Al-Muddaththir
المدثر56 āyāt · 23 tafsīrs
يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
Al-Mukhtasar
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1. O you who is covered with his clothes (this refers to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
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2. Arise and warn of Allah’s punishment.
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وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
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3. Declare the greatness of your Lord.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
elieve; [74:3] and magnify your Lord, exalt [Him] above what is ascribed [to Him] by the idolaters; [74:4] and purify your clothes, from impurity, or [it means] shorten them, instead of [imitating] the way in which the Arabs [are wont to] let their robes drag [behind them], out of vanity, for perhaps they will be sullied by some impurity; [74:5] and shun [all] defilement, [this rijz ] was explained by the Prophet (s) to be the graven images; in other words, persist in shunning them. [74:6] And do not grant a favour seeking greater gain (read taSlakthiru as a circumstantial qualifier) in…
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Al-Mukhtasar
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4. Purify yourself from sins and your clothes from impurities.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
and magnify your Lord, exalt [Him] above what is ascribed [to Him] by the idolaters; [74:4] and purify your clothes, from impurity, or [it means] shorten them, instead of [imitating] the way in which the Arabs [are wont to] let their robes drag [behind them], out of vanity, for perhaps they will be sullied by some impurity; [74:5] and shun [all] defilement, [this rijz ] was explained by the Prophet (s) to be the graven images; in other words, persist in shunning them. [74:6] And do not grant a favour seeking greater gain (read taSlakthiru as a circumstantial qualifier) in other words, do…
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5. Keep away from the worship of idols.
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وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
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6. Do not think that you have done a favour to your Lord by regarding your righteous actions to be plenty.
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وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
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7. Be patient for Allah’s sake over the harm that you incur.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
to the Prophet (s), since he is enjoined to [adopt] the faireSt traits and the nobleSt of manners; [74:7] and endure patiently for the sake of your Lord, [all His] commands and prohibitions. [74:8] For when the trumpet is sounded, when the trumpet is blown, that is, the Horn ( qarn ), at the second blaSt, [74:9] that day, that is to say, the time of the sounding ( yawma’idhin is a substitution for the preceding subjecft, and is not declined because it is annexed to something that cannot be declined; the predicate of the subjecft [is the following]) will be a harsh day (idha is operated b…
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8. When the trumpet will be blown a second time.
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فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
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9. That day will be a severe day.
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عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
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10. For those who reject Allah and His messengers it will not be easy.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
he Statement: ishtadda’l-amru, ‘[for when the trumpet is sounded] the situation will be terrible’), [74:10] for the disbelievers, not at all easy: herein is an indication that it will be easy for believers deSjfite its harshness. [74:11] Leave Me [to deal] with him whom I created ( wa-man khalaqtu is a supplement to the direcft objecft, or [it is] an objecft of accompaniment) lonely ( wahidan is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the man, ‘whom, or to the pronoun referring to it but omitted from khalaqtu [sc. khalaqtuhu]), alone, without family or wealth — this was al-Walid b.…
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11. Leave me, O Messenger, and the one whom I created alone in the womb of his mother without wealth or children (This refers to Walid bin Al Mughira).
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وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
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12. I gave him plenty wealth.
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وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
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13. I gave him children who were present with him, who attended gatherings with him and who did not leave him on account of travel due to the abundance of his wealth.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
ned him ample means, abundant and continuous, [generated] from [his] crops, livestock and commerce, [74:13] and sons, ten or more, present [by his side], present at social gatherings and whose testimonies are listened to, [74:14] and facilitated, extended, for him greatly, [his] livelihood, duration of life and children. [74:15] Still he is eager that I should give [him] more. [74:16] Nay!, I shall not give him more than that. He is indeed Stubborn to Our signs, [to] the Qur’an.…
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14. I extended to him his livelihood, provision and children profusely.
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ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
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15. Then despite his denial of Me he desires that I give him more after I gave him all of that.
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كَلَّا إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
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16. The matter is not as he thinks. He was opposed to My verses that I revealed to My messenger denying them.
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سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
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17. I will impose on him difficulty from a punishment that he will not be able to bear.
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إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
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18. This disbeliever whom I bestowed with those favours thought about what he should say in order to refute the Qur’ān, and planned this within himself.
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of fire which he will be made to ascend and then fall down from, forever. [74:18] Indeed he pondered, what to say about the Qur’an which he heard from the Prophet (s), and decided, this, in his mind. [74:19] Perish he, may he be cursed and chastised, how he decided!, [perish he] whatever the nature of his decision may have been. [74:20] Again, perish he, how he decided! [74:21] Then he contemplated, the faces of his people; or [he contemplated] with what [words] he might caSt aversions upon it. [74:22] Then he frowned, he contracted his face and glowered, anguished by what he wanted to…
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19. So may he be cursed and punished. How did he plan!
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
, what to say about the Qur’an which he heard from the Prophet (s), and decided, this, in his mind. [74:19] Perish he, may he be cursed and chastised, how he decided!, [perish he] whatever the nature of his decision may have been. [74:20] Again, perish he, how he decided! [74:21] Then he contemplated, the faces of his people; or [he contemplated] with what [words] he might caSt aversions upon it. [74:22] Then he frowned, he contracted his face and glowered, anguished by what he wanted to say, and scowled, increasing the contracting and the glowering [in his face]. [74:23] Then he turne…
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20. Again, may he be cursed and punished. How did he plan!
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ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
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21. Then he reconsidered and carefully thought about what he should say.
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ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
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22. The he frowned and scowled when he did not find anything to challenge the Qur’ān with.
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ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
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23. Then he turned away from faith and was too proud to follow the Prophet (peace be upon him).
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فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
Al-Mukhtasar
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24. He said: This what Muhammad brought is not Allah’s speech, but it is sorcery that he relates from others.
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Then he turned his back, to faith, in disdain, scornful of following the Prophet (5), [74:24] and said, of what he [the Prophet] had brought: ‘This is nothing but handed-down sorcery, learnt from sorcerers; [74:25] this is nothing but the speech of humans’, similar to what they [the idolaters] had said: ‘It is only a human that is teaching him [Q.…
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25. This is not Allah’s speech, but it is the speech of man.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
what he [the Prophet] had brought: ‘This is nothing but handed-down sorcery, learnt from sorcerers; [74:25] this is nothing but the speech of humans’, similar to what they [the idolaters] had said: ‘It is only a human that is teaching him [Q. 16:103]. [74:26] I shall [soon] admit him into Saqar! — Hell. [74:27] And how would you know what is Saqar? — this [interrogative] is intended to emphasise its enormity. [74:28] It neither spares nor leaves behind, anything of flesh or nerve, but destroys it [all], after which he is restored to his former state. [74:29] It burns away the flesh, sc…
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26. I will enter this disbeliever into one of the levels of the Fire, which is Saqar, to suffer from its heat.
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
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27. What will tell you, O Muhammad, what Saqar is?!
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لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
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28. It does not spare any person that is punished in it except that it comes on him and does not leave him. Then he returns to how it was and it comes to him, again and again.
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لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
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29. It severely burns and alters skins.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
he is restored to his former state. [74:29] It burns away the flesh, scorching the surface of skin. [74:30] There are nineteen [keepers] Standing over it, angels, its keepers; a certain disbeliever, who was a mighty stalwart, said, ‘I will avail you seventeen of them, if you avail me [judl] two’. God, exalted be He, says:
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30. There are nineteen angels over it who are its wardens.
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وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
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31. I did not make the wardens of the Fire except angels, so humans do not have the power to face them. Abu Jahl was lying when he and his people claimed that they have the ability to attack them and then they will come out of the Fire. I did not make this number of theirs except to test those who reject Allah, so that the Jews who were given the Torah and the Christians who were given the Gospel will become certain when the Qur’ān that confirms what is in their scriptures is revealed, so that the faith of the believers increases when the people of the scripture agree with them and the Jews, C…
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, said, ‘I will avail you seventeen of them, if you avail me [judl] two’. God, exalted be He, says: [74:31] And We have appointed only angels as wardens of the Fire, in other words, and so they cannot be withstood as these [disbelievers are wont to] imagine; and We have made their number, so, only as a Stumbling-block, a cause for error, for those who disbelieve, when they then say, ‘Why are there nineteen of them?’, so that those who were given the Scripture, namely, the Jews, may be certain, of the sincerity of the Prophet (s) in [saying that] they are nineteen, for this concords with w…
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32. The statement is not as claimed by some idolaters that he will suffice his companions against the wardens of Hell and take them out of it. Allah took an oath by the moon.
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gth and their assistants, except Him. And it, that is, Saqar, is nothing but a reminder for humans. [74:32] Nay, ( kalla : denoting a commencement [of a new sentence], to be understood as ala) by [74:33] And by the night when it returns! (if read as idha dabara), when it comes back after day (a variant reading has idh adbara, meaning ‘when it has receded’). [ 74 : 35 ] Verily it, that is, Saqar, is one of the enormities, [one of] the greatest calamities — [74:36] a warning ( nadhiran is a circumstantial qualifier referring to ihda, ‘one of’, and it is masculine because it denotes [mascul…
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33. He took an oath by the night when it departs.
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وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
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34. He took an oath by the morning when it lights up.
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إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
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35. The fire of Hell is one the great calamities.
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نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
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36. In order to strike terror and fear in people.
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لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
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37. Whoever from amongst you, O people, wishes to go forward with faith in Allah and righteous actions, or to lag behind by disbelief and sins.
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كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
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38. Every soul will be taken to task for the actions that it did. Either its actions will destroy it or they will release and rescue it from destruction.
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إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
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39. Except for the believers, who wont be taken to task for their sins. Instead, these will be overlooked because of their righteous actions.
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فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
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40. On the Day of Judgement, they will be in gardens asking one another.
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عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
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41. About the disbelievers who destroyed themselves by the sins they committed.
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مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
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42. They will say to them: What entered you into Hell?
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
ay to them, after all those who believed in the One God ( muwahhidim ) are brought out of the Fire: [74:42] ‘What has landed you in, [what has] made you enter, Saqar?’ [74:43] They will say, ‘We were not of those who prayed. [74:44] Nor did we [ever] feed the needy. [74:45] And we used to delve, into falsehood, along with those who delved, [74:46] and we used to deny the Day of Judgement, [the Day] of Resurrection and Requital, [74:47] until [finally] the inevitable came to us’ — death. [74:48] Thus the intercession of the intercessors, from among the angels, the prophets and the righte…
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43. The disbelievers will answer them saying: We were not of those who discharged the obligatory prayer in the worldly life.
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وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
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44. We did not feed the poor from what Allah gave us.
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وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
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45. We used to be with the people of falsehood and go wherever they go. We used to speak to the people of misguidance and deviation.
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وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
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46. We used to deny the day of recompense.
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حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
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47. We persisted in this denial until death came to us and prevented us from repenting.
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فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
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48. On the Day of Judgment, the mediation of intercessors from the angels, prophets and pious ones, will not benefit them, because the requirement for the acceptance of intercession is that the thing for which intercession is made must be approved.
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فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
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49. What has made these idolaters turn away from the Qur’ān?!
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
ets and the righteous, will not avail them, in other words, there will be no intercession for them. [74:49] So what (fa-ma: the subject) is wrong with them ( lahum: the predicate thereof, semanti¬ cally connected to an omitted clause, the person of which has been transposed onto it) that they turn away ( muridina is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the [suffixed] pronoun [in lahum, ‘them ’]) from the Reminder — in other words, ‘what has happened to them that they have turned away from admonition’ — [74:51] fleeing from a lion?, that is to say, fleeing from it with absolute fright.
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50. As if they, in their turning away from and aversion to it, are wild donkeys that are extremely resistant.
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فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
51. That have fled from a lion out of fear for it.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
m admonition’ — [74:51] fleeing from a lion?, that is to say, fleeing from it with absolute fright. [74:52] Nay, but everyone of them desires to be given unrolled scrolls, from God, exalted be He, [enjoin¬ ing them] to follow the Prophet (5), as they said [before], ‘And [even then] we will not believe your ascen¬ sion until you bring down for us a book that we may read’ [Q. 17:93]. [74:53] No indeed! ( kalla: a deterrent of what they desire).…
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Al-Mukhtasar
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52. Instead, each one of these idolaters wants for there to be an open book by his head side that tells him that Muhammad is a messenger from Allah. The reason for this is not the lack of proof or weakness of evidence. It is only obstinacy and pride.
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كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
Al-Mukhtasar
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53. The matter is not like that. In fact, the reason for their persistence in their misguidance is that they do not have faith in the punishment of the afterlife, so they remained in their disbelief.
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كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Al-Mukhtasar
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54. Indeed, this Qur’ān is an admonition and a reminder.
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فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
Al-Mukhtasar
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55. Whoever wishes to read the Qur’ān and take lesson from it does so.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
Qur’an, is a [74:55] So whoever wills shall remember it, he shall read it and be admonished by it. [74:56] And they will not remember ( yadhkuruna or [read second person plural] tadhkuruna ) unless God wills [ it]. He is [ the One ] worthy of [your] fear, and [ the One] worthy to forgive, by forgiving those who fear Him. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [75:1] Nay! (the la is extra in both instances) I swear by the Day of Resurrection. [75:2] And, nay, I swear by the (self-)reproaching soul, the one that reproaches itself, even if it should expend great effort in bei…
Open in library →وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
Al-Mukhtasar
Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
56. None takes lesson from it besides those whom Allah wills to take lesson. He (may He be glorified) is worthy of being mindful of by the fulfilment of His instructions and the avoidance of His prohibitions. He is worthy of forgiving the sins of His servants when they repent to Him.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
So whoever wills shall remember it, he shall read it and be admonished by it. [74:56] And they will not remember ( yadhkuruna or [read second person plural] tadhkuruna ) unless God wills [ it]. He is [ the One ] worthy of [your] fear, and [ the One] worthy to forgive, by forgiving those who fear Him. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [75:1] Nay! (the la is extra in both instances) I swear by the Day of Resurrection. [75:2] And, nay, I swear by the (self-)reproaching soul, the one that reproaches itself, even if it should expend great effort in being virtuous (the respo…
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