سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 106
مَن كَفَرَ بِٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِيمَـٰنِهِۦٓ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُۥ مُطْمَئِنٌّۢ بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ وَلَـٰكِن مَّن شَرَحَ بِٱلْكُفْرِ صَدْرًا فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿106﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Whoever disbelieved in Allâh after his belief, except him who is forced thereto and whose heart is at rest with Faith; but such as open their breasts to disbelief, on them is wrath from Allâh, and theirs will be a great torment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
مَن
man
Whoever
كَفَرَ
kafara
disbelieves
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
مِنۢ
min
after
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
إِيمَـٰنِهِۦٓ
īmānihi
his belief
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَنْ
man
(one) who
أُكْرِهَ
uk'riha
is forced
وَقَلْبُهُۥ
waqalbuhu
while his heart
مُطْمَئِنٌّۢ
muṭ'ma-innun
(is) content
بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ
bil-īmāni
with the faith
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
But
مَّن
man
(one) who
شَرَحَ
sharaḥa
opens
بِٱلْكُفْرِ
bil-kuf'ri
to disbelief
صَدْرًۭا
ṣadran
(his) breast
فَعَلَيْهِمْ
faʿalayhim
then upon them
غَضَبٌۭ
ghaḍabun
(is) a wrath
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
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.
16. 1. The scholars are unanimous that if a person is compelled to commit disbelief and, in order to save his life, verbally or practically commits an act of disbelief while his heart remains content with faith, then he will not be considered a disbeliever, nor will his wife be separated from him, nor will other rulings of disbelief apply to him. قالہ الْقُرْطُبِیُّ (Fath al-Qadeer)
16. 2. This is the punishment for becoming an apostate: that they will be deserving of Allah's wrath and a great punishment, and its worldly punishment is death, as mentioned in the hadith. (For further details, see (يَسْــَٔـلُوْنَكَ عَنِ الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ قِتَالٍ فِيْهِ ۭ قُلْ قِتَالٌ فِيْهِ كَبِيْرٌ ۭ وَصَدٌّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ وَكُفْرٌۢ بِهٖ وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ ۤ وَ اِخْرَاجُ اَھْلِهٖ مِنْهُ اَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ ۚ وَالْفِتْنَةُ اَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ ۭ وَلَا يَزَالُوْنَ يُقَاتِلُوْنَكُمْ حَتّٰى يَرُدُّوْكُمْ عَنْ دِيْنِكُمْ اِنِ اسْتَطَاعُوْا ۭ وَمَنْ يَّرْتَدِدْ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ دِيْنِهٖ فَيَمُتْ وَھُوَ كَافِرٌ فَاُولٰۗىِٕكَ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِ ۚ وَاُولٰۗىِٕكَ اَصْحٰبُ النَّارِ ۚ ھُمْ فِيْهَا خٰلِدُوْنَ) 2. Al-Baqarah:217) and the footnote of verse (لَآ اِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّيْنِ ڐ قَدْ تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَنْ يَّكْفُرْ بالطَّاغُوْتِ وَيُؤْمِنْۢ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقٰى ۤ لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا ۭ وَاللّٰهُ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ) 2. Al-Baqarah:256).
16. 2. This is the punishment for becoming an apostate: that they will be deserving of Allah's wrath and a great punishment, and its worldly punishment is death, as mentioned in the hadith. (For further details, see (يَسْــَٔـلُوْنَكَ عَنِ الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ قِتَالٍ فِيْهِ ۭ قُلْ قِتَالٌ فِيْهِ كَبِيْرٌ ۭ وَصَدٌّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ وَكُفْرٌۢ بِهٖ وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ ۤ وَ اِخْرَاجُ اَھْلِهٖ مِنْهُ اَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ ۚ وَالْفِتْنَةُ اَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ ۭ وَلَا يَزَالُوْنَ يُقَاتِلُوْنَكُمْ حَتّٰى يَرُدُّوْكُمْ عَنْ دِيْنِكُمْ اِنِ اسْتَطَاعُوْا ۭ وَمَنْ يَّرْتَدِدْ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ دِيْنِهٖ فَيَمُتْ وَھُوَ كَافِرٌ فَاُولٰۗىِٕكَ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِ ۚ وَاُولٰۗىِٕكَ اَصْحٰبُ النَّارِ ۚ ھُمْ فِيْهَا خٰلِدُوْنَ) 2. Al-Baqarah:217) and the footnote of verse (لَآ اِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّيْنِ ڐ قَدْ تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَنْ يَّكْفُرْ بالطَّاغُوْتِ وَيُؤْمِنْۢ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقٰى ۤ لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا ۭ وَاللّٰهُ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ) 2. Al-Baqarah:256).
