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1. Allah swears by the wind which scatter dust,

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2. And by the clouds that carry plenty of water,

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r (dharwan is a verbal noun; one may also say, tadhrihi dharyan, ‘it blows it [sweeping it] away’); [51:2] and those that bear, the clouds that bear moiSture [as], a burden (wiqran is the direCt objeCt of al-hdmilat, ‘those that bear’); [51:3] and those that run, the ships that run upon the surface of the water, with ease (yusran is a verbal noun functioning as a circumstantial qualifier, that is to say, muyassaratan); [51:4] and those that apportion by command: the angels who distribute provisions and the rains and other things across the lands and to [all] servants, [51:5] assuredly w…

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3. And the ships which sail in the sea with ease,

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4. And by the angels which distribute the matters of the servants which Allah has ordered them to distribute.

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5. The reckoning and reward which Allah promises you is true without doubt.

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6. And the reckoning of the servants is going to occur on the day of judgment without doubt.

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ds, the promise given to them of resurrection and other matters, is true, is indeed a true promise, [51:6] and assuredly judgement, requital after the reckoning, will take place!, without doubt. [51:7] And by the heaven with all its tracks (hubuk is the plural of habika, similar [in pattern and mean¬ ing] to turuq, tariqa, paths’), that is to say, [by the heaven] that is created with tracks similar to tracks made in the sand, [51:8] indeed you, O people of Mecca, with regard to the matter of the Prophet (s) and the Qur’an, are of differing opinions: some say [of the Prophet that he is] ‘…

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7. And Allah swears by the sky which has pathways.

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8. O people of Makkah, you are in a contradicting and conflicting speech. Sometimes you say: The Qur’ān is magic, at times you say poetry. And you say: Muhammad is a magician at times, and sometimes that he is a poet.

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9. Turned away from faith in the Qur’ān and the Prophet (peace be upon him) is he who he is turned away from it in Allah’s knowledge, due to His knowing that he will not believe, and so he is not enabled to be guided.

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orcerer’, or ‘a soothsayer’, and [of the Qur’an, that it is] ‘poetry’, ‘sorcery’, or ‘soothsaying’. [51:9] He is turned away therefrom, from the Prophet (s) and the Qur’an, that is, [turned away] from be¬ lieving therein, who has deviated, [who has been] turned away from guidance in God’s, exalted be He. [51:10] Perish the conjedurers, accursedbe the liars, those of differing opinions, [51:11] who are in a dupor, in ignorance that has stupefied them, heedless, oblivious of the matter of the Hereafter. [51:12] They ask, the Prophet, asking [him] derisively: ‘When is the Day of Judgement?’…

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10. Cursed are these liars who said regarding the Qur’ān and their Prophet what they said.

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11. Those who are in ignorance and absentminded of the abode of the afterlife, not caring about it.

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12. They ask: “When is the day of reward?” whilst they do not work for it.

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13. So Allah answers their question: the day they will be punished on the fire.

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ent?’, in other words, ‘when will it come?’, and the response [given] to them is that it will come: [51:13] on the day when they will be tormented in the Fire, that is to say, chastised in it, and it will be said to them during the chastisement: [51:14] ‘Tade this torment of yours, this chastisement of yours.…

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14. It will be said to them: “Taste your punishment. This is what you used to mockingly ask for quickly when you used to be warned of it”.

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15. Those who are mindful of their Lord by carrying out His commands and refraining from His prohibitions will be in gardens and running springs on the day of judgment.

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16. Taking the generous reward their Lord has given them. Before this generous reward, they used to do good in the world.

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17. They used to pray at night, not sleeping except a little.

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eward, for indeed formerly, [before] their entering Paradise, they had been virtuous, in the world. [51:17] Little of the night did they use to sleep (ma is extra; yahja’una is the predicate of kdnii; qalilan, ‘little’, is an adverb), in other words, they used to sleep for a small portion of the night and perform prayers during moSt of it, [51:18] and at dawns they used to seek forgiveness: they used say, ‘Our Lord! Forgive us’, [51:19] and there was a share in their wealth [assigned]for the beggar and the deprived, [the latter be¬ ing] the one who does not beg, because of his self-restr…

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18. And at the time of morning they seek forgiveness from Allah for their sins.

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19. And in their wealth is a right for the beggar amongst people and the one who does not ask out of shyness, and so people deprive him of charity.

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20. And in the earth and the mountains, seas, rivers, trees, plants and animals that Allah has placed in them are proof of Allah’s power for those who have conviction that Allah is their Creator and Fashioner.

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gar and the deprived, [the latter be¬ ing] the one who does not beg, because of his self-restraint. [51:20] And in the earth, in the way of mountains, seas, trees, fruits, plants and other things, there are signs, indications of Gods power, glory be to Him, exalted be He, and of His Oneness, for those who know with certainty, [51:21] and in your souls, there are also signs, from the beginning of your creation to its end, and in the marvelous aSJiedts of your creation. Will you not then perceive?, [all] that and thus infer therefrom the Creator of it and His power.

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21. And in your own selves, O people, are proof of Allah’s power; do you not see to take lessons?

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22. And in the heavens is your worldly and religious provision, and in it is the reward of this world and the afterlife you are promised.

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. Will you not then perceive?, [all] that and thus infer therefrom the Creator of it and His power. [51:22] And in the heaven is your provision, that is, the rain from which results the vegetation that is [your] provision, and [there is also] what you are promised, in the way of [the ultimate] return, reward and punishment, in other words, all of this is foreordained in the heaven.

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23. By the Lord of the heavens and earth, the resurrection is true without any doubt, just as there is no doubt in your speech when you speak.

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ultimate] return, reward and punishment, in other words, all of this is foreordained in the heaven. [51:23] So by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it, that which you are promised, is as assuredly true as [the fad] that you have [power of] speech (read mithlu, in the nominative, as an adjedive, with the ma being extra; or read mithla, in the accusative, as being a compound with ma), that is to say: [it is as true] as your Speech is in reality, that is, in your knowing it to be [true] necessarily by its issuing from you. [51:24] Has the dory reached you — addressing the Prophet (s) —…

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24. O Messenger, has the story of the guests of Abraham (peace be upon him) - the angels whom he honoured - come to you?

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25. When they came to him and said, ٌ”Peace”. Abraham said in reply: “Peace”, and he said to himself: “These are people we do not recognise”.

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oured gueds? — these were [said to be either] twelve, ten or three angels, one of whom was Gabriel. [51:25] When ( idh is an adverbial qualifier of hadithu dayfi, ‘the dory of the gueds’) they entered upon him and said, ‘Peace!’ — in other words [they said] these very words. 1 He said, ‘Peace!’ — [also] these very words — [These are] an unfamiliar folk, whom we do not know — he said this to himself ( qawmun munkaruna is the predicate of an implicit subjedt such as ha’ulai, ‘these are’). [51:26] Then he went aside to his family, secretly, and brought a fat calf — in surat Hud [it is said],…

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26. Then he moved to his family secretly, then he brought from them a whole fat calf, thinking them to be humans.

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27. He then put the calf close to them and addressed them softly: “Do you not eat the food presented to you?”

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28. When they did not eat, he concealed his fear of them, but they understood this and said to him to put him at ease: “Do not fear. We are messengers from Allah”. And they informed him of what will please him, i.e., that he will have a son who will have a lot of knowledge. The one regarding whom glad tidings were given was Isaac (peace be upon him).

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placed it near them saying, ‘Will you not eat?’: he invited them to eat, but they did not respond. [51:28] Then he conceived, he kept secret in himself, a fear of them. They said, ‘Do not be afraid!’, we are messengers from your Lord. And they gave him good tidings of [ the birth of] a knowledgeable boy, one endowed with much knowledge, and this was Isaac, as mentioned in surat Hud [Q.…

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29. When his wife heard the glad tiding, she came screaming out of happiness and slapped her face, and said in surprise: “Will an old woman give birth when she is actually barren?”

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30. The angels said to her: “What we have informed you of is what your Lord has said. And there is nobody to refute what he said. It is He who is Wise in His creating and decreeing, Knowing of His creation and what is in their interests”.

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d years old; or [alternatively] he was a hundred and twenty years old and she was ninety years old. [51:30] They said, ‘So, juSt like what we have said with regard to the good tiding, has your Lord said. Indeed He is the Wise, in His adtions, the Knower’, of His creatures. [51:31] He said, ‘So what is your business, O you who have been sent [by God]?’ [51:32] They said, ‘Lo! we have been sent to a guilty folk, disbelievers — these were the people of Lot — [51:33] that we may unleash upon them dones of clay, baked in fire, 1 As mentioned previously, in Arabic salam denotes the act of gre…

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31. Abraham (peace be upon him) said to the angels: “What is you case? And what do you intend?”

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32. The angels said in reply: “Allah has sent us to a criminal people who commit despicable sins.

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33. So that I can send upon them stones of hard clay.

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34. Marked in your Lord’s presence, O Abraham, and sent upon those who transgress the limits of Allah and who go to the extreme of disbelief and sins”.

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in fire, 1 As mentioned previously, in Arabic salam denotes the act of greeting and its expression. [51:34] marked, bearing the name of the person at whom it will be hurled, by your Lord inda rabbika is an adverbial qualifier of musawwamatan, ‘marked’) for [the destruction of] the prodigal’, for coming unto males in addition to their disbelief. [ 5 5] So We brought forth those in them, that is, [in] the towns of the people of Lot, who were believ¬ ers, in order to destroy the disbelievers;

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35. So I took out whoever was in the city of the people of Lot from the believers, so that the punishment which will befall the criminals will not befall them.

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36. But I did not find in their city besides one house of the Muslims, which was the household of Lot (peace be upon him).

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s, [in] the towns of the people of Lot, who were believ¬ ers, in order to destroy the disbelievers; [51:36] but We did not find therein other than one house of those who had submitted [to God]: these were Lot and his two daughters. They have been described [here] with [the terms] ‘belief’ and ‘submission be¬ cause they had affirmed [faith] in their hearts and used their limbs to perform aCts of obedience. [51:37] And We left therein, after destroying the disbelievers, a sign, an indication of their destruction, for those who fear the painful chastisement, so that they may not do what thes…

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37. And I left in the city of Lot signs of punishment which will show that punishment befell them, so that those who fear the painful punishment which afflicted them take lessons from it and then not do what they did

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had affirmed [faith] in their hearts and used their limbs to perform aCts of obedience. [51:37] And We left therein, after destroying the disbelievers, a sign, an indication of their destruction, for those who fear the painful chastisement, so that they may not do what these [sinners] did. [51:38] And [a sign too] in Moses (wa-fi Musa is a supplement tofiha, ‘therein’), that is to say, We also left a sign in the Story of Moses, when We sent him to Pharaoh, veSted, with a clear warrant, with a manifest proof; [51:39] blithe turned away, he rejected belief, to his supports (bi-ruknihi ), hi…

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38. And in Moses, when I sent him to Pharaoh with clear miracles and proof, is a sign for the one who fears the painful punishment.

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ion, for those who fear the painful chastisement, so that they may not do what these [sinners] did. [51:38] And [a sign too] in Moses (wa-fi Musa is a supplement tofiha, ‘therein’), that is to say, We also left a sign in the Story of Moses, when We sent him to Pharaoh, veSted, with a clear warrant, with a manifest proof; [51:39] blithe turned away, he rejected belief, to his supports (bi-ruknihi ), his hoSts, [so called] because to him they are like a support [rukn], saying, to Moses that he [Moses] was: A sorcerer, or a madman!’ [51:40] So We seized him and his hods and cad, flung, them…

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39. But Pharaoh turned away from the truth, and he said regarding Moses (peace be upon him): “He is a magician that does magic on people or a madman who says what he does not understand”.

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40. So I seized him and all of his armies, then threw them in the sea, so they were drowned and destroyed. And Pharaoh will be held accountable for his blameworthy actions- denial of the message and his claim of divinity.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

a support [rukn], saying, to Moses that he [Moses] was: A sorcerer, or a madman!’ [51:40] So We seized him and his hods and cad, flung, them into the waters, the sea, and so they drowned, for he, that is, Pharaoh, was blameworthy, guilty of what is blameworthy, such as denying the messengers and claiming divinity. [51:41] And [also] in, the destruction of, Ad, was a sign, when We unleashed againd them a barren wind, [a wind] which brings nothing of good, for it does not bear any rain and does not pollinate any trees; this [wind] was the weSt wind ( al-dabur ). [ 51:42] It did not leave a…

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41. And in Ad, the people of Hud, is a sign for one who fears the painful punishment, when I sent upon them the wind which does not carry rain or pollinate trees, nor were there any blessings in it.

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s blameworthy, guilty of what is blameworthy, such as denying the messengers and claiming divinity. [51:41] And [also] in, the destruction of, Ad, was a sign, when We unleashed againd them a barren wind, [a wind] which brings nothing of good, for it does not bear any rain and does not pollinate any trees; this [wind] was the weSt wind ( al-dabur ). [ 51:42] It did not leave anything, any soul or property, that it came upon without making it like decayed bones, like something that is withered and in scattered pieces.

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42. It did not leave any soul, wealth or anything else it came upon, except that it destroyed it and left it like scattered ruins.

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43. And in Thamud, the people of Salih (peace be upon him), is a sign for the one who fears the painful punishment, when it was said to them: “Enjoy yourselves before your life comes to an end”.

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upon without making it like decayed bones, like something that is withered and in scattered pieces. [51:43] And [also] in, the destruction of, Thantud, was a sign, when it was said to them, after the ham¬ stringing of the she-camel, ‘Enjoy [yourselves] for a while!’, until the end of your terms [of life] — as Stated in the [other] verse, ‘Enjoy [yourselves] in your dwellings for three days’ [(3.11:65]. [51:44] Then they defied, they scorned, the command of their Lord, [refraining] from implementing it; so the thunderbolt, that is, the destructive cry, seized them, after the three days had…

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44. But they were arrogant to the command of their Lord and they were haughty to faith and obedience, so the thunderbolt of punishment seized them whilst they were waiting it to come down, as they were promised punishment three days before it came.

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45. So they were unable to repel the punishment that befell them nor did they have any power to defend themselves with.

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46. And I destroyed the people of Noah through flooding before these who have been mentioned. They were a people who left the obedience of Allah, so they deserved His punishment.

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47. And the sky I made and perfected its making with strength, and I am expanding its edges and expanding for My servants by increasing provision.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

h’) aforetime, that is, before the destruction of those mentioned. Indeed they were an immoral lot. [51:47] And the heaven, We built it with might, and indeed We are powerful (one says ada’l-rajulu or ya’idu, to mean, ‘he is Strong’; and awsaa’l-rajulu, to mean, ‘he has become capable [dhu sa‘a ] and Strong’). [ 51:48] And the earth, We spread it out: We made it level: what excellent Spreaders then!. We are.

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48. And the earth I made prepared for those who live on it, like a spread for them. How excellent a preparer I am when I prepared it for them.

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49. And of everything I have created two types, like the male and female, sky and earth, and the land and sea, so that you remember the oneness of Allah who created two types of everything and you remember His power.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

[ 51:48] And the earth, We spread it out: We made it level: what excellent Spreaders then!. We are. [51:49] And of all things ( wa-min kulli shay’in is semantically connected to His [following] words khalaqna) We created pairs, two kinds, such as male and female, heaven and earth, sun and moon, plain and mountain, summer and winter, sweet and bitter, light and darkness, that perhaps you might remem¬ ber ( tadhakkaruna: one of the two original ta letters [of tatadhakkaruna] has been omitted), and hence realise that the Creator of pairs is [Himself] Singular, that you might then worship him.…

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50. So flee from Allah’s punishment towards His reward, by obeying Him and not disobeying Him. I am a clear warner to you, O people, of His punishment.

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51. And do not make alongside Allah another deity to worship besides Him. I am a clear warner to you.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

reward by being obedient to Him and not disobeying Him. Truly I am a clear Warner to you from Him. [51:51] And do not set up another god alongside God. Truly I am a clear Warner to you from Him (be- for efa-firru, ‘so flee’, one may read an implicit [preceding] qul lahum, ‘Say to them). [51:52] Thus there did not come to those who were before them any messenger but they said, that he was: ‘A sorcerer, or a madman!’, in other words, their denial of you, by saying that you are a sorcerer or a madman, was like the denial of communities before them of their messengers by saying that [same th…

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52. Like the denial of the people of Makkah, the previous nations denied. No Messenger came to them from Allah except that they said regarding him: “He is a magician or a madman”.

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53. Did the predecessors amongst the disbelievers and the latter amongst them bequest one another to deny the messengers? No, but rather their transgression has united them on this.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

an, was like the denial of communities before them of their messengers by saying that [same thing], [51:53] Have they, all, enjoined this upon one another? (an interrogative intended as a denial). Nay, but they are an insolent folk, [a folk] whose own [proclivity to] insolence has made them all say the same thing. [51:54] So shun them, for you will not be reproached, because you have conveyed the Message to them. [51:55] And remind, admonish by the Qur’an, for reminding truly benefits believers, [these being] those whom God knows that they will believe.

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54. So turn away from these deniers, O Messenger, for you are not blameworthy, as you have conveyed to them what you were sent with towards them.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

[a folk] whose own [proclivity to] insolence has made them all say the same thing. [51:54] So shun them, for you will not be reproached, because you have conveyed the Message to them. [51:55] And remind, admonish by the Qur’an, for reminding truly benefits believers, [these being] those whom God knows that they will believe. [51:56] And I did not create the jinn and mankind except that they may worship Me: the faCt that dis¬ believers do not worship [God] does not contradict this [Statement], since a purpose does not have to be realised [in an acft, for it to be valid], as when you may sa…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

55. And do not let their turning away from you stop you from advising them and reminding them, so advise and remind them, as reminding is beneficial for those who bring faith in Allah.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

56. And I did not create jinns and men except for My worship alone. I did not create them to make a partner for Me.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

for reminding truly benefits believers, [these being] those whom God knows that they will believe. [51:56] And I did not create the jinn and mankind except that they may worship Me: the faCt that dis¬ believers do not worship [God] does not contradict this [Statement], since a purpose does not have to be realised [in an acft, for it to be valid], as when you may say: ‘I sharpened this pencil in order to write with it’, even though you might not actually write with it. [51:57] I do not desire from them any provision, [either] for Myself, for themselves, or for others, nor do I desire that…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

57. I do not want any provision off them nor do I want them to feed Me.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

in order to write with it’, even though you might not actually write with it. [51:57] I do not desire from them any provision, [either] for Myself, for themselves, or for others, nor do I desire that they should feed Me, or [feed] themselves or others. [51:58] Indeed it is God Who is the Provider, the Lord of Strength, the Firm, the Stern. [51:59] And for those who have wronged, their souls through disbelief, from among the people of Mecca and others, there will assuredly be a lot, a share of chastisement, like the lot, the share, of their counter¬ parts, who perished before them.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

58. Allah is the Provider for His servants, all of them are in need of His provision, He is the Supreme-Lord, Every Mighty, nothing is outside His ability. All of the jinns and men submit to His power (may He be glorified).

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

or others. [51:58] Indeed it is God Who is the Provider, the Lord of Strength, the Firm, the Stern. [51:59] And for those who have wronged, their souls through disbelief, from among the people of Mecca and others, there will assuredly be a lot, a share of chastisement, like the lot, the share, of their counter¬ parts, who perished before them.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

59. Those who wronged themselves by denying you, O Messenger, have a share of the punishment, like the share of their companions before them, which has a fixed time period. So they should not ask Me to bring it quicker before its time.

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

60. So destruction and loss is for those who disbelieved in Allah and who denied His messengers, on their day, the Day of Judgment, in which they are being promised that the punishment will be sent upon them.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

to hasten on, the chastisement, should I give them respite until the Day of Resurrection. [51:60] For woe, a terrible chastisement [will come], to those who disbelieve, from, upon, that day of theirs which they are promised, that is, the Day of Resurrection. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [52:1] By the Mount, that is, the [name of the] mountain on which God Sjioke to Moses, [52:3] on an unrolled parchment, that is, the Torah or the Qur’an. [52:4] By the [greatly] frequented House — which is [located] in the third, or the sixth or the seventh heaven, direcftly above…