Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 165
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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165. 2. That is, We established this chain of prophethood so that no one would have the excuse left that the message never reached them. As stated elsewhere: If We had destroyed them before sending a messenger, they would have said, “Our Lord, why did You not send a messenger to us so that we might have followed Your signs before being humiliated and disgraced?”
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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The Status of Man in the Universe and Allah’s Completion of Proof:
Allah Almighty has innately granted man such intellect that he can attain the recognition of Allah and His attributes. Man at least knows that nothing can come into existence without a creator. He also knows that if something has been moving under a coherent system for a long time, he will inevitably reach the conclusion that there must necessarily exist a being who maintains it, because no matter how strong something is, after some time it begins to deteriorate. And if this deterioration is not corrected in time, it is ultimately destroyed. Therefore, if this universe were merely the result of coincidences, it would have perished long ago. But since not all humans possess the same level of intellect, Allah Almighty sent messengers to inform mankind of all the realities: what is man’s status in this entire universe, what role he has to play here, and if he succeeds in fulfilling this role, what rewards he will receive in the Hereafter, and if he fails, what pains and hardships he will have to endure in the Hereafter. And this method of sending messengers was continued so that on the Day of Resurrection, no person could say before Allah that he was unaware of these realities and thus is excused. And these prophets and messengers came to the world in such abundance and left behind revealed books that there has never been a time in human history when there was neither a prophet nor a book revealed by Allah present in the world, guiding mankind to these realities. Still, if a person does not pay attention to this or denies Allah’s teachings, then its burden will be upon his own neck. From this verse, it is also incidentally understood that those to whom Allah’s message has reached are responsible for conveying this message to those who have not yet received it, because such scholars are truly the heirs of the prophets.
