سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 110
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَـٰلِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدًۢا ﴿110﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I am only a man like you. It has been revealed to me that your Ilâh (God) is One Ilâh (God - i.e. Allâh). So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّمَآ
innamā
Only
أَنَا۠
anā
I
بَشَرٌۭ
basharun
(am) a man
مِّثْلُكُمْ
mith'lukum
like you
يُوحَىٰٓ
yūḥā
Has been revealed
إِلَىَّ
ilayya
to me
أَنَّمَآ
annamā
that
إِلَـٰهُكُمْ
ilāhukum
your God
إِلَـٰهٌۭ
ilāhun
(is) God
وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖ
wāḥidun
One
فَمَن
faman
So whoever
كَانَ
kāna
is
يَرْجُوا۟
yarjū
hoping
لِقَآءَ
liqāa
(for the) meeting
رَبِّهِۦ
rabbihi
(with) his Lord
فَلْيَعْمَلْ
falyaʿmal
let him do
عَمَلًۭا
ʿamalan
deeds
صَـٰلِحًۭا
ṣāliḥan
righteous
وَلَا
walā
and not
يُشْرِكْ
yush'rik
associate
بِعِبَادَةِ
biʿibādati
in (the) worship
رَبِّهِۦٓ
rabbihi
(of) his Lord
أَحَدًۢا
aḥadan
anyone
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.
110. 1. Therefore, I too cannot encompass the words of the Lord.
110. 2. However, I have the distinction that revelation comes to me. By virtue of this revelation, I have conveyed those matters regarding the Companions of the Cave and Dhul-Qarnayn which were revealed by Allah, upon which the thick layers of time had settled or whose reality had been lost in legends. Moreover, the most important command in this revelation is that the deity of all of you is only One.
110. 3. Righteous deed is that which is according to the Sunnah, that is, whoever believes in meeting his Lord should perform every deed according to the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, and secondly, he should not associate anyone with Allah in worship, because both innovation and shirk are causes for the nullification of deeds. May Allah keep every Muslim safe from both. In the events of the migration to Abyssinia, it is mentioned that when the beginning part of Surah Maryam was recited by Ja'far bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) before the king of Abyssinia, Najashi, and his courtiers and nobles, all their beards became wet with tears, and Najashi said that this Qur'an and what Jesus (peace be upon him) has brought, all are rays of the same lamp (Fath al-Qadeer).
110. 2. However, I have the distinction that revelation comes to me. By virtue of this revelation, I have conveyed those matters regarding the Companions of the Cave and Dhul-Qarnayn which were revealed by Allah, upon which the thick layers of time had settled or whose reality had been lost in legends. Moreover, the most important command in this revelation is that the deity of all of you is only One.
110. 3. Righteous deed is that which is according to the Sunnah, that is, whoever believes in meeting his Lord should perform every deed according to the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, and secondly, he should not associate anyone with Allah in worship, because both innovation and shirk are causes for the nullification of deeds. May Allah keep every Muslim safe from both. In the events of the migration to Abyssinia, it is mentioned that when the beginning part of Surah Maryam was recited by Ja'far bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) before the king of Abyssinia, Najashi, and his courtiers and nobles, all their beards became wet with tears, and Najashi said that this Qur'an and what Jesus (peace be upon him) has brought, all are rays of the same lamp (Fath al-Qadeer).
