سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 20
إِنَّهُمْ إِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِى مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَن تُفْلِحُوٓا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًا ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"For, if they come to know of you, they will stone you (to death or abuse and harm you) or turn you back to their religion; and in that case you will never be successful."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, [they]
إِن
in
if
يَظْهَرُوا۟
yaẓharū
they come to know
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
about you
يَرْجُمُوكُمْ
yarjumūkum
they will stone you
أَوْ
aw
or
يُعِيدُوكُمْ
yuʿīdūkum
return you
فِى
fī
to
مِلَّتِهِمْ
millatihim
their religion
وَلَن
walan
And never
تُفْلِحُوٓا۟
tuf'liḥū
will you succeed
إِذًا
idhan
then
أَبَدًۭا
abadan
ever
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.
20. 1. That is, for the success of the Hereafter for which we endured hardship and difficulty, it is obvious that if the people of the city force us and make us return to the ancestral religion, then our real objective will be lost, our efforts will also be wasted, and we will belong neither to religion nor to the world.
