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Al-Mukhtasar
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1. Ḥā Mīm. The discussion on similar letters has already passed in Sūrah Al-Baqarah.
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تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ
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2. The revelation of the Qur’ān is from Allah, the Mighty whom nobody can overpower, Wise in His creating, decreeing and planning.
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إِنَّ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Al-Mukhtasar
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3. In the heavens and earth are proof of the power of Allah and His oneness for the believers, because they are the ones who take heed from signs.
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وَفِي خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَابَّةٍ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ
Al-Mukhtasar
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4. And in your creation, O people, from a sperm-drop, then from a lump, and then from a clot, and in the creation of the creatures Allah has spread out on the face of this earth are proof of His oneness, for people who have conviction that it is Allah who is the Creator.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
eation, there are signs, indicating the power of God and His Oneness, exalted be He, for believers. [45:4] And in your creation, that is to say, and in the creation of every one of you from a Sjierm-drop, then a blood clot, then an embryo until it becomes a human being; and, [in] the creation of, what He has scattered, [what] He has dispersed throughout the earth, of animals — [dabba denotes] whatever treads on ( yadubbu ) the earth of [both] human beings and other [animals] — there are signs for a people who are certain, of the Resurrection;
Open in library →وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن رِّزْقٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
5. And in the alteration of the night and day, and the rainwater Allah sent down from the sky, then He gave life to the earth through it by making plants grow in it after it was dead without any plants, and in the alteration of the winds by bringing them from one direction at times and other directions at other times for your benefit, are proof for people who understand. So they use them as proof of Allah’s oneness, His power to resurrect and His power over everything.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
man beings and other [animals] — there are signs for a people who are certain, of the Resurrection; [45:5] and, in, the alternation of night and day, their passing and their arrival, and what Godsends down from the heaven [in the way] of provision, rain, for it constitutes a means of provision, with which He revives the earth after it is dead, and the circulation of the winds, its alternation between southerly and northerly, hot and cold, there are signs for a people who understand, proofs and therefore have faith.
Open in library →تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَ اللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Al-Mukhtasar
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6. These verses and proof I read to you in truth, O Messenger. So if they do not believe in the speech of Allah which He revealed to His servant and in His proof, which speech will they believe in after it and which proof after it will they accept?
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
rtherly, hot and cold, there are signs for a people who understand, proofs and therefore have faith. [45:6] These, mentioned signs, are the signs of God, the proofs of His that indicate His Oneness, which We recite, relate, to you with truth (bi’l-haqqi is semantically connected to natlii, ‘We recite’). So in what [kind of] discourse then, after God, that is to say, [after] His discourse, namely, the Qur’an, and His signs.…
Open in library →وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ
Al-Mukhtasar
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7. Allah’s punishment and destruction is for every liar who is extremely sinful.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
, ‘you believe’). [45:7] Woe ( waylun is an expression implying chastisement) to every sinfid liar, [45:8] who hears the signs of God, the Qur’an, being recited to him, then persists, in his disbelief, arro¬ gantly, disdainful of faith, as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful chastisement. [45:9] And should he come to know anything of Our signs, namely, the Qur’an, he takes them in mock¬ ery.…
Open in library →يَسْمَعُ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
Al-Mukhtasar
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8. This disbeliever listens to the verses of Allah in the Qur’ān being recited to him, then he continues in the disbelief and sins he is in, arrogant in himself to following the truth, as though he has not heard these verses being read to him. So inform him, O Messenger, of what he will dislike in the Hereafter, which is a painful punishment that awaits him there.
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وَإِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا شَيْئًا اتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًا أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ
Al-Mukhtasar
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9. And when something of the Qur’ān reaches him, he takes it as a joke to mock. Those attributed with this quality of mocking the Qur’ān will have a disgraceful punishment on the day of judgment.
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مِّن وَرَائِهِمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُم مَّا كَسَبُوا شَيْئًا وَلَا مَا اتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
Al-Mukhtasar
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10. In front of them will be the fire of hell which awaits them in the Hereafter, and the actions they earned will not help them with Allah at all nor will the idols they took to worship besides Him remove anything from them. And they will have a great punishment on the day of judgment.
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هَٰذَا هُدًى وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّن رِّجْزٍ أَلِيمٌ
Al-Mukhtasar
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11. This book which I revealed to My Messenger Muhammad is a guide to the true path. And those who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord which were revealed to His Messenger will have a bad, painful punishment.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
they took besides God, that is, idols, as patrons. And for them there will be a great chastisement. [45:11] This, that is, the Qur’an, is a guidance, from error; and those who disbelieve in the signs of their Lord, for them there will be a torture, a lot, of a painfid, an excruciating, chastisement. [45:12] 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.
Open in library →اللَّهُ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْبَحْرَ لِتَجْرِيَ الْفُلْكُ فِيهِ بِأَمْرِهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
Al-Mukhtasar
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12. Allah alone is the one who subjugated for you, O people, the sea in which ships sail with His order, and so that you seek His grace through different lawful trades and so that you are thankful for Allah’s favours upon you.
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وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِّنْهُ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
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13. And He subjugated whatever is in the heavens such as the sun, moon and stars, and whatever is on earth such as rivers, trees, mountains and so forth. In subjugating that for you are proof of Allah’s power and His oneness for people who ponder over His signs and take heed from them.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
y seek, that you may request, by way of trade, of His bounty, and that perhaps you may give thanks. [45:13] And He has disposed for you whatever is in the heavens, of sun, moon, Stars, water and other¬ wise, and whatever is in the earth, of animals, trees, vegetation, rivers and otherwise, that is to say, He created [all] that for your benefit, all (jami’an is for emphasis) being from Him (minhu is a circumstan¬ tial qualifier, that is to say, He has disposed them as something from Him, exalted be He). Surely in that there are signs for a people who reflect, on them and therefore believe.
Open in library →قُل لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَغْفِرُوا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ أَيَّامَ اللَّهِ لِيَجْزِيَ قَوْمًا بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Al-Mukhtasar
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14. O Messenger, say to those who brought faith in Allah and accepted His messengers: “Forgive those who did bad to you from the disbelievers who do not hope for Allah’s reward nor do they fear His punishment, because Allah will reward both the patient believers and the transgressing disbelievers for the actions they used to earn in this world”.
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ted be He). Surely in that there are signs for a people who reflect, on them and therefore believe. [45:14] Tell those who believe to forgive those who do not anticipate, [those who do not] fear, the days of God, the events which He precipitates, that is to say, forgive the disbelievers the harm which they have caused you — this was before the command to struggle against them [had been revealed] — that He, God, may requite (a variant reading [for li-yajziya ] has li-najziya, ‘that We may requite’) a people for what they used to earn, when they used to forgive disbelievers the harm which t…
Open in library →مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ
Al-Mukhtasar
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15. Whoever does good actions, the result of his good action is for him, And Allah is in no need of his actions. And whoever does bad, the result of his bad action is that he will be punished for it; Allah is not harmed by his bad. Then to Me alone you will be returned so I can reward everyone with what they deserve.
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people for what they used to earn, when they used to forgive disbelievers the harm which they did. [45:15] Whoever ads righteously, it is for [the benefit of ] his own sold, 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.
Open in library →وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنَاهُم مِّنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
Al-Mukhtasar
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16. I granted the Israelites the Torah and deciding between people according to its rule, and I made most of the prophets amongst them from the children of Abraham (peace be upon him), and I provided them with different types of good things and I granted them virtue over the worlds in their era.
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your Lord] you shall end up, whereupon He will requite the one of righteous deeds and the evildoer. [45:16] And verily We gave the Children of Israel the Scripture, the Torah, and [the means of] judge¬ ment, therewith between people, and prophethood, for Moses and Aaron among them, and We pro¬ vided them with the good things, the lawful things, such as manna and quails, and We favoured them above [all] worlds, the worlds of their time, [that is, above all other] rational beings.
Open in library →وَآتَيْنَاهُم بَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْرِ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُوا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ
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17. And I gave them proof which clarify truth from falsehood. But they did not differ except after the proof were established against them by sending My Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). And nothing lead them to this difference except some of them oppressing others, out of greed for leadership and fame. O Messenger, your Lord will decide between them on the day of judgment what they used to differ about in the world, so He will clearly show who was right and who was wrong.
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ured them above [all] worlds, the worlds of their time, [that is, above all other] rational beings. [45:17] And We gave them clear illustrations of the commandment, the commandment of religion, in the way of what is lawful or unlawful, and the Mission of Muhammad (5), upon whom be the rno.Ct excel¬ lent blessings and peace. And they did not differ, regarding his Mission, except after the knowledge had come to them, out of rivalry among themselves, that is to say, because of some rivalry that came about among them, out of envy of him.…
Open in library →ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكَ عَلَىٰ شَرِيعَةٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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18. O Messenger, then I put you on an ordained way regarding the matter of Islam and which calls them to faith and good actions. So follow this way and do not follow the desires of those who do not know the truth, and so their desires lead them away from the truth.
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rd will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that in which they used to differ. [45:18] Then We set you, O Muhammad (s), upon a [clear] course, [a clear] way, of the commandment, the commandment of religion; so follow it, and do not follow the desires of those who do not know, in worshipping other than God. [45:19] Assuredly they will not avail, they [will not] protect, you in any way again St God, against His chastisement. And assuredly the wrongdoers, the disbelievers, are allies of one another; but God is the ally [only] of the God-fearing.
Open in library →إِنَّهُمْ لَن يُغْنُوا عَنكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَإِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ وَاللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
19. Those who do not know the truth will not be able to hold back Allah’s punishment from you if you follow their desires. And the oppressors from all sects and creeds help and support one another against the believers. And Allah is the helper of those mindful of Him by carrying out His commands and refraining from His prohibitions.
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هَٰذَا بَصَائِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
20. This Qur’ān which is revealed to My Messenger is enlightenment through which people can see truth from falsehood, guidance to the truth, and mercy for people who have conviction, because they are the ones who are guided through it to the straight path, so that their Lord is pleased with them and He then enters them into Paradise and distances them from the fire.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
gdoers, the disbelievers, are allies of one another; but God is the ally [only] of the God-fearing. [45:20] This, Qur’an, is [a set of] insights for mankind, guidepoSts with which they can discern [God’s] rulings and legal proscriptions, and guidance and mercy for a people who have certainty, with regard to the [truth of the] Resurrection.
Open in library →أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ اجْتَرَحُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ سَوَاءً مَّحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ
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21. Those who commit disbelief and sins through their limbs think I will make them in reward like those who brought faith in Allah and did good deeds, making them equal in this life and the Hereafter. Wretched is this judgment of theirs.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
guidance and mercy for a people who have certainty, with regard to the [truth of the] Resurrection. [45:21] Or (am has the significance of the [rhetorical] hamza of denial) do those who have perpetrated evil ads, [such as] disbelief and disobedience, suppose that We shall treat them as those who believe and perform righteous deeds, equally ( sawaan is the predicate) in their life and in their death? (mahyahum wa-mamatuhum, [this clause] constitutes the subject and a supplement; the sentence [itself] is a substitu¬ tion for the kaf[oi kalladhina, ‘as those’], and both [suffixed] pronouns […
Open in library →وَخَلَقَ اللَّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ وَلِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
22. And Allah created the heavens and earth with complete wisdom and He did not create it in vain, and so that each soul can be rewarded with the good or bad it earned. Allah will not oppress them by decreasing their good deeds or increasing their bad deeds.
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that is to say, ba’isa hukman hukmuhum hadha, ‘awful as a judgement is this judgement of theirs’). [45:22] And God created the heavens and. He created, the earth with the truth ( bi’l-haqqi is semanti¬ cally connected to khalaqa, ‘He created’), so that He may indicate His power and His Oneness, and so that every soul may be requited for what it has earned, in the way of aCts of disobedience or obedience, and therefore the disbeliever cannot be equal to the believer, and they will not be wronged. [45:23] Have you then seen, inform Me [about], him who has taken as his god his [own] desire,…
Open in library →أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِن بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
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23. O Messenger, look at the one who followed his desires and made it like his god he cannot oppose, then Allah led him astray despite his knowledge, because he deserved to be misguided, and Allah sealed his heart so he cannot listen in a manner that benefits, and Allah put a veil on his eyes which stops him from seeing the truth. So who can enable him to the truth after Allah has led him astray? Do you not remember the harm of following desires and the benefit of following Allah’s sacred law?
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وَقَالُوا مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَا إِلَّا الدَّهْرُ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
24. And the disbelievers who denied the resurrection said: “There is no life besides this worldly life of ours, so there is no life after it. Generations die never to return and other generations come to life. And only the alteration of the night and day is what makes us die”. They have no knowledge for their denial of the resurrection. They are only assuming, and assumptions are of no benefit to the truth.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
ne of the two ta letters [of the original form tatadhakkaruna] has been assimilated with the dhal). [45:24] And they, those who deny the Resurrection, say, ‘There is only, that is to say, [the only] life [is], our life, the one that is, in this world. We die and we live, that is to say, some die, while others are given life by [virtue of] being born, and nothing but time, that is, [nothing but] the passage of time, destroys us’. God, exalted be He, says: Of that, saying, they have no knowledge; they are only making conjectures.
Open in library →وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا أَن قَالُوا ائْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
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25. When you recite My clear verses to the idolaters who deny the resurrection, they have no proof which they can use except their saying to the Messenger (peace be upon him) and his Companions: “Bring our dead fathers back to life if you are true in your claim that we will be resurrected after our death”.
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od, exalted be He, says: Of that, saying, they have no knowledge; they are only making conjectures. [45:25] And when Our signs, of the Qur’an, indicating Our power to resurrect, are recited to them, being clear signs, evident [signs] ( bayyinatin, ‘clear signs’, is a circumstantial qualifier), their only argument is to say, ‘Bring us our fathers, alive, if you are being truthful’, [when you say] that we will be resur¬ rected. [45:26] Say: ‘God [is the One Who] gives you life, when you are SJierm-drops, then makes you die, then gathers you, alive, to the Day of Resurrection, in which ther…
Open in library →قُلِ اللَّهُ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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26. O Messenger, say to them: “Allah gives you life by creating you from a sperm-drop, then He will give you death, then He will gather you after your death on the day of judgment for reckoning and reward. That day in whose coming there is no doubt”. But most people do not know and so they do not prepare for it with good actions.
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وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ الْمُبْطِلُونَ
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27. And to Allah alone belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the kingdom of earth, so there is nobody to be truly worshipped in them besides Him. And on the day the Hour occurs in which Allah will raise the dead for reckoning and reward, the people of falsehood who used to worship others besides Allah, strive to refute the truth and establish falsehood, will lose.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
there is no doubt; but mod people, and these are the one who say the above-mentioned, do not know’. [45:27] And to God belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And on the day when the Hour sets in ( yawma taqumu’l-saatu is substituted by [the following, yawma’idhin]) on that day the followers offalsehood, the disbelievers, will be losers, that is to say, their loss will become manifest by their ending up in the Fire. [45:28] And you will see every community, that is, [all] members of a religion, crouching, on their knees — or [jathiya means] ‘gathered together’.…
Open in library →وَتَرَىٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تُدْعَىٰ إِلَىٰ كِتَابِهَا الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
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28. And you will see on that day, O Messenger, every nation crouching on its knees, awaiting what will be done with them. Every nation will be called towards its book of deeds which the guarding angels wrote. Today, you will be rewarded, O people, for the good and bad you used to do in the world.
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هَٰذَا كِتَابُنَا يَنطِقُ عَلَيْكُم بِالْحَقِّ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَسْتَنسِخُ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
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29. This is My book, in which My angels used to write your actions, which is speaking against you truthfully, so read it. I used to order the guarding angels to write what you used to do in the world.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
oday you will be requited for what you used to do, that is, [you will be given] the desert thereof. [45:29] This is Our book, the register of [deeds recorded by] the guardian angels, which pronounces againTt you with truth. Indeed We used to write down, record and preserve, what you used to do’. [45:30] So as for those who believed and performed righteous deeds, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. His Paradise.…
Open in library →فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَيُدْخِلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ فِي رَحْمَتِهِ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْمُبِينُ
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30. As for those who brought faith and did good actions, their Lord will enter them into Paradise through His mercy. That reward which Allah granted them is the clear success which no success can compare with.
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وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ آيَاتِي تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ وَكُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ
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31. As for those who disbelieved in Allah, it will be said to them to rebuke them: “Were My verses not recited to you, but you were too proud to bring faith in them, and you were a transgressing people, earning disbelief and sins?”
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وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُم مَّا نَدْرِي مَا السَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنًّا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ
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32. When it is said to you: “Allah’s promise, in which He has promised His servants He will resurrect them and reward them, is true without doubt, and the Hour is true without doubt, so work for it”, you say: “We do not know what this Hour is. We only assume doubtfully that it is coming and we are not convinced it will come”.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
recited to you, but you were disdainful, you were arrogant, and were a guilty, a disbelieving, lot? [45:32] And when it was said, to you, O disbelievers: “God’s promise, of resurrection, is indeed true, and there is no doubt about the Hour”, (read al-saatu or al-saata ) you said, “We do not know what the Hour is.…
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33. And the evil consequences of the disbelief and sins they committed in the world will appear to them, and the punishment which they used to mock when warned of it will befall them.
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وَقِيلَ الْيَوْمَ نَنسَاكُمْ كَمَا نَسِيتُمْ لِقَاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَٰذَا وَمَأْوَاكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ
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34. Allah will say to them: “Today, I will leave you in the fire just as you forgot meeting this day of yours, and so did not prepare for it through faith and good actions. And your abode which you will take refuge in is the fire. And you do not have any helpers to repel Allah’s punishment from you.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
, there shall befall [them], what they used to deride, namely, the chastisement [of the Hereafter]. [45:34] And it will be said: ‘Today We will forget you. We will abandon you in the Fire, juft as you forgot 1 The translation of this is what is adually in the English text, above. Al-Mubarrad, Abu ] Abbas Muhammad b. Yazid al-Thumali was a major figure in the Basran school of grammar and a prolific author. See R. Sellheim, s.v.…
Open in library →ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّكُمُ اتَّخَذْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ هُزُوًا وَغَرَّتْكُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُخْرَجُونَ مِنْهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ
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35. That punishment you are being punished with is because you took the words of Allah as a joke which you would mock, and life with its pleasures and desires deceived you”. So today these disbelievers who used to mock Allah’s words will not be taken out of the fire, but rather they will remain in it forever, and neither will they be returned to the worldly life to do good deeds nor will their Lord be pleased with them.
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it, and your abode will be the Fire, and you will not have any helpers, [any] protestors therefrom. [45:35] That is because you took God’s signs, the Qur’an, in mockery, and the life of this world deceived you’, to the extent that you said, ‘There is neither Resurrection nor Reckoning’. So today they will not be brought out (read either aStive yakhrujuna, ‘they will [not] come out’, or passive yukhrajuna, ‘they will [not] be brought out’) of it, of the Fire, nor will they asked to make amends: they will not be asked to [try to] attain the pleasure of their Lord by repenting or being obedi…
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36. So for Allah alone is praise, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, and Lord of all the creation.
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he pleasure of their Lord by repenting or being obedient, for such [aStion] will be of no use then. [45:36] So to God belongs [all] praise, the attribution to Him of what is beautiful [in words] for fulfilling His promise regarding the deniers; Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, the Lord of the Worlds, the Creator of all that has been mentioned (‘ alam, ‘world’, denotes everything other than God; it is in the plural {‘cdamin] because of the different types [of beings] in them; rabbi, ‘Lord’, [in the ladl clause] is a substitution [for the previous ones]).
Open in library →وَلَهُ الْكِبْرِيَاءُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
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37. And for Him is grandeur and greatness in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty whom nobody can overpower, Wise in His creating, decreeing and planning.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
of beings] in them; rabbi, ‘Lord’, [in the ladl clause] is a substitution [for the previous ones]). [45:37] And to Him belongs [all] grandeur, [all] majeSty, in the heavens and the earth (fi’l-samawati wa’l-ardi is a circumstantial qualifier), 2 and He is the Mighty, the Wise — as [explained in a similar State¬ ment] above. 2 The explanation of the hal, as kainatan fihima, may be better understood by paraphrasing the Statement thus: ‘all supremacy that exists in the heavens and the earth is the supremacy of God’. Meccan, except for verses 10,15 and 35, which are Medinese; it consists of…
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