سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 6
فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا ﴿6﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Perhaps, you, would kill yourself (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) in grief, over their footsteps (for their turning away from you), because they believe not in this narration (the Qur’ân).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَلَعَلَّكَ
falaʿallaka
Then perhaps you would (be)
بَـٰخِعٌۭ
bākhiʿun
the one who kills
نَّفْسَكَ
nafsaka
yourself
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
over
ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ
āthārihim
their footsteps
إِن
in
if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يُؤْمِنُوا۟
yu'minū
they believe
بِهَـٰذَا
bihādhā
in this
ٱلْحَدِيثِ
l-ḥadīthi
[the] narration
أَسَفًا
asafan
(in) grief
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.
6. 1 بِھٰذَا الْحَدِیْثِ (this statement) refers to the Noble Quran. The intense desire you had for the disbelievers to believe, and the severe distress you felt due to their avoidance and turning away, express your very state and emotion in this matter.
