Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 58
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
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➋ { وَ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْوٰرِثِيْنَ :} means that none of them remained who could inherit their houses and wealth, He said: «{ فَهَلْ تَرٰى لَهُمْ مِّنْۢ بَاقِيَةٍ }» [ الحآقۃ : ۸ ] "So do you see any remnant of them?" We became their heirs, and We are always the heirs of everything. In {’’ كُنَّا ‘‘}, {’’كَانَ‘‘} is for continuity and perpetuity.
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
58-2. That is, none of them remained who could inherit those houses and wealth.
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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[80] This is the second answer to the objection of the disbelievers of Makkah, that is, your fear is that if you become Muslims, your political superiority and your economy will be destroyed, and the wealth upon which you are now boasting—those people who before you were proud of their wealth, their fate also awaits you. Those people, out of such arrogance, adopted the path of pride and rebellion. So Allah Almighty destroyed and ruined them in such a way that not even a trace of them remained. You keep seeing the ruins of their settlements. Then if you also adopt the ways of those people, what reason is there that your end should not be the same as theirs?
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The Second Answer to the Objection of the Disbelievers: Wealth Cannot Save from Punishment:
That is, those who boasted about their wealth and maintained a high standard of living perished, and the properties over which they used to be proud all remained right there. Not even an heir of theirs remained. In the end, We alone became their heirs, so that whomever We wish, We settle there and hand over those properties to them.
