Introduction to
Surah
10. Yûnus
In the Name of Allâh, the Most
Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
1. Alif-Lâm-Râ.
[These letters are one of the miracles
of the Qur'ân, and none but Allâh (Alone) knows their
meanings]. These are the Verses of the Book (the Qur'ân)
Al-Hakîm [showing lawful and unlawful things, explaining
Allâh's (Divine) Laws for mankind, leading them to eternal
happiness by ordering them to follow the true Islâmic Monotheism,
- worshipping none but Allâh Alone - that will guide them
to Paradise and save them from Hell].
2. Is it wonder for
mankind that We have sent Our Inspiration[]
to a man from among themselves (i.e. Prophet Muhammad SAW) (saying): "Warn mankind
(of the coming torment in Hell), and give good news to those who
believe (in the Oneness of Allâh and in His Prophet Muhammad
SAW) that they shall have with their
Lord the rewards of their good deeds?" (But) the disbelievers
say: "This is indeed an evident sorcerer (i.e. Prophet Muhammad
SAW and the Qur'ân)!
3. Surely, your Lord
is Allâh Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days
and then Istawâ (rose over) the Throne (really in
a manner that suits His Majesty), disposing the affair of all
things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His Leave.
That is Allâh, your Lord; so worship Him (Alone). Then,
will you not remember?
4. To Him is the
return of all of you. The Promise of Allâh is true. It is
He Who begins the creation and then will repeat it, that He may
reward with justice those who believed (in the Oneness of Allâh
- Islâmic Monotheism) and did deeds of righteousness. But
those who disbelieved will have a drink of boiling fluids and
painful torment because they used to disbelieve.
5. It is He Who made
the sun a shining thing and the moon as a light and measured out
its (their) stages, that you might know the number of years and
the reckoning. Allâh did not create this but in truth. He
explains the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons,
signs, revelations, etc.) in detail for people who have knowledge.
6. Verily, in the
alternation of the night and the day and in all that Allâh
has created in the heavens and the earth are Ayât (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) for those
people who keep their duty to Allâh, and fear Him much.
7. Verily, those
who hope not for their meeting with Us, but are pleased and satisfied
with the life of the present world, and those who are heedless
of Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons,
signs, revelations, etc.),
8. Those, their abode
will be the Fire, because of what they used to earn.
9. Verily, those
who believe [in the Oneness of Allâh along with the six
articles of Faith, i.e. to believe in Allâh, His Angels,
His Books, His Messengers, Day of Resurrection, and Al-Qadar
(Divine Preordainments) - Islâmic Monotheism], and do
deeds of righteousness, their Lord will guide them through their
Faith; under them will flow rivers in the Gardens of delight (Paradise).
10. Their way of
request therein will be Subhânaka Allâhumma (Glory
to You, O Allâh!) and Salâm (peace, safe from
each and every evil) will be their greetings therein (Paradise)!
and the close of their request will be: Al-Hamdu Lillâhi
Rabbil-'Alamîn [All the praises and thanks are to Allâh,
the Lord of 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns and all that
exists)].
11. And were Allâh
to hasten for mankind the evil (they invoke for themselves and
for their children, etc. while in a state of anger) as He hastens
for them the good (they invoke) then they would have been ruined.
So We leave those who expect not their meeting with Us, in their
trespasses, wandering blindly in distraction. (Tafsir At-Tabarî;
Vol. 11, Page 91)
12. And when harm
touches man, he invokes Us, lying down on his side, or sitting
or standing. But when We have removed his harm from him, he passes
on his way as if he had never invoked Us for a harm that touched
him! Thus it seems fair to the Musrifûn[]
that which they used to do.
13. And indeed, We
destroyed generations before you, when they did wrong while their
Messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they were not such
as to believe! Thus do We requite the people who are Mujrimûn
(disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.).
14. Then We made
you follow after them, generations after generations in the land,
that We might see how you would work!
15. And when Our
Clear Verses are recited unto them, those who hope not for their
meeting with Us, say: Bring us a Qur'ân other than this,
or change it."Say (O Muhammad SAW):
"It is not for me to change it on my own accord; I only follow
that which is revealed unto me. Verily, I fear if I were to disobey
my Lord, the torment of the Great Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)."
16. Say (O Muhammad
SAW): "If Allâh had so
willed, I should not have recited it to you nor would He have
made it known to you. Verily, I have stayed amongst you a life
time before this. Have you then no sense?"
17. So who does more
wrong than he who forges a lie against Allâh or denies His
Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.)? Surely, the Mujrimûn (criminals,
sinners, disbelievers and polytheists) will never be successful!
18. And they worship
besides Allâh things that hurt them not, nor profit them,
and they say: "These are our intercessors with Allâh."
Say: "Do you inform Allâh of that which He knows not
in the heavens and on the earth?" Glorified and Exalted be
He above all that which they associate as partners with Him!
19. Mankind were
but one community (i.e. on one religion - Islâmic Monotheism),
then they differed (later), and had not it been for a Word that
went forth before from your Lord, it would have been settled between
them regarding what they differed[].
20. And they say:
"How is it that not a sign is sent down on him from his Lord?"
Say: "The unseen belongs to Allâh Alone, so wait you,
verily I am with you among those who wait (for Allâh's Judgement)."
21. And when We let
mankind taste of mercy after some adversity has afflicted them,
behold! They take to plotting against Our Ayât (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)! Say: "Allâh
is more Swift in planning!" Certainly, Our Messengers (angels)
record all of that which you plot.[]
22. He it is Who
enables you to travel through land and sea, till when you are
in the ships and they sail with them with a favourable wind, and
they are glad therein, then comes a stormy wind and the waves
come to them from all sides, and they think that they are encircled
therein, they invoke Allâh, making their Faith pure for
Him Alone, saying: "If You (Allâh) deliver us from
this, we shall truly be of the grateful."[]
23. But when He delivered
them, behold! They rebel (disobey Allâh) in the earth wrongfully.
O mankind! Your rebellion (disobedience to Allâh) is only
against your ownselves, - a brief enjoyment of this worldly life,
then (in the end) unto Us is your return, and We shall inform
you that which you used to do.
24. Verily the likeness
of (this) worldly life is as the water (rain) which We send down
from the sky, so by it arises the intermingled produce of the
earth of which men and cattle eat until when the earth is clad
with its adornments and is beautified, and its people think that
they have all the powers of disposal over it, Our Command reaches
it by night or by day and We make it like a clean-mown harvest,
as if it had not flourished yesterday! Thus do We explain the
Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, laws, etc.) in detail for the people who reflect.
25. Allâh calls
to the home of peace (i.e. Paradise, by accepting Allâh's
religion of Islâmic Monotheism and by doing righteous good
deeds and abstaining from polytheism and evil deeds) and guides
whom He wills to a Straight Path.
26. For those who
have done good is the best (reward, i.e. Paradise) and even more
(i.e. having the honour of glancing at the Countenance of Allâh
Ìá ÌáÇáå) Neither
darkness nor dust nor any humiliating disgrace shall cover their
faces. They are the dwellers of Paradise, they will abide therein
forever.
27. And those who
have earned evil deeds, the recompense of an evil deed is the
like thereof, and humiliating disgrace will cover them (their
faces). No defender will they have from Allâh. Their faces
will be covered, as it were, with pieces from the darkness of
night. They are dwellers of the Fire, they will abide therein
forever.
28. And the Day whereon
We shall gather them all together, then We shall say to those
who did set partners in worship with Us: "Stop at your place!
You and your partners (whom you had worshipped in the worldly
life)." then We shall separate them, and their (Allâh's
so-called) partners shall say: "It was not us that you used
to worship."
29. "So sufficient
is Allâh for a witness between us and you, that We indeed
knew nothing of your worship of us."
30. There! Every
person will know (exactly) what (all) he had earned before, and
they will be brought back to Allâh, their rightful Lord
(Maula), and their invented false deities will vanish from
them.
31. Say (O MuhammadSAW ): "Who provides for you
from the sky and from the earth? Or who owns hearing and sight?
And who brings out the living from the dead and brings out the
dead from the living? And who disposes the affairs?" They
will say: "Allâh." Say: "Will you not then
be afraid of Allâh's Punishment (for setting up rivals in
worship with Allâh)?"
32. Such is Allâh,
your Lord in truth. So after the truth, what else can there be,
save error? How then are you turned away?
33. Thus is the Word
of your Lord justified against those who rebel (disobey Allâh)
that they will not believe (in the Oneness of Allâh and
in Muhammad SAW
as the Messenger of Allâh).
34. Say: "Is
there of your (Allâh's so-called) partners one that originates
the creation and then repeats it?" Say: "Allâh
originates the creation and then He repeats it. Then how are you
deluded away (from the truth)?"
35. Say: "Is
there of your (Allâh's so-called) partners one that guides
to the truth?" Say: "It is Allâh Who guides to
the truth. Is then He, Who gives guidance to the truth, more worthy
to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless
he is guided? Then, what is the matter with you? How judge you?"
36. And most of them
follow nothing but conjecture. Certainly, conjecture can be of
no avail against the truth. Surely, Allâh is All-Aware of
what they do.
37. And this Qur'ân
is not such as could ever be produced by other than Allâh
(Lord of the heavens and the earth), but it is a confirmation
of (the revelation)[] which was before it [i.e.
the Taurât (Torah), and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.], and
a full explanation of the Book (i.e. laws and orders, etc, decreed
for mankind) - wherein there is no doubt from the the Lord of
the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns,and all that exists).
38. Or do they say:
"He (Muhammad SAW)
has forged it?" Say: "Bring then a Sûrah (chapter)
like unto it, and call upon whomsoever you can, besides Allâh,
if you are truthful!"
39. Nay, they deny
that; the knowledge whereof they could not compass and whereof
the interpretation has not yet come unto them. Thus those before
them did deny. Then see what was the end of the Zâlimûn
(polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.)!
40. And of them there
are some who believe therein, and of them there are some who believe
not therein, and your Lord is All-Aware of the Mufsidûn
(evil-doers, liars, etc.).
41. And if they belie
you, say: "For me are my deeds and for you are your deeds!
You are innocent of what I do, and I am innocent of what you do!"
42. And among them
are some who listen to you, but can you make the deaf to hear,
even though they apprehend not?
43. And among them
are some who look at you, but can you guide the blind, even though
they see not?
44. Truly! Allâh
wrongs not mankind in aught; but mankind wrong themselves.
45. And on the Day
when He shall gather (resurrect) them together, (it will be) as
if they had not stayed (in the life of this world and graves,
etc.) but an hour of a day. They will recognise each other. Ruined
indeed will be those who denied the meeting with Allâh,
and were not guided.
46. Whether We show
you (in your lifetime, O Muhammad SAW)
some of what We promise them (the torment), - or We cause you
to die, - still unto Us is their return, and moreover Allâh
is Witness over what they used to do.
47. And for every
Ummah (a community or a nation), there is a Messenger;
when their Messenger comes, the matter will be judged between
them with justice, and they will not be wronged.
48. And they say:
"When will be this promise (the torment or the Day of Resurrection),
- if you speak the truth?"
49. Say (O Muhammad
SAW): "I have no power over any
harm or profit to myself except what Allâh may will. For
every Ummah (a community or a nation), there is a term
appointed; when their term is reached, neither can they delay
it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment)." (Tafsir
Al-Qurtubî).
50. Say: "Tell
me, - if His torment should come to you by night or by day, -
which portion thereof would the Mujrimûn (disbelievers,
polytheists, sinners, criminals) hasten on ?"
51. Is it then, that
when it has actually befallen, that you will believe in it? What!
Now (you believe)? And you used (aforetime) to hasten it on!"
52. Then it will
be said to them who wronged themselves: "Taste you the everlasting
torment! Are you recompensed (aught) save what you used to earn?"
53. And they ask
you (O Muhammad SAW)
to inform them (saying): "Is it true (i.e. the torment and
the establishment of the Hour; - the Day of Resurrection)?"
Say: "Yes! By my Lord! It is the very truth! and you cannot
escape from it!"
54. And if every
person who had wronged (by disbelieving in Allâh and by
worshipping others besides Allâh), possessed all that is
on earth, and sought to ransom himself therewith (it will not
be accepted), and they would feel in their hearts regret when
they see the torment, and they will be judged with justice, and
no wrong will be done unto them.[]
55. No doubt, surely,
all that is in the heavens and the earth belongs to Allâh.
No doubt, surely, Allâh's Promise is true. But most of them
know not.
56. It is He Who
gives life, and causes death, and to Him you (all) shall return.
57. O mankind! There
has come to you a good advice from your Lord (i.e. the Qur'an,
ordering all that is good and forbidding all that is evil), and
a healing for that (disease of ignorance, doubt, hypocrisy and
differences, etc.) in your breasts, - a guidance and a mercy (explaining
lawful and unlawful things, etc.) for the believers.
58. Say: "In
the Bounty of Allâh, and in His Mercy (i.e. Islâm
and the Qur'ân); -therein let them rejoice." That is
better than what (the wealth) they amass.
59. Say (O Muhammad
SAW to these polytheists): "Tell
me, what provision Allâh has sent down to you! And you have
made of it lawful and unlawful." Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Has Allâh permitted
you (to do so), or do you invent a lie against Allâh?"
60. And what think
those who invent lies against Allâh, on the Day of Resurrection?
[i.e. Do they think that they will be forgiven and excused! Nay,
they will have an eternal punishment in the Fire of Hell]. Truly,
Allâh is full of Bounty to mankind, but most of them are
ungrateful.
61. Whatever you
(O Muhammad SAW)
may be doing, and whatever portion you may be reciting from the
Qur'ân, - and whatever deed you (mankind) may be doing (good
or evil), We are Witness thereof, when you are doing it. And nothing
is hidden from your Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom (or
small ant) on the earth or in the heaven. Not what is less than
that or what is greater than that but is (written) in a Clear
Record. (Tafsir At-Tabarî. Vol.11, Page 129).
62. No doubt! Verily,
the Auliyâ' of Allâh [i.e. those who believe
in the Oneness of Allâh and fear Allâh much (abstain
from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which he has forbidden),
and love Allâh much (perform all kinds of good deeds which
He has ordained)], no fear shall come upon them nor shall they
grieve[], -
63. Those who believed
(in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism), and
used to fear Allâh much (by abstaining from evil deeds and
sins and by doing righteous deeds).
64. For them are
glad tidings, in the life of the present world[]
(i.e. righteous dream seen by the person himself or shown to others),
and in the Hereafter. No change can there be in the Words of Allâh,
this is indeed the supreme success.
65. And let not their
speech grieve you (O Muhammad SAW),
for all power and honour belong to Allâh. He is the All-Hearer,
the All-Knower.
66. No doubt! Verily,
to Allâh belongs whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever
is in the earth. And those who worship and invoke others besides
Allâh, in fact they follow not the (Allâh's so-called)
partners, they follow only a conjecture and they only invent lies.
67. He it is Who
has appointed for you the night that you may rest therein, and
the day to make things visible (to you). Verily, in this are Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
for a people who listen (i.e. those who think deeply).
68. They (Jews, Christians
and pagans) say: "Allâh has begotten a son (children)."
Glory be to Him! He is Rich (Free of all wants). His is all that
is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. No warrant you
have for this. Do you say against Allâh what you know not.[]
69. Say: "Verily,
those who invent lie against Allâh will never be successful"
-
70. A brief enjoyment
in this world! - and then unto Us will be their return, then We
shall make them taste the severest torment because they used to
disbelieve [in Allâh, belie His Messengers, deny and challenge
His Ayât (proofs, signs, verses, etc.)].
71. And recite to
them the news of Nûh (Noah). When he said to his people:
"O my people, if my stay (with you), and my reminding (you)
of the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons,
signs, revelations, etc.) of Allâh is hard on you, then
I put my trust in Allâh. So devise your plot, you and your
partners, and let not your plot be in doubt for you. Then pass
your sentence on me and give me no respite.
72. "But if
you turn away [from accepting my doctrine of Islâmic Monotheism,
i.e. to worship none but Allâh], then no reward have I asked
of you, my reward is only from Allâh, and I have been commanded
to be one of the Muslims (those who submit to Allâh's Will)."
73. They denied him,
but We delivered him, and those with him in the ship, and We made
them generations replacing one after another, while We drowned
those who belied Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, lessons,
signs, revelations, etc.). Then see what was the end of those
who were warned.
74. Then after him
We sent Messengers to their people, they brought them clear proofs,
but they would not believe what they had already rejected beforehand.
Thus We seal the hearts of the transgressors (those who disbelieve
in the Oneness of Allâh and disobey Him).
75. Then after them
We sent Mûsa (Moses) and Hârûn (Aaron) to Fir'aun
(Pharaoh) and his chiefs with Our Ayât (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). But they behaved arrogantly
and were Mujrimûn (disbelievers, sinners, polytheists,
criminals, etc.) folk.
76. So when came
to them the truth from Us, they said: "This is indeed clear
magic."
77. Mûsa (Moses)
said: "Say you (this) about the truth when it has come to
you? Is this magic? But the magicians will never be successful."
78. They said: "Have
you come to us to turn us away from that (Faith) we found our
fathers following, - and that you two may have greatness in the
land? We are not going to believe you two!"
79. And Fir'aun (Pharaoh)
said: "Bring to me every well-versed sorcerer."
80. And when the
sorcerers came, Mûsa (Moses) said to them: "Cast down
what you want to cast!"
81. Then when they
had cast down, Mûsa (Moses) said: "What you have brought
is sorcery, Allâh will surely make it of no effect. Verily,
Allâh does not set right the work of Al-Mufsidûn
(the evil-doers, corrupts, etc.).
82. "And Allâh
will establish and make apparent the truth by His Words, however
much the Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists,
sinners, etc.) may hate it."
83. But none believed
in Mûsa (Moses) except the offspring of his people, because
of the fear of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and his chiefs, lest they should
persecute them; and verily, Fir'aun (Pharaoh) was arrogant tyrant
on the earth, he was indeed one of the Musrifûn (polytheists,
sinners and transgressors, those who give up the truth and follow
the evil, and commit all kinds of great sins).
84. And Mûsa
(Moses) said: "O my people! If you have believed in Allâh,
then put your trust in Him if you are Muslims (those who submit
to Allâh's Will)."
85. They said: "In
Allâh we put our trust. Our Lord! Make us not a trial for
the folk who are Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doing)
(i.e. do not make them overpower us).
86. "And save
us by Your Mercy from the disbelieving folk."
87. And We inspired
Mûsa (Moses) and his brother (saying): "Take dwellings
for your people in Egypt, and make your dwellings as places for
your worship, and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât),
and give glad tidings to the believers."
88. And Mûsa
(Moses) said: "Our Lord! You have indeed bestowed on Fir'aun
(Pharaoh) and his chiefs splendour and wealth in the life of this
world, our Lord! That they may lead men astray from Your Path.
Our Lord! Destroy their wealth, and harden their hearts, so that
they will not believe until they see the painful torment."
89. Allâh said:
"Verily, the invocation of you both is accepted. So you both
keep to the Straight Way (i.e. keep on doing good deeds and preaching
Allâh's Message with patience), and follow not the path
of those who know not (the truth i.e. to believe in the Oneness
of Allâh, and also to believe in the Reward of Allâh:
Paradise, etc.)."
90. And We took the
Children of Israel across the sea, and Fir'aun (Pharaoh) with
his hosts followed them in oppression and enmity, till when drowning
overtook him, he said: "I believe that Lâ ilâha
illa (Huwa): (none has the right to be worshipped but) He,"
in Whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am one of the Muslims
(those who submit to Allâh's Will)."
91. Now (you believe)
while you refused to believe before and you were one of the Mufsidûn
(evil-doers, corrupts, etc.).
92. So this day We
shall deliver your (dead) body (out from the sea) that you may
be a sign to those who come after you! And verily, many among
mankind are heedless of Our Ayât (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs , revelations, etc.).
93. And indeed We
settled the Children of Israel in an honourable dwelling place
(Shâm and Misr), and provided them with good things, and
they differed not until the knowledge came to them. Verily, Allâh
will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection in that in
which they used to differ.
94. So if you (O
Muhammad SAW)
are in doubt concerning that which We have revealed unto you,
[i.e. that your name is written in the Taurât (Torah) and
the Injeel (Gospel)] then ask those who are reading the Book [the
Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] before you. Verily,
the truth has come to you from your Lord. So be not of those who
doubt (it)[].
95. And be not one
of those who belie the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses,
lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allâh, for then you
shall be one of the losers.
96. Truly! Those,
against whom the Word (Wrath) of your Lord has been justified,
will not believe.
97. Even if every
sign should come to them, - until they see the painful torment.
98. Was there any
town (community) that believed (after seeing the punishment),
and its Faith (at that moment) saved it (from the punishment)?
(The answer is none,) - except the people of Yûnus (Jonah);
when they believed, We removed from them the torment of disgrace
in the life of the (present) world, and permitted them to enjoy
for a while.
99. And had your
Lord willed, those on earth would have believed, all of them together.
So, will you (O Muhammad SAW)
then compel mankind, until they become believers.
100. It is not for
any person to believe, except by the Leave of Allâh, and
He will put the wrath on those who are heedless.
101. Say: "Behold
all that is in the heavens and the earth," but neither Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
nor warners benefit those who believe not.
102. Then do they
wait for (anything) save for (destruction) like the days of the
men who passed away before them? Say: "Wait then, I am (too)
with you among those who wait."
103. Then (in the
end) We save Our Messengers and those who believe! Thus it is
incumbent upon Us to save the believers.
104. Say (O Muhammad
SAW): "O you mankind! If you
are in doubt as to my religion (Islâm), then (know that)
I will never worship those whom you worship, besides Allâh.
But I worship Allâh Who causes you to die, I am commanded
to be one of the believers.
105. "And (it
is inspired to me): Direct your face (O Muhammad SAW) entirely towards the religion
Hanifa (Islâmic Monotheism, i.e. to worship none
but Allâh Alone), and never be one of the Mushrikûn
(those who ascribe partners to Allâh, polytheists, idolaters,
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, and those who worship
others along with Allâh).
106. "And invoke
not besides Allâh, any that will neither profit you, nor
hurt you, but if (in case) you did so, you shall certainly be
one of the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).[]"
107. And if Allâh
touches you with hurt, there is none who can remove it but He;
and if He intends any good for you, there is none who can repel
His Favour which He causes it to reach whomsoever of His slaves
He will. And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
108. . Say: "O
you mankind! Now truth (i.e. the Qur'ân and Prophet Muhammad
SAW), has come to you from your Lord.
So whosoever receives guidance, he does so for the good of his
own self, and whosoever goes astray, he does so to his own loss,
and I am not (set) over you as a Wakîl (disposer
of affairs to oblige you for guidance)."
109. And (O Muhammad
SAW), follow the inspiration sent
unto you, and be patient till Allâh gives judgement. And
He is the Best of judges.
