سُوْرَةُ يُوْنُسَ
Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 24
إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَآ أَنَّهُمْ قَـٰدِرُونَ عَلَيْهَآ أَتَىٰهَآ أَمْرُنَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿24﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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 in 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, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, laws, etc.) in detail for the people who reflect.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
مَثَلُ
mathalu
(the) example
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
كَمَآءٍ
kamāin
(is) like (the) water
أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ
anzalnāhu
which We sent down
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
فَٱخْتَلَطَ
fa-ikh'talaṭa
so absorbs
بِهِۦ
bihi
[with] it
نَبَاتُ
nabātu
(the) plants
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
(of) the earth
مِمَّا
mimmā
from which
يَأْكُلُ
yakulu
eat
ٱلنَّاسُ
l-nāsu
the men
وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُ
wal-anʿāmu
and the cattle
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَآ
idhā
when
أَخَذَتِ
akhadhati
takes
ٱلْأَرْضُ
l-arḍu
the earth
زُخْرُفَهَا
zukh'rufahā
its adornment
وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ
wa-izzayyanat
and is beautified
وَظَنَّ
waẓanna
and think
أَهْلُهَآ
ahluhā
its people
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
قَـٰدِرُونَ
qādirūna
have the power
عَلَيْهَآ
ʿalayhā
over it
أَتَىٰهَآ
atāhā
comes (to) it
أَمْرُنَا
amrunā
Our command
لَيْلًا
laylan
(by) night
أَوْ
aw
or
نَهَارًۭا
nahāran
(by) day
فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا
fajaʿalnāhā
and We make it
حَصِيدًۭا
ḥaṣīdan
a harvest clean-mown
كَأَن
ka-an
as if
لَّمْ
lam
not
تَغْنَ
taghna
it had flourished
بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۚ
bil-amsi
yesterday
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
نُفَصِّلُ
nufaṣṣilu
We explain
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
l-āyāti
the Signs
لِقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
for a people
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
yatafakkarūna
who reflect
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.
24. 1. حصیدا is a fa'eel in the meaning of maf'ool, that is, محصود. By likening the life of this world to a crop, its temporary nature and instability are made clear, as a crop also grows and flourishes with rainwater and becomes lush and green, but after that, it is cut down and brought to an end.
