Tafsir al-Jalalayn

Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti — b. 791 AH / 1389 CE · d. 911 AH / 1505 CE Sunni Shafi'i

Tafsir al-Jalalayn at-Taghabun التَّغَابُن (Mutual Disillusion, Haggling, The Cheating) 18 verses · Medinan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
64:1 ›
یُسَبِّحُ لِلَّهِ مَا فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَمَا فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ لَهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡحَمۡدُۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ قَدِیرٌ ۝١
Abdel Haleem
Everything that is in the heavens and earth glorifies God; all control and all praise belong to Him; He has power over everything
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifies God everything proclaims His transcendence the lām of li’Llāhi is extra; mā is used instead of min in order to indicate the predominance of non-rational beings. To Him belongs the Kingdom and to Him belongs all praise and He has power over all things.

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64:2 ›
هُوَ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَكُمۡ فَمِنكُمۡ كَافِرࣱ وَمِنكُم مُّؤۡمِنࣱۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِیرٌ ۝٢
Abdel Haleem
It is He who created you, yet some of you disbelieve and some believe: God sees everything you do
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

It is He Who created you. Then some of you are disbelievers and some of you are believers in terms of your original disposition; then He makes you die and brings you back to life in that same disposition; and God is Seer of what you do.

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64:3 ›
خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَوَّرَكُمۡ فَأَحۡسَنَ صُوَرَكُمۡۖ وَإِلَیۡهِ ٱلۡمَصِیرُ ۝٣
Abdel Haleem
He created the heavens and earth for a true purpose; He formed you and made your forms good: you will all return to Him
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

He created the heavens and the earth with the truth and He shaped you and made your shapes excellent for He made the human form to be the best of forms; and to Him is the journey’s end.

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64:4 ›
یَعۡلَمُ مَا فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَیَعۡلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعۡلِنُونَۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِیمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ۝٤
Abdel Haleem
He knows what is in the heavens and earth; He knows what you conceal and what you reveal; God knows very well the secrets of every heart
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

He knows all that is in the heavens and the earth and He knows what you hide and what you disclose and God is Knower of what is in the breasts in terms of the secrets and convictions they contain.

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64:5 ›
أَلَمۡ یَأۡتِكُمۡ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَبۡلُ فَذَاقُوا۟ وَبَالَ أَمۡرِهِمۡ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِیمࣱ ۝٥
Abdel Haleem
[Disbelievers], have you not heard about those who disbelieved before you? They tasted the evil consequences of their conduct, and a painful torment awaits them
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

Has there not come to you O disbelievers of Mecca the tidings the story of those who disbelieved before and thus tasted the evil consequences of their conduct? they tasted the punishment for disbelief in this world. And there will be for them in the Hereafter a painful chastisement?

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64:6 ›
ذَ ٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُۥ كَانَت تَّأۡتِیهِمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَیِّنَـٰتِ فَقَالُوۤا۟ أَبَشَرࣱ یَهۡدُونَنَا فَكَفَرُوا۟ وَتَوَلَّوا۟ۖ وَّٱسۡتَغۡنَى ٱللَّهُۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِیٌّ حَمِیدࣱ ۝٦
Abdel Haleem
That is because their messengers came to them with clear signs, yet they said, ‘Should we take guidance from mere mortals?’, rejected the message, and turned away. But God had no need for them: He is all sufficient, worthy of all praise
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

That chastisement in this world is because bi-annahu contains the pronoun of the matter their messengers used to bring them clear signs manifest proofs for the validity of faith but they said ‘Shall mere humans basharan is meant as generic be our guides?’ So they disbelieved and turned away from faith and God was independent without need of their faith. And God is Independent without need of His creatures Praised praiseworthy in His actions.

64:7 ›
زَعَمَ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوۤا۟ أَن لَّن یُبۡعَثُوا۟ۚ قُلۡ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّی لَتُبۡعَثُنَّ ثُمَّ لَتُنَبَّؤُنَّ بِمَا عَمِلۡتُمۡۚ وَذَ ٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ یَسِیرࣱ ۝٧
Abdel Haleem
The disbelievers claim they will not be raised from the dead. Say [Prophet], ‘Yes indeed! I swear by my Lord! You will be raised and then you will be informed about everything you have done: an easy matter for God.’
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

Those who disbelieve claim that an is softened its subject having been omitted that is to say annahum they will never be resurrected. Say ‘Yes indeed by my Lord! You will be resurrected; then you will be informed of what you did. And that is easy for God’.

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64:8 ›
فَءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلنُّورِ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَنزَلۡنَاۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِیرࣱ ۝٨
Abdel Haleem
So believe in God, in His Messenger, and in the light We have sent down: God is fully aware of what you do
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

So believe in God and His Messenger and the Light the Qur’ān which We have revealed. And God is Aware of what you do.

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64:9 ›
یَوۡمَ یَجۡمَعُكُمۡ لِیَوۡمِ ٱلۡجَمۡعِۖ ذَ ٰلِكَ یَوۡمُ ٱلتَّغَابُنِۗ وَمَن یُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ وَیَعۡمَلۡ صَـٰلِحࣰا یُكَفِّرۡ عَنۡهُ سَیِّءَاتِهِۦ وَیُدۡخِلۡهُ جَنَّـٰتࣲ تَجۡرِی مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِینَ فِیهَاۤ أَبَدࣰاۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِیمُ ۝٩
Abdel Haleem
When He gathers you for the Day of Gathering, the Day of mutual neglect, He will cancel the sins of those who believed in Him and acted righteously: He will admit them into Gardens graced with flowing streams, there to remain for ever- the supreme triumph
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

Mention the day when He will gather you for the Day of Gathering the Day of Resurrection that will be the Day of Dispossession on which the believers will dupe the disbelievers by occupying what would have been their places in Paradise had they believed as well as appropriating their believing spouses. And as for those who believe in God and act righteously He will absolve them of their misdeeds and admit them into gardens underneath which rivers flow a variant reading for both verbs has the first person plural wherein they will abide. That is the supreme triumph.

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64:10 ›
وَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِنَاۤ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ خَـٰلِدِینَ فِیهَاۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِیرُ ۝١٠
Abdel Haleem
But those who disbelieved and rejected Our signs will be the inhabitants of the Fire, there to remain- a miserable destination
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

And as for those who disbelieved and denied Our signs — the Qur’ān — those they will be the inhabitants of the Fire wherein they will abide. And what an evil journey’s end! it is.

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64:11 ›
مَاۤ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِیبَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۗ وَمَن یُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ یَهۡدِ قَلۡبَهُۥۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَیۡءٍ عَلِیمࣱ ۝١١
Abdel Haleem
Misfortunes can only happen with God’s permission––He will guide the heart of anyone who believes in Him: God knows all things––
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

No affliction strikes except by the leave of God by His decree. And whoever believes in God in His saying that every affliction is by His decreeing it He will guide his heart to endure it patiently. And God is Knower of all things.

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64:12 ›
وَأَطِیعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِیعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّیۡتُمۡ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَىٰ رَسُولِنَا ٱلۡبَلَـٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِینُ ۝١٢
Abdel Haleem
so obey God and the Messenger. If you turn away, remember that Our Messenger’s duty is only to make plain his message
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

And obey God and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away then the Messenger’s duty is only to communicate the Message clearly.

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64:13 ›
ٱللَّهُ لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلۡیَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝١٣
Abdel Haleem
God! There is no god but Him, so let the faithful put their trust in Him
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

God — there is no god except Him. And in God let all believers put their trust.

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64:14 ›
یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوۤا۟ إِنَّ مِنۡ أَزۡوَ ٰجِكُمۡ وَأَوۡلَـٰدِكُمۡ عَدُوࣰّا لَّكُمۡ فَٱحۡذَرُوهُمۡۚ وَإِن تَعۡفُوا۟ وَتَصۡفَحُوا۟ وَتَغۡفِرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِیمٌ ۝١٤
Abdel Haleem
Believers, even among your spouses and your children you have some enemies- beware of them- but if you overlook their offences, forgive them, pardon them, then God is all forgiving, all merciful
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

O you who believe! Indeed among your wives and children there are enemies for you so beware of them of obeying them in neglecting the performance of good deeds such as struggling or emigrating — because the reason why this verse was revealed was precisely their obedience of them in such matters. And if you pardon them for their impeding you from such good deeds justifying it on account of the distress that parting with you causes them and overlook such enmity and forgive then assuredly God is Forgiving Merciful.

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64:15 ›
إِنَّمَاۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلُكُمۡ وَأَوۡلَـٰدُكُمۡ فِتۡنَةࣱۚ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥۤ أَجۡرٌ عَظِیمࣱ ۝١٥
Abdel Haleem
Your wealth and your children are only a test for you. There is great reward with God
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

Your possessions and your children are only a trial for you distracting you from the concerns of the Hereafter and God — with Him is a great reward so do not forfeit it by preoccupying yourselves with possessions and children.

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64:16 ›
فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ وَٱسۡمَعُوا۟ وَأَطِیعُوا۟ وَأَنفِقُوا۟ خَیۡرࣰا لِّأَنفُسِكُمۡۗ وَمَن یُوقَ شُحَّ نَفۡسِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ۝١٦
Abdel Haleem
be mindful of God as much as you can; hear and obey; be charitable- it is for your own good. Those who are saved from their own meanness will be the prosperous ones
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

So fear God as far as you can — this abrogates His saying Fear God as He should be feared Q. 3102 — and listen to what you have been enjoined to listening disposed to accept and obey and expend in obedience to Him; that is better for your souls khayran li-anfusikum is the predicate of an implied yakun ‘that is’ and the response to the imperative. And whoever is shielded from the avarice of his own soul such are the successful the winners.

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64:17 ›
إِن تُقۡرِضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنࣰا یُضَـٰعِفۡهُ لَكُمۡ وَیَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ شَكُورٌ حَلِیمٌ ۝١٧
Abdel Haleem
if you make a generous loan to God He will multiply it for you and forgive you. God is ever thankful and forbearing
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

If you lend God a good loan by giving voluntary alms out of the goodness of your hearts He will multiply it for you yudā‘ifhu a variant reading has yuda‘‘ifhu from tenfold up to seven hundredfold or more for each one — this loan being the giving of voluntary alms out of the goodness of the heart — and He will forgive you whatever He will and God is Appreciative rewarding of obedience Forbearing in refraining from always punishing disobedience;

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64:18 ›
عَـٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلۡحَكِیمُ ۝١٨
Abdel Haleem
He knows the unseen, as well as the seen; He is the Almighty, the Wise
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & al-Suyuti

Knower of the Unseen the hidden and the visible the disclosed the Mighty in His kingdom the Wise in His actions.

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