سُوْرَةُ النُّوْرِ
Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 39
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿39﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water, until he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing; but he finds Allâh with him, Who will pay him his due (Hell). And Allâh is Swift in taking account.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
But those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ
aʿmāluhum
their deeds
كَسَرَابٍۭ
kasarābin
(are) like a mirage
بِقِيعَةٍۢ
biqīʿatin
in a lowland
يَحْسَبُهُ
yaḥsabuhu
thinks it
ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ
l-ẓamānu
the thirsty one
مَآءً
māan
(to be) water
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
جَآءَهُۥ
jāahu
he comes to it
لَمْ
lam
not
يَجِدْهُ
yajid'hu
he finds it
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
(to be) anything
وَوَجَدَ
wawajada
but he finds
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عِندَهُۥ
ʿindahu
before him
فَوَفَّىٰهُ
fawaffāhu
He will pay him in full
حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ
ḥisābahu
his due
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
سَرِيعُ
sarīʿu
(is) swift
ٱلْحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
(in) the account
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.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
