وَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَايَـتِنَا سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ (Those who reject Our Ayat, We shall gradually seize them in ways they perceive not) meaning, the doors of provisions will be opened for them and also the means of livelihood, in this life. They will be deceived by all this and think that they are on […]
أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُواْ (Do they not reflect) `those who deny Our Ayat,’ مَا بِصَاحِبِهِم (there is not in their companion), Muhammad , مِّن جِنَّةٍ (madness) Muhammad is not mad, rather, he is truly the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, calling to Truth, إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ (but he is a plain warner), and this is clear […]
فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ (In what message after this will they then believe) Allah says, what more warnings, and discouragements should compel them to believe, if the warnings and threats that Muhammad ﷺ brought them from Allah in His Book do not compel them to do so Allah said next,
وَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ فِتْنَتَهُ فَلَن تَمْلِكَ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئاً (And whomsoever Allah wants to put in Fitnah (error, because of his rejecting of Faith, or trial), you can do nothing for him against Allah) 5:41, and, قُلِ انظُرُواْ مَاذَا فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَمَا تُغْنِى الآيَـتُ وَالنُّذُرُ عَن قَوْمٍ لاَّ يُؤْمِنُونَ (Say: “Behold all that […]
The Last Hour and its Portents Allah said here, يَسْـَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ (They ask you about the Hour), just as He said in another Ayah, يَسْـَلُكَ النَّاسُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ (People ask you concerning the Hour) 33:63. It was said that this Ayah was revealed about the Quraysh or the Jews, although it appears that it […]
Disbelief and the Divine Decree Allah said, وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ (And surely, We have created for Hell) We made a share in the Fire for, كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنْسِ (many of the Jinn and mankind) We prepared them for it by their performance of the deeds of its people. When Allah intended to create the […]
Allah’s Most Beautiful Names Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «إِنَّ للهِ تِسْعًا وَتِسْعِينَ اسْمًا مِائَةً إِلَّا وَاحِدًا، مَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَهُوَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْر» (Verily, Allah has ninety-nine Names, a hundred less one; whoever counts (and preserves) them, will enter Paradise. Allah is Witr (One) and loves Al-Witr (the […]
وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ (And of those whom We have created), in reference to some nations, أُمَّةٍ (a community), that stands in truth, in words and action, يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ (who guides (others) with the truth), they proclaim it and call to it, وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ (and establishes justice therewith), adhere to it themselves and judge by it. It […]
Story Bal`am bin Ba`ura `Abdur-Razzaq recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that Allah’s statement, وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِى ءاتَيْنَـهُ ءَايَـتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا (And recite to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayat, but he threw them away) “Is about Bal`am bin Ba`ura’ a man from the Children of Israel.” Shu`bah and […]
Story Bal`am bin Ba`ura `Abdur-Razzaq recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that Allah’s statement, وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِى ءاتَيْنَـهُ ءَايَـتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا (And recite to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayat, but he threw them away) “Is about Bal`am bin Ba`ura’ a man from the Children of Israel.” Shu`bah and […]