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15. Al-Hijr

The Rock · Meccan · 99 ayahs

سُورَةُ الحِجۡرِ

Reading Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti

Ayahs 41–50 of 99

41

قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

[Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.

He God exalted be He said ‘This is a straight path leading to Me

42

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

in other words truly over My servants that is believers you shall have no warrant no power except those who follow you from among the perverse the disbelievers.

43

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.

And truly Hell shall be their tryst all of them that is all those who follow you shall be with you in Hell.

44

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍۢ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌۭ مَّقْسُومٌ

It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated."

It has seven gates seven layers — to each gate therein belongs an appointed portion lot of them.

45

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ

Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs.

Truly the God-fearing shall be amidst gardens orchards and springs’ flowing through them.

46

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ

[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."

And it shall be said to them ‘Enter them in peace that is safe from all danger — or it means enter with the greeting of ‘Peace!’ in other words say ‘Peace’ and then enter secure!’ from all terror.

47

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.

And We remove whatever rancour spite may be in their breasts. As brethren ikhwānan is a circumstantial qualifier referring to them they shall recline upon couches facing one another mutaqābilīn is also a circumstantial qualifier in other words they do not look upon each other’s backs because the couches revolve with them in them.

48

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌۭ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.

No toil no weariness will touch them nor will they be expelled from thence ever.

49

۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

[O Muhammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful.

Tell inform O Muhammad (s) My servants that verily I am the Forgiving of believers the Merciful to them

50

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ

And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.

and that My chastisement of those who are disobedient is the painful chastisement.

Commentary: Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli & Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti. Qur'an text and translation via AlQuran Cloud.