَم...
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Fa yawma'izinw waqa'atil waaqi'ah
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
تو اس روز ہو پڑنے والی (یعنی قیامت) ہو پڑے گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ (Then, when the Trumpet will be blown for the first time…69:13). Tirmidhi records a Hadith on the authority of Sayyidna ` Abdullah Ibn ` Umar ؓ that صور sur 'trumpet' is a horn- like object which will be blown on Doomsday.
نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ('for the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: then on that day the imminent Event will come to pass the Resurrection will take place
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Mention of the Horrors of the Day of Judgement
Allah informs of the horrors that will take place on the Day of Judgement. The first of these events is the blowing of fright (into the Trumpet), which will be followed by the blowing of destruction when everyone in the heavens and the earth will be s...
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Summa yu'eedukum feehaa wa ukhrijukum ikhraajaa
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
پھر اسی میں تمہیں لوٹا دے گا اور (اسی سے) تم کو نکال کھڑا کرے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّـهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا
(Did you not see how Allah has created seven heavens one upon another, and has made the moon a light therein? ....71:15-16)
These verses are adduced as proof positive of Divine Oneness and His power....
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then He will make you return into it entombed in your graves and bring you forth for the resurrection with a veritable bringing forth.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Nuh complains about his Encounter with His People
Allah tells about His servant and Messenger, Nuh, and that he complained to his Lord about the response he received from his people, and how he was patient with them for this long period of time -- which was nine hundred and fifty years. He complaine...
يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا
Yauma yun fakhu fis-soori fataa toona afwaaja
The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
جس دن صور پھونکا جائے گا تو تم لوگ غٹ کے غٹ آ موجود ہو گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا (Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time...78:17). 'The Day of Decision' refers to the Day of Resurrection. It is a fixed appointment. Other verses indicate that the trumpet will be blown twice. When it is blown the first time, the entire world will com...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: the day the Trumpet the Horn is blown yawma yunfakhu fī’l-sūri is either a substitution for or an explication of yawma’l-fasli ‘the Day of Decision’ the blower being Isrāfīl and you come forth from your graves to the site of the Resurrection in droves in diverse groups
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Explaining the Day of Decision and what occurs during it
Allah says about the Day of Decision -- and it is the Day of Judgement -- that it is at a fixed time, with a set appointment. Its time cannot be added to or decreased. No one knows its exact time except Allah. This is as Allah says,
وَمَا نُؤَ...
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
Fa inna ma hiya zajratuw-waahida
Indeed, it will be but one shout,
وہ تو صرف ایک ڈانٹ ہوگی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The fifth quality of the angels:
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا (then manage [ to do ] everything [ they are ordered to do,]...79:5). In other words, the last task of these angels of death will be as follows: Those who are commanded to reward and comfort the deserving souls, will gather means of reward...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: God exalted be He says But it the Aftershock which will be followed by the Resurrection will be only a single blast and so when it is blasted
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Tafsir of Surat An-Nazi`at (Chapter - 79) Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Swearing by Five Characteristics that the Day of Judgement will occur
Ibn Mas`ud, Ibn `Abbas, Masruq, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Abu Sa...
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ
Faizaa hum biss saahirah
And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.
اس وقت وہ (سب) میدان (حشر) میں آ جمع ہوں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The fifth quality of the angels:
فَالْمُدَبِّرَاتِ أَمْرًا (then manage [ to do ] everything [ they are ordered to do,]...79:5). In other words, the last task of these angels of death will be as follows: Those who are commanded to reward and comfort the deserving souls, will gather means of reward...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: behold then they all creatures will be upon the surface of the earth alive after having been dead inside it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Tafsir of Surat An-Nazi`at (Chapter - 79) Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Swearing by Five Characteristics that the Day of Judgement will occur
Ibn Mas`ud, Ibn `Abbas, Masruq, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Abu Sa...
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Thumma iza shaa-a ansharah
Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.
پھر جب چاہے گا اسے اٹھا کھڑا کرے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ (Later, he made him die, and put him into the grave..80:21) After mentioning the inception of human life, Allah points to its end, that is, death and grave. Death has been mentioned here in the context of blessings of Allah. It indicates that death is a blessing rather ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: then when He wills He will raise him for the Resurrection.
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...
وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
Wa izal qubooru bu'sirat
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
اور جب قبریں اکھیڑ دی جائیں گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ (it [ the Qur'an ] is surely the word of a noble messenger [ Jibra'il ], the one possessing power and a high status with the Lord of the Throne...81:19-20). This is the subject of oath that affirms that Qur'an is the word br...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and when the tombs are overturned when their earth above them is dug up and its dead are raised the response to idhā ‘when’ and all that is supplemented thereto is the following
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat Al-Infitar
An-Nasa'i recorded from Jabir that Mu`adh stood and lead the people in the Night prayer, and he made the recitation of his prayer long. So the Prophet said,
«أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ؟ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ عَنْ
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى...
أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ
Alaa yazunnu ulaaa'ika annahum mab'oosoon
Do they not think that they will be resurrected
کیا یہ لوگ نہیں جانتے کہ اٹھائے بھی جائیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
According to Sayyidna ` Abdullah Ibn Masud ؓ ، Surah Tatfif was revealed in Makkah. Therefore, most of the copies of the Qur'an refer to it as the Makki Surah. According to Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ ، Qatadah, Muqatil and Dahhak رحمۃ اللہ علیہم ، it is a Madani Surah, but only about eight ve...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Do such individuals not know for certain alā indicates an interrogative of rebuke that they will be resurrected
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Al-Madinah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Increasing and decreasing in the Measure and Weight will be a Cause for Regret and Loss
An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah both recorded from Ibn `Abbas that he said, "When the Pr...
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
Wa alqat maa feehaa wa takhallat
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
جو کچھ اس میں ہے اسے نکال کر باہر ڈال دے گی اور (بالکل) خالی ہو جائے گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ (and it will throw up whatever it contains, and will become empty...84:4) The earth will, with one convulsion, throw up whatever it contains in its belly, whether natural treasures or buried treasures, or mines, or dead human bodies and their remains and particles.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and casts out all that is in it of the dead onto its surface and empties itself thereof
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Prostration of Recitation in Surat Al-Inshiqaq
It is reported from Abu Salamah that while leading them in prayer, Abu Hurayrah recited,
إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انشَقَّتْ
(When the heaven is split asunder.) and he prostrated during its recitation. Then when he completed the ...
إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
Innahoo zanna al lai yahoor
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
اور خیال کرتا تھا کہ (خدا کی طرف) پھر کر نہ جائے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا (He had been joyful among his people...84:13). This verse tells us that those who will be given their Record in their left hands from behind their backs, they will desire death and destruction under the impression that this might end their misery. But it will no...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: indeed he thought that an softened in place of the hardened form with its subject omitted that is to say annahu he would never return to his Lord.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Prostration of Recitation in Surat Al-Inshiqaq
It is reported from Abu Salamah that while leading them in prayer, Abu Hurayrah recited,
إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انشَقَّتْ
(When the heaven is split asunder.) and he prostrated during its recitation. Then when he completed the ...
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ
Innahoo Huwa yubdi'u wa yu'eed
Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.
وہی پہلی دفعہ پیدا کرتا ہے اور وہی دوبارہ (زندہ) کرے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا (Surely, those who persecuted the believing men and the believing women, then did not repent,...85:10) This verse describes the torment of the wrong-doers who burned the Muslims in the fire pit only on account of their fai...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Assuredly it is He Who originates creation and restores and is never thwarted in what He wills
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of the Righteous, and the Harsh Seizing of the Disbelieving Enemies of Allah
Allah informs about His believing servants that
لَهُمْ جَنَّـتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَـرُ
(for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow.) This is the opposite of what he has prepared for His enemies o...
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
Innahoo 'alaa raj'ihee laqaadir
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
بےشک خدا اس کے اعادے (یعنی پھر پیدا کرنے) پر قادر ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ (Surely He is Powerful to bring him back...86:8) The word raj means 'to bring back'. The verse signifies that Allah Who has created him from a drop of seminal fluid is well able to bring him back to life after death a fortiori.
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ (on a day ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Assuredly He exalted be He is able to bring him back to resurrect man after his death; and so when he reflects on his origins he will realise that the One who was able to do this is also able to resurrect him
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...
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا
Izaa zul zilatil ardu zil zaalaha
When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake
جب زمین بھونچال سے ہلا دی جائے گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Merits of Surah Az-Zilzal
Sayyidna Anas and Ibn ` Abbas ؓ report that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that Surah Al-Zilzal equals half the Qur'an, Surah Al-Ikhlas equals a third of the Qur'an and Surah Al-Kafirun equals a quarter of the Qur'an. [ Transmitted by al-Tirmidhi, al-Baghawi and a1-Mazha...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: When earth is shaken when it is rocked for the rising of the Hour with its final quake with its most violent rocking one that befits its magnitude
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Madina
The Virtues of Surat Az-Zalzalah
Imam Ahmad recorded from `Abdullah bin `Amr that he said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah and said, `Teach me what to recite, O Messenger of Allah!' The Prophet said,
«اقْرَأْ ثَلَاثًا مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الر»
(Recite three from those whic...
وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا
Wa akh rajatil ardu athqaalaha
And the earth discharges its burdens
اور زمین اپنے (اندر) کے بوجھ نکال ڈالے گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse [ 2] وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا (and the earth will bring forth its burdens.) Muslim has recorded in his Sahih from Abu Hurairah ؓ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"The earth will throw out the pieces of its liver [ contents ]. Gold and silver will come out like columns. A murder...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and the earth brings forth its burdens its hidden treasures and its dead casting them onto its surface
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Madina
The Virtues of Surat Az-Zalzalah
Imam Ahmad recorded from `Abdullah bin `Amr that he said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah and said, `Teach me what to recite, O Messenger of Allah!' The Prophet said,
«اقْرَأْ ثَلَاثًا مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الر»
(Recite three from those whic...
أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ
Afala ya'lamu iza b'uthira ma filquboor
But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered
کیا وہ اس وقت کو نہیں جانتا کہ جو (مردے) قبروں میں ہیں وہ باہر نکال لیے جائیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verses [ 100:9-11] وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي الصُّدُورِ ﴿10﴾ إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّخَبِيرٌ ﴿11﴾ أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِي الْقُبُورِ ﴿9﴾ (Does he not then know [ what will happen ] when all that is contained in the graves will be overturned, and all that is contained in the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Does he not know that when that which is in the graves in the way of the dead is strewn when it is turned over and brought out that is to say that when they are raised
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....