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The Sea

الْبَحْر

The sea (الْبَحْر) holds a profound and multifaceted significance in the Quran, serving as a powerful testament to Allah's might, wisdom, and provision. It is most famously recounted as the site of a monumental miracle when Allah, by His divine command, [parted the sea for Prophet Moses and the Children of Israel], providing them safe passage while [drowning Pharaoh's army] in a display of ultimate justice and salvation. Beyond this pivotal historical event, the sea is presented as one of the grand [signs in creation for those who reflect], with its vastness, the ships that traverse it bearing benefits for humanity, and the myriad life forms it sustains. Indeed, Allah's knowledge encompasses all things, for [He knows what is on the land and in the sea], signifying His complete awareness of every hidden and manifest detail, even a falling leaf. It also offers practical benefits, such as the abundance of [lawful food it provides for sustenance]. Thus, the sea is not merely a body of water but a constant reminder of divine power, sustenance, and intricate design in the Islamic tradition.

The sea, a colossal and enigmatic entity, is presented in Islamic thought as a profound manifestation of Allah's boundless power, wisdom, and sustaining grace. Its grandeur, the vital role it plays in human life, and its function in divine narratives, collectively underscore its significance as a sign for those who reflect. The Quran and Sunnah illuminate the sea's multi-faceted nature, from being an arena for miraculous intervention and a source of sustenance to a symbol of divine knowledge and a setting for eschatological events.

The Sea as a Manifestation of Divine Power and Signs

The Quran repeatedly draws attention to the sea as a magnificent testament to Allah's creative and sustaining power. It is an integral part of the intricate cosmic order, where the creation of the heavens and earth, the alternation of night and day, and the great ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people are all presented as clear signs for those who use reason. Ibn Kathir explains that the sky, with its intricate design and vastness, and the earth, with its mountains, seas, and deserts, all testify to Allah's ability, wisdom, knowledge, and majesty.

The sea's ability to carry enormous ships, despite its liquid and fluid nature, is highlighted as a divine marvel. As Allah says, "If He wills, He can still the winds, then, ships shall remain standing on the back of the seas." This illustrates how the sea's properties are subjected by divine command for human benefit, enabling trade and the seeking of Allah's bounty . Without this divine ordering, humanity would be deprived of countless benefits derived from maritime activity, from commerce to sustenance.

Beyond its role in human transport and provision, the sea is a profound symbol of Allah's omnipresence and comprehensive knowledge. , a statement elaborated by Ma'arif-ul-Quran to mean that Allah's knowledge "encompasses and embraces all existents and non-existents, open and secret, large or small, atoms and particles." Not even a leaf falls, nor a grain lies in the earth's darkness, nor anything moist or dry exists, but it is known to Him and is written in a clear record. This demonstrates Allah's minute awareness of every detail in creation, extending from the celestial bodies to the depths of the sea.

Miraculous Interventions and Historical Narratives

The sea features prominently in some of the most dramatic miracles recounted in the Quran, particularly in the story of Prophet Musa (Moses) and Pharaoh. The Quran vividly narrates . This act of divine intervention provided a dry path for the Children of Israel to escape persecution, while simultaneously ensuring the destruction of Pharaoh's tyrannical army, who were drowned in the sea . The miraculous parting of the sea, with each portion like , is a powerful demonstration of Allah's absolute power to alter the laws of nature at will. Ibn Kathir emphasizes that this event serves as proof against those who deny the possibility of miracles.

The narrative of Pharaoh's drowning is recounted multiple times, each time emphasizing the swift justice meted out to those who reject divine guidance. Even as drowning overtook him, Pharaoh declared, . However, as explained by Ibn Kathir, this belief at the moment of inescapable punishment was not accepted, underscoring the principle that repentance is not valid when judgment has already befallen. Jibril (Gabriel) is even reported to have thrust mud into Pharaoh's mouth to prevent mercy from reaching him, indicating the gravity of his transgression (Ibn Kathir).

The sea also plays a crucial role in the story of Prophet Yunus (Jonah), albeit not explicitly detailed in the provided verses. Tafsir Mazhari notes that Yunus (peace be upon him) was swallowed by a large fish after embarking on a boat without direct divine permission, remaining in its belly for a period before being cast ashore unharmed. This event, though not directly featuring the sea's active role as in Musa's story, highlights the vastness of the sea and the creatures within it as instruments of divine will and a means of teaching lessons to the prophets and their communities.

The Sea as a Source of Sustenance and Lawful Provision

Islam emphasizes the permissibility and bounty of the sea as a source of sustenance for humanity. The Quran explicitly states, . This verse contrasts the permissibility of sea game with the prohibition of land game for those in a state of ihram (consecration for pilgrimage). Ibn Kathir clarifies that "water game" refers to what is taken from water while alive, and "its food" refers to what the water throws ashore dead. This includes fish, which is allowed even when found dead, by universal consensus (Ma'arif-ul-Quran). This ruling is supported by a Hadith where the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, when asked about seawater for ablution, stated, "Its water is pure and its dead are permissible" (Malik, Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Hibban).

The economic and practical benefits derived from the sea are also highlighted, with Allah subjecting the sea for humankind . This verse acknowledges the dual benefits of food (fish) and precious items like pearls and coral. The sight of ships "plowing through it" further underscores the sea's utility for seeking Allah's bounty through commerce and travel, enabling the exchange of goods between distant lands. This bounty is a manifestation of divine mercy, encouraging gratitude among humanity .

Human Nature and Reliance on the Divine in Peril

The Quran offers profound insights into human nature through interactions with the sea, particularly during times of adversity. When people are in ships sailing with a good wind, they rejoice, but when a storm wind arises and . This vivid imagery captures the human tendency to turn sincerely to Allah in moments of extreme peril, forgetting all other deities. Ibn Kathir explains this phenomenon as man remembering Allah at times of adversity but forgetting Him at times of prosperity.

However, this sincerity is often fleeting. Upon being delivered safely to land, many individuals ] and revert to their ungrateful ways. This recurring theme serves as a poignant reminder of human ingratitude and the transient nature of sincere supplication under duress. The verses question mankind's sense of security, asking, . This underscores Allah's absolute power to bring about both salvation and destruction, and that true gratitude and remembrance should be constant, not just during emergencies.

The concept of human reliance on Allah extends to all aspects of life, whether on land or sea. The sea's vastness and unpredictable nature make it a particularly potent environment for demonstrating this reliance. The lessons derived from these sea-bound experiences emphasize the importance of consistent faith (iman) and sincere gratitude (shukr) in all circumstances.

Eschatological Portrayals of the Sea

The sea also features in eschatological descriptions within the Quran, particularly concerning the Day of Judgment. The earth and heavens will undergo a radical transformation, with the seas playing a role in the unfolding of cosmic events. The Quran mentions , indicating dramatic and awe-inspiring changes to these vast bodies of water. Ibn Jarir, quoting early scholars, suggests that the present earth and its rivers will turn into fire, becoming part of the territory of Hell (Ma'arif-ul-Quran).

These descriptions are not merely metaphorical but depict a tangible and terrifying reality of the End Times. The transformation of the seas, from their current life-sustaining role to raging infernos, symbolizes the ultimate collapse of the established world order and the complete manifestation of divine power and judgment. This serves as a final warning to humanity about the transient nature of worldly life and the inescapable reality of accountability in the Hereafter.

The sea, in the Islamic tradition, is far more than a geographical feature; it is a dynamic stage upon which divine power, mercy, and justice are constantly displayed. From ancient miracles to daily provisions and the ultimate fate of creation, its symbolism is deeply intertwined with core Islamic beliefs, serving as a continuous call to reflection, gratitude, and sincere submission to Allah.

Quran — 38 verses

وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَٰكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

Wa iz faraqnaa bikumul bahra fa anjainaakum wa agh-raqnaaa Aala Fir'awna wa antum tanzuroon

And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.

اور جب ہم نے تمہارے لیے دریا کو پھاڑ دیا تم کو نجات دی اور فرعون کی قوم کو غرق کر دیا اور تم دیکھ ہی تو رہے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Verse 50 refers to certain things which had happened in the days of Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) (Moses). He, in his capacity as a messenger of Allah, continued efforts for a long time to make the Pharaoh and his people see Truth, but when they persisted in their denial, Allah commanded him to take t...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And remember when We divided split in two for you on account of you the sea such that you were able to cross it and escape from your enemy; and We delivered you from drowning and drowned Pharaoh’s folk his people with him while you were beholding the sea crashing down on top of them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Children of Israel were saved from Pharaoh and His Army Who drowned Allah said to the Children of Israel, "Remember My favor on you وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَـكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ (And (remember) when We delivered you from Fir`awn's (Pharaoh) people, who were afflicti...

إِنَّ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلَّتِى تَجْرِى فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنفَعُ ٱلنَّاسَ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن مَّآءٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ وَتَصْرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَٰحِ وَٱلسَّحَابِ ٱلْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Inna fee khalqis samaawaati wal ardi wakhtilaafil laili wannahaari walfulkil latee tajree fil hahri bimaa yanfa'unnaasa wa maaa anzalal laahu minas samaaa'i mim maaa'in fa ahyaa bihil arda ba'da mawtihaa wa bas sa feehaa min kulli daaabbatinw wa tasreefir riyaahi wassahaabil musakhkhari bainas samaaa'i wal ardi la aayaatil liqawminy ya'qiloon

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allah has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use reason.

بےشک آسمانوں اور زمین کے پیدا کرنے میں اور رات اور دن کے ایک دوسرے کے پیچھے آنے جانے میں اور کشتیوں اور جہازوں میں جو دریا میں لوگوں کے فائدے کی چیزیں لے کر رواں ہیں اور مینہ میں جس کو خدا آسمان سے برساتا اور اس سے زمین کو مرنے کے بعد زندہ (یعنی خشک ہوئے پیچھے سرسبز) کردیتا ہے اور زمین پر ہر قسم کے جانور پھیلانے میں اور ہواؤں کے چلانےمیں اور بادلوں میں جو آسمان اور زمین کے درمیان گھرے رہتے ہیں۔ عقلمندوں کے لئے (خدا کی قدرت کی) نشانیاں ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Now in Verse 164, there is a series of signs and proofs in support of the premise that Allah Almighty is really One. Stated simply, these can be grasped by the learned and the ignorant alike. How can one bypass the wonder of the creation of the heavens and the earth? Who can ignore the constant alte...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They then asked for a sign to prove this and the following was revealed Surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the marvels contained in them and the alternation of the night and day passing and returning increasing and diminishing and the ships that run in the sea and do not become ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Proofs for Tawhid Allah said: إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ (Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth...) Therefore, the sky, with its height, intricate design, vastness, the heavenly objects in orbit, and this earth, with its density, its lowlands, mountains, seas, deser...

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُۥ مَتَٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًا وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Uhilla lakum saidul bahri wa ta'aamuhoo mataa'al lakum wa lissaiyaarati wa hurrima 'alaikum saidul barri maa dumtum hurumaa; wattaqul laahal lazeee ilaihi tuhsharoon

Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers, but forbidden to you is game from the land as long as you are in the state of ihram. And fear Allah to whom you will be gathered.

تمہارے لیے دریا (کی چیزوں) کا شکار اور ان کا کھانا حلال کر دیا گیا ہے (یعنی) تمہارے اور مسافروں کے فائدے کے لیے اور جنگل (کی چیزوں) کا شکار جب تک تم احرام کی حالت میں رہو تم پر حرام ہے اور خدا سے جس کے پاس تم (سب) جمع کئے جاؤ گے ڈرتے رہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sequence of Verses A report from Sayyidna Abu Hurairah ؓ appearing in the Musnad of Ahmad, quoted in Al-Lubab, says: When the Verse forbidding drinking and gambling had been revealed, some people asked the Holy Prophet ﷺ that there were many people who drank wine and lived off earnings from gambling...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Permitted to you O people be you in pilgrimage inviolability or not is the game of the sea for consumption and it is what can only live in the sea such as fish but not what is able to live both in the sea and on land such as crabs; and food from it what it casts out that is dead is a provision for y...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Water Game is Allowed for the Muhrim Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib, Sa`id bin Jubayr and others commented on Allah's statement; أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ (Lawful to you is (the pursuit of) water game...) that it means, what one eats fresh from it, while, وَطَعَامُهُ (And its use for food) what is eate...

وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِى ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ

Wa 'indahoo mafaatihul ghaibi laa ya'lamuhaaa illaa Hoo; wa ya'lamu maa fil barri walbahr; wa maa tasqutu minw waraqatin illaa ya'lamuhaa wa laa habbatin fee zulumaatil ardi wa laa ratbinw wa laa yaabisin illaa fee Kitaabim Mubeen

And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record.

اور اسی کے پاس غیب کی کنجیاں ہیں جن کو اس کے سوا کوئی نہیں جانتا۔ اور اسے جنگلوں اور دریاؤں کی سب چیزوں کا علم ہے۔ اور کوئی پتہ نہیں جھڑتا مگر وہ اس کو جانتا ہے اور زمین کے اندھیروں میں کوئی دانہ اور کوئی ہری اور سوکھی چیز نہیں ہے مگر کتاب روشن میں (لکھی ہوئی) ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary How to Stay Safe from Sins - The Master Prescription Of all the religions of the world, belief in Tauhid, monotheism in its pure and applied form, is the distinctive feature of Islam. It is also obvious that Tauhid is not limited to taking the being of Allah Ta` ala as one. Instead, Tauhi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And with Him exalted be He are the keys of the Unseen its treasure houses or the paths that lead to knowledge of it; none but He knows them and these are the five things mentioned in His saying Surely God He has knowledge of the Hour and He sends down the rain and He knows what is in the wombs. And ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Prophet Understands What He Conveys; Torment is in Allah's Hands Not the Prophet's Allah says, just as We mentioned the clear signs that testify and direct to the path of guidance, all the while chastising useless arguments and defiance, كَذلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الآيَـتِ (And thus do We explain the Aya...

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلنُّجُومَ لِتَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهَا فِى ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Wa Huwal lazee ja'ala lakumun nujooma litahtadoo bihaa fee zulumaatil barri walbahr; qad fassalnal Aayaati liqawminy ya'lamoon

And it is He who placed for you the stars that you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea. We have detailed the signs for a people who know.

اور وہی تو ہے جس نے تمہارے لئے ستارے بنائے تاکہ جنگلوں اور دریاؤں کے اندھیروں میں ان سے رستے معلوم کرو۔ عقل والوں کے لئے ہم نے اپنی آیتیں کھول کھول کر بیان کردی ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the third verse (97), it was said: وَهُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ النُّجُومَ لِتَهْتَدُوا بِهَا فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ‌ وَالْبَحْرِ‌ (And He is the one who made for you the stars, so that you may be guided by them in 'darknesses' of the land and the sea). In other words, it is being said here that ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And He it is Who appointed for you the stars that you may guide your course by them amid the darkness of land and sea when travelling. Verily We have distinguished We have elucidated the signs the proofs of Our power for a people who have knowledge a people who reflect.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Recognizing Allah Through Some of His Ayat Allah states that He causes the seed grain and the fruit stone to split and sprout in the ground, producing various types, colors, shapes, and tastes of grains and produce. The Ayah, فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى (Who causes the seed grain and the fruit stone...

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَٰفِلِينَ

Fantaqamnaa minhum fa aghraqnaahum kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wa kaanoo 'anhaa ghaafileen

So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

تو ہم نے ان سے بدلہ لے کر ہی چھوڑا کہ ان کو دریا میں ڈبو دیا اس لیے کہ وہ ہماری آیتوں کو جھٹلاتے اور ان سے بےپروائی کرتے تھے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The sixth punishment has been mentioned in the Qur'an by the Arabic word: رِجز 'Rijz' which signifies plague or pestilence. The number of Egyptians killed in this plague is reported to have been more than seventy thousand. They were relieved of this punishment by the prayer of the prophet Musa (علیہ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So We exacted retribution from them and therefore We drowned them in the sea al-yamm denotes salty waters for the reason that they denied Our signs and were heedless of them not reflecting upon them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The People of Fir`awn drown in the Sea; the Children of Israel inherit the Holy Land Allah states that when the people of Fir`awn rebelled and transgressed, even though He inflicted them with consecutive signs, one after another, He took retribution from them by drowning them in the sea that Musa pa...

وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

Wa jaawaznaa bi Banneee Israaa'eelal bahra fa ataw 'alaa qawminy ya'kufoona 'alaaa asnaamil lahum; qaaloo yaa Moosaj'al lanaa ilaahan kamaa lahum aalihah; qaala innakum qawmun tajhaloon

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.

اور ہم نے بنی اسرائیل کو دریا کے پار اتارا تو وہ ایسے لوگوں کے پاس جا پہنچے جو اپنے بتوں (کی عبادت) کے لیے بیٹھے رہتے تھے۔ (بنی اسرائیل) کہنے لگے کہ موسیٰ جیسے ان لوگوں کے معبود ہیں۔ ہمارے لیے بھی ایک معبود بنا دو۔ موسیٰ نے کہا کہ تم بڑے ہی جاہل لوگ ہو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After the miraculous victory of the Israelites over Pharaoh and his people, and having a life of ease and comfort, they started to show the signs of ignorance as people of wealth show when given a life of luxury and opulence. The first impertinent request they made was to the prophet Musa (علیہ السل...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea and they came upon they passed by a people cleaving in devotion read ya‘kufūn or ya‘kifūn to idols they had constantly worshipping them. They said ‘O Moses make for us a god an idol for us to worship just as they have gods.’ He said ‘Truly you are...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Children of Israel safely cross the Sea, but still held on to the Idea of Idol Worshipping Allah mentions the words that the ignorant ones among the Children of Israel uttered to Musa after they crossed the sea and witnessed Allah's Ayat and great power. فَأَتَوْاْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَى...

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا كُنتُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا۟ بِهَا جَآءَتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْجُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ أُحِيطَ بِهِمْ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ لَئِنْ أَنجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

Huwal lazee yusaiyirukum fil barri walbahri hattaaa izaa kuntum fil fulki wa jaraina bihim bireeh in taiyibatinw wa farihoo bihaa jaaa'at haa reehun 'aasifunw wa jaaa'ahumul mawju min kulli makaaninw wa zannooo annahum uheeta bihim da'awul laaha mukhliseena lahud deena la'in anjaitanaa min haazihee lanakoonannna minash shaakireen

It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them by a good wind and they rejoice therein, there comes a storm wind and the waves come upon them from everywhere and they assume that they are surrounded, supplicating Allah, sincere to Him in religion, "If You should save us from this, we will surely be among the thankful."

وہی تو ہے جو تم کو جنگل اور دریا میں چلنے پھرنے اور سیر کرنے کی توفیق دیتا ہے۔ یہاں تک کہ جب تم کشتیوں میں (سوار) ہوتے اور کشتیاں پاکیزہ ہوا (کے نرم نرم جھونکوں) سے سواروں کو لے کر چلنے لگتی ہیں اور وہ ان سے خوش ہوتے ہیں تو ناگہاں زناٹے کی ہوا چل پڑتی ہے اور لہریں ہر طرف سے ان پر (جوش مارتی ہوئی) آنے لگتی ہیں اور وہ خیال کرتے ہیں کہ (اب تو) لہروں میں گھر گئے تو اس وقت خالص خدا ہی کی عبادت کرکے اس سے دعا مانگنے لگتے ہیں کہ (اے خدا) اگر تو ہم کو اس سے نجات بخشے تو ہم (تیرے) بہت ہی شکر گزار ہوں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The word: مَک (رح) ر (makr) used in verse 21: قُلِ اللَّـهُ أَسْرَ‌عُ مَكْرً‌ا (Say, "Allah is more swift in making plans" ) means secret plan or move that could be good or bad. Wherever this word has become a part of the local language, care should be taken that it is not rendered as ` d...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He it is Who conveys you yusayyirukum a variant reading has yanshurukum across the land and the sea until when you are in ships and they sail with them there is a shift of address from second to third person with a fair gentle breeze and they rejoice therein there comes upon them a stormy wind blowi...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Man changes when He receives Mercy after Times of Distress Allah tells us that when He makes men feel His mercy after being afflicted with distress, إِذَا لَهُمْ مَّكْرٌ فِى ءايَـتِنَا (They take to plotting against Our Ayat.) The coming of mercy after distress is like the coming of ease after hards...

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ وَأَغْرَقْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

Fakazzaboohu fanajjainaahu wa mamm'ahoo fil fulki wa ja'alnaahum khalaaa'ifa wa aghraqnal lazeena kazzaboo bi aayaatinaa fanzur kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul munzareen

And they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship and made them successors, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. Then see how was the end of those who were warned.

لیکن ان لوگوں نے ان کی تکذیب کی تو ہم نے ان کو اور جو لوگ ان کے ساتھ کشتی میں سوار تھے سب کو (طوفان سے) بچا لیا اور انہیں (زمین میں) خلیفہ بنادیا اور جن لوگوں نے ہماری آیتوں کو جھٹلایا ان کو غرق کر دیا تو دیکھ لو کہ جو لوگ ڈرائے گئے تھے ان کا کیا انجام ہوا

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: But they denied him so We saved him and those with him in the Ark and made them that is those with him successors in the earth and We drowned those who denied Our signs by unleashing the Flood. Behold then the nature of the consequence for those who had been warned! in that they were destroyed likew...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Nuh and His People Allah instructed His Prophet , saying: وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ (And recite to them) relate to the disbelievers of the Quraysh who belied you and rejected you, نَبَأَ نُوحٍ (the news of Nuh) meaning, his story and news with his people who belied him. Tell them how Allah des...

وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ بَغْيًا وَعَدْوًا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَدْرَكَهُ ٱلْغَرَقُ قَالَ ءَامَنتُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَتْ بِهِۦ بَنُوٓا۟ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

Wa jaawaznaa bi Baneee Israaa'eelal bahra fa atba'ahum Fir'awnu wa junooduhoo baghyanw wa 'adwan hattaaa izaaa adrakahul gharaqu qaala aamantu annnahoo laaa ilaaha illal lazeee aamanat bihee Banooo Israaa'eela wa ana minal muslimeen

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims."

اور ہم نے بنی اسرائیل کو دریا سے پار کردیا تو فرعون اور اس کے لشکر نے سرکشی اور تعدی سے ان کا تعاقب کیا۔ یہاں تک کہ جب اس کو غرق (کے عذاب) نے آپکڑا تو کہنے لگا کہ میں ایمان لایا کہ جس (خدا) پر بنی اسرائیل ایمان لائے ہیں اس کے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں اور میں فرمانبرداروں میں ہوں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Mentioned in the fourth verse (90) was the famous miracle of Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) - the crossing of the sea and the drowning of Pharaoh. There it was said: حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَدْرَ‌كَهُ الْغَرَ‌قُ قَالَ آمَنتُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَ‌ائِيلَ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea; and Pharaoh pursued them he caught up with them together with his hosts in insolence and transgression baghyan wa-‘adwan these constitute the direct object denoting reason until when the fate of drowning overtook him he said ‘I believe that annah...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Children of Israel were saved and Fir`awn's People drowned Allah tells us how He caused Fir`awn and his soldiers to drown. The Children of Israel left Egypt in the company of Musa. It was said that there were six hundred thousand soldiers, plus offspring. They borrowed a lot of ornaments from th...

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ لِتَجْرِىَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِأَمْرِهِۦ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ

Allaahul lazee khalaqas samaawaati wal arda wa anzala minas samaaa'i maaa'an faakhraja bihee minas samaraati rizqal lakum wa sakhkhara lakumul fulka litajriya fil bahri bi amrihee wa sakhkhara lakumul anhaar

It is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and sent down rain from the sky and produced thereby some fruits as provision for you and subjected for you the ships to sail through the sea by His command and subjected for you the rivers.

خدا ہی تو ہے جس نے آسمانوں اور زمین کو پیدا کیا اور آسمان سے مینہ برسایا پھر اس سے تمہارے کھانے کے لیے پھل پیدا کئے۔ اور کشتیوں (اور جہازوں) کو تمہارے زیر فرمان کیا تاکہ دریا (اور سمندر) میں اس کے حکم سے چلیں۔ اور نہروں کو بھی تمہارے زیر فرمان کیا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After that it was said that Allah Ta’ ala has subjugated boats and ships to work for you for they move over the waters with His command. The word: سَخِّرَ (sakhkhara) appearing in this verse means that Allah Ta` ala has made the use of these things easy on you. Of course, there is wood and steel and...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: God it is Who created the heavens and the earth and He sends down water from the heaven and with it He brings forth fruits as sustenance for you. And He has disposed for you the ships that they may run upon the sea laden with passengers and cargo at His commandment by His leave and He has disposed f...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Describing Some of Allah's Tremendous Favors Allah mentions some of the favors He has done for His creatures, such as creating the heavens as a protective ceiling and the earth as a bed. He also sends down rain from the sky and, in its aftermath brings forth a variety of vegetation, fruits and plant...

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ ٱلْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Wa Huwal lazee sakhkharal bahra litaakuloo minhu lahman tariyyanw wa tastakhrijoo minhu hilyatan talbasoonahaa wa taral fulka mawaakhira feehi wa litabtaghoo min fadlihee wa la'allakum tashkuroon

And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

اور وہی تو ہے جس نے دریا کو تمہارے اختیار میں کیا تاکہ اس میں سے تازہ گوشت کھاؤ اور اس سے زیور (موتی وغیرہ) نکالو جسے تم پہنتے ہو۔ اور تم دیکھتے ہو کہ کشتیاں دریا میں پانی کو پھاڑتی چلی جاتی ہیں۔ اور اس لیے بھی (دریا کو تمہارے اختیار میں کیا) کہ تم خدا کے فضل سے (معاش) تلاش کرو تاکہ اس کا شکر کرو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: After the description of things created in the heavens and the earth, and the benefits human beings derive from them, the text now turns to the high seas wherein Divine wisdom has placed many more benefits for them. Verse 14 which begins with the words: هُوَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ‌ الْبَحْرَ‌ لِتَأْكُلُوا ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And He it is Who disposed the sea He it is Who subdued it that it might be sailed upon and dived in that you may eat from it fresh meat that is fish and bring forth from it ornaments which you wear namely pearls and coral. And you see observe the ships ploughing therein ploughing through the water t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Signs in the Oceans, Mountains, Rivers, Roads and Stars Allah tells us how He has subjected the seas, with their waves lapping the shores, and how He blesses His servants by subjecting the seas for them so that they may travel on them, and by putting fish and whales in them, by making their flesh pe...

رَّبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُزْجِى لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا

Rabbukumul lazee yuzjee lakumul fulka fil bahri litabtaghoo min fadlih; innahoo kaana bikum Raheemaa

It is your Lord who drives the ship for you through the sea that you may seek of His bounty. Indeed, He is ever, to you, Merciful.

تمہارا پروردگار وہ ہے جو تمہارے لئے دریا میں کشتیاں چلاتا ہے تاکہ تم اس کے فضل سے (روزی) تلاش کرو۔ بےشک وہ تم پر مہربان ہے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: (2) Secondly, he had said if he was given respite till the day of Qiyamah, he will mislead the entire progeny of 'Adam, except a few of them. That Allah Ta’ ala has elected to answer in the later verses. He said that the Shaitan will have no control over His sincere servants even if he were to rall...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Your Lord is He Who drives for you the ships upon the sea that you may seek of His bounty exalted be He through engaging in commerce. Truly He is ever Merciful towards you by disposing these ships for you.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Ships are a Sign of the Mercy of Allah Allah tells us of His kindness towards His servants by subjugating for them ships on the sea. He makes it easy for them to use ships to serve their interests, seeking His bounty through trade between one region and another. He says: إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمً...

وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا

Wa izaa massakumuddurru fil bahri dalla man tad'oona illaaa iyyaahu falammaa najjaakum ilal barri a'radtum; wa kaanal insaanu kafooraa

And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.

اور جب تم کو دریا میں تکلیف پہنچتی ہے (یعنی ڈوبنے کا خوف ہوتا ہے) تو جن کو تم پکارا کرتے ہو سب اس (پروردگار) کے سوا گم ہوجاتے ہیں۔ پھر جب وہ تم کو (ڈوبنے سے) بچا کر خشکی پر لے جاتا ہے تو تم منہ پھیر لیتے ہو اور انسان ہے ہی ناشکرا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: (2) Secondly, he had said if he was given respite till the day of Qiyamah, he will mislead the entire progeny of 'Adam, except a few of them. That Allah Ta’ ala has elected to answer in the later verses. He said that the Shaitan will have no control over His sincere servants even if he were to rall...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when distress difficulty befalls you at sea such as fear of drowning those whom you are wont to invoke are no longer present those whom you are wont to worship of gods are no longer present and so you do not call on them — except Him exalted be He for on Him alone you do call because you are suf...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): When Harm befalls Them, the Disbelievers do not remember anyone except Allah Allah tells us that when harm befalls people, they call on Him, turning to Him and sincerely beseeching Him. Hence Allah says: وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الْضُّرُّ فِى الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلاَ إِيَّاهُ (And when harm touc...

أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعًا

Am amintum any yu'eedakum feehi taaratan ukhraa fa yursila 'alaikum qaasifam minar reehi fa yugh riqakum bimaa kafartum summa laa tajidoo lakum 'alainaa bihee tabee'aa

Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into the sea another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind and drown you for what you denied? Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger.

یا (اس سے) بےخوف ہو کر تم دوسری دفعہ دریا میں لے جائے پھر تم پر تیز ہوا چلائے اور تمہارے کفر کے سبب تمہیں ڈبو دے۔ پھر تم اس غرق کے سبب اپنے لئے کوئی ہمارا پیچھا کرنے والا نہ پاؤ

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: (2) Secondly, he had said if he was given respite till the day of Qiyamah, he will mislead the entire progeny of 'Adam, except a few of them. That Allah Ta’ ala has elected to answer in the later verses. He said that the Shaitan will have no control over His sincere servants even if he were to rall...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Or do you feel secure that He will not return you to it that is to the sea a second time and unleash upon you a shattering gale that is a violent wind that shatters everything in its path to destroy your ship and drown you for your ungratefulness? And then you will not find for yourselves any redres...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Perhaps He will send You back to the Sea Allah says, أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ (Or do you feel secure), `you who turn away from Us after acknowledging Our Oneness at sea once you are back upon dry land,' أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ (that He will not send you back) to sea a second time فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ ...

وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا

Wa laqad karramnaa Baneee aadama wa hamalnaahum fil barri walbahri wa razaqnaahum minat taiyibaati wa faddalnaahum 'alaa kaseerim mimman khalaqnaa tafdeelaa

And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference.

اور ہم نے بنی آدم کو عزت بخشی اور ان کو جنگل اور دریا میں سواری دی اور پاکیزہ روزی عطا کی اور اپنی بہت سی مخلوقات پر فضیلت دی

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary Why are the children of 'Adam (علیہ السلام) superior? The last of the verses cited above mentions the superiority of the children of 'Adam over most of the Divine creation. Here, we have to consider two things: (1) What are the attributes and reasons of this superiority? (2) What is the s...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We have honoured We have preferred the Children of Adam above other creation by giving them knowledge speech and their being a creation of even proportions amongst other things including their means of purification after death and carried them over land on animal-back and sea in ships and...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Honor and noble Nature of Man Allah tells us how He has honored the sons of Adam and made them noble by creating them in the best and most perfect of forms, as He says: لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الإِنسَـنَ فِى أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ (Verily, We created man in the best stature (mould).) (95:4) He walks uprigh...

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا

Falammaa balaghaa majma'a bainihimaa nasiyaa hootahumaa fattakhaza sabeelahoo fil bahri sarabaa

But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.

جب ان کے ملنے کے مقام پر پہنچے تو اپنی مچھلی بھول گئے تو اس نے دریا میں سرنگ کی طرح اپنا رستہ بنالیا

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Precedence of Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) over Al-Khadir (علیہ السلام) ، his up-bringing and miracles In the next verse, it was said: فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ‌ سَرَ‌بًا So, when they reached the meeting point of the two seas, they fo...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So when they reached a juncture between the two between the two seas they forgot their fish — Joshua forgot his luggage leaving it behind at the moment of departure and Moses forgot to remind him — and so it the fish made its way into the sea that is it formed it — through God’s forming it — by burr...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Musa and Al-Khidr The reason for Musa's conversation with the boy-servant, Yusha` bin Nun, was that he had been told about one of the servants of Allah at the junction of the two seas, who had knowledge which Musa had not been granted, so he wanted to travel to meet him. So he said to t...

قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا

Qaala ara'ayta iz awainaaa ilas sakhrati fa innee naseetul hoota wa maaa ansaaneehu illash Shaitaanu an azkurah; wattakhaza sabeelahoo fil bahri'ajabaa

He said, "Did you see when we retired to the rock? Indeed, I forgot [there] the fish. And none made me forget it except Satan - that I should mention it. And it took its course into the sea amazingly".

(اس نے) کہا کہ بھلا آپ نے دیکھا کہ جب ہم نے پتھر کے ساتھ آرام کیا تھا تو میں مچھلی (وہیں) بھول گیا۔ اور مجھے (آپ سے) اس کا ذکر کرنا شیطان نے بھلا دیا۔ اور اس نے عجب طرح سے دریا میں اپنا رستہ لیا

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Precedence of Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) over Al-Khadir (علیہ السلام) ، his up-bringing and miracles In the next verse, it was said: فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ‌ سَرَ‌بًا So, when they reached the meeting point of the two seas, they fo...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He said ‘Do you see? — in other words remember when we sheltered at the rock in that location indeed I forgot the fish — and none but Satan made me forget al-shaytān ‘Satan’ substitutes for the suffixed pronoun hā’ of ansānī-hu to mention it an adhkurahu an inclusive substitution in other words it s...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Musa and Al-Khidr The reason for Musa's conversation with the boy-servant, Yusha` bin Nun, was that he had been told about one of the servants of Allah at the junction of the two seas, who had knowledge which Musa had not been granted, so he wanted to travel to meet him. So he said to t...

قُل لَّوْ كَانَ ٱلْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَٰتِ رَبِّى لَنَفِدَ ٱلْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَٰتُ رَبِّى وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِۦ مَدَدًا

Qul law kaanal bahru midaadal lik Kalimaati Rabbee lanafidal bahru qabla an tanfada Kalimaatu Rabbee wa law ji'naa bimislihee madadaa

Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it as a supplement."

کہہ دو کہ اگر سمندر میرے پروردگار کی باتوں کے (لکھنے کے) لئے سیاہی ہو تو قبل اس کے کہ میرے پروردگار کی باتیں تمام ہوں سمندر ختم ہوجائے اگرچہ ہم ویسا ہی اور (سمندر) اس کی مدد کو لائیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The purpose of the last sentence: لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا (and will not wish to move from there - 108) is to tell that this station of Jannah is a never-ending, ever-lasting blessing for them. The reason is that Allah Ta’ ala has promulgated His command to the effect that whoever has entered J...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Say ‘If the sea in other words if its waters were ink midād is what one writes with for the Words of my Lord Words that testify to His laws and His marvels such that these Words are written with it the sea would be spent in recording them before the Words of my Lord were spent read as tanfada or yan...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Words of the Lord can never be finished Allah says: `Say, O Muhammad, if the water of the sea were ink for a pen to write down the words, wisdom and signs of Allah, the sea would run dry before it all could be written down. وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ (even if We brought like it) means, another se...

وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى فَٱضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَّا تَخَٰفُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَىٰ

Wa laqad awhainaaa ilaa Moosaaa an asri bi'ibaadee fadrib lahum tareeqan fil bahri yabasal laa takhaafu darakanw wa laa takhshaa

And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants and strike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear being overtaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning]."

اور ہم نے موسیٰ کی طرف وحی بھیجی کہ ہمارے بندوں کو راتوں رات نکال لے جاؤ پھر ان کے لئے دریا میں (لاٹھی مار کر) خشک رستہ بنا دو پھر تم کو نہ تو (فرعون کے) آپکڑنے کا خوف ہوگا اور نہ (غرق ہونے کا) ڈر

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The decisive defeat which he suffered in the contest between the right and wrong and between miracle and magic broke the power of the Pharaoh, and the Bani Isra'ile stood united under the leadership of Sayyidni Musa (علیہ السلام) . Allah now commanded Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) to take h...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And verily We revealed to Moses saying ‘Lead My servants on a journey by night read as an asri ‘that lead on a journey by night’ from fourth form asrā ‘he travelled by night’; or read as an’isri from first form sarā ‘he travelled by night’ both being alternative forms in other words travel with them...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Children of Israel leave Egypt Allah, the Exalted, informs that He commanded Musa to journey at night with the Children of Israel, when Fir`awn refused to release them and send them with Musa. He was to take them away from Fir`awn's captivity. Allah expounds upon this in Surahs other than this n...

فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ

Fa atba'ahum Fir'awnu bijunoodihee faghashiyahum minal yammmi maa ghashi yahum

So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,

پھر فرعون نے اپنے لشکر کے ساتھ ان کا تعاقب کیا تو دریا (کی موجوں) نے ان پر چڑھ کر انہیں ڈھانک لیا (یعنی ڈبو دیا)

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary The decisive defeat which he suffered in the contest between the right and wrong and between miracle and magic broke the power of the Pharaoh, and the Bani Isra'ile stood united under the leadership of Sayyidni Musa (علیہ السلام) . Allah now commanded Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) to take h...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then Pharaoh pursued them with his hosts with him Pharaoh alongside them and there engulfed them what did engulf them of the sea and it drowned them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Children of Israel leave Egypt Allah, the Exalted, informs that He commanded Musa to journey at night with the Children of Israel, when Fir`awn refused to release them and send them with Musa. He was to take them away from Fir`awn's captivity. Allah expounds upon this in Surahs other than this n...

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْفُلْكَ تَجْرِى فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِأَمْرِهِۦ وَيُمْسِكُ ٱلسَّمَآءَ أَن تَقَعَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Alam tara annal laaha sakhkhara lakum maa fil ardi wal fulka tajree fil bahri bi amrihee wa yumsikus samaaa'a an taqa'a 'alal ardi illaa biiznih; innal laaha binnaasi la Ra'oofur Raheem

Do you not see that Allah has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allah, to the people, is Kind and Merciful.

کیا تم نہیں دیکھتے کہ جتنی چیزیں زمین میں ہیں (سب) خدا نے تمہارے زیرفرمان کر رکھی ہیں اور کشتیاں (بھی) جو اسی کے حکم سے دریا میں چلتی ہیں۔ اور وہ آسمان کو تھامے رہتا ہے کہ زمین پر (نہ) گڑ پڑے مگر اس کے حکم سے۔ بےشک خدا لوگوں پر نہایت شفقت کرنے والا مہربان 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: Have you not seen realised that God has disposed for you all that is in the earth of beasts and that the ships run upon the sea for transport and to carry loads by His command by His leave and He holds back the heaven lest it should fall on the earth save when it may do so by His leave and you are d...
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 ...

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا

Wa Huwal lazee marajal bahraini haazaa 'azbun furaatunw wa haazaa milhun ujaaj; wa ja'ala bainahumaa barzakhanw wa hijram mahjooraa

And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas, one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

اور وہی تو ہے جس نے دو دریاؤں کو ملا دیا ایک کا پانی شیریں ہے پیاس بجھانے والا اور دوسرے کا کھاری چھاتی جلانے والا۔ اور دونوں کے درمیان ایک آڑ اور مضبوط اوٹ بنادی

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَهُوَ الَّذِي مَرَ‌جَ الْبَحْرَ‌يْنِ هَـٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَ‌اتٌ وَهَـٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْ‌زَخًا وَحِجْرً‌ا مَّحْجُورً‌ا ﴿53﴾ And He is the One who joined the two seas - this is sweat, very sweat and this is bitter, very bitter - and made between them a buffer and a barrier, pr...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And He it is Who merged the two seas letting them flow one adjacent to the other this one palatable sweet and the other saltish bitter; and He set between the two an isthmus so that the one does not mix with the other and a forbidding ban a shield that prevents the two from becoming mixed.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The universality of the Prophet's Message, how He was supported in His Mission and Allah's Blessings to Mankind Allah says: وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيراً (And had We willed, We would have raised a warner in every town.) `Calling them to Allah, but We have singled you out, O...

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Fa awhainaaa ilaa Moosaaa anidrib bi'asaakal bahra fanfalaqa fakaana kullu firqin kattawdil 'azeem

Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.

اس وقت ہم نے موسیٰ کی طرف وحی بھیجی کہ اپنی لاٹھی دریا پر مارو۔ تو دریا پھٹ گیا۔ اور ہر ایک ٹکڑا (یوں) ہوگیا (کہ) گویا بڑا پہاڑ (ہے)

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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: God exalted be He says Thereupon We revealed to Moses ‘Strike the sea with your staff’ and he struck it whereupon it parted it split into twelve parts and each part was as a mighty mountain between each of these parts were paths which they followed such that not even the saddles or the felts of the ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Fir`awn's Pursuit and Expulsion of the Children of Israel, and how He and His People were drowned More than one of the scholars of Tafsir said that Fir`awn set out with a huge group, a group containing the leaders and entire government of Egypt at that time, i.e., the decision-makers and influential...

فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Fa akhaznaahu wa junoo dahoo fanabaznaahum fil yammi fanzur kaifa kaana 'aaqibatuz zaalimeen

So We took him and his soldiers and threw them into the sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.

تو ہم نے اُن کو اور اُن کے لشکروں کو پکڑلیا اور دریا میں ڈال دیا۔ سو دیکھ لو ظالموں کا کیسا انجام ہوا

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary فَأَوْقِدْ لِي يَا هَامَانُ عَلَى الطِّينِ (So kindle for me, 0 Haman, a fire on the clay (to bake bricks) - 28:38). When the Pharaoh planned to build a very tall palace for himself, he asked his minister Haman to get the bricks baked properly first, because half baked bricks could not ta...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So We seized him and his hosts and flung them into the waters the sea and they drowned. So behold how was the sequel for the evildoers when they ended up being destroyed.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Arrogance of Fir`awn and His ultimate Destiny Allah tells us of Fir`awn's disbelief and wrongdoing, and how he falsely claimed divinity for his evil self, may Allah curse him. فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ (Thus he fooled his people, and they obeyed him.) 43:54 He called on his people to re...

ظَهَرَ ٱلْفَسَادُ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِى ٱلنَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى عَمِلُوا۟ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Zaharal fasaadu fil barri wal bahri bimaa kasabat aydinnaasi li yuzeeqahum ba'dal lazee 'amiloo la'allahum yarji'oon

Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].

خشکی اور تری میں لوگوں کے اعمال کے سبب فساد پھیل گیا ہے تاکہ خدا اُن کو اُن کے بعض اعمال کا مزہ چکھائے عجب نہیں کہ وہ باز آجائیں

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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary ظَهَرَ‌ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ‌ وَالْبَحْرِ‌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ (Plight has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of the people have earned 30:41). The author of Ruh ul-Ma’ ani has explained that the word fasad' (translated in the text as 'plight' ) means all so...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Corruption has appeared on land in the wastelands because of the rain being withheld and the vegetation diminishing and on sea in lands near rivers because of their waters diminishing because of what people’s hands have perpetrated of acts of disobedience that He may make them taste li-yudhīqahum; o...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Effects of Sin in this World Ibn `Abbas, `Ikrimah, Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi and others said: "What is meant by Al-Barr here is the empty land or wilderness, and by Al-Bahr is towns and cities." According to a report narrated from Ibn `Abbas and `Ikrimah, Al-Bahr refers to towns and cities which are o...

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱلْفُلْكَ تَجْرِى فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِنِعْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ لِيُرِيَكُم مِّنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

Alam tara annal fulka tajree fil bahri bini'matil laahi li yuriyakum min Aayaatih; inna fee zaalika la Aayaatil likulli sabbaarin shakoor

Do you not see that ships sail through the sea by the favor of Allah that He may show you of His signs? Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

کیا تم نے نہیں دیکھا کہ خدا ہی کی مہربانی سے کشتیاں دریا میں چلتی ہیں۔ تاکہ وہ تم کو اپنی کچھ نشانیاں دکھائے۔ بیشک اس میں ہر صبر کرنے والے (اور) شکر کرنے والے کے لئے نشانیاں ہیں

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: Have you not seen that the ships run upon the sea by the grace of God that He may show you O you who are being addressed in this statement some of His signs? Surely in that there are signs lessons for every servant who is steadfast in abstaining from acts of disobedience to God grateful for His grac...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah tells us that He is the One Who has subjugated the sea so that ships may sail on it by His com"See the full heading"Allah tells us that He is the One Who has subjugated the sea so thatships may sail on it by His command, i.e. , by His grace and power For if He did not give the water the streng...

وَإِذَا غَشِيَهُم مَّوْجٌ كَٱلظُّلَلِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ فَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَّا كُلُّ خَتَّارٍ كَفُورٍ

Wa izaa ghashiyahum mawjun kazzulali da'a-wul laaha mukhliseena lahud deena fa lammaa najjaahum ilal barri faminhum muqtasid; wa maa yajhadu bi Aayaatinaa illaa kullu khattaarin kafoor

And when waves come over them like canopies, they supplicate Allah, sincere to Him in religion. But when He delivers them to the land, there are [some] of them who are moderate [in faith]. And none rejects Our signs except everyone treacherous and ungrateful.

اور جب اُن پر (دریا کی) لہریں سائبانوں کی طرح چھا جاتی ہیں تو خدا کو پکارنے (اور) خالص اس کی عبادت کرنے لگتے ہیں پھر جب وہ اُن کو نجات دے کر خشکی پر پہنچا دیتا ہے تو بعض ہی انصاف پر قائم رہتے ہیں۔ اور ہماری نشانیوں سے وہی انکار کرتے ہیں جو عہد شکن اور ناشکرے ہیں

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: And if waves cover them that is if these rise above the disbelievers like awnings like mountains that act as awnings over those below them they call on God sincere before Him in their faith that is in their supplication that He may deliver them in other words they do not call on any other god with H...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah tells us that He is the One Who has subjugated the sea so that ships may sail on it by His com"See the full heading"Allah tells us that He is the One Who has subjugated the sea so thatships may sail on it by His command, i.e. , by His grace and power For if He did not give the water the streng...

وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلْجَوَارِ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ

Wa min Aayaatihil ja waarifil bahri kal a'lam

And of His signs are the ships in the sea, like mountains.

اور اسی کی نشانیوں میں سے سمندر کے جہاز ہیں (جو) گویا پہاڑ (ہیں)

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَمَا أَصَابَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَن كَثِيرٍ‌ (And whatever hardship befalls you is because of what your own hands have committed, while He overlooks many [ of your faults ].... 42:30) means exactly the same. Sayyidna Hasan ؓ has narrated that when this verse w...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And of His signs are the ships that run on the sea appearing like landmarks like mountains in terms of their magnitude.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Ships are also among the Signs of Allah Allah tells us that another sign of His great power and dominion is the fact that He has subjugated the sea so that ships may sail in it by His command, so they sail in the sea like mountains. This was the view of Mujahid, Al-Hasan, As-Suddi and Ad-Dahhak. In ...

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

Watrukil bahra rahwan innahum jundum mughraqoon

And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

اور دریا سے (کہ) خشک (ہو رہا ہوگا) پار ہو جاؤ (تمہارے بعد) ان کا تمام لشکر ڈبو دیا جائے گا

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَاتْرُ‌كِ الْبَحْرَ‌ رَ‌هْوًا "And leave the sea in the state of stillness; (44:24) " The word rahwan means 'to be still/calm/motionless'. When Prophet Musa (علیہ السلام) and his companions crossed the sea, Musa ill naturally desired for the sea to go back to its original state. So he wanted to str...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And leave the sea behind once you and your companions have crossed it at rest still and calm until the Egyptians enter it indeed they will be a drowned host’ — he Moses was reassured by this statement — and they were indeed drowned.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Musa and Fir`awn, and how the Children of Israel were saved Allah tells us, `before these idolators, We tested the people of Fir`awn, the copts of Egypt.' وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ (when there came to them a noble Messenger.) means, Musa, peace be upon him, the one to whom Allah spoke...

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ لِتَجْرِىَ ٱلْفُلْكُ فِيهِ بِأَمْرِهِۦ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Allaahul lazee sahkhara lakumul bahra litajriyal fulku feehi bi amrihee wa litabtaghoo min fadlihee wa la'allakum tashkuroon

It is Allah who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

خدا ہی تو ہے جس نے دریا کو تمہارے قابو کردیا تاکہ اس کے حکم سے اس میں کشتیاں چلیں اور تاکہ تم اس کے فضل سے (معاش) تلاش کرو اور تاکہ شکر کرو

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary اللَّـهُ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ‌ لَكُمُ الْبَحْرَ‌ لِتَجْرِ‌يَ الْفُلْكُ فِيهِ بِأَمْرِ‌هِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِهِ ("Allah is the One who has subjugated for you the sea, so that you may seek His grace, ... 45:12) ". Generally, when Qur'an uses the expression ` to seek His grace' it refers to...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: God it is Who disposed for you the sea so that the ships may sail upon it by His command by His permission and that you may seek that you may request by way of trade of His bounty and that perhaps you may give thanks.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Subjugation of the Sea, etc., is among Allah's Signs Allah the Exalted mentions some of the favors He gave to His servants, such as subjecting the sea for their service, لِتَجْرِىَ الْفُلْكُ فِيهِ بِأَمْرِهِ (that ships may sail through the sea by His command,) i.e., of Allah the Exalted, Who or...

وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ

Wal bahril masjoor

And [by] the sea filled [with fire],

اور ابلتے ہوئے دریا کی

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَالْبَحْرِ‌ الْمَسْجُورِ‌ (and by the sea, filled up with fire...52:6) The word bar means sea and the passive participle masjur is derived from sajr which is used in several different senses, one of which is to kindle with fire. Some of the commentators interpret the participle in this sense here, ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and the swarming sea that is to say the one that is filled
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat At-Tur Malik narrated that Jubayr bin Mut`im said, "I heard the Prophet reciting Surat At-Tur while praying Maghrib. Surely, I have never heard a more beautiful voice or recitation than his recitation." This Hadith is recorded in the Two Sahihs using...

مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

Marajal bahrayni yalta qiyaani

He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];

اسی نے دو دریا رواں کئے جو آپس میں ملتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Allah created Different Types of Water مَرَ‌جَ الْبَحْرَ‌يْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ (He has set forth the two seas that meet together...55:19). Literally, the verb maraja means 'to let loose'. The word bahrain [ two seas or two types of waters ] refers to sweet and salty waters. Allah has created two types ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He has loosed the two waters the sweet and the salty; and so they meet in the perception of the eye.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Creation of Humans and Jinns Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire. This was said by Ad-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas. It was also said by `Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Ibn Zayd. Al-`Awfi report...

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ

Bainahumaa barzakhul laa yabghiyaan

Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.

دونوں میں ایک آڑ ہے کہ (اس سے) تجاوز نہیں کرسکتے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Allah created Different Types of Water مَرَ‌جَ الْبَحْرَ‌يْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ (He has set forth the two seas that meet together...55:19). Literally, the verb maraja means 'to let loose'. The word bahrain [ two seas or two types of waters ] refers to sweet and salty waters. Allah has created two types ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Between them there is a barrier by His power exalted be He. They do not overstep neither of the two encroaches upon the other to become mixed with it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Creation of Humans and Jinns Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire. This was said by Ad-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas. It was also said by `Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Ibn Zayd. Al-`Awfi report...

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

Yakhruju minhumal lu 'lu u wal marjaanu

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

دونوں دریاؤں سے موتی اور مونگے نکلتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَخْرُ‌جُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْ‌جَانُ (From both of them come forth the pearl and the coral....55:22). The meaning of لُّؤْلُؤُ lu'lu' is quite well-known, that is, 'pearl'. The word مَرْ‌جَانُ marjan too is one of the 'precious jewels or gems'. It is a hard substance formed from coral whi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: From both of them from the point at which they seem to meet — but which is actually from only one of the two and that is the salt water — is brought forth yukhraju passive may also be read as active yakhruju ‘emerge’ the pearl and the coral marjān these are red pieces of shell or small pearls.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Creation of Humans and Jinns Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire. This was said by Ad-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas. It was also said by `Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Ibn Zayd. Al-`Awfi report...

وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ

Wa lahul jawaaril mun sha'aatu fil bahri kal a'laam

And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.

اور جہاز بھی اسی کے ہیں جو دریا میں پہاڑوں کی طرح اونچے کھڑے ہوتے ہیں

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ‌ الْمُنشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ‌ كَالْأَعْلَامِ (And His are the sailing ships raised up in the sea like mountains...55:24). The word جَوَارِی۔ jawari is the plural of جَارِیَہ - jariyah. One of its meanings is ship and that is the sense in which it is used in the current verse. The wor...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: His are the crafted ships that sail in the sea appearing like landmarks like mountains in their tremendous size and height.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Creation of Humans and Jinns Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire. This was said by Ad-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas. It was also said by `Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Ibn Zayd. Al-`Awfi report...

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

اور جب دریا آگ ہو جائیں گے

Commentary

Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ‌ سُجِّرَ‌تْ (and when the seas will be flared up...81:6). The word sujjirat is derived from tasfir and it signifies 'to set ablaze'. Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ assigns this interpretation to the word in this context. Another sense of the word is 'to fill' and a third sense of the word...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and when the seas are set afire read sujirat or sujjirat when they are set alight and become a mass of fire;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah What has been narrated about This Surah Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn `Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَنَّهُ رَأْيُ عَيْنٍ فَلْيَقْرَأْ: إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ و إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انفَطَرَتْ و إِذَا السَّ...

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ

Wa izal bihaaru fujjirat

And when the seas are erupted

اور جب دریا بہہ (کر ایک دوسرے سے مل) جائیں گے

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 seas are burst forth released one upon the other forming one mass of water so that the sweet water mixes with the salty;
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...
Hadith — 12 traditions
Sahih al-Bukhari 24:98sahih

وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ سَأَلَ بَعْضَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِأَنْ يُسْلِفَهُ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ، فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ، فَخَرَجَ فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَرْكَبًا، فَأَخَذَ خَشَبَةً فَنَقَرَهَا فَأَدْخَلَ فِيهَا أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ، فَرَمَى بِهَا فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي كَانَ أَسْلَفَهُ، فَإِذَا بِالْخَشَبَةِ فَأَخَذَهَا لأَهْلِهِ حَطَبًا ـ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ ـ فَلَمَّا نَشَرَهَا وَجَدَ الْمَالَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A man from Bani Israel asked someone from Bani Israel to give him a loan of one thousand Dinars and the later gave it to him. The debtor went on a voyage (when the time for the payment of the debt became due) but he did not find a boat, so he took a piece of wood and bored it and put 1000 Dinars in it and threw it into the sea. The creditor went out and took the piece of wood to his family to be used as fire-wood." (See Hadith No. 488 B, Vol. 3). And the Prophet (ﷺ) narrated the narration (and said), "When he sawed the wood, he found his money

اور لیث نے کہا کہ مجھ سے جعفر بن ربیعہ نے بیان کیا ‘ انہوں نے عبدالرحمٰن بن ہرمز سے ‘ انہوں نے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ سے ‘ انہوں نے نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے کہ بنی اسرائیل میں ایک شخص تھا جس نے دوسرے بنی اسرائیل کے شخص سے ہزار اشرفیاں قرض مانگیں۔ اس نے اللہ کے بھروسے پر اس کو دے دیں۔ اب جس نے قرض لیا تھا وہ سمندر پر گیا کہ سوار ہو جائے اور قرض خواہ کا قرض ادا کرے لیکن سواری نہ ملی۔ آخر اس نے قرض خواہ تک پہنچنے سے ناامید ہو کر ایک لکڑی لی اس کو کریدا اور ہزار اشرفیاں اس میں بھر کر وہ لکڑی سمندر میں پھینک دی۔ اتفاق سے قرض خواہ کام کاج کو باہر نکلا ‘ سمندر پر پہنچا تو ایک لکڑی دیکھی اور اس کو گھر میں جلانے کے خیال سے لے آیا۔ پھر پوری حدیث بیان کی۔ جب لکڑی کو چیرا تو اس میں اشرفیاں پائیں۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 45:5sahih

وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ـ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ ـ ‏ "‏فَخَرَجَ يَنْظُرُ لَعَلَّ مَرْكَبًا قَدْ جَاءَ بِمَالِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِالْخَشَبَةِ فَأَخَذَهَا لأَهْلِهِ حَطَبًا، فَلَمَّا نَشَرَهَا وَجَدَ الْمَالَ وَالصَّحِيفَةَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Hurmuz:Abu Hurairah (ra) said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) mentioned an Israeli man." Abu Hurairah then told the whole narration). (At the end of the narration it was mentioned that the creditor) went out to the sea, hoping that a boat might have brought his money. Suddenly he saw a piece of wood and he took it to his house to use as firewood. When he sawed it, he found his money and a letter in it. [See hadith No. 2291 for details]

اور لیث بن سعد نے بیان کیا کہ مجھ سے جعفر بن ربیعہ نے بیان کیا، ان سے عبدالرحمٰن بن ہرمز نے اور ان سے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے بنی اسرائیل کے ایک مرد کا ذکر کیا۔ پھر پوری حدیث بیان کی ( جو اس سے پہلے گزر چکی ہے ) کہ ( قرض دینے والا ) باہر یہ دیکھنے کے لیے نکلا کہ ممکن ہے کوئی جہاز اس کا روپیہ لے کر آیا ہو۔ ( دریا کے کنارے پر جب وہ پہنچا ) تو اسے ایک لکڑی ملی جسے اس نے اپنے گھر کے ایندھن کے لیے اٹھا لیا۔ لیکن جب اسے چیرا تو اس میں روپیہ اور خط پایا۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 56:137sahih

حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، أَنَّ عُمَيْرَ بْنَ الأَسْوَدِ الْعَنْسِيَّ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ، أَتَى عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ وَهْوَ نَازِلٌ فِي سَاحِلِ حِمْصَ، وَهْوَ فِي بِنَاءٍ لَهُ وَمَعَهُ أُمُّ حَرَامٍ، قَالَ عُمَيْرٌ فَحَدَّثَتْنَا أُمُّ حَرَامٍ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ أَوَّلُ جَيْشٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَغْزُونَ الْبَحْرَ قَدْ أَوْجَبُوا ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَتْ أُمُّ حَرَامٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا فِيهِمْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْتِ فِيهِمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَوَّلُ جَيْشٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَغْزُونَ مَدِينَةَ قَيْصَرَ مَغْفُورٌ لَهُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا فِيهِمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Khalid bin Madan:That 'Umair bin Al-Aswad Al-Ansi told him that he went to 'Ubada bin As-Samit while he was staying in his house at the sea-shore of Hims with (his wife) Um Haram. 'Umair said. Um Haram informed us that she heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Paradise is granted to the first batch of my followers who will undertake a naval expedition." Um Haram added, I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Will I be amongst them?' He replied, 'You are amongst them.' The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, 'The first army amongst' my followers who will invade Caesar's City will be forgiven their sins.' I asked, 'Will I be one of them, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?' He replied in the negative

ہم سے اسحاق بن یزید دمشقی نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے یحییٰ بن حمزہ نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ مجھ سے ثور بن یزید نے بیان کیا، ان سے خالد بن معدان نے اور ان سے عمیر بن اسود عنسی نے بیان کیا کہ وہ عبادہ بن صامت رضی اللہ عنہ کی خدمت میں حاضر ہوئے۔ آپ کا قیام ساحل حمص پر اپنے ہی ایک مکان میں تھا اور آپ کے ساتھ ( آپ کی بیوی ) ام حرام رضی اللہ عنہا بھی تھیں۔ عمیر نے بیان کیا کہ ہم سے ام حرام رضی اللہ عنہا نے بیان کیا کہ میں نے نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے سنا ہے، آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا تھا کہ میری امت کا سب سے پہلا لشکر جو دریائی سفر کر کے جہاد کے لیے جائے گا، اس نے ( اپنے لیے اللہ تعالیٰ کی رحمت و مغفرت ) واجب کر لی۔ ام حرام رضی اللہ عنہا نے بیان کیا کہ میں نے کہا تھا یا رسول اللہ! کیا میں بھی ان کے ساتھ ہوں گی؟ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ ہاں، تم بھی ان کے ساتھ ہو گی۔ پھر نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا سب سے پہلا لشکر میری امت کا جو قیصر ( رومیوں کے بادشاہ ) کے شہر ( قسطنطنیہ ) پر چڑھائی کرے گا ان کی مغفرت ہو گی۔ میں نے کہا میں بھی ان کے ساتھ ہوں گی یا رسول اللہ! آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ نہیں۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 56:192sahih

حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا وَنَحْنُ ثَلاَثُمِائَةٍ نَحْمِلُ زَادَنَا عَلَى رِقَابِنَا، فَفَنِيَ زَادُنَا، حَتَّى كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا يَأْكُلُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ تَمْرَةً‏.‏ قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَأَيْنَ كَانَتِ التَّمْرَةُ تَقَعُ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ قَالَ لَقَدْ وَجَدْنَا فَقْدَهَا حِينَ فَقَدْنَاهَا، حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْبَحْرَ فَإِذَا حُوتٌ قَدْ قَذَفَهُ الْبَحْرُ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهَا ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا مَا أَحْبَبْنَا‏.‏

Narrated Wahb bin Kaisan:Jabir bin `Abdullah said, "We set out, and we were three-hundred men carrying our journey-food on our shoulders. Then we began to eat a single date each per day." A man asked (Jabir), "O Abu `Abdullah! How could a person be satisfied with a single date?" Jabir replied, "We realized the value of that one date when we could not even have that much till we reached the sea-shore, when all of a sudden we saw a huge fish cast by the sea. So, we ate of it as much as we wished for eighteen days

ہم سے صدقہ بن فضل نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم کو عبدہ نے خبر دی، انہیں ہشام نے، انہیں وہب بن کیسان نے اور ان سے جابر رضی اللہ عنہ نے بیان کیا کہ ہم ( ایک غزوہ پر ) نکلے۔ ہماری تعداد تین سو تھی، ہم اپنا راشن اپنے کندھوں پر اٹھائے ہوئے تھے۔ آخر ہمارا توشہ جب ( تقریباً ) ختم ہو گیا، تو ایک شخص کو روزانہ صرف ایک کھجور کھانے کو ملنے لگی۔ ایک شاگرد نے پوچھا، اے ابوعبداللہ! ( جابر رضی اللہ عنہ ) ایک کھجور سے بھلا ایک آدمی کا کیا بنتا ہو گا؟ انہوں نے فرمایا کہ اس کی قدر ہمیں اس وقت معلوم ہوئی جب ایک کھجور بھی باقی نہیں رہ گئی تھی۔ اس کے بعد ہم دریا پر آئے تو ایک ایسی مچھلی ملی جسے دریا نے باہر پھینک دیا تھا۔ اور ہم اٹھارہ دن تک خوب جی بھر کر اسی کو کھاتے رہے۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 64:388sahih

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ غَزَوْنَا جَيْشَ الْخَبَطِ وَأُمِّرَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ، فَجُعْنَا جُوعًا شَدِيدًا فَأَلْقَى الْبَحْرُ حُوتًا مَيِّتًا، لَمْ نَرَ مِثْلَهُ، يُقَالُ لَهُ الْعَنْبَرُ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ، فَأَخَذَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ عَظْمًا مِنْ عِظَامِهِ فَمَرَّ الرَّاكِبُ تَحْتَهُ‏.‏ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ كُلُوا‏.‏ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ ذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ كُلُوا رِزْقًا أَخْرَجَهُ اللَّهُ، أَطْعِمُونَا إِنْ كَانَ مَعَكُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَأَتَاهُ بَعْضُهُمْ ‏{‏بِعُضْوٍ‏}‏ فَأَكَلَهُ‏.‏

Narrated Jabir:We set out in the army of Al-Khabat and Abu Ubaida was the commander of the troops. We were struck with severe hunger and the sea threw out a dead fish the like of which we had never seen, and it was called Al-`Anbar. We ate of it for half a month. Abu Ubaida took (and fixed) one of its bones and a rider passed underneath it (without touching it). (Jabir added:) Abu 'Ubaida said (to us), "Eat (of that fish)." When we arrived at Medina, we informed the Prophet (ﷺ) about that, and he said, "Eat, for it is food Allah has brought out for you, and feed us if you have some of it." So some of them gave him (of that fish) and he ate it

ہم سے مسدد بن مسرہد نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے یحییٰ بن سعید قطان نے بیان کیا، ان سے ابن جریر نے بیان کیا، انہیں عمرو بن دینار نے خبر دی اور انہوں نے جابر بن عبداللہ انصاری رضی اللہ عنہما سے سنا، انہوں نے بیان کیا کہ ہم پتوں کی فوج میں شریک تھے۔ ابوعبیدہ رضی اللہ عنہ ہمارے امیر تھے۔ پھر ہمیں شدت سے بھوک لگی، آخر سمندر نے ایک ایسی مردہ مچھلی باہر پھینکی کہ ہم نے ویسی مچھلی پہلے کبھی نہیں دیکھی تھی۔ اسے عنبر کہتے تھے۔ وہ مچھلی ہم نے پندرہ دن تک کھائی۔ پھر ابوعبیدہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے اس کی ہڈی کھڑی کروا دی تو اونٹ کا سوار اس کے نیچے سے گزر گیا۔ ( ابن جریر نے بیان کیا کہ ) پھر مجھے ابو الزبیر نے خبر دی اور انہوں نے جابر رضی اللہ عنہ سے سنا، انہوں نے بیان کیا کہ ابوعبیدہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے کہا اس مچھلی کو کھاؤ پھر جب ہم مدینہ لوٹ کر آئے تو ہم نے اس کا ذکر نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے کیا، آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ وہ روزی کھاؤ جو اللہ تعالیٰ نے تمہارے لیے بھیجی ہے۔ اگر تمہارے پاس اس میں سے کچھ بچی ہو تو مجھے بھی کھلاؤ۔ چنانچہ ایک آدمی نے اس کا گوشت لا کر آپ کی خدمت میں پیش کیا اور آپ نے بھی اسے تناول فرمایا۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 72:19sahih

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ غَزَوْنَا جَيْشَ الْخَبَطِ وَأُمِّرَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ فَجُعْنَا جُوعًا شَدِيدًا فَأَلْقَى الْبَحْرُ حُوتًا مَيِّتًا لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْعَنْبَرُ فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ عَظْمًا مِنْ عِظَامِهِ فَمَرَّ الرَّاكِبُ تَحْتَهُ‏.‏

Narrated Jabir:We went out in a campaign and the army was called The Army of the Khabat, and Abu 'Ubaida was our commander. We were struck with severe hunger. Then the sea threw a huge dead fish called Al- `Anbar, the like of which had never been seen. We ate of it for half a month, and then Abu 'Ubaida took one of its bones (and made an arch of it) so that a rider could easily pass under it

ہم سے مسدد نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے یحییٰ قطان نے بیان کیا، ان سے ابن جریج نے کہا کہ مجھے عمرو نے خبر دی اور انہوں نے جابر رضی اللہ عنہ سے سنا، انہوں نے بیان کیا کہ ہم غزوہ خبط میں شریک تھے، ہمارے امیر الجیش ابوعبیدہ رضی اللہ عنہ تھے۔ ہم سب بھوک سے بیتاب تھے کہ سمندر نے ایک مردہ مچھلی باہر پھینکی۔ ایسی مچھلی دیکھی نہیں گئی تھی۔ اسے عنبر کہتے تھے، ہم نے وہ مچھلی پندرہ دن تک کھائی۔ پھر ابوعبیدہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے اس کی ایک ہڈی لے کر ( کھڑی کر دی ) تو وہ اتنی اونچی تھی کہ ایک سوار اس کے نیچے سے گزر گیا۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 72:20sahih

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا، يَقُولُ بَعَثَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَلاَثَمِائَةِ رَاكِبٍ وَأَمِيرُنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ نَرْصُدُ عِيرًا لِقُرَيْشٍ فَأَصَابَنَا جُوعٌ شَدِيدٌ حَتَّى أَكَلْنَا الْخَبَطَ، فَسُمِّيَ جَيْشَ الْخَبَطِ وَأَلْقَى الْبَحْرُ حُوتًا يُقَالُ لَهُ الْعَنْبَرُ فَأَكَلْنَا نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ وَادَّهَنَّا بِوَدَكِهِ حَتَّى صَلَحَتْ أَجْسَامُنَا قَالَ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ضِلَعًا مِنْ أَضْلاَعِهِ فَنَصَبَهُ فَمَرَّ الرَّاكِبُ تَحْتَهُ، وَكَانَ فِينَا رَجُلٌ فَلَمَّا اشْتَدَّ الْجُوعُ نَحَرَ ثَلاَثَ جَزَائِرَ، ثُمَّ ثَلاَثَ جَزَائِرَ، ثُمَّ نَهَاهُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ‏.‏

Narrated Jabir:The Prophet (ﷺ) sent us as an army unit of three hundred warriors under the command of Abu 'Ubaida to ambush a caravan of the Quraish. But we were struck with such severe hunger that we ate the Khabat (desert bushes), so our army was called the Army of the Khabat. Then the sea threw a huge fish called Al-`Anbar and we ate of it for half a month and rubbed our bodies with its fat till our bodies became healthy. Then Abu Ubaida took one of its ribs and fixed it over the ground and a rider passed underneath it. There was a man amongst us who slaughtered three camels when hunger became severe, and he slaughtered three more, but after that Abu 'Ubaida forbade him to do so

ہم سے عبداللہ بن محمد مسندی نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم کو سفیان ثوری نے خبر دی، ان سے عمرو بن دینار نے، انہوں نے جابر رضی اللہ عنہ سے سنا، انہوں نے بیان کیا کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے تین سو سوار روانہ کئے۔ ہمارے امیر ابوعبیدہ رضی اللہ عنہ تھے۔ ہمیں قریش کے تجارتی قافلہ کی نقل و حرکت پر نظر رکھنی تھی پھر ( کھانا ختم ہو جانے کی وجہ سے ) ہم سخت بھوک اور فاقہ کی حالت میں تھے۔ نوبت یہاں تک پہنچ گئی تھی کہ ہم سلم کے پتے ( خبط ) کھا کر وقت گزارتے تھے۔ اسی لیے اس مہم کا نام ”جیش الخبط“ پڑ گیا اور سمندر نے ایک مچھلی باہر ڈال دی۔ جس کا نام عنبر تھا۔ ہم نے اسے آدھے مہینہ تک کھایا اور اس کی چربی تیل کے طور پر اپنے جسم پر ملی جس سے ہمارے جسم تندرست ہو گئے۔ بیان کیا کہ پھر ابو عبیداللہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے اس کی ایک پسلی کی ہڈی لے کر کھڑی کی تو ایک سوار اس کے نیچے سے گزر گیا۔ ہمارے ساتھ ایک صاحب ( قیس بن سعد بن عبادہ رضی اللہ عنہما ) تھے جب ہم بہت زیادہ بھوکے ہوئے تو انہوں نے یکے بعد دیگر تین اونٹ ذبح کر دیئے۔ بعد میں ابوعبیدہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے انہیں اس سے منع کر دیا۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 80:100sahih

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ سُمَىٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ‏.‏ فِي يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ حُطَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever says, 'Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi,' one hundred times a day, will be forgiven all his sins even if they were as much as the foam of the sea

ہم سے عبداللہ بن مسلمہ نے بیان کیا، ان سے امام مالک نے بیان کیا، ان سے سمی نے بیان کیا، ان سے ابوصالح نے بیان کیا اور ان سے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”جس نے «سبحان الله وبحمده‏.‏» دن میں سو مرتبہ کہا، اس کے گناہ معاف کر دئیے جاتے ہیں، خواہ سمندر کی جھاگ کے برابر ہی کیوں نہ ہوں۔“

Sahih al-Bukhari 81:69sahih

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ يُسِيءُ الظَّنَّ بِعَمَلِهِ، فَقَالَ لأَهْلِهِ إِذَا أَنَا مُتُّ فَخُذُونِي فَذَرُّونِي، فِي الْبَحْرِ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ، فَفَعَلُوا بِهِ، فَجَمَعَهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي صَنَعْتَ قَالَ مَا حَمَلَنِي إِلاَّ مَخَافَتُكَ‏.‏ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Hudhaifa:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There was a man amongst the people who had suspicion as to the righteousness of his deeds. Therefore he said to his family, 'If I die, take me and burn my corpse and throw my ashes into the sea on a hot (or windy) day.' They did so, but Allah, collected his particles and asked (him), What made you do what you did?' He replied, 'The only thing that made me do it, was that I was afraid of You.' So Allah forgave him

ہم سے عثمان بن ابی شیبہ نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے جریر بن عبدالحمید نے، ان سے منصور بن معتمر نے، ان سے ربعی بن حراش نے اور ان سے حذیفہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”پچھلی امتوں میں کا، ایک شخص جسے اپنے برے عملوں کا ڈر تھا۔ اس نے اپنے گھر والوں سے کہا کہ جب میں مر جاؤں تو میری لاش ریزہ ریزہ کر کے گرم دن میں اٹھا کے دریا میں ڈال دینا۔ اس کے گھر والوں نے اس کے ساتھ ایسا ہی کیا پھر اللہ تعالیٰ نے اسے جمع کیا اور اس سے پوچھا کہ یہ جو تم نے کیا اس کی وجہ کیا ہے؟ اس شخص نے کہا کہ پروردگار مجھے اس پر صرف تیرے خوف نے آمادہ کیا، چنانچہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے اس کی مغفرت فرما دی۔

Sahih al-Bukhari 97:131sahih

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ، فَإِذَا مَاتَ فَحَرِّقُوهُ وَاذْرُوا نِصْفَهُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَنِصْفَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَوَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ قَدَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ لَيُعَذِّبَنَّهُ عَذَابًا لاَ يُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ، فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ الْبَحْرَ فَجَمَعَ مَا فِيهِ، وَأَمَرَ الْبَرَّ فَجَمَعَ مَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِمَ فَعَلْتَ قَالَ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ، وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ، فَغَفَرَ لَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A man who never did any good deed, said that if he died, his family should burn him and throw half the ashes of his burnt body in the earth and the other half in the sea, for by Allah, if Allah should get hold of him, He would inflict such punishment on him as He would not inflict on anybody among the people. But Allah ordered the sea to collect what was in it (of his ashes) and similarly ordered the earth to collect what was in it (of his ashes). Then Allah said (to the recreated man ), 'Why did you do so?' The man replied, 'For being afraid of You, and You know it (very well).' So Allah forgave him

ہم سے اسماعیل بن ابی اویس نے بیان کیا، کہا مجھ سے امام مالک نے بیان کیا، ان سے ابوالزناد نے، ان سے اعرج نے اور ان سے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”ایک شخص نے جس نے ( بنی اسرائیل میں سے ) کوئی نیک کام کبھی نہیں کیا تھا، وصیت کی کہ جب وہ مر جائے تو اسے جلا ڈالیں اور اس کی آدھی راکھ خشکی میں اور آدھی دریا میں بکھیر دیں کیونکہ اللہ کی قسم اگر اللہ نے مجھ پر قابو پا لیا تو ایسا عذاب مجھ کو دے گا جو دنیا کے کسی شخص کو بھی وہ نہیں دے گا۔ پھر اللہ نے سمندر کو حکم دیا اور اس نے تمام راکھ جمع کر دی جو اس کے اندر تھی۔ پھر اس نے خشکی کو حکم دیا اور اس نے بھی اپنی تمام راکھ جمع کر دی جو اس کے اندر تھی۔ پھر اللہ تعالیٰ نے اس سے پوچھا تو نے ایسا کیوں کیا تھا؟ اس نے عرض کیا اے رب! تیرے خوف سے میں نے ایسا کیا اور تو سب سے زیادہ جاننے والا ہے۔ پس اللہ تعالیٰ نے اس کو بخش دیا۔“

Sahih Muslim 33:230sahih

حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ، يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَرَامٍ، وَهْىَ خَالَةُ أَنَسٍ قَالَتْ أَتَانَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمًا فَقَالَ عِنْدَنَا فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ فَقُلْتُ مَا يُضْحِكُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي قَالَ ‏"‏ أُرِيتُ قَوْمًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَرْكَبُونَ ظَهْرَ الْبَحْرِ كَالْمُلُوكِ عَلَى الأَسِرَّةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِنَّكِ مِنْهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ نَامَ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ أَيْضًا وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ فَقُلْتُ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْتِ مِنَ الأَوَّلِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ بَعْدُ فَغَزَا فِي الْبَحْرِ فَحَمَلَهَا مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَاءَتْ قُرِّبَتْ لَهَا بَغْلَةٌ فَرَكِبَتْهَا فَصَرَعَتْهَا فَانْدَقَّتْ عُنُقُهَا ‏.‏

It has been narrated on the authority of Umm Haram (and she was the aunt of Anas) who said:The Prophet (ﷺ) came to us one day and had a nap in our house. When he woke up, he was laughing. I said: Messenger of Allah, what made you laugh? He said: I saw a people from my followers sailing on the surface of the sea (looking) like kings (sitting) on their thrones. I said: Pray to Allah that He may include me among them. He said: You will be among them. He had a (second) nap, woke up and was laughing. I asked him (the reason for his laughter). He gave the same reply. I said: Pray to Allah that He may include me among them. He said: You are among the first ones. Anas said: 'Ubada b. Samit married her. He joined a naval expedition and took her along with him. When she returned, a mule was brought for her. While mounting it she fell down, broke her neck (and died)

لیث نے یحییٰ بن سعید سے ، انہوں نے ابن حبان سے ، انہوں نے حضرت انس بن مالک رضی اللہ عنہ سے ، انہوں نے اپنی خالہ ام حرام بنت ملحان رضی اللہ عنہا سے روایت کی ، انہوں نے کہا : ایک دن رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم میرے قریب ہی سو گئے ، پھر آپ مسکراتے ہوئے بیدار ہوئے ، میں نے عرض کی : اللہ کے رسول! آپ کس بات پر ہنس رہے ہیں؟ آپ نے فرمایا : " مجھے میری امت کے کچھ لوگ دکھائے گئے جو اس بحر اخضر پر سوار ہو کر جا رہے ہیں ۔ " پھر حماد بن زید کی حدیث کی طرح بیان کیا ۔

Sahih Muslim 33:231sahih

وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ حَبَّانَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ خَالَتِهِ أُمِّ حَرَامٍ بِنْتِ مِلْحَانَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ نَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمًا قَرِيبًا مِنِّي ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ يَتَبَسَّمُ - قَالَتْ - فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَضْحَكَكَ قَالَ ‏ "‏ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عُرِضُوا عَلَىَّ يَرْكَبُونَ ظَهْرَ هَذَا الْبَحْرِ الأَخْضَرِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ‏.‏

It has been reported on the authority of Umm Haram daughter of Milhan (through another chain of transmitters). She said:One day the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) slept (at a place) near me. He woke up smiling. She said: Messenger of Allah. what made thee laugh? He said: A people from my followers were presented to me. They were sailing on the surface of this green sea... (here follows the tradition that has gone before)

لیث نے یحییٰ بن سعید سے ، انہوں نے ابن حبان سے ، انہوں نے حضرت انس بن مالک رضی اللہ عنہ سے ، انہوں نے اپنی خالہ ام حرام بنت ملحان رضی اللہ عنہا سے روایت کی ، انہوں نے کہا : ایک دن رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم میرے قریب ہی سو گئے ، پھر آپ مسکراتے ہوئے بیدار ہوئے ، میں نے عرض کی : اللہ کے رسول! آپ کس بات پر ہنس رہے ہیں؟ آپ نے فرمایا : " مجھے میری امت کے کچھ لوگ دکھائے گئے جو اس بحر اخضر پر سوار ہو کر جا رہے ہیں ۔ " پھر حماد بن زید کی حدیث کی طرح بیان کیا ۔

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