سُوْرَةُ الرَّعْدِ
Surah Ar-Ra'd (13) — Ayah 18
لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُۥ لَوْ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْحِسَابِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ ﴿18﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
For those who answered their Lord’s Call [believed in the Oneness of Allâh and followed His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم i.e. Islâmic Monotheism] is Al-Husnâ (i.e. Paradise). But those who answered not His Call (disbelieved in the Oneness of Allâh and followed not His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), if they had all that is in the earth together with its like, they would offer it in order to save themselves (from the torment, but it will be in vain). For them there will be the terrible reckoning. Their dwelling-place will be Hell; and worst indeed is that place for rest.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
For those who
ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟
is'tajābū
responded
لِرَبِّهِمُ
lirabbihimu
to their Lord
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ
l-ḥus'nā
(is) the bliss
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And for those who
لَمْ
lam
(did) not
يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟
yastajībū
respond
لَهُۥ
lahu
to Him
لَوْ
law
if
أَنَّ
anna
that
لَهُم
lahum
they had
مَّا
mā
whatever
فِى
fī
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
جَمِيعًۭا
jamīʿan
all
وَمِثْلَهُۥ
wamith'lahu
and like of it
مَعَهُۥ
maʿahu
with it
لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟
la-if'tadaw
surely they would offer ransom
بِهِۦٓ ۚ
bihi
with it
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
سُوٓءُ
sūu
(is) a terrible
ٱلْحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
reckoning
وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ
wamawāhum
and their abode
جَهَنَّمُ ۖ
jahannamu
(is) Hell
وَبِئْسَ
wabi'sa
and wretched
ٱلْمِهَادُ
l-mihādu
(is) the resting place
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.
18. 1 This subject has already been mentioned two or three times before.
18. 2 Because every small and large deed of theirs will be accounted for, and their situation (for whom cross-examination is done in the reckoning, it will be difficult for them to escape, they will inevitably face punishment) will be a reflection. That is why it is stated further, and their abode is Hell.
18. 2 Because every small and large deed of theirs will be accounted for, and their situation (for whom cross-examination is done in the reckoning, it will be difficult for them to escape, they will inevitably face punishment) will be a reflection. That is why it is stated further, and their abode is Hell.
