سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْۣبِيَآءِ
Surah Al-Anbiyaa (21) — Ayah 107
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿107﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We have sent you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): not but as a mercy for the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَآ
wamā
And not
أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ
arsalnāka
We have sent you
إِلَّا
illā
but
رَحْمَةًۭ
raḥmatan
(as) a mercy
لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
lil'ʿālamīna
for the worlds
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.
1. This means that whoever brings faith in your ﷺ prophethood has, in effect, accepted this mercy and shown gratitude for this blessing of Allah. As a result, he will attain happiness in this world and the Hereafter. And since your ﷺ prophethood is for the entire world, you ﷺ have come as a mercy for all the worlds, that is, through your teachings, to grant happiness in both religion and worldly life. Some people have also considered the Prophet ﷺ to be a mercy for the worlds in the sense that, because of you ﷺ, this Ummah has been completely protected from destruction and ruin, as previous nations and communities were wiped out like a wrong word. The Ummah of Muhammad (which, in terms of the Ummah of Response and the Ummah of Invitation, includes the entire human race) will not face such a total punishment. And from the ahadith, it is known that not cursing the polytheists was also a part of your ﷺ mercy: انی لم ابعث لعانا وانما بعثت رحمۃ (Sahih Muslim). Similarly, the Prophet's ﷺ making his own act of cursing or abusing a Muslim in anger a cause of mercy for that person on the Day of Judgment is also a part of your ﷺ mercy (Musnad Ahmad). That is why, in a hadith, you ﷺ said: انما رحمۃ مھداۃ (Sahih al-Jami' al-Saghir) — I have come as embodied mercy, which is a gift from Allah for the people of the world.
