سُوْرَةُ الْحِجْرِ
Surah Al-Hijr (15) — Ayah 88
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿88﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Look not with your eyes ambitiously at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them (the disbelievers), nor grieve over them. And lower your wings for the believers (be courteous to the fellow-believers).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَا
lā
(Do) not
تَمُدَّنَّ
tamuddanna
extend
عَيْنَيْكَ
ʿaynayka
your eyes
إِلَىٰ
ilā
towards
مَا
mā
what
مَتَّعْنَا
mattaʿnā
We have bestowed
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
with it
أَزْوَٰجًۭا
azwājan
(to) categories
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَحْزَنْ
taḥzan
grieve
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
over them
وَٱخْفِضْ
wa-ikh'fiḍ
And lower
جَنَاحَكَ
janāḥaka
your wing
لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
lil'mu'minīna
to the believers
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.
88. 1. That is, We have granted you blessings such as Surah Al-Fatiha and the Great Qur'an, so do not cast your gaze towards the world and its adornments, nor towards those various types of people of the world to whom We have given the temporary things of this perishable world, and those who deny you—do not grieve over them. And lower your wing for the believers, meaning adopt an attitude of gentleness and love towards them. The origin of this expression is that when a bird takes its young ones under its shade of compassion, it gathers them under its wings. Thus, this phrase is used in the sense of adopting an attitude of gentleness, affection, and love.
