بَلَىٰ مَن كَسَبَ سَيِّئَةً وَأَحَٰطَتْ بِهِۦ خَطِيٓـَٔتُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ
Balaa man kasaba sayyi'atanw wa ahaatat bihee khateee'atuhoo fa-ulaaa'ika Ashaabun Naari hum feehaa khaalidoon
Yes, whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
ہاں جو برے کام کرے، اور اس کے گناہ (ہر طرف سے) گھیر لیں تو ایسے لوگ دوزخ (میں جانے) والے ہیں (اور) وہ ہمیشہ اس میں (جلتے) رہیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Having refuted the claim of the Jews as baseless, the Holy Qur'an lays down the divine law in this regard. Those who commit evil deeds knowingly and deliberately so that evil takes hold of them completely, leaving no trace of goodness - such men shall go to the Hell, and live there forever, without ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Not so it will touch you and you will abide therein; whoever earns evil through associating another with God and is encompassed by his transgression in the singular and the plural that is to say it overcomes him and encircles him totally for he has died an idolater — those are the inhabitants of the...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah says, the matter is not as you have wished and hoped it to be. Rather, whoever does an evil deed and abides purposefully in his error, coming on the Day of Resurrection with no good deeds, only evil deeds, then he will be among the people of the Fire.
وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـل...
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
Ulaaa'ikal lazeenash tarawul hayaatad dunyaa bil aakhirati falaa yukhaffafu 'anhumul 'azaabu wa laa hum yunsaroon
Those are the ones who have bought the life of this world [in exchange] for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be aided.
یہ وہ لوگ ہیں جنہوں نے آخرت کے بدلے دنیا کی زندگی خریدی۔ سو نہ تو ان سے عذاب ہی ہلکا کیا جائے گا اور نہ ان کو (اور طرح کی) مدد ملے گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: This verse explains why the Jews will have to undergo such a severe punishment. They have been disobeying Allah in order to satisfy their desires and to enjoy worldly pleasures; they have also sacrificed for these things their salvation in the other world. Their sin being so great, Allah will not re...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Those are the ones who have purchased the life of this world at the price of the Hereafter by preferring the former to the latter — for them the punishment shall not be lightened neither shall they be helped neither shall they be protected against it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Terms of the Covenant and their Breach of It
Allah criticized the Jews who lived in Al-Madinah during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They used to suffer, because of the armed conflicts between the tribes of Al-Madinah, Aws and Khazraj. Before Islam, the Aws and Khazraj worshipped idols, a...
وَلَن يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَدًۢا بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Wa lai yatamannawhu abadam bimaa qaddamat aydeehim; wallaahu 'aleemum bizzaalimeen
But they will never wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
لیکن ان اعمال کی وجہ سے، جو ان کے ہاتھ آگے بھیج چکے ہیں، یہ کبھی اس کی آرزو نہیں کریں گے، اور خدا ظالموں سے (خوب) واقف ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Jews used to claim that the blessings of the other world were specially reserved for them, and were not, meant for any other people. Certain other verses of the Holy Qur'an too refer to such a claim on the part of the Jews, and also of the Christians: قَالُوا لَن تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ إِلَّا أَيّ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But they will never long for it because of that which their own hands have sent before them as a result of their rejection of the Prophet s the consequence of their mendacity. God knows the evildoers the disbelievers and He will requite them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Calling the Jews to invoke Allah to destroy the Unjust Party
Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated that Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah said to His Prophet ,
قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الاٌّخِرَةُ عِندَ اللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُاْ الْمَوْتَ إِن كُنْتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ
(Say to (them): "If the...
أَوَلَمَّآ أَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُم مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَٰذَا قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Awa lammaaa asaabatkum museebatun qad asabtum mislaihaa qultum annaa haazaa qul huwa min 'indi anfusikum; innal laaha 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer
Why [is it that] when a [single] disaster struck you [on the day of Uhud], although you had struck [the enemy in the battle of Badr] with one twice as great, you said, "From where is this?" Say, "It is from yourselves." Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.
(بھلا یہ) کیا (بات ہے کہ) جب (اُحد کے دن کافر کے ہاتھ سے) تم پر مصیبت واقع ہوئی حالانکہ (جنگ بدر میں) اس سے دوچند مصیبت تمہارے ہاتھ سے ان پر پڑچکی ہے توتم چلا اٹھے کہ (ہائے) آفت (ہم پر) کہاں سے آپڑی کہہ دو کہ یہ تمہاری ہی شامت اعمال ہے (کہ تم نے پیغمبر کے حکم کے خلاف کیا) بےشک خدا ہر چیز پر قادر ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Wisdom behind the hardships of the Muslims at Uhud
The subject of verse 165, أَوَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْكُم translated as, And how is it that, when you suffered a hardship the twice of which you had inflicted upon them...° has appeared in several previous verses. Here, it comes for the sake of emphasis...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And why when distress befell you at Uhud when seventy of you were slain and you had afflicted twice the like of it at Badr slaying seventy of them and taking another seventy captive did you say in amazement ‘How is this?’ that is how did this defeat happen to us when we are Muslims and God’s Messeng...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reason and Wisdom Behind the Defeat at Uhud
Allah said,
أَوَ لَمَّا أَصَـبَتْكُمْ مُّصِيبَةٌ
(When a single disaster smites you), in reference to when the Muslims suffered seventy fatalities during the battle of Uhud,
قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ مِّثْلَيْهَا
(although you smote (your enemies) with one twice...
مَّآ أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَصَابَكَ مِن سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِن نَّفْسِكَ وَأَرْسَلْنَٰكَ لِلنَّاسِ رَسُولًا وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًا
Maaa asaabaka min hasanatin faminal laahi wa maaa asaaabaka min saiyi'atin famin nafsik; wa arsalnaaka linnaasi Rasoolaa; wa kafaa billaahi Shaheedaa
What comes to you of good is from Allah, but what comes to you of evil, [O man], is from yourself. And We have sent you, [O Muhammad], to the people as a messenger, and sufficient is Allah as Witness.
اے (آدم زاد) تجھ کو جو فائدہ پہنچے وہ خدا کی طرف سے ہے اور جو نقصان پہنچے وہ تیری ہی (شامت اعمال) کی وجہ سے ہے اور (اے محمدﷺ) ہم نے تم کو لوگوں (کی ہدایت) کے لئے پیغمبر بنا کر بھیجا ہے اور (اس بات کا) خدا ہی گواہ کافی ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Building secure houses is not against Tawakkul
Let us now consider: وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِي بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ in verse 78. It says: 'Wherever you will be Death will overtake you, even though you are in fortified castles.' This tells us that building a good and strong house to live with ensured securi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Whatever good hasana means khayr befalls you O man it is from God it has come to you from His bounty; whatever evil misfortune befalls you is from yourself it has come to you as a necessary consequence of sins you have committed. We have sent you O Muhammad (s) to people as a messenger rasūlan is a ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Wish that the Order for Jihad be Delayed
In the beginning of Islam, Muslims in Makkah were commanded to perform the prayer and pay some charity, so as to comfort the poor among them. They were also commanded to be forgiving and forbearing with the idolators and to observe patience with them at t...
مَّن يَشْفَعْ شَفَٰعَةً حَسَنَةً يَكُن لَّهُۥ نَصِيبٌ مِّنْهَا وَمَن يَشْفَعْ شَفَٰعَةً سَيِّئَةً يَكُن لَّهُۥ كِفْلٌ مِّنْهَا وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقِيتًا
Mai yashfa' shafaa'atan hasanatay yakul lahoo naseebum minhaa wa mai yashfa' shafaa'tan saiyi'atanny-yakul lahoo kiflum minhaa; wa kaanal laahu 'alaa kulli shai'im Muqeetaa
Whoever intercedes for a good cause will have a reward therefrom; and whoever intercedes for an evil cause will have a burden therefrom. And ever is Allah, over all things, a Keeper.
جو شخص نیک بات کی سفارش کرے تو اس کو اس (کے ثواب) میں سے حصہ ملے گا اور جو بری بات کی سفارش کرے اس کو اس (کے عذاب) میں سے حصہ ملے گا اور خدا ہر چیز پر قدرت رکھتا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The Reality of Recommendation and its rules and kinds
Verse 85 beginning with مَّن يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً حَسَنَةً points out to the act of شَفَاعَۃ 'shafah' (recommendation) under two heads, the good and the bad, a division which helps clarify its nature. The added message here is that no re...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Whoever intercedes between people with a good intercession one in accordance with the Law shall receive a share of the reward for it because of it; and whoever intercedes with an evil intercession one in contravention of it the Law shall receive the like the share of the sin from it because of it. G...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah Commands His Messenger to Perform Jihad
Allah commands His servant and Messenger, Muhammad ﷺ, to himself fight in Jihad and not to be concerned about those who do not join Jihad. Hence Allah's statement,
لاَ تُكَلَّفُ إِلاَّ نَفْسَكَ
(you are not tasked (held responsible except for yourself,) ...
وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ إِنَّهُمْ لَمَعَكُمْ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ
Wa yaqoolul lazeena aamanooo ahaaa'ulaaa'il lazeena aqsamoo billaahi jahda aimaanihim innahum lama'akum; habitat a'maaluhum fa asbahoo khaasireen
And those who believe will say, "Are these the ones who swore by Allah their strongest oaths that indeed they were with you?" Their deeds have become worthless, and they have become losers.
اور اس (وقت) مسلمان (تعجب سے) کہیں گے کہ کیا یہ وہی ہیں جو خدا کی سخت سخت قسمیں کھایا کرتے تھے کہ ہم تمہارے ساتھ ہیں ان کےعمل اکارت گئے اور وہ خسارے میں پڑ گئے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: This has been clarified further in the third verse (53) where it was said that once the hypocricy of the hypocrites has been exposed and the reality behind their claims and oaths of friendship comes out in the open, Muslims would wonder if those were the people who used to assure them with sworn cla...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they say read wa-yaqūlu or just yaqūlu to indicate a new independent sentence; or wa-yaqūla as a supplement to what follows those who believe to one another in amazement when their secrets are revealed ‘Are these the ones who swore by God their most earnest oaths making the utmost effort thereby...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Prohibition of Taking the Jews, Christians and Enemies of Islamas Friends
Allah forbids His believing servants from having Jews and Christians as friends, because they are the enemies of Islam and its people, may Allah curse them. Allah then states that they are friends of each other and He give...
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُوَلِّى بَعْضَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَعْضًۢا بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Wa kazaalika nuwallee ba'daz zaalimeena ba'dam bimaa kaanoo yaksiboon
And thus will We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn.
اور اسی طرح ہم ظالموں کو ان کے اعمال کے سبب جو وہ کرتے تھے ایک دوسرے پر مسلط کر دیتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Lexically, the word: (nuwalli) appearing in the first (129) of the three verses cited above can be translated either in the sense of joining up and bringing closer, or in the sense of setting on or imposing on. Narrations reported from leading authorities in Tafsir among the Sahabah and T...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So just as We let the rebels from among mankind and jinn enjoy one another We let some of the evildoers have power over others because of what they are wont to earn of acts of disobedience.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Wrongdoers Are the Supporters of Each other
Ma`mar said that Qatadah commented on this Ayah, "Allah makes the wrongdoers supporters for each other in the Fire by following one another into it." `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam commented on Allah's statement,
وَكَذَلِكَ نُوَلِّى بَعْضَ الظَّـلِمِ...
وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ بِكُلِّ صِرَٰطٍ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ كُنتُمْ قَلِيلًا فَكَثَّرَكُمْ وَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
Wa laa taq'udoo bikulli siraatin too'idoona wa tasuddoona 'an sabeelil laahi man aamana bihee wa abghoonahaa 'iwajaa; waz kurooo iz kuntum qaleelan fakassarakum wanzuroo kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul mufsideen
And do not sit on every path, threatening and averting from the way of Allah those who believe in Him, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. And remember when you were few and He increased you. And see how was the end of the corrupters.
اور ہر رستے پر مت بیٹھا کرو کہ جو شخص خدا پر ایمان نہیں لاتا ہے اسے تم ڈراتے اور راہ خدا سے روکتے اور اس میں کجی ڈھونڈتے ہو اور (اس وقت کو) یاد کرو جب تم تھوڑے سے تھے تو خدا نے تم کو جماعت کثیر کر دیا اور دیکھ لو کہ خرابی کرنے والوں کا انجام کیسا ہوا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the last sentence of verse 86, it was said: وَاذْكُرُوا إِذْ كُنتُمْ قَلِيلًا فَكَثَّرَكُمْ ۖ وَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِدِينَ. (And remember the time when you were few, then He increased you in number. And look, how was the fate of mischief makers). The twin aspects of persuas...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And do not sit in every path every route threatening terrifying people by seizing their garments or by charging them excise tax and barring driving away from God’s way from His religion those who believe in Him — when you threaten to kill them — and desiring that it seeking that the path be crooked....
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Prophet Shu`ayb forbade his people from setting up blockades on the roads, saying,
وَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَطٍ تُوعِدُونَ
("And sit not on every road, threatening,") threatening people with death if they do not give up their money, as they were bandits, according to As-Suddi. Ibn `Abbas, Mujahi...
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Zaalika bi annal laaha lam yaku mughaiyiran ni matan an'amahaa 'alaa qawmin hattaa yughaiyiroo maa bianfusihim wa annallaaha samee un 'Aleem
That is because Allah would not change a favor which He had bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. And indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
یہ اس لیے کہ جو نعمت خدا کسی قوم کو دیا کرتا ہے جب تک وہ خود اپنے دلوں کی حالت نہ بدل ڈالیں خدا اسے نہیں بدلا کرتا۔ اور اس لیے کہ خدا سنتا جانتا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Stated in the fourth verse (53) there is a standing rule which spells out the condition under which Allah Ta` ala allows a people to continue enjoying blessings bestowed by Him. It was said: بِأَنَّ اللَّـهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنفُسِ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: That chastisement of the disbelievers is because God would never change a grace that He had conferred on a people substituting it with affliction until they have changed that which is in themselves until they have exchanged the grace conferred upon them for unbelief in the way that the Meccan disbel...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah affirms His perfect justice and fairness in His decisions, for He decided that He will not change a bounty that He has granted someone, except on account of an evil that they committed. Allah said in another Ayah,
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ و...
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Ulaaa'ika maawaahumun Naaru bimaa kaanoo yaksiboon
For those their refuge will be the Fire because of what they used to earn.
ان کا ٹھکانہ ان (اعمال) کے سبب جو وہ کرتے ہیں دوزخ ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
In the previous verses, by mentioning the heavens and the earth and the Moon and the Sun, prominent manifestations of Allah's perfect power and wisdom, the belief in the Oneness of Allah and the Hereafter was proved eloquently. The first three of the present verses tell us that, despite s...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: those their abode will be the Fire because of what they used to earn in the way of practising idolatry and performing acts of disobedience.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Abode of Those Who deny the Hour is Hell-Fire
Allah describes the state of the wretched who disbelieved in the meeting with Allah on the Day of Resurrection and did not look forward to it, who were well-pleased with the life of this world and at rest in it. Al-Hasan said: "They adorned it and pr...
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَسَبُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ جَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍۭ بِمِثْلِهَا وَتَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ مَّا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ كَأَنَّمَآ أُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ قِطَعًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مُظْلِمًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ
Wallazeena kasabus saiyi aati jazaaa'u saiyi'atim bimislihaa wa tarhaquhum zillah; maa lahum minal laahi min 'aasimin ka annamaaa ughshiyat wujoohuhum qita 'am minal laili muzlimaa; ulaaa'ika Ashaabun Naari hum feeha khaalidoon
But they who have earned [blame for] evil doings - the recompense of an evil deed is its equivalent, and humiliation will cover them. They will have from Allah no protector. It will be as if their faces are covered with pieces of the night - so dark [are they]. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
اور جنہوں نے برے کام کئے تو برائی کا بدلہ ویسا ہی ہوگا۔ اور ان کے مونہوں پر ذلت چھا جائے گی۔ اور کوئی ان کو خدا سے بچانے والا نہ ہوگا۔ ان کے مونہوں (کی سیاہی کا یہ عالم ہوگا کہ ان) پر گویا اندھیری رات کے ٹکڑے اُڑھا دیئے گئے ہیں۔ یہی دوزخی ہیں کہ ہمیشہ اس میں رہیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In the two verses (27, 28) appearing next, there is a dialogue between the people of Jahannam and the idols or satans who had led them astray. The locale will be the plain of Resurrection. It was said: On that day, We shall gather everyone. Then, to the Mushriks We shall say that, ` you and your god...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And for those wa’lladhīna is a supplement to li’lladhīna ahsanū ‘for those who do good’ so understand it as wa-li’lladhīna ‘and for those’ who earn evil deeds by practising idolatry there shall be the requital of an evil deed by the like thereof; ignominy shall overcome them — they have no protector...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of the Wicked Criminals
After Allah told us about the state of those happy people who have done right and He promised increase in reward, He continued to tell us about the unlucky, miserable ones. He told us about His justice with them. He will reward them with similar evil, without any i...
فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Famaaa aghnaa 'anhum maa kaanoo yaksiboon
So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.
اور جو کام وہ کرتے تھے وہ ان کے کچھ بھی کام نہ آئے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Aikah means a dense forest. There are other views too. Some commentators say that there was a dense forest near Madyan, therefore, Aikah is actually the title of the people of Madyan. Others have said that the people of Aikah and the people of Madyan were two different people. It was afte...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And so that which they used to count as gain in the way of building fortresses and amassing riches did not avail did not protect them from the chastisement.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Destruction of the Dwellers of Al-Hijr, Who are the People called Thamud
The Dwellers of the Al Hijr were the people of Thamud who rejected their Prophet, Salih. Whoever denies even one Messenger, then he has disbelieved in all of the Messengers, thus they are described as rejecting "the Messeng...
عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
'Ammaa kaanoo ya'maloon
About what they used to do.
ان کاموں کی جو وہ کرتے رہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
Surah Al-Fatihah is the Text and Summary of the Whole Qur'an
That Surah Al-Fatihah (The Opening) has been called the Glorious Qur’ an in this verse (87) indicates that Surah Al-Fatihah is, in a way, the whole Qur’ an - because the basic principles of Islam have been merged in it.l
1. In o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: about what they used to do.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Messenger is a Plain Warner
Allah commanded His Prophet to tell the people:
إِنِّى أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْمُبِينُ
(I am indeed a plain warner) coming to warn the people of a severe punishment that they will suffer if they reject him, as happened to those nations before them who disbelieved in their...
فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Fa asaabahum saiyi aatu maa 'amiloo wa haaqa bihim maa kaano bihee yastahzi'oon
So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
تو ان کو ان کے اعمال کے برے بدلے ملے اور جس چیز کے ساتھ وہ ٹھٹھے کیا کرتے تھے اس نے ان کو (ہر طرف سے) گھیر لیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
It will be recalled that, after describing the blessings of Allah and proving that He was unique in the creation of the universe, the text made a pointed reference to how the polytheists chose to stick to their own ways of error. In the present verses, the text describes how they, not con...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So that the evils of what they did smote them that is the requital of these evil things smote them and there besieged it was sent down against them that which they used to mock namely the chastisement.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Disbelievers' Refrain from Faith means that They were simply awaiting Punishment
Threatening the idolators for their persistence in falsehood and their conceited delusions about this world, Allah says: Are these people waiting only for the angels to come and take their souls Qatadah said:
أَوْ ي...
إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوْا۟ تَتْبِيرًا
In ahsantum ahsantum li anfusikum wa in asaatum falahaa; fa izaa jaaa'a wa'dul aakhirati liyasooo'oo wujoo hakum wa liyadkhulul masjida kamaa dakhaloohu awwala marratinw wa liyutabbiroo mass'alaw tatbeera
[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to yourselves." Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.
اگر تم نیکوکاری کرو گے تو اپنی جانوں کے لئے کرو گے۔ اور اگر اعمال بد کرو گے تو (اُن کا) وبال بھی تمہاری ہی جانوں پر ہوگا پھر جب دوسرے (وعدے) کا وقت آیا (تو ہم نے پھر اپنے بندے بھیجے) تاکہ تمہارے چہروں کو بگاڑ دیں اور جس طرح پہلی دفعہ مسجد (بیت المقدس) میں داخل ہوگئے تھے اسی طرح پھر اس میں داخل ہوجائیں اور جس چیز پر غلبہ پائیں اُسے تباہ کردیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Sequence of Verses
Verses 2 and 3 featuring the statement: (We made it guidance for the children of Bani Isra'il) exhorted the Bani Isra'il to follow and obey the Divine Law. The verses that follow warn and admonish them on their disobedience. These verses mention two events relating to the Bani Isr...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And We said ‘If you are virtuous through acts of obedience you are being virtuous to your own souls since the reward thereof is for them your souls; and if you do evil by way of working corruption it is for them’ your evildoing. So when the time the occasion for the other prophecy comes We will rais...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): It was mentioned in the Tawrah that the Jews would spread Mischief twice
Allah tells us that He made a declaration to the Children of Israel in the Scripture, meaning that He had already told them in the Book which He revealed to them, that they would cause mischief on the earth twice, and would bec...
وَمَن كَانَ فِى هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
Wa man kaana fee haaziheee a'maa fahuwa fil aakhirati a'maa wa adallu sabeelaa
And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way.
اور جو شخص اس (دنیا) میں اندھا ہو وہ آخرت میں بھی اندھا ہوگا۔ اور (نجات کے) رستے سے بہت دور
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Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
The word: اِمَام (Imam) in the first sentence of verse يَوْمَ نَدْعُو كُلَّ أُنَاسٍ بِإِمَامِهِمْ translated as ' (Think of) the Day We will call every people with their book of deeds' appears here in the sense of 'book' as in Surah Ya Sin: وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ فِي إِمَامٍ مُّبِين...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And whoever has been in this that is in this world blind to the truth will be blind in the Hereafter to the path of salvation and the reciting of the Qur’ān and even further astray from the right way more removed from the road that leads to it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Everyone will be called by his Imam on the Day of Resurrection
Allah tells us that on the Day of Resurrection, he will call each people to account by its Imam. The scholars differed as to the meaning of this (i.e. Imam. Mujahid and Qatadah said that it meant each nation would be called to account by...
ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاكَ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ
Zaalika bimaa qaddamat yadaaka wa annal laaha laisa bizallaamil lil'abeed
"That is for what your hands have put forth and because Allah is not ever unjust to [His] servants."
(اے سرکش) یہ اس (کفر) کی سزا ہے جو تیرے ہاتھوں نے آگے بھیجا ہے اور خدا اپنے بندوں پر ظلم کرنے والا نہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: ثَانِيَ عِطْفِهِ (Turning his side away - 22:5) The word عِطْفِ ` itf means ` side of the body', and the expression means ` to turn on one's side' - in other words ` to oppose'.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ‘That is the chastisement for what your hands have sent ahead in other words what you have offered in the way of deeds — He refers to him with reference to the two hands as opposed to other parts because most actions are effected through them — and because God is not unjust to His servants’ chastisi...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Clarifying the State of the Leaders of the Innovators and Those Who lead People astray
Allah has already told us about the ignorant imitators who are led astray:
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يُجَـدِلُ فِى اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّبِعُ كُلَّ شَيْطَـنٍ مَّرِيدٍ
(And among mankind is he who disputes about...
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ
Illal lazeena aamanoo w a'amilus saalihaati wa zakarul laaha kaseeranw wantasaroo mim ba'di maa zulimoo; wa saya'lamul lazeena zalamooo aiya munqalbiny yanqaliboon
Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.
مگر جو لوگ ایمان لائے اور نیک کام کئے اور خدا کو بہت یاد کرتے رہے اور اپنے اوپر ظلم ہونے کے بعد انتقام لیا اور ظالم عنقریب جان لیں گے کہ کون سی جگہ لوٹ کر جاتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ ﴿224﴾
As for the poets, they are followed by the straying people. - 26:224.
شِعر (Shi'r) which is the origin of Shu` ara' and is translated as poetry; is an Arabic word which lexically means any statement based on imagination and ideas not confirmed by serio...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Save those poets who believe and perform righteous deeds and remember God frequently in other words those whom poetry does not distract from the remembrance of God and vindicate themselves by lampooning the disbelievers after they have been wronged by the disbelievers’ reviling of them as belonging ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Refutation of the Fabrications of the Idolators
Here Allah addresses those idolators who claimed that what was brought by the Messenger was not the truth but was merely something that he had made up by himself, or that it came to him in visions from the Jinn. Allah stated that His Messenger was abov...
وَوَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يَنطِقُونَ
Wa waqa'al qawlu 'alaihim bimaa zalamoo fahum laa yantiqoon
And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.
اور اُن کے ظلم کے سبب اُن کے حق میں وعدہ (عذاب) پورا ہوکر رہے گا تو وہ بول بھی نہ سکیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
(and they will be kept under control - 27:83), The word used here is derived from Waz', which means to stop. The sense here is that the people in front will be stopped, so that those left behind could catch up. Some have taken the word Waz' in the sense of 'pushing'. Hence, it would mean ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And the word of judgement shall fall the chastisement will be due upon them because of the evil they committed that is because of what they associated with God and they will not speak since they will have no valid argument.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Gathering the Wrongdoers on the Day of Resurrection
Allah tells us about the Day of Resurrection when the wrongdoers who disbelieved in the signs and Messengers of Allah will be gathered before Allah, so that He will ask them about what they did in this world, rebuking, scolding and belittling them....
وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى ٱلنَّارِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Wa man jaaa'a bissai yi'ati fakubbat wujoohuhum fin Naari hal tujzawna illaa maa kuntum ta'maloon
And whoever comes with an evil deed - their faces will be overturned into the Fire, [and it will be said], "Are you recompensed except for what you used to do?"
اور جو برائی لے کر آئے گا تو ایسے لوگ اوندھے منہ دوزخ میں ڈال دیئے جائیں گے۔ تم کو تو اُن ہی اعمال کا بدلہ ملے گا جو تم کرتے رہے ہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: مَن جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا
"Whoever will come with the good deed will have (a reward) better than that" - 27:89
This description relates to the situation that will take place after the Doomsday and the account taking. Here the word hasanah is purported for the kalimah of لا إله ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And whoever brings an evil deed namely the ascribing of partners to God their faces shall be thrust into the Fire having been oriented towards it — ‘faces’ are specifically mentioned here because of all the sensory organs it is where a person’s dignity resides and so other parts of the body are more...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Terrors of the Day of Resurrection, the Rewards for Good Deeds and the Punishments for Evil Deed
Allah tells us about the terrors of the Day when the Sur will be blown. The Sur, as described in the Hadith, is,
«قَرْنٌ يُنْفَخُ فِيه»
(a horn which is blown into.) According to the Hadith about the...
يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Yawma yaghshaahumul 'azaabu min fawqihim wa min tahti arjulim wa yaqoolu zooqoo maa kuntum ta'maloon
On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."
جس دن عذاب اُن کو اُن کے اُوپر سے اور نیچے سے ڈھانک لے گا اور (خدا) فرمائے گا کہ جو کام تم کیا کرتے تھے (اب) اُن کا مزہ چکھو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The status of the narrations of the People of the Book quoted by the commentators in their commentaries is also the same. The object of their reproduction in the commentaries is meant to highlight their historical position. They cannot be used for determining what is permitted (halal) and what is no...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: on the Day when the chastisement shall envelop them from above them and from under their feet and We shall say thereat read the verb as naqūlu in other words ‘We shall command that it be said; or if read yaqūlu ‘he shall say’ namely the one in charge of meting out chastisement ‘Taste now what you us...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How the Idolators asked for the Torment to be hastened on
Allah tells us of the ignorance of the idolators and how they asked for the punishment of Allah to be hastened so that it would befall them quickly. This is like the Ayah,
وَإِذْ قَالُواْ اللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَـذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ...
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...
وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Wa badaa lahum saiyiaatu maa kasaboo wa haaqa bihim maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon
And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
اور ان کے اعمال کی برائیاں ان پر ظاہر ہوجائیں گی اور جس (عذاب) کی وہ ہنسی اُڑاتے تھے وہ ان کو آگھیرے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 47, it was said: وَبَدَا لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّـهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ (And there will appear to them from Allah what they have never imagined.) The famous tabi` i, Sufyan Thawri recited this verse and said, 'Ruined are those who did good deeds only to pretend their piety before peo...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And there will appear to them the evils of what they had earned and they will be besieged by there will descend on them that which they used to deride in other words the chastisement.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How to supplicate After condemning the idolators for their love of Shirk and their hatred of Tawhid
Allah then says:
قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ
(Say: "O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! All-Knower of the unseen and the seen!...") mea...
قَدْ قَالَهَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Qad qaalahul lazeena min qablihim famaaa aghnaa 'anhum maa kaanoo yaksiboon
Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.
جو لوگ ان سے پہلے تھے وہ بھی یہی کہا کرتے تھے تو جو کچھ وہ کیا کرتے تھے ان کے کچھ بھی کام نہ آیا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 47, it was said: وَبَدَا لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّـهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ (And there will appear to them from Allah what they have never imagined.) The famous tabi` i, Sufyan Thawri recited this verse and said, 'Ruined are those who did good deeds only to pretend their piety before peo...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Already the same was said by those who were before them of communities such as Korah and those of his people who were content with such a saying. But what they used to earn did not avail them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How Man changes when He is blessed after suffering Harm
Allah tells us how man, when he is suffering from harm, prays to Allah, turning to Him in repentance and calling upon Him, but when He makes things easy for him, he transgresses and commits sins.
إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ
(Only because o...
فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ سَيُصِيبُهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ
Fa asaabahum saiyi aatu maa kasaboo; wallazeena zalamoo min haaa'ulaaa'i sa yuzeebuhum saiyi aatu maa kasaboo wa maa hum bimu'jizeen
And the evil consequences of what they earned struck them. And those who have wronged of these [people] will be afflicted by the evil consequences of what they earned; and they will not cause failure.
ان پر ان کے اعمال کے وبال پڑ گئے۔ اور جو لوگ ان میں سے ظلم کرتے رہے ہیں ان پر ان کے عملوں کے وبال عنقریب پڑیں گے۔ اور وہ (خدا کو) عاجز نہیں کرسکتے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 47, it was said: وَبَدَا لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّـهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ (And there will appear to them from Allah what they have never imagined.) The famous tabi` i, Sufyan Thawri recited this verse and said, 'Ruined are those who did good deeds only to pretend their piety before peo...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So the evils of what they earned smote them that is the requital thereof smote them. And the evildoers among these namely among Quraysh shall also be smitten by the evils of what they earned and they will not be able to thwart it they will not elude Our chastisement — thus they were made to suffer s...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): How Man changes when He is blessed after suffering Harm
Allah tells us how man, when he is suffering from harm, prays to Allah, turning to Him in repentance and calling upon Him, but when He makes things easy for him, he transgresses and commits sins.
إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ
(Only because o...
وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَلَا ٱلْمُسِىٓءُ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ
Wa maa yastawil a'maa walbaseeru wallazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati wa lal museee'; qaleelam maa tatazakkaroon
And not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor are those who believe and do righteous deeds and the evildoer. Little do you remember.
اور اندھا اور آنکھ والا برابر نہیں۔ اور نہ ایمان لانے والے نیکوکار اور نہ بدکار (برابر ہیں) (حقیقت یہ ہے کہ) تم بہت کم غور کرتے ہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 56, it was said: إِن فِي صُدُورِهِمْ إِلَّا كِبْرٌ مَّا هُم بِبَالِغِيهِ (there is nothing in their hearts but pride of greatness that they are not [ able ] to reach). It means that people who quarrel in the matter of the verses of Allah without having any valid argument really look forwa...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And the blind one and the seer are not equal; nor are they equal those who believe and perform righteous deeds — such a person being the virtuous one — and the evildoer wa-lā’l-musī’u lā here is extra. Little do they reflect little are they admonished read yatadhakkarūna or second person plural tata...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Life after Death
Allah tells us that He will bring back His creation on the Day of Resurrection. That is very easy for Him, because He created the heavens and the earth, and creating them is greater than creating mankind, the first time and when He creates them again. The One Who is able to do that ...
وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Wa ammaa Samoodu fahadinaahum fastahabbul 'ama 'alal huda fa akhazathum saa'iqatul 'azaabil hooni bimaa kaanoo yaksiboon
And as for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
اور جو ثمود تھے ان کو ہم نے سیدھا رستہ دکھا دیا تھا مگر انہوں نے ہدایت کے مقابلے میں اندھا دھند رہنا پسند کیا تو ان کے اعمال کی سزا میں کڑک نے ان کو آپکڑا۔ اور وہ ذلت کا عذاب تھا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا (So, We let loose a wild wind on them - 41:16) This is the explanation of what was mentioned as ` calamity of ` Ad and Thamud' in the earlier verse. The Arabic word used in the text is sa` igah. It originally means ` something that renders one unconsciou...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And as for Thamūd We offered them guidance We pointed out to them the path of guidance but they preferred blindness they chose disbelief as opposed to guidance. So the thunderbolt of the humiliating chastisement seized them on account of what they used to earn.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): A Warning to the Disbelievers and a Reminder of the Story of `Ad and Thamud
Allah says: `Say, O Muhammad, to these idolators who disbelieve in the message of truth that you have brought: If you turn away from that which I have brought to you from Allah, then I warn you of the punishment of Allah lik...
مَّنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ
Man 'amila salihan falinafshihee wa man asaaa'a fa'alaihaa; wamaa rabbuka bizallaamil lil 'abeed
Whoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to [His] servants.
جو نیک کام کرے گا تو اپنے لئے۔ اور جو برے کام کرے گا تو ان کا ضرر اسی کو ہوگا۔ اور تمہارا پروردگار بندوں پر ظلم کرنے والا نہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَأَعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ (Is it a non- Arabic [ book ] and an Arab [ messenger ]? - 44) The original word used for non-Arabic in the text is a'jamiyy (with hamza before the letter 'ain) which is an Arabic term for ` ineloquent speech', while ` ajam' (without hamzah in its beginning) means any nati...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Whoever acts righteously it is for the good of his own soul that he acts thus and whoever does evil it is to the detriment thereof in other words the harm consequent from his evildoing will only be to him. And your Lord is not at all a tyrant to His servants that is He is not One of injustice as He ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Everyone will be requited according to His Deeds
مَّنْ عَمِلَ صَـلِحاً فَلِنَفْسِهِ
(Whosoever does righteous good deed, it is for himself;) means, the benefit of which will come to him.
وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا
(and whosoever does evil, it is against himself.) means, the consequences of that will...
مَنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ
Maa 'amila saalihan falinafsihee wa man asaaa'a fa'alaihaa summa ilaa Rabbikum turja'oon
Whoever does a good deed - it is for himself; and whoever does evil - it is against the self. Then to your Lord you will be returned.
جو کوئی عمل نیک کرے گا تو اپنے لئے۔ اور جو برے کام کرے گا تو ان کا ضرر اسی کو ہوگا۔ پھر تم اپنے پروردگار کی طرف لوٹ کر جاؤ گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: قُل لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَغْفِرُوا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ أَيَّامَ اللَّـهِ ("Tell those who believe that they should forgive those who do not believe in Allah's days ...14) ". There are two narrations recorded relating to its cause of revelation. According to one narration, a pagan in Makkah re...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Whoever acts righteously it is for the benefit of his own soul that he acts so and whoever does evil it is to the detriment thereof that he has done evil; then to your Lord you will be returned with your Lord you shall end up whereupon He will requite the one of righteous deeds and the evildoer.
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...
وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Wa badaa lahum saiyiaatu maa 'amiloo wa haaqa bihim maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon
And the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
اور ان کے اعمال کی برائیاں ان پر ظاہر ہوجائیں گی اور جس (عذاب) کی وہ ہنسی اُڑاتے تھے وہ ان کو آگھیرے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
وَتَرَىٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً ("And you will see every community kneeling down...45:28" ). The word jathiyah is derived from جُثُو juthuww. It means ` to sit with knees upon the ground'. Sayyidna Sufyan ؓ says that the word means ` to sit in such a way that only the knees and the toes...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And there will appear before them in the Hereafter the evils of what they did in this world that is to say the requital thereof and they will be besieged by there shall befall them what they used to deride namely the chastisement of the Hereafter.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Allah states to us His judgement in His creation on the Day of Resurrection,
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ
(Then, as for those who believed and did good deeds,) Those whose hearts believed and their limbs performed good deeds, in sincerity to Allah and conforming with Islam...
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَرْفَعُوٓا۟ أَصْوَٰتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ ٱلنَّبِىِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا۟ لَهُۥ بِٱلْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ أَن تَحْبَطَ أَعْمَٰلُكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
Yaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo laa tarfa'ooo aswaatakum fawqa sawtin Nabiyi wa laa tajharoo lahoo bilqawli kajahri ba'dikum liba 'din an tahbata a 'maalukum wa antum laa tash'uroon
O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.
اے اہل ایمان! اپنی آوازیں پیغمبر کی آواز سے اونچی نہ کرو اور جس طرح آپس میں ایک دوسرے سے زور سے بولتے ہو (اس طرح) ان کے روبرو زور سے نہ بولا کرو (ایسا نہ ہو) کہ تمہارے اعمال ضائع ہوجائیں اور تم کو خبر بھی نہ ہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: لَا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet ﷺ . - 49:2) This is another etiquette to be observed while in the presence of the Holy Prophet ﷺ . This verse teaches the believers that they should not raise their voices above the voice o...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The following was revealed regarding those who raised their voices in the presence of the Prophet s O you who believe do not raise your voices — when you want to speak — above the voice of the Prophet when he is speaking and do not shout words at him when you wish to confide in him as you shout to o...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Al-Madinah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Prohibition of making a Decision in advance of Allah and His Messenger; ordering Respect towards the Prophet
In these Ayat, Allah the Exalted teaches His faithful s...
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن جَآءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌۢ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟ أَن تُصِيبُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَٰدِمِينَ
Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo in jaaa'akum faasqum binaba in fatabaiyanooo an tuseeboo qawmam bijahalatin fatusbihoo 'alaa maa fa'altum naadimeen
O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.
مومنو! اگر کوئی بدکردار تمہارے پاس کوئی خبر لے کر آئے تو خوب تحقیق کرلیا کرو (مبادا) کہ کسی قوم کو نادانی سے نقصان پہنچا دو۔ پھر تم کو اپنے کئے پر نادم ہونا پڑے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Background of Revelation
According to Ibn Kathir, it is reported in Musnad of Ahmad that Harith Ibn Dirar Ibn Abi Dirar, the leader of the tribe of Banul-Mustaliq, whose daughter Sayyidah Juwairiyah ؓ was one of the blessed wives of the Holy Prophet ﷺ ، came up to the Holy Prophet ﷺ ، and he called ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The following was revealed regarding al-Walīd b. ‘Uqba whom the Prophet had sent to the Banū al-Mustaliq in order to ascertain their loyalty to Islam. He already feared them on account of an old feud between him and them from the time of pagandom before Islam and so upon seeing them come out to him ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Admonishing Those Who call the Prophet from behind Dwellings
Allah the Exalted and Most Blessed admonished those, such as the uncivilized bedouins, who used to call to the Prophet from behind the dwellings which belong to his wives,
أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ
(most of them have no sense.) Allah th...
فَذَاقَتْ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهَا وَكَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ أَمْرِهَا خُسْرًا
Fazaaqat wabbala amrihaa wa kaana 'aaqibatu amrihaa khusraa
And it tasted the bad consequence of its affair, and the outcome of its affair was loss.
سو انہوں نے اپنے کاموں کی سزا کا مزہ چکھ لیا اور ان کا انجام نقصان ہی تو تھا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
فَحَاسَبْنَاهَا حِسَابًا شَدِيدًا وَعَذَّبْنَاهَا عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا (so We called them to a severe account, and punished them with an evil punishment...65:8). The severe account and evil punishment of nations mentioned in this verse refers to what will happen in the Hereafter. However, t...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So it tasted the evil consequences of its conduct the punishment for it and the consequence of its conduct was utter loss failure and destruction.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Punishment for defying Allah's Commandments
Allah the Exalted threatens those who defy His commands, deny His Messengers and contradict His legislation, by informing them of the end that earlier nations met who did the same,
وَكَأِيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِ
(And many a...
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Kullu nafsim bim kasabat raheenah
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
ہر شخص اپنے اعمال کے بدلے گرو ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِيْنَةٌ اِلَّآ اَصْحٰبَ الْيَمِيْنِ (Everyone will be detained [ in the Hell ] because of what he did, [ 38] except the People of the Right, [ i.e. those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands ] 74:38-39)
The word rahinah is used in the sense of ma...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Every soul is held to ransom by what it earns it is ransomed and requited for its deeds with the Fire
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): What will take place in the Discussion between the People of Paradise and the People of the Hellfire
Allah informs that,
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
(Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,) meaning, bound to his deed on the Day of Judgement. Ibn `Abbas and others have said this.
...
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Kazzlika naf'alu bilmujrimeen
Thus do We deal with the criminals.
ہم گنہگاروں کے ساتھ ایسا ہی کیا کرتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ (Then We will cause the later ones to follow them....77:17) According to popular reading, Verse 17 purports to say that the present-day infidels, the people of Makkah, will receive punishment soon. They were punished and destroyed by Muslims in the Battle of Badr and ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So just as We dealt with those who denied will We deal with the guilty with every individual who will be guilty in the future and destroy them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Call to contemplate the various Manifestations of Allah's Power
Allah says,
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الاٌّوَّلِينَ
(Did We not destroy the ancients) meaning, those who rejected the Messengers and opposed what they came to them with.
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الاٌّخِرِينَ
(So shall We make later generations to f...
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
'Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
تب ہر شخص معلوم کر لے گا کہ وہ کیا لے کر آیا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ (then everyone will know what he [ or she ] has put forward... 81:14). It means that when Resurrection, with all the horrors mentioned above, will take place, man will realise what he has brought with him. The word 'what' here refers to his good and bad deeds, all of...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: then a soul every soul at the time of the occurrence of the things mentioned which is the Day of Resurrection will know what it has presented of good or evil.
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...
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
'Alimat nafsum maa qaddamat wa akhkharat
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
تب ہر شخص معلوم کرلے گا کہ اس نے آگے کیا بھیجا تھا اور پیچھے کیا چھوڑا تھا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ (...then one will know what he sent ahead and what he left behind....82:5) In the preceding verses [ 1-4] of the Surah, Allah depicts the scene of the Day of Judgment that when the sky splits, the stars fall, the seas are poured forth [ i.e. the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: a soul every soul will know at the time of the occurrence of the things mentioned which is the Day of Resurrection what it has sent ahead in the way of deeds and what it has left behind of these and did not do.
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...
كَلَّا بَلْ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Kallaa bal raana 'alaa quloobihim maa kaanoo yaksiboon
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.
دیکھو یہ جو (اعمال بد) کرتے ہیں ان کا ان کے دلوں پر زنگ بیٹھ گیا ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: sins has destroyed their innate capacity to distinguish right from wrong. Sayyidna Abu Hurairah ؓ narrates that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said: "Surely, when the servant commits a sin, a black dot appears on his heart. If he repents from it, his heart is polished clean. However, if he increases in the sin,...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: No indeed! — a deterrent and a warning against saying such things. Rather there has slayed engulfed their hearts covering them like rust that which they earned of acts of disobedience.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Record of the Wicked and some of what happens to Them
Allah says truly,
إِنَّ كِتَـبَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
(Nay! Truly, the Record of the wicked is in Sijjin.) meaning, that their final destination and their abode will be in Sijjin, which is derived from the word prison (Sijn), and here it...
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
کہے گا کاش میں نے اپنی زندگی (جاودانی کے لیے) کچھ آگے بھیجا ہوتا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ (it will be the day when man will realise the truth, but from where will he take advantage of such realisation? - 89-23). The word tadhakkur in this context means 'to realise'. The unbelievers will realise the errors of their ways in the ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: He will say as he remembers ‘O yā is for calling attention to something would that I had sent ahead good deeds and faith for my life!’ for a good life in the Hereafter or it means ‘during my life’ in the world.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): On the Day of Judgement Everyone will be recompensed according to what He did of Good or Evil
Allah informs of what will happen on the Day of Judgement of the great horrors. He says,
كَلاَّ
(Nay!) meaning, truly.
إِذَا دُكَّتِ الاٌّرْضُ دَكّاً دَكّاً
(When the earth is flatened, Dakkan Dakka.) meani...
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
اور جس نے اسے خاک میں ملایا وہ خسارے میں رہا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا ﴿9﴾ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا ﴿10﴾ (success is really attained by him who purifies it, and failure is really suffered by him who pollutes it....91:10). This is the subject of the seven oaths. The primitive meaning of tazkiyah is 'inner cleanliness', signifying 'he who ob...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and he will indeed have failed he who eclipses it he who obscures it with acts of disobedience dassāhā is actually dassasahā but the second sīn has been replaced with an alif for phonetic ease.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
Recitation of Surah Ash-Shams wa Duhaha in the `Isha' Prayer The Hadith of Jabir which was recorded in the Two Sahihs has already been mentioned. In it the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Mu`adh,
«هَلَّا صَلَّيْتَ بِــ
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَـهَا
...
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
Inna sa'yakum lashattaa
Indeed, your efforts are diverse.
کہ تم لوگوں کی کوششں طرح طرح کی ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ (your efforts are diverse....92:4). This statement is like the statement in Surah Inshiqaq, verse [ 6]:
إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا
'0 man, you have to work hard constantly to reach your Lord. [ 84:6] '
which has already been explained in that Surah....
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Assuredly your efforts your deeds are dissimilar with some working towards Paradise by means of obedience while others in effect are working towards the Fire through acts of disobedience.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Recitation of Surat Al-Layl in the `Isha' Prayer
The statement of the Prophet to Mu`adh has already preceded, where he said,
«فَهَلَّا صَلَّيْتَ ب
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَـهَا
وَالَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى»
(Why did you not pray with (the recitation of) (Glorify the Name of ...