سُوْرَةُ الزُّمَرِ

Surah Az-Zumar (39) — Ayah 61

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وَيُنَجِّى ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ بِمَفَازَتِهِمْ لَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلسُّوٓءُ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴿61﴾
And Allâh will deliver those who are the Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2) to their places of success (Paradise). Evil shall touch them not, nor shall they grieve.
وَيُنَجِّى wayunajjī And Allah will deliver
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu And Allah will deliver
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
ٱتَّقَوْا۟ ittaqaw feared (Him)
بِمَفَازَتِهِمْ bimafāzatihim to their place of salvation
لَا not
يَمَسُّهُمُ yamassuhumu will touch them
ٱلسُّوٓءُ l-sūu the evil
وَلَا walā and not
هُمْ hum they
يَحْزَنُونَ yaḥzanūna will grieve

Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

(Ayah 61) ➊ { وَ يُنَجِّي اللّٰهُ الَّذِيْنَ اتَّقَوْا … :} After mentioning the fate of the arrogant, the fate of the God-fearing is mentioned. From this, it is understood that piety is contrary to arrogance, because piety is to refrain from disobeying Allah and to humble oneself before Him, as He said: «تِلْكَ الدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِيْنَ لَا يُرِيْدُوْنَ عُلُوًّا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَ لَا فَسَادًا وَ الْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ » [ القصص : ۸۳ ] "This final abode, We assign it to those who do not desire exaltation upon the earth nor corruption, and the good end is for the God-fearing."
{ بِمَفَازَتِهِمْ : ’’مَفَازَةٌ‘‘ ’’فَازَ يَفُوْزُ فَوْزًا‘‘} is either a verbal noun meaning "success" or a locative noun meaning "place of success," that is, Allah will grant salvation to the God-fearing from Hell due to their success in the testing ground of this world, or Allah will grant salvation to the God-fearing by admitting them to their place of success (Paradise), as He said: « فَمَنْ زُحْزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَ اُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ» [ آل عمران : ۱۸۵ ] "So whoever is kept away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful."
{لَا يَمَسُّهُمُ السُّوْٓءُ وَ لَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُوْنَ :} That is, no harm or evil will ever reach them. Thus, no fear will come upon them, nor will they grieve over the hardships or troubles they experienced in the world, because a single visit to Paradise will make them forget all the sorrows and griefs of the world.

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61. 1. مفازۃ is a verbal noun (مصدر میمی), meaning "success" — to be saved from evil and to attain happiness through goodness. The meaning is that Allah will grant salvation to the pious because of that success and happiness which is already decreed for them by Allah.

61. 2. They will have no grief over what they left behind in the world; since they will be safe from the terrors of the Day of Judgment, they will have no sorrow over anything.

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And Allah will grant them salvation in every place because of their success [79]; no harm will touch them, nor will they grieve.

[79] That is, Allah will raise the righteous people to such a high station where the heat and intensity of the Day of Resurrection will not reach them. There, they will be safe from every kind of hardship. They will be satisfied with the deeds they performed in the world, and they will not be afflicted by any kind of grief.