سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ

Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 169

The Cow · Medinan · Juz 2 · Page 25

إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿169﴾
He [Shaitân (Satan)] commands you only what is evil and Fahshâ (sinful), and that you should say against Allâh what you know not.
إِنَّمَا innamā Only
يَأْمُرُكُم yamurukum he commands you
بِٱلسُّوٓءِ bil-sūi to (do) the evil
وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِ wal-faḥshāi and the shameful
وَأَن wa-an and that
تَقُولُوا۟ taqūlū you say
عَلَى ʿalā about
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
مَا what
لَا not
تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna you know

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.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.