سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 182
فَمَنْ خَافَ مِن مُّوصٍ جَنَفًا أَوْ إِثْمًا فَأَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿182﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
But he who fears from a testator some unjust act or wrong-doing, and thereupon he makes peace between the parties concerned, there shall be no sin on him. Certainly, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَمَنْ
faman
But whoever
خَافَ
khāfa
fears
مِن
min
from
مُّوصٍۢ
mūṣin
(the) testator
جَنَفًا
janafan
(any) error
أَوْ
aw
or
إِثْمًۭا
ith'man
sin
فَأَصْلَحَ
fa-aṣlaḥa
then reconciles
بَيْنَهُمْ
baynahum
between them
فَلَآ
falā
then (there is) no
إِثْمَ
ith'ma
sin
عَلَيْهِ ۚ
ʿalayhi
on him
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
All-Merciful
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.
182. 1. The meaning of جَنَفًا (inclination) is to, by mistake or forgetfulness, incline more towards one relative and thereby deprive others of their rights, and by اثمًا is meant to do so deliberately, thus referring to a sinful bequest, the changing of which and that the correction must be acted upon. From this, it is understood that it is essential to maintain justice and fairness in a bequest; otherwise, committing injustice even while departing from this world is extremely dangerous from the perspective of salvation in the Hereafter.
