سُوْرَةُ الْحَجِّ
Surah Al-Hajj (22) — Ayah 31
حُنَفَآءَ لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِكِينَ بِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ ٱلطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِى بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِى مَكَانٍ سَحِيقٍ ﴿31﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Hunafâ’ Lillâh (i.e. worshiping none but Allâh), not associating partners (in worship) unto Him; and whoever assigns partners to Allâh, it is as if he had fallen from the sky, and the birds had snatched him, or the wind had thrown him to a far off place.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
حُنَفَآءَ
ḥunafāa
Being upright
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
غَيْرَ
ghayra
not
مُشْرِكِينَ
mush'rikīna
associating partners
بِهِۦ ۚ
bihi
with Him
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يُشْرِكْ
yush'rik
associates partners
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
with Allah
فَكَأَنَّمَا
faka-annamā
then (it is) as though
خَرَّ
kharra
he had fallen
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
فَتَخْطَفُهُ
fatakhṭafuhu
and (had) snatched him
ٱلطَّيْرُ
l-ṭayru
the birds
أَوْ
aw
or
تَهْوِى
tahwī
had blown
بِهِ
bihi
him
ٱلرِّيحُ
l-rīḥu
the wind
فِى
fī
to
مَكَانٍۢ
makānin
a place
سَحِيقٍۢ
saḥīqin
far off
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.
31. 1 Hunaafaa’ is the plural of Haneef, whose verbal meaning is to incline, to turn to one side, to be single-minded; that is, inclining from shirk towards tawheed, and from disbelief and falsehood towards Islam and the true religion. Or, turning aside and worshipping Allah alone with sincerity.
31. 2 That is, just as large birds swiftly swoop down upon small animals and tear them apart, or winds throw someone to far-off places and no one can find any trace of him. In both cases, destruction is his fate. In the same way, a person who worships only Allah attains the highest level of purity and clarity in terms of sound nature and purity of soul, and as soon as he commits shirk, it is as if he throws himself from a height into lowliness, and from cleanliness into filth and mud.
31. 2 That is, just as large birds swiftly swoop down upon small animals and tear them apart, or winds throw someone to far-off places and no one can find any trace of him. In both cases, destruction is his fate. In the same way, a person who worships only Allah attains the highest level of purity and clarity in terms of sound nature and purity of soul, and as soon as he commits shirk, it is as if he throws himself from a height into lowliness, and from cleanliness into filth and mud.
