سُوْرَةُ الرَّعْدِ
Surah Ar-Ra'd (13) — Ayah 30
كَذَٰلِكَ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ فِىٓ أُمَّةٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهَآ أُمَمٌ لِّتَتْلُوَا۟ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۚ قُلْ هُوَ رَبِّى لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ مَتَابِ ﴿30﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Thus have We sent you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) to a community before whom other communities have passed away, in order that you might recite unto them what We have revealed to you, while they disbelieve in the Most Gracious (Allâh) Say: "He is my Lord! Lâ ilâha illâ Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He)! In Him is my trust, and to Him will be my return with repentance."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ
arsalnāka
We have sent you
فِىٓ
fī
to
أُمَّةٍۢ
ummatin
a nation
قَدْ
qad
verily
خَلَتْ
khalat
have passed away
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِهَآ
qablihā
before it
أُمَمٌۭ
umamun
nations
لِّتَتْلُوَا۟
litatluwā
so that you might recite
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
to them
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
what
أَوْحَيْنَآ
awḥaynā
We revealed
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
يَكْفُرُونَ
yakfurūna
disbelieve
بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۚ
bil-raḥmāni
in the Most Gracious
قُلْ
qul
Say
هُوَ
huwa
He
رَبِّى
rabbī
(is) my Lord
لَآ
lā
(there is) no
إِلَـٰهَ
ilāha
god
إِلَّا
illā
except
هُوَ
huwa
Him
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
Upon Him
تَوَكَّلْتُ
tawakkaltu
I put my trust
وَإِلَيْهِ
wa-ilayhi
and to Him
مَتَابِ
matābi
(is) my return
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.
30. 1. Just as We have sent you for the propagation of the message, in the same way, We sent messengers to the previous communities before you; they too were denied just as you have been denied, and just as those communities faced divine punishment as a result of their denial, these people too should not remain unconcerned about such an outcome.
30. 2. The polytheists of Makkah were very averse to the word "Rahman." Even at the occasion of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, when the words "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim" were written, they said, "What is this Rahman and Rahim? We do not know them." (Ibn Kathir)
30. 3. That is, Rahman is my Lord, besides whom there is no deity.
30. 2. The polytheists of Makkah were very averse to the word "Rahman." Even at the occasion of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, when the words "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim" were written, they said, "What is this Rahman and Rahim? We do not know them." (Ibn Kathir)
30. 3. That is, Rahman is my Lord, besides whom there is no deity.
