Part 15
Al-Isra
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Glorified (and Exalted) is He (Allāh) [above all that (evil) they
associate with Him]. Who took His slave (Muhammad SAW) for a journey by night
from Al-Masjid-al-Harām (at Makkah) to Al-Masjid-al-Aqsa (in
[And We said in the Taurāt (Torah)]: "It may be that your
Lord may show mercy unto you, but if you return (to sins), We shall return (to
Our Punishment). And We have made Hell a prison for the disbelievers. (8) Verily, this Qur'ān
guides to that which is most just and right and gives glad tidings to the
believers (in the Oneness of Allāh and His Messenger, Muhammad SAW). who work
deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a great reward (
Whoever desiers the quick-passing (transitory enjoyment of this
world), We readily grant him what We will for whom We like. Then, afterwards,
We have appointed for him Hell, he will burn therein disgraced and rejected, -
(far away from Allāh's Mercy). (18) And whoever desires the Hereafter and strives
for it, with the necessary effort due for it (i.e. do righteous deeds of
Allāh's Obedience) while he is a believer (in the Oneness of Allāh Islāmic
Monotheism), then such are the ones whose striving shall be appreciated,
(thanked and rewarded by Allāh). (19) On - each these as well as those - We bestow
from the Bounties of your Lord. And the Bounties of your Lord can never be
forbidden. (20) See how We prefer one above another (in this world) and verily,
the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in prefement. (21) Set not up with Allāh
any other ilāh (god), (O man)! (This verse is addressed to Prophet Muhammad SAW
, but its implication is general to all mankind), or you will sit down
reproved, forsaken (in the Hell-fire). (22) And your Lord has decreed that you
worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them
or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of
disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour. (23) And lower unto them
the wing of submission and humility through mercy, and say: "My Lord!
Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was young." (24) Your Lord knows best
what is in your inner-selves. If you are righteous, then, verily, He is Ever
Most Forgiving to those who turn unto Him again and again in obedience, and in
repentance. (25) And give to the kindsman his due and to the Miskīn[] (poor) and
to the wayfarer. But spend not wastefully (your wealth) in the manner of a
spendthrift[] . (Tafsir. At-Tabarī) (26) Verily, spendthrifts are brothers of the
Shayatīn (devils), and the Shaitān (Devil Satan) is ever ungrateful to his
Lord. (27)
And if you (O Muhammad SAW) turn away from them (kindred, poor,
wayfarer, whom We have ordered you to give their rights, but if you have no
money at the time they ask you for it) and you are awaiting a mercy from your
Lord for which you hope, then, speak unto them a soft, kind word (i.e. Allāh
will give me and I shall give you). (28) And let not your hand be tied (like a miser)
to your neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach (like a spendthrift), so
that you become blameworthy and in severe poverty. (29) Truly, your Lord
enlarges the provision for whom He wills and straitens (for whom He wills).
Verily, He is Ever All-Knower, All-Seer of His slaves. (30) And kill not your
children for fear of poverty. We shall provide for them as well as for you.
Surely, the killing of them is a great sin. (31) And come not near to
the unlawful sexual intercourse. Verily, it is a Fāhishah [i.e. anything that
transgresses its limits (a great sin)], and an evil way (that leads one to Hell
unless Allāh forgives him). (32) And do not kill anyone whose killing Allāh
has forbidden, except for a just cause. And whoever is killed wrongfully
(Mazluman intentionally with hostility and oppression and not by mistake), We
have given his heir the authority [(to demand Qisās, Law of Equality in
punishment or to forgive, or to take Diya (blood - money)]. But let him not
exceed limits in the matter of taking life (i.e he should not kill except the
killer). Verily, he is helped (by the Islāmic law)[] (33) And come not near to
the orphan's property except to improve it, until he attains the age of full
strength. And fulfil (every) covenant. Verily! the covenant, will be questioned
about. (34) And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a balance
that is straight. That is good (advantageous) and better in the end. (35) And follow not (O man
i.e., say not, or do not or witness not) that of which you have no knowledge.
Verily! The hearing, and the sight, and the heart, of each of those one will be
questioned (by Allāh). (36) And walk not on the earth with conceit and arrogance.
Verily, you can neither rend nor penetrate the earth, nor can you attain a
stature like the mountains in height. (37) All the bad aspects of these (the
above mentioned things) are hateful to your Lord. (38)
This is (part) of Al-Hikmah (wisdom, good manners and high
character) which your Lord has revealed to you (O Muhammad SAW ). And set not
up with Allāh any other ilāh (god) lest you should be thrown into Hell,
blameworthy and rejected, (from Allāh's Mercy). (39) Has then your Lord (O
pagans of Makkah) preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself from among the
angels daughters? Verily! You indeed utter an awful saying. (40) And surely, We have
explained [Our Promises, Warnings and (set forth many) examples] in this Qur'ān
that they (the disbelievers) may take heed, but it increases them in naught
save aversion. (41) Say (O Muhammad SAW to these polytheists, pagans): "If
there had been other ālihah (gods) along with Him as they assert, then they
would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the Throne (seeking His
Pleasures and to be near to Him). (42) Glorified and High is He! From High above
(the great falsehood) that they say! (i.e.forged statements that there are
other gods along with Allāh, but He is Allāh, the One, the Self-Sufficient
Master, whom all creatures need. He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there
is none comparable or coequal unto Him). (43) The seven heavens and the earth and
all that is therein, glorify Him and there is not a thing but glorifies His
Praise. But you understand not their glorification. Truly, He is Ever
Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving. (44) And when you (Muhammad SAW) recite the
Qur'ān, We put between you and those who believe not in the Hereafter, an
invisible veil[] (or screen their hearts, so they hear or understand it not). (45) And We have put
coverings over their hearts lest, they should understand it (the Qur'ān), and
in their ears deafness. And when you make mention of your Lord Alone [Lā ilāha
ill-allāh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh) Islāmic Monotheism
(A.S.)] in the Qur'ān, they turn on their backs, fleeing in extreme disliken. (46) We know best of what
they listen to, when they listen to you. And when they take secret counsel,
then the Zālimūn (polytheists and wrong-doers) say: "You follow none but a
bewitched man." (47) See what examples they have put forward for you. So they
have gone astray, and never can they find a way. (48) And they say:
"When we are bones and fragments (destroyed), should we really be
resurrected (to be) a new creation?" (49)
Say (O Muhammad SAW) "Be you stones or iron," (50) "Or some created
thing that is yet greater (or harder) in your breasts (thoughts to be
resurrected, even then you shall be resurrected)" Then, they will say:
"Who shall bring us back (to life)?" Say: "He Who created you
first!" Then, they will shake their heads at you and say: "When will
that be ?" Say: "Perhaps it is near!" (51) On the Day when He
will call you, and you will answer (His Call) with (words of) His Praise and
Obedience, and you will think that you have stayed (in this world) but a little
while! (52) And say to My slaves (i.e. the true believers of Islāmic
Monotheism) that they should (only) say those words that are the best.
(Because) Shaitān (Satan) verily, sows state of conflicit and disagreements
among them. Surely, Shaitān (Satan) is to man a plain enemy. (53) Your Lord knows you
best, if He wills, He will have mercy on you, or if He wills, He will punish
you. And We have not sent you (O Muhammad SAW) as a guardian over them. (54) And your Lord knows
best all who are in the heavens and the earth. And indeed, We have preferred
some of the Prophets above others, and to Dawūd (David) We gave the Zabūr
(Psalms). (55) Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Call upon those - besides Him - whom
you pretend [to be gods like angels, Isā (Jesus), 'Uzair (Ezra) and others].
They have neither the power to remove the adversity from you nor even to shift
it from you to another person." (56) Those whom they call upon [like
'Īsā (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary), 'Uzair (Ezra), angel] desire (for
themselves) means of access to their Lord (Allāh), as to which of them should
be the nearest and they ['Īsā (Jesus), 'Uzair (Ezra), angels and
others] hope for His Mercy and fear His Torment. Verily, the Torment of your
Lord is (something) to be afraid of! (57) And there is not a town (population)
but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a
severe torment. That is written in the Book (of our Decrees)[]. (58)
And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayāt (proofs, evidences,
signs) but that the people of old denied them. And We sent the she-camel to
Thamūd as a clear sign, but they did her wrong. And We sent not the signs
except to warn, and to make them afraid (of destruction). (59) And (remember) when
We told you: "Verily! Your Lord has encompassed mankind (i.e. they are in His
Grip)." And We made not the vision which we showed you (O Muhammad as an
actual eye-witness and not as a dream on the night of Al-Isrā'[]) but a trial
for mankind, and (likewise) the accursed tree (Zaqqūm, mentioned) in the
Qur'ān. We warn and make them afraid but it only increases them in naught save
great disbelief, oppression and disobedience to Allāh. (60) And (remember) when
We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves unto Adam." They
prostrated except Iblīs (Satan). He said: "Shall I prostrate to one whom
You created from clay?" (61) [Iblīs (Satan)] said: "See this one whom
You have honoured above me, if You give me respite (keep me alive) to the Day
of Resurrection, I will surely seize and mislead his offspring (by sending them
astray) all but a few!" (62) (Allāh) said: "Go, and whosoever of them
follows you, surely! Hell will be the recompense of you (all) - an ample
recompense. (63) "And befool them gradually those whom you can among them
with your voice (i.e. songs, music, and any other call for Allāh's
disobedience), make assaults on them with your cavalry and your infantry, share
with them wealth and children (by tempting them to earn money by illegal ways -
usury or by committing illegal sexual intercourse), and make promises to
them." But Satan promises them nothing but deceit (64) "Verily! My
slaves (i.e the true believers of Islāmic Monotheism), - you have no authority
over them. And All-Sufficient is your Lord as a Guardian." (65) Your Lord is He Who
drives the ship for you through the sea, in order that you may seek of His
Bounty. Truly! He is Ever Most Merciful towards you. (66)
And when harm touches you upon the sea, those that you call upon
vanish from you except Him (Allāh Alone). But when He brings you safe to land, you
turn away (from Him). And man is ever ungrateful[]. (67) Do you then feel
secure that He will not cause a side of the land to swallow you up, or that He
will not send against you a violent sand-storm? Then, you shall find no Wakīl
(guardian one to guard you from the torment). (68) Or do you feel secure
that He will not send you back a second time to sea and send against you a
hurricane of wind and drown you because of your disbelief? Then you will not
find any avenger therein against Us. (69) And indeed We have honoured the
Children of Adam, and We have carried them on land and sea, and have provided
them with At-Taiyyibāt (lawful good things), and have preferred them above many
of those whom We have created with a marked preferment. (70) (And remember) the
Day when We shall call together all human beings with their (respective) Imām
[their Prophets, or their records of good and bad deeds, or their Holy Books
like the Qur'ān, the Taurāt (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel the readers whom the
people followed in this woried)]. So whosoever is given his record in his right
hand, such will read their records, and they will not be dealt with unjustly in
the least. (71) And whoever is blind in this world (i.e., does not see Allāh's
Signs and believes not in Him), will be blind in the Hereafter, and more astray
from the Path. (72) Verily, they were about to tempt you away from that which We
have revealed (the Qur'ān) unto you (O Muhammad SAW), to fabricate something
other than it against Us, and then they would certainly have taken you a Khalil
(an intimate friend)! (73) And had We not made you stand firm, you would nearly have
inclined to them a little. (74) In that case, We would have made you taste a
double portion (of punishment) in this life and a double portion (of
punishment) after death. And then you would have found none to help you against
Us. (75)
And Verily, they were about to frighten you so much as to drive
you out from the land. But in that case they would not have stayed (therein)
after you, expcept for a little while. (76) (This was Our) Sunnah (rule or way)
with the Messengers We sent before you (O Muhammad SAW), and you will not find
any alteration in Our Sunnah (rule or way). (77) Perform As¬Salāt
(Iqamāt-as-Salāt)[] from mid-day till the darkness of the night (i.e. the Zuhr,
'Asr, Maghrib, and 'Ishā' prayers), and recite the Qur'ān in the early dawn
(i.e. the morning prayer). Verily, the recitation of the Qur'ān in the early
dawn is ever witnessed (attended by the angels in charge of mankind of the day
and the night)[]. (78) And in some parts of the night (also) offer the Salāt
(prayer) with it (i.e. recite the Qur'an in the prayer), as an additional
prayer (Tahajjud optional prayer - Nawāfil) for you (O Muhammad SAW). It may be
that your Lord will raise you to Maqām Mahmūd (a station of praise and glory,
i.e. the honour of intercession on the Day of Resurrection). (79) And say (O Muhammad
SAW): My Lord! Let my entry (to the city of
Except as a Mercy from your Lord. Verily! His Grace unto you (O
Muhammad SAW) is ever great. (87) Say: "If the mankind and the jinn were
together to produce the like of this Qur'ān, they could not produce the like
thereof, even if they helped one another." (88) And indeed We have
fully explained to mankind, in this Qur'ān, every kind of similitude, but most
of mankind refuse (the truth and accept nothing) but disbelief. (89) And they say:
"We shall not believe in you (O Muhammad SAW), until you cause a spring to
gush forth from the earth for us; (90) "Or you have a garden of date-palms and
grapes, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst abundantly; (91) "Or you cause
the heaven to fall upon us in pieces, as you have pretended, or you bring Allāh
and the angels before (us) face to face; (92) "Or you have a house of Zukhruf
(like silver and pure gold), or you ascend up into the sky, and even then we
will put no faith in your ascension until you bring down for us a Book that we
would read." Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Glorified (and Exalted) is my
Lord [(Allāh) above all that evil they (polytheists) associate with Him]! Am I
anything but a man, sent as a Messenger?" (93) And nothing prevented
men from believing when the guidance came to them, except that they said:
"Has Allāh sent a man as (His) Messenger?" (94) Say: "If there
were on the earth, angels walking about in peace and security, We should
certainly have sent down for them from the heaven an angel as a
Messenger." (95) Say: "Sufficient is Allāh for a witness between me and you.
Verily! He is Ever the All-Knower, the All-Seer of His slaves." (96)
And he whom Allāh guides, he is led aright; but he whom He sends
astray for such you will find no Auliyā' (helpers and protectors), besides Him,
and We shall gather them together on the Day of Resurrection on their faces[],
blind, dumb and deaf, their abode will be Hell; whenever it abates, We shall
increase for them the fierceness of the Fire (97) That is their
recompense, because they denied Our Ayāt (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons,
signs, revelations, etc.) and said: "When we are bones and fragments,
shall we really be raised up as a new creation?" (98) See they not that
Allāh, Who created the heavens and the earth, is Able to create the like of them.
And He has decreed for them an appointed term, whereof there is not doubt. But
the Zālimūn (polytheists and wrong-doers) refuse (the truth the Message of
Islāmic Monotheism, and accept nothing) but disbelief. (99) Say (to the
disbelievers): "If you possessed the treasure of the Mercy of my Lord
(wealth, money, provision), then you would surely hold back (from spending) for
fear of (being exhausted), and man is ever miserly!" (100) And indeed We gave
Mūsa (Moses) nine clear signs. Ask then the Children of
And with truth We have sent
it down (i.e. the Qur'ān), and with truth it has descended. And We have sent
you (O Muhammad SAW) as nothing but a bearer of glad tidings (of Paradise, for
those who follow your Message of Islāmic Monotheism), and a warner (of
Hell-fire for those who refuse to follow your Message of Islāmic Monotheism)[]
(105) And (it is) a Qur'ān
which We have divided (into parts), in order that you might recite it to men at
intervals. And We have revealed it by stages. (in 23 years) (106) Say (O Muhammad SAW
to them): "Believe in it (the Qur'ān) or do not believe (in it). Verily!
those who were given knowledge before it (the Jews and the Christians like
'Abdullāh bin Salām and Salmān Al-Farisī), when it is recited to them, fall
down on their faces in humble prostration." (107) And they say:
"Glory is to our Lord! Truly, the Promise of our Lord must be
fulfilled." (108) And they fall down on their faces weeping and it increases their
humility. (109) Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Invoke Allāh or invoke the Most
Gracious (Allāh), by whatever name you invoke Him (it is the same), for to Him
belong the Best Names. And offer your Salāt (prayer) neither aloud nor in a low
voice, but follow a way between. (110) And say: "All the praises and thanks are
to Allāh, Who has not begotten a son (nor offspring), and Who has no partner in
(His) Dominion, nor He is low to have a Walī (helper, protector or supporter).
And magnify Him with all the magnificence, [Allāhu-Akbar (Allāh is the Most
Great)]." (111)
Al-Kahf
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
All the praises and thanks are to Allāh, Who has sent down to His slave
(Muhammad SAW) the Book (the Qur'ān), and has not placed therein any
crookedness. (1) (He has made it) Straight to give warning (to the disbelievers)
of a severe punishment from Him, and to give glad tidings to the believers (in
the Oneness of Allāh Islāmic Monotheism), who do righteous - deeds, that they
shall have a fair reward (i.e.
No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers.
Mighty is the word that comes out of their mouths (i.e. He begot sons and
daughters). They utter nothing but a lie. (5) Perhaps, you, would
kill yourself (O Muhammad SAW) in grief, over their footsteps (for their
turning away from you), because they believe not in this narration (the
Qur'ān). (6) Verily! We have made that which is on earth as an adornment for
it, in order that We may test them (mankind) as to which of them are best in
deeds. [i.e.those who do good deeds in the most perfect manner, that means to
do them (deeds) totally for Allāh's sake and in accordance to the legal ways of
the Prophet SAW ]. (7) And verily! We shall make all that is on it (the earth) a
bare dry soil (without any vegetation or trees). (8) Do you think that the
people of the Cave and the Inscription (the news or the names of the people of
the Cave) were a wonder among Our Signs? (9) (Remember) when the young men fled for
refuge (from their disbelieving folk) to the Cave, They said: "Our Lord!
Bestow on us mercy from Yourself, and facilitate for us our affair in the right
way!" (10) Therefore, We covered up their (sense of) hearing (causing them,
to go in deep sleep) in the Cave for a number of years. (11) Then We raised them
up (from their sleep), that We might test which of the two parties was best at
calculating the time period that they had tarried. (12) We narrate unto you
(O Muhammad SAW) their story with truth: Truly! they were young men who
believed in their Lord (Allāh), and We increased them in guidance. (13) And We made their
hearts firm and strong (with the light of Faith in Allāh and bestowed upon them
patience to bear the separation of their kith and kin and dwellings) when they
stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth,
never shall we call upon any ilāh (god) other than Him; if we did, we should
indeed have uttered an enormity in disbelief. (14) "These our
people have taken for worship ālihah (gods) other than Him (Allāh). Why do they
not bring for them a clear authority? And who does more wrong than he who
invents a lie against Allāh. (15)
(The young men said to one another): "And when you withdraw
from them, and that which they worship, except Allāh, then seek refuge in the
Cave, your Lord will open a way for you from His Mercy and will make easy for
you your affair (i.e. will give you what you will need of provision,
dwelling)." (16) And you might have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the
right from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left,
while they lay in the midst of the Cave. That is (one) of the Ayāt (proofs,
evidences, signs) of Allāh. He whom Allāh guides, is rightly guided; but he
whom He sends astray, for him you will find no Walī (guiding friend) to lead
him (to the right Path). (17) And you would have thought them awake,
whereas they were asleep. And We turned them on their right and on their left
sides, and their dog stretching forth his two forelegs at the entrance [of the
Cave or in the space near to the entrance of the Cave (as a guard at the
gate)]. Had you looked at them, you would certainly have turned back from them
in flight, and would certainly have been filled with awe of them (18) Likewise, We awakened
them (from their long deep sleep) that they might question one another. A
speaker from among them said: "How long have you stayed (here)?" They
said: "We have stayed (perhaps) a day or part of a day." They said:
"Your Lord (Alone) knows best how long you have stayed (here). So send one
of you with this silver coin of yours to the town, and let him find out which
is the good lawful food, and bring some of that to you. And let him be careful
and let no man know of you (19) "For if they come to know of you, they
will stone you (to death or abuse and harm you) or turn you back to their
religion, and in that case you will never be successful." (20)
And thus We made their case known to (the people), that they might
know that the Promise of Allāh is true, and that there can be no doubt about
the Hour. (Remember) when they (the people of the city) disputed among
themselves about their case, they said: "Construct a building over them,
their Lord knows best about them," (then) those who won their point said
(most probably the disbelievers): "We verily shall build a place of
worship over them." (21) (Some) say they were three, the dog being the
fourth among them; and (others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth,
guessing at the unseen; (yet others) say they were seven, the dog being the
eighth. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "My Lord knows best their number; none knows
them but a few." So debate not (about their number) except with the clear
proof (which We have revealed to you). And consult not any of them (people of
the Scripture, Jews and Christians) about (the affair of) the people of the
Cave. (22) And never say of anything, "I shall do such and such thing
tomorrow." (23) Except (with the saying), "If Allāh will!" And
remember your Lord when you forget and say: "It may be that my Lord guides
me unto a nearer way of truth than this." (24) And they stayed in
their Cave three hundred (solar) years, and adding nine (for lunar years).
(Tafsir Al-Qurtubi) (25) Say: "Allāh knows best how long they stayed. With
Him is (the knowledge of) the unseen of the heavens and the earth. How clearly
He sees, and hears (everything)! They have no Walī (Helper, Disposer of
affairs, Protector) other than Him, and He makes none to share in His Decision
and His Rule." (26) And recite what has been revealed to you (O Muhammad SAW)
of the Book (the Qur'ān) of your Lord (i.e. recite it, understand and follow
its teachings and act on its orders and preach it to men). None can change His
Words, and none will you find as a refuge other than Him. (27)
And keep yourself (O Muhammad SAW) patiently with those who call
on their Lord (i.e. your companions who remember their Lord with glorification,
praising in prayers, and other righteous deeds) morning and afternoon, seeking
His Face, and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of
the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of
Our Remembrance, and who follows his own lusts and whose affair (deeds) has
been lost. (28) And say: "The truth is from your Lord." Then whosoever
wills, let him believe, and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve. Verily, We
have prepared for the Zālimūn (polytheists and wrong-doers), a Fire whose walls
will be surrounding them (disbelievers in the Oneness of Allāh). And if they
ask for help (relief, water) they will be granted water like boiling oil, that
will scald their faces. Terrible is the drink, and an evil Murtafaq (dwelling,
resting place)! (29) Verily As for those who believed and did righteous deeds,
certainly We shall not make to be lost the reward of anyone who does his
(righteous) deeds in the most perfect manner. (30) These! For them will
be 'Adn (Eden)
And he went into his garden while in a state (of pride and
disbelief) unjust to himself. He said: "I think not that this will ever
perish. (35) "And I think not the Hour will ever come, and if indeed I
am brought back to my Lord, (on the Day of Resurrection), I surely shall find
better than this when I return to Him." (36) His companion said to
him, during the talk with him: "Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you
out of dust (i.e. your father Adam), then out of Nutfah (mixed semen drops of
male and female discharge), then fashioned you into a man? (37) "But as for my
part (I believe) that He is Allāh, my Lord and none shall I associate as
partner with my Lord. (38) It was better for you to say, when you entered your
garden: 'That which Allāh wills (will come to pass)! There is no power but with
Allāh[] '. If you see me less than you in wealth, and children. (39) "It may be that
my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and will send on it
Husbān (torment, bolt) from the sky, then it will be a slippery earth (40) "Or the water
thereof (of the gardens) becomes deep-sunken (underground) so that you will
never be able to seek it." (41) So his fruits were encircled (with ruin). And
he remained clapping his hands (with sorrow) over what he had spent upon it,
while it was all destroyed on its trellises, he could only say: "Would
that I had ascribed no partners to my Lord!" [Tafsir Ibn Kathīr] (42) And he had no group
of men to help him against Allāh, nor could he defend (or save) himself. (43) There (on the Day of
Resurrection), Al-Walāyah (protection, power, authority and kingdom) will be
for Allāh (Alone), the - True God. He (Allāh) is the Best for reward and the
Best for the final end. (Lā ilāha ill-allāh none has the right to be worshipped
but Allāh). (44) And put forward to them the example of the life of this world,
it is like the water (rain) which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation
of the earth mingles with it, and becomes fresh and green. But (later) it
becomes dry and broken pieces, which the winds scatter. And Allāh is Able to do
everything. (45)
Wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world.
But the good righteous deeds, that last, are better with your Lord for rewards
and better in respect of hope. (46) And (remember) the Day We shall cause the
mountains to pass away (like clouds of dust), and you will see the earth as a
levelled plain, and we shall gather them all together so as to leave not one of
them behind. (47) And they will be set before your Lord in (lines as) rows, (and
Allāh will say): "Now indeed, you have come to Us as We created you the
first time. Nay, but you thought that We had appointed no meeting for you (with
Us)." (48) And the Book (one's Record) will be placed (in the right hand
for a believer in the Oneness of Allāh, and in the left hand for a disbeliever
in the Oneness of Allāh), and you will see the Mujrimūn (criminals,
polytheists, sinners), fearful of that which is (recorded) therein. They will
say: "Woe to us! What sort of Book is this that leaves neither a small
thing nor a big thing, but has recorded it with numbers!" And they will
find all that they did, placed before them, and your Lord treats no one with
injustice. (49) And (remember) when We said to the angels;"Prostrate
yourselves unto Adam." So they prostrated themselves except Iblīs (Satan).
He was one of the jinn; he disobeyed the Command of his Lord. Will you then
take him (Iblīs) and his offspring as protectors and helpers rather than Me
while they are enemies to you? What an evil is the exchange for the Zālimūn
(polytheists, and wrong-doers). (50) I (Allāh) made them (Iblīs and his offspring)
not to witness (nor took their help in) the creation of the heavens and the
earth and not (even) their own creation, nor was I (Allāh) to take the
misleaders as helpers (51) And (remember) the Day He will say:"Call those
(so-called) partners of Mine whom you pretended." Then they will cry unto
them, but they will not answer them, and We shall put Maubiq (barrier) between
them. (52) And the Mujrimūn (criminals, polytheists, sinners), shall see
the Fire and apprehend that they have to fall therein. And they will find no
way of escape from there. (53)
And indeed We have put forth every kind of example in this Qur'ān,
for mankind. But, man is ever more quarrelsome than anything. (54) And nothing prevents
men from believing, (now) when the guidance (the Qur'ān) has come to them, and
from asking Forgiveness of their Lord, except that the ways of the ancients be
repeated with them (i.e. their destruction decreed by Allāh), or the torment be
brought to them face to face? (55) And We send not the Messengers except as
givers of glad tidings and warners. But those who disbelieve, dispute with
false argument, in order to refute the truth thereby. And they treat My Ayāt
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and that with
which they are warned, as jest and mockery! (56) And who does more
wrong than he who is reminded of the Ayāt (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons,
signs, revelations, etc.) of his Lord, but turns away from them forgetting what
(deeds) his hands have sent forth. Truly, We have set veils over their hearts
lest they should understand this (the Qur'ān), and in their ears, deafness. And
if you (O Muhammad SAW) call them to guidance, even then they will never be
guided. (57) And your Lord is Most Forgiving, Owner of Mercy. Were He to call
them to account for what they have earned, then surely, He would have hastened
their punishment. But they have their appointed time, beyond which they will
find no escape. (58) And these towns (population, 'Ad, Thamūd) We destroyed them when
they did wrong. And We appointed a fixed time for their destruction. (59) And (remember) when
Mūsa (Moses) said to his boy-servant: "I will not give up (travelling)
until I reach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years
in travelling."[] (60) But when they reached the junction of the two seas, they
forgot their fish, and it took its way through the sea as in a tunnel (61)
So when they had passed further on (beyond that fixed place), Mūsa
(Moses) said to his boy-servant: "Bring us our morning meal; truly, we
have suffered much fatigue in this, our journey." (62) He said:"Do you
remember when we betook ourselves to the rock? I indeed forgot the fish, none
but Shaitān (Satan) made me forget to remember it. It took its course into the
sea in a strange (way)!" (63) [Mūsa (Moses)] said: "That is what we
have been seeking." So they went back retracing their footsteps (64) Then they found one
of Our slaves, on whom We had bestowed mercy from Us, and whom We had taught
knowledge from Us. (65) Mūsa (Moses) said to him (Khidr) "May I follow you
so that you teach me something of that knowledge (guidance and true path) which
you have been taught (by Allāh)?" (66) He (Khidr) said: "Verily! You
will not be able to have patience with me! (67) "And how can you
have patience about a thing which you know not?" (68) Mūsa (Moses) said:
"If Allāh wills, you will find me patient, and I will not disobey you in
aught." (69) He (Khidr) said: "Then, if you follow me, ask me not about
anything till I myself mention of it to you." (70) So they both
proceeded, till, when they embarked the ship, he (Khidr) scuttled it. Mūsa
(Moses) said: "Have you scuttled it in order to drown its people? Verily,
you have committed a thing "Imr" (a Munkar - evil, bad, dreadful
thing)." (71) He (Khidr) said: "Did I not tell you, that you would not be
able to have patience with me?" (72) [Mūsa (Moses)] said: "Call me not
to account for what I forgot[], and be not hard upon me for my affair (with
you)." (73) Then they both proceeded, till they met a boy, he (Khidr) killed
him. Mūsa (Moses) said: "Have you killed an innocent person who had killed
none? Verily, you have committed a thing "Nukr" (a great Munkar -
prohibited, evil, dreadful thing)!" (74)