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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

1. All created things in the heavens and all created things on earth declare Allah’s transcendence and purity from every attribute of deficiency that is not appropriate for Him. He is the Sovereign, Who is alone in His sovereignty, free from every deficiency, the Mighty Whom none can overpower, the Wise in His creating, decree and laws.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

2. He is the One Who sent amongst the Arabs, who could neither read nor write, a messenger from their own kind, reciting to them His verses, which He revealed to him, purifying them from disbelief and bad morals, teaching them the Qur’ān and teaching them the Sunnah. Prior to his being sent to them they were clearly misguided from the truth, as they used to worship idols, spill blood and sever family ties.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

e Who transcends what does not befit Him, the Mighty, the Wise, in His kingdom and in His acftions. [62:2] It is He Who sent to the unlettered [folk], [among] the Arabs ( ummi means ‘one who cannot write or read a book’), a messenger from among them, namely, Muhammad (s), to recite to them His signs, the Qur’an, and to purify them, to cleanse them from idolatry, and to teach them the Book, the Qur’an, and wisdom, [in] the rulings that it contains, though indeed ( wa-in: in has been softened from the hardened form, with its subject having been omitted, that is to say, [understand it as] wa…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

3. He sent this messenger to another people from the Arabs and others that have not come yet, but who are still to come. He is the Mighty Whom none can overpower, the Wise in His creating, laws and decree.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

[understand it as] wa-innahum ) before that, [before] his coming, they had been in manifest error. [62:3] And [to] others (wa-akharina is a supplement to al-ummiyyina, ‘the unlettered’), that is to say, those who are alive, from among them, and [to] those of them who will come after them, who have not yet joined them, with regard to precedence and merit; and He is the Mighty, the Wise, in His kingdom and in His acftions: those [mentioned as coming afterwards] are the Successors (al-tabi'una ); 1 and it suf¬ fices to mention these [Successors] in order to illustrate the [greater] merit of…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

4. That which has been mentioned - about sending the messenger to the Arabs and to others - is Allah’s grace that He gives to whoever He wishes. Allah possesses great favour and part of His great favour is the sending of the messenger of this nation to all of mankind.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

in him up until the Day of Resurrecftion, for every generation is bet¬ ter than the succeeding one. [62:4] That is the bounty of God, which He gives to whom He will — [such as] the Prophet and those mentioned with him — and God is [dispenser] of tremendous bounty.

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

5. After Allah mentioned His favour by sending the messenger and revealing the Qur’ān, He mentions the conduct of some of the followers of Moses (peace be upon him) who turned away from practicing on what was contained in the Torah, as a warning to this nation against following them, and He said: The example of the Jews who were charged with carrying out what was contained in the Torah and who left out what they were charged with, is like that of a donkey carrying huge books. It does not know what has been loaded onto it.…

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

— [such as] the Prophet and those mentioned with him — and God is [dispenser] of tremendous bounty. [62:5] The likeness of those who were entrusted with the Torah, those who were charged with imple¬ menting it, then failed to uphold it, [then] failed to acft in accordance with it, in what pertains to the de¬ scriptions of the Prophet (s), and so did not believe in him, is as the likeness of an ass carrying books, in that it does not benefit from them.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

6. Say, O Messenger: O you who have remained on Judaism after it was distorted, if you claim that you are Allah’s friends, whom He has specifically chosen as friends to the exclusion of other people, then hope for death, so that He can quickly give you the honour He has chosen for you - according to your claim - if you are true in your claim that you are Allah’s friends to the exclusion of other people.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

o be hadhal-mathalu, ‘this likeness’). And God does not guide the evildoing folk, the disbelievers. [62:6] Say: ‘O you of Jewry, if you claim that you are the [favoured] friends of God, to the exclusion of other people, then long for death, if you are truthful’ (in kuntum sadiqina is semantically connected to tamannu, ‘long for’; as for the two conditions, the fir£t is dependent on the second, that is to say, if you are truthful in your claim that you are the [favoured] friends of God, and given that [such] a friend would prefer the Hereafter [to this world] and that it [the Hereafter] be…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

7. They will never hope for death. Instead they will hope to remain forever in the world because of the disbelief, sins and wrong they did and the distortion and changes they made to the Torah. Allah knows those who do wrong. Nothing of their actions is hidden from Him and He will give them the recompense for that.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

prefer the Hereafter [to this world] and that it [the Hereafter] begins at death, then long for it). [62:7] But they will never long for it, because of what their hands have sent ahead, in the way of their disbelief of the Prophet, [which itself is] a necessary consequence of their denial; and God is Knower of

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

8. Say, O Messenger, to these Jews: The death from which you flee will inevitably catch up with you sooner or later. Then you will return on the Day of Resurrection to Allah, Who knows everything that is seen or unseen. Nothing is hidden from Him. He will then tell you about what you used to do in the world and give you the recompense for that.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

32/749) in Yemen. See the lifts given by Dhahabi in his Siyar, IV; also Ibn Sa‘d’s, Tabaqat, vi, vn. [62:8] Say: ‘Assuredly the death from which you flee (fa-innahu: the/a'is extra) will indeed encounter you; then you will be returned to the Knower of the Unseen and the visible, [the Knower of] what is [kept] secret and what is in the open, and He will inform you of what you used to do’, whereat He will requite you for it. [62:9] O you who believe, when the call for prayer is made on Friday, hasten, set off, to the remem¬ brance of God, to the prayer, and leave aside [all] commerce, su^en…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

9. O you who have faith in Allah, and who act on what He has ordained for you, when the caller to prayer calls out on the day of Friday after the speaker ascends the pulpit, then hurry to the mosques to attend the speech and the prayer and leave trading, so that it does not distract you from obedience. That hurrying and leaving out trading after the call for the Friday prayer is better for you, O believers. If you know that, then fulfil what Allah has instructed you to do.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

10. When you have completed the Friday prayer then spread out on earth searching for lawful earnings and the fulfilment of your needs, and seek of Allah’s bounty by way of lawful earnings and lawful profit. Remember Allah abundantly during your search for provision and do not let your search for provision make you forget Allah’s remembrance, in the hope that you will attain what you love and be saved from what you fear.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

ll] such contracts. That is better for you, should you know, that it is better for you, then do it. [62:10] And when the prayer is finished, disperse in the land (this is an imperative denoting permissibility) 2 and seek, provision through, God’s bounty, and remember God, with remembrance, frequently, that perhaps you may be successful, [that perhaps] you may be the winners.

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

11. When some Muslims see a trade or entertainment they disperse, going out towards it and leave you, O Messenger, standing on the pulpit. Say, O Messenger-: The recompense for righteous action with Allah is better than the trade and entertainment that you go out towards. Allah is the best of providers.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

remembrance, frequently, that perhaps you may be successful, [that perhaps] you may be the winners. [62:11] On one occasion the Prophet (s) was delivering the Friday sermon when a caravan arrived and so, as was the custom, drums were beaten to announce its arrival, whereat the people began to leave the mosque [to go to it], all except for twelve men.…