Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nur 24:53

قُل لاَّ تُقْسِمُواْ (Say: “Swear you not…”) meaning, do not swear this oath. طَاعَةٌ مَّعْرُوفَةٌ (obedience is known.) It was said that the meaning is, your obedience is known, i.e., it is known that your obedience is merely verbal and is not accompanied by action. Every time you swear an oath you lie. This is […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nur 24:54

قُل لاَّ تُقْسِمُواْ (Say: “Swear you not…”) meaning, do not swear this oath. طَاعَةٌ مَّعْرُوفَةٌ (obedience is known.) It was said that the meaning is, your obedience is known, i.e., it is known that your obedience is merely verbal and is not accompanied by action. Every time you swear an oath you lie. This is […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nur 24:55

Allah’s Promise to the Believers that He would grant them Succession This is a promise from Allah to His Messenger that He would cause his Ummah to become successors on earth, i.e., they would become the leaders and rulers of mankind, through whom He would reform the world and to whom people would submit, so […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nur 24:56

The Command to pray, give the Zakah and obey the Messenger ﷺ; the inability of the Disbelievers to escape, and the ultimate Destiny Allah commands His believing servants to establish prayer, which means worshipping Allah Alone with no partner or associate; to pay the Zakah, which is an act of kindness towards His poor and […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nur 24:50

The Treachery of the Hypocrites and the Attitude of the Believers Allah tells us about the characteristics of the hypocrites who show one thing while hiding another, and who say with their tongues, آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ مِّن بَعْدِ ذلِكَ (“We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nur 24:45

Allah’s Power in His creation of the Animals Allah mentions His complete and almighty power to create all the different kinds of animals with their various forms, colors and ways of moving and stopping, from one kind of water. فَمِنْهُمْ مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَى بَطْنِهِ (Of them there are some that creep on their bellies,) like […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nur 24:47

The Treachery of the Hypocrites and the Attitude of the Believers Allah tells us about the characteristics of the hypocrites who show one thing while hiding another, and who say with their tongues, آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ مِّن بَعْدِ ذلِكَ (“We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nur 24:48

The Treachery of the Hypocrites and the Attitude of the Believers Allah tells us about the characteristics of the hypocrites who show one thing while hiding another, and who say with their tongues, آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ مِّن بَعْدِ ذلِكَ (“We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Nur 24:49

The Treachery of the Hypocrites and the Attitude of the Believers Allah tells us about the characteristics of the hypocrites who show one thing while hiding another, and who say with their tongues, آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ مِّن بَعْدِ ذلِكَ (“We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we […]