إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Illaa 'ibaadaka minhumul mukhlaseen
Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
ہاں ان میں جو تیرے مخلص بندے ہیں (ان پر قابو چلنا مشکل ہے)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Command to Prostrate was Given to Angels - Iblis was to Follow Suit
Addressing Iblis in Surah Al-A` raf, it was said: مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ (What stopped you from prostrating when I ordered you? - 7:12). This shows that the command to prostrate was given, along with the a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: except those servants of Yours who are sincerely devoted to You’ namely believers.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Threat of Iblis to tempt Mankind, and Allah's Promise of Hell for him
Allah informed about the rebellion and arrogance of Iblis, in that he said to the Lord:
بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى
(Because You misled me,) i.e., because You misled me and misguided me.
لأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ
(I shall indeed adorn the ...
قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ءَآللَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
Qulil hamdu lillaahi wa salaamun 'alaa 'ibaadihil lazeenas tafaa; aaallaahu khairun ammmaa yushrikoon
Say, [O Muhammad], "Praise be to Allah, and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen. Is Allah better or what they associate with Him?"
کہہ دو کہ سب تعریف خدا ہی کو سزاوار ہے اور اس کے بندوں پر سلام ہے جن کو اس نے منتخب فرمایا۔ بھلا خدا بہتر ہے یا وہ جن کو یہ (اس کا شریک) ٹھہراتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
This incident has been related at many places in the Qur'an, especially in Surah Al-A` raf, where its necessary details have been discussed and may be consulted if required.
قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّـهِ (Say,"Praise belongs to Allah - 27:59). After describing some events of the prophets and ea...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say O Muhammad (s) ‘Praise be to God for the destruction of the disbelievers of past communities and peace be on His servants whom He has chosen’. Is God read a-Allāhu pronouncing both hamzas; or by substituting an alif for the second one; or by not pronouncing the second one but inserting an alif b...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to praise Allah and send Blessings on His Messengers
Allah commands His Messenger to say:
الْحَمْدُ للَّهِ
(Praise and thanks be to Allah,) meaning, for His innumerable blessings upon His servants and for His exalted Attributes and most beautiful Names. And He commands him to send peace ...
ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌۢ بِٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
Summa awrasnal Kitaaballazeenas tafainaa min 'ibaadinaa faminhum zaalimul linafsihee wa minhum muqtasid, wa minhum saabiqum bilkhairaati bi iznil laah; zaalika huwal fadlul kabeer
Then we caused to inherit the Book those We have chosen of Our servants; and among them is he who wrongs himself, and among them is he who is moderate, and among them is he who is foremost in good deeds by permission of Allah. That [inheritance] is what is the great bounty.
پھر ہم نے ان لوگوں کو کتاب کا وارث ٹھیرایا جن کو اپنے بندوں میں سے برگزیدہ کیا۔ تو کچھ تو ان میں سے اپنے آپ پر ظلم کرتے ہیں۔ اور کچھ میانہ رو ہیں۔ اور کچھ خدا کے حکم سے نیکیوں میں آگے نکل جانے والے ہیں۔ یہی بڑا فضل ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The word: ثُمَّ (thumma: Then) in verse 32: ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتَابَ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا (Then We conveyed the Book as an heritage to those of Our slaves whom We chose.) serves as a conjunction to denote that the two things mentioned before and after it, despite having common...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then We gave the Book the Qur’ān to those of Our servants whom We chose namely your community. Yet some of them are those who wrong themselves by failing to act fully in accordance with it and some of them are moderate acting in accordance with it most of the time and some are those who take the lea...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Inheritance of the Qur'an is of three kinds
Allah says: `Then We made those who uphold the Book confirming what came before, the one whom We have chosen from among Our servants. They are this Ummah, who are divided into three types.' Allah says:
فَمِنْهُمْ ظَـلِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ
(Then of them are s...
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Illaa 'ibaadal laahil mukhlaseen
But not the chosen servants of Allah.
مگر جو خدا کے بندگان خاص ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 2. From verse 33: فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ (So, this day, they will be sharers in the punishment.), we learn that should a certain person invite someone else to participate in what is impermissible and use his clout to coax him into sin, then, he will certainly incur the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Except for God’s sincere servants namely the believers the exception clause here is a discontinuous one
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers
Allah says, addressing the people:
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُومٌ
Ulaaa'ika lahum rizqum ma'loom
Those will have a provision determined -
یہی لوگ ہیں جن کے لئے روزی مقرر ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
After having described the condition of the people of Jahannam (Hell), the verses cited above have mentioned the condition of the people of Jannah (Paradise). This description is in two parts. The initial ten verses describe the comforts the people of Jannah will be blessed with. After th...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: whose requital is mentioned in His saying For them there will be in Paradise a distinct provision morning and evening —
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers
Allah says, addressing the people:
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...
فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكْرَمُونَ
Fa waakihu wa hum mukramoon
Fruits; and they will be honored
(یعنی) میوے اور ان کا اعزاز کیا جائے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 2. By saying: فَوَاكِهُ (fawakih: fruits - 42) immediately after, the Qur'an has itself explained 'rizq' (provision) - that it will comprise fruits. The word: فَواکِہِ explained (fawakih) is the plural form of: فَاکِہا fakihah) and it denotes everything eaten for the taste and not to remove hunger. ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: fruits fawākihu either substitutes for rizqun or is an explication thereof here these fruits represent what is eaten for delight and not for the sake of preserving one’s health as in this world for the inhabitants of Paradise are in no need of preserving it given that their bodies will be created to...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers
Allah says, addressing the people:
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...
فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Fee jannaatin Na'eem
In gardens of pleasure
نعمت کے باغوں میں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 2. By saying: فَوَاكِهُ (fawakih: fruits - 42) immediately after, the Qur'an has itself explained 'rizq' (provision) - that it will comprise fruits. The word: فَواکِہِ explained (fawakih) is the plural form of: فَاکِہا fakihah) and it denotes everything eaten for the taste and not to remove hunger. ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: in the Gardens of Bliss
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers
Allah says, addressing the people:
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
'Alaa sururim mutaqaa bileen
On thrones facing one another.
ایک دوسرے کے سامنے تختوں پر (بیٹھے ہوں گے)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 4. After that, it was said: عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ (` ala sururim-mutagabilin: facing each other on couches. - 37:44). This is a portrayal of the state in which the people of Jannah will be sitting - no backs against each other. How would that seating arrangement turn out to be in practice?...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: reclining upon couches facing one another so that they do not see the back of one another;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers
Allah says, addressing the people:
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ
Yutaafu 'alaihim bikaasim mim ma'een
There will be circulated among them a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring,
شراب لطیف کے جام کا ان میں دور چل رہا ہوگا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 4. After that, it was said: عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ (` ala sururim-mutagabilin: facing each other on couches. - 37:44). This is a portrayal of the state in which the people of Jannah will be sitting - no backs against each other. How would that seating arrangement turn out to be in practice?...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: they are served from all round each one of them is so served with a cup ka’san this denotes the vessel with the drink in it from a spring of wine that flows along the ground like streams of water
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers
Allah says, addressing the people:
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...
بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ
Baidaaa'a laz zatil lish shaaribeen
White and delicious to the drinkers;
جو رنگ کی سفید اور پینے والوں کے لئے (سراسر) لذت ہوگی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 5. The word: لَذَّةٍ appearing in verse 46: لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّارِبِينَ (ladhdhati lishsharibin: delicious for those who drink) is essentially a verbal noun which means 'to be tasteful'. Therefore, some commentators have said that, at this place, the adjunct (mudaf) stands elided. Initially, it was: ذا...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: white whiter than milk delicious to the drinkers in contrast to the wine of this world which is distasteful to drink
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers
Allah says, addressing the people:
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...
لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا يُنزَفُونَ
Laa feehaa ghawlunw wa laa hum 'anhaa yunzafoon
No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated.
نہ اس سے دردِ سر ہو اور نہ وہ اس سے متوالے ہوں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 6. 'The word: غَوْلٌ (ghaul) in verse 47: لَا فِيهَا غَوْلٌ la fiha ghaulun) has been explained variously as 'headache' or 'abdominal pain' or 'smell or corruption' or 'muddling of reason'. The fact is that the word: غَوْلٌ (ghaul) is used to convey all these meanings, while Hafiz Ibn Jarir says tha...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: wherein there is neither madness nothing to snatch away their minds nor will they be spent by it read yunzafūna or yunzifūna from 1st form nazafa or 4th form anzafa said of one drinking in other words they are not inebriated by it in contrast to the wine of this world
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers
Allah says, addressing the people:
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...
وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌ
Wa 'indahum qaasiraatut tarfi 'een
And with them will be women limiting [their] glances, with large, [beautiful] eyes,
اور ان کے پاس عورتیں ہوں گی جو نگاہیں نیچی رکھتی ہوں گی اور آنکھیں بڑی بڑی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 7. In verse 48, it was said: قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ (restricting their gazes). This is an attribute of the hurs or houris of Jannah - wide eyes with lowered gaze. It means that except for the mate to whom Allah Ta’ ala gives them in marital bond, they will not raise their eyes to cast a look at any ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and with them will be maidens of restrained glances who reserved their glances exclusively for their spouses and do not look upon any other — because of the beauty they the maidens see in them — with beautiful eyes ‘īn means with large and beautiful eyes
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers
Allah says, addressing the people:
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
Ka annahunna baidum maknoon
As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.
گویا وہ محفوظ انڈے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 8. In verse 49: كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ (as if they were hidden eggs). As obvious, the hurs of Jannah have been likened to hidden eggs in this verse. The simile was popularly recognized among the people of Arabia. The egg hidden under feathers remains safe from the pollution, therefore it is ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: as if they were in terms of the starkness of their white colour hidden eggs of ostriches sheltered by their feathers from dust the colour being that whiteness with a hint of pallor which is the most beautiful of female complexions.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Punishment of the Idolators and the Reward of the sincere Believers
Allah says, addressing the people:
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُو الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمِ - وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for wha...
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Illaa 'ibaadal laahil mukhlaseen
But not the chosen servants of Allah.
ہاں خدا کے بندگان خاص (کا انجام بہت اچھا ہوا)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: By saying: طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُ رُءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ (Its fruits are like the heads of the shaitans.- 65), the fruits of zaqqum have been likened to the heads of the satans. Some commentators have translated the word: الشَّيَاطِينِ (ash-shayatin) in this verse as 'serpents' since the fruit of zaqqu...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: all except God’s sincere servants namely the believers who are saved from chastisement because they were sincere in their worship mukhlisīna; or if one reads mukhlasīna because God has made them sincerely devoted to such worship.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـقِبَةُ الْمُنذَرِينَ إِلاَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
(Then see what was the end of those who were warned. Except the chosen servants of Allah).
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Illaa 'ibaadal laahil mukhlaseen
Except the chosen servants of Allah.
ہاں خدا کے بندگان خاص (مبتلائے عذاب نہیں) ہوں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 128, it was said: إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّـهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ (except the chosen servants of Allah). Here, the word used is: مُخْلَصِينَ (mukhlasin) (pronounced with a fathah on the letter lam) which means chosen, elected, people Divinely identified as special. As such, these will be people whom...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: — all except God’s delivered servants namely the believers who will be saved from it
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ
(When he said to his people: "Will you not have Taqwa") means, `do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him'
أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلاً وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَـلِقِينَ
(Will you call upon Ba`l and forsake the Best of creators,) Ibn `Abbas, may Alla...
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Illaa 'ibaadal laahil mukhlaseen
Except the chosen servants of Allah [who do not share in that sin].
مگر خدا کے بندگان خالص (مبتلائے عذاب نہیں ہوں گے)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 158, it was said: وَجَعَلُوا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا (And they have made up between Him and the Jinns some kinship). There are two explanations of this sentence. According to the first Tafsir, this is a description of the false belief held by the Mushriks of Arabia that the dau...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: — all except God’s devoted servants namely believers the exceptive clause here is discontinuous in other words that is because they declare that God transcends what such individuals attribute to Him.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation of Those Who attribute Children to Allah and say that the Angels are His Daughters
Allah denounces those idolators who attribute daughters to Allah -- exalted be He above that -- and attributed to themselves what they desired, i.e., they wanted male offspring to themselves.
وَإِذَا بُشِّر...
لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Lakunna 'ibaadal laahil mukhlaseen
We would have been the chosen servants of Allah."
تو ہم خدا کے خالص بندے ہوتے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
After having provided proofs of the basic beliefs of Islam, these verses now mention the obstinacy of the disbelievers. It has been said that, before the blessed appearance of the Holy Prophet ﷺ ، these people used to crave for the coming of some prophet from Allah, so that they could fol...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: we would have surely been God’s devoted servants’ devoting worship purely to Him.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): No One believes what the Idolators say except Those Who are even more misguided than They
Allah says, addressing the idolators:
فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ - مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَـتِنِينَ - إِلاَّ مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ الْجَحِيمِ
(So, verily you and those whom you worship cannot lead astray, except ...
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Illaa 'ibaadaka minhumul mukhlaseen
Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
سوا ان کے جو تیرے خالص بندے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 75, it was said: لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ (what I created with My hands...):
Here, it is about Sayyidna 'Adam (علیہ السلام) that Allah Ta’ ala has said that it is He who had created him with His hands. There is a consensus among the majority of the Muslim Ummah that "hands" do not mean that...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: except those servants of Yours among them who will be saved’ namely the believers.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Adam and Iblis
Allah mentions this story in Surat Al-Baqarah, at the beginning of Surat Al-A`raf, in Surat Al-Hijr, Al-Isra', Al-Kahf and here. Before creating Adam, peace be upon him, Allah told the angels that He was going to create a human being from sounding clay of altered smooth b...
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
'Ainaiy yashrabu bihal muqarraboon
A spring from which those near [to Allah] drink.
وہ ایک چشمہ ہے جس میں سے (خدا کے) مقرب پیئیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ (and inaspiring for this, the competitors should compete....83:26) The word تَنَافَسِ tanafus means for a few people 'to try or strive to gain some desirable things before others can get them.' Having mentioned the bounties of Paradise, the attention o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: a spring ‘aynan is in the accusative because of an implicit prefatory amdahu ‘I extol this spring’ from which those brought near will drink yashrabu bihā should be yashrabu minhā or it may be that bihā is used because yashrabu is meant to imply the sense of yaltadhdhu bihā ‘in which they delight’.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Record Book of the Righteous and Their Reward
Allah says that truly,
إِنَّ كِتَـبَ الاٌّبْرَارِ
(Verily, the Record of Al-Abrar (the righteous believers)) These people are in a situation that is the opposite of the wicked people.
لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ
(is in `Illiyyin.) meaning, their final destinat...