Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nahl 16:28

The Condition of the Disbeliever during and after Death Allah informs us of the state of the idolators who are doing wrong to themselves when death approaches and the angels come to seize their evil souls. فَأَلْقَوُاْ السَّلَمَ (Then, they will (falsely) submit) meaning, they will make it appear as if they used to listen […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nahl 16:29

The Condition of the Disbeliever during and after Death Allah informs us of the state of the idolators who are doing wrong to themselves when death approaches and the angels come to seize their evil souls. فَأَلْقَوُاْ السَّلَمَ (Then, they will (falsely) submit) meaning, they will make it appear as if they used to listen […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nahl 16:30

What the Pious say about the Revelation, their Reward and their Condition during and after Death Here we are told about the blessed, as opposed to the doomed, who, when they are asked, مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ (What is it that your Lord has revealed) they will reluctantly answer, “He did not reveal anything, these are […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nahl 16:22

None is to be worshipped except Allah Allah tells us that there is none to be worshipped besides Him, the One, the Unique, the Lone, the Self-Sufficient. He tells us that the hearts of the disbelievers deny that and are astonished by that: أَجَعَلَ الاٌّلِهَةَ إِلَـهاً وَحِداً إِنَّ هَـذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ (“Has he made the […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nahl 16:23

None is to be worshipped except Allah Allah tells us that there is none to be worshipped besides Him, the One, the Unique, the Lone, the Self-Sufficient. He tells us that the hearts of the disbelievers deny that and are astonished by that: أَجَعَلَ الاٌّلِهَةَ إِلَـهاً وَحِداً إِنَّ هَـذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ (“Has he made the […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nahl 16:24

The Destruction of the Disbelievers and Intensification of their Punishment for rejecting the Revelation Allah informs us that when it is said to those liars, مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُواْ (“What is it that your Lord has revealed” They say,) not wanting to answer, أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ (“Tales of the men of old!”) meaning nothing is revealed […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nahl 16:25

The Destruction of the Disbelievers and Intensification of their Punishment for rejecting the Revelation Allah informs us that when it is said to those liars, مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُواْ (“What is it that your Lord has revealed” They say,) not wanting to answer, أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ (“Tales of the men of old!”) meaning nothing is revealed […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nahl 16:20

The gods of the Idolators are Created, they do not create Then Allah tells us that the idols which people call on instead of Him cannot create anything, they are themselves created, as Al-Khalil (Ibrahim) said: قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ – وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ (“Do you worship that which you (yourselves) carve While Allah […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nahl 16:21

The gods of the Idolators are Created, they do not create Then Allah tells us that the idols which people call on instead of Him cannot create anything, they are themselves created, as Al-Khalil (Ibrahim) said: قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ – وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ (“Do you worship that which you (yourselves) carve While Allah […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nahl 16:14

Signs in the Oceans, Mountains, Rivers, Roads and Stars Allah tells us how He has subjected the seas, with their waves lapping the shores, and how He blesses His servants by subjecting the seas for them so that they may travel on them, and by putting fish and whales in them, by making their flesh […]