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Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 55
وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمَا ٱسْتَخْلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱرْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا ۚ يَعْبُدُونَنِى لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِى شَيْـًٔا ۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ ﴿55﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Allâh has promised those among you who believe and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers) in the land, as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the authority to practise their religion which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islâm). And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they (believers) worship Me and do not associate anything (in worship) with Me. But whoever disbelieves after this, they are the Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَعَدَ
waʿada
Allah (has) promised
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah (has) promised
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
l-ṣāliḥāti
righteous deeds
لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ
layastakhlifannahum
surely He will grant them succession
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
كَمَا
kamā
as
ٱسْتَخْلَفَ
is'takhlafa
He gave succession
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
to those who
مِن
min
(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْ
qablihim
(were) before them
وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ
walayumakkinanna
and that He will surely establish
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
دِينَهُمُ
dīnahumu
their religion
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
which
ٱرْتَضَىٰ
ir'taḍā
He has approved
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم
walayubaddilannahum
and surely He will change for them
مِّنۢ
min
after
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
خَوْفِهِمْ
khawfihim
their fear
أَمْنًۭا ۚ
amnan
security
يَعْبُدُونَنِى
yaʿbudūnanī
(for) they worship Me
لَا
lā
not
يُشْرِكُونَ
yush'rikūna
they associate
بِى
bī
with Me
شَيْـًۭٔا ۚ
shayan
anything
وَمَن
waman
But whoever
كَفَرَ
kafara
disbelieved
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
هُمُ
humu
[they]
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ
l-fāsiqūna
(are) the defiantly disobedient
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.
55-1. Some have restricted this divine promise to the Companions or the Rightly Guided Caliphs, but there is no evidence for this specification. The words of the Quran are general and are conditional upon faith and righteous deeds. However, it is certainly true that in the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphate and the era of the best generations, the manifestation of this divine promise occurred; Allah granted the Muslims dominance in the land, elevated His chosen religion of Islam, and replaced the Muslims’ fear with security. Previously, Muslims feared the Arab disbelievers, but then the situation was reversed. The prophecies made by the Prophet ﷺ were also fulfilled in this era. For example, the Prophet ﷺ said that a woman would travel alone from Hira and perform Tawaf of the House of Allah, and she would have no fear or danger. The treasures of Kisra would be piled at your feet. And so it happened (Sahih Bukhari). The Prophet ﷺ also said: (ان اللہ زوی لی الارض، فرایت مشارقھا ومغاربھا، وان امتی سیبلغ ملکھا ما زوی لی منھا) (Sahih Muslim) "Allah has folded the earth for me, so I saw its eastern and western parts, and soon the domain of my Ummah will reach as far as it was folded for me." This vastness of rule also came to the Muslims, and Persia, Syria, Egypt, Africa, and other distant lands were conquered, and in place of disbelief and polytheism, the torches of Tawheed and Sunnah were lit everywhere, and the banner of Islamic civilization and culture waved across the world. But since this promise was conditional, when the Muslims became weak in faith and deficient in righteous deeds, Allah turned their honor into humiliation, their power and dominance into servitude, and their security and stability into fear and terror.
55-2. This too is, along with faith and righteous deeds, another fundamental condition due to which Muslims become deserving of Allah’s help, and when deprived of this attribute of Tawheed, they are deprived of Allah’s help.
55-3. By this disbelief is meant the deprivation of faith, righteous deeds, and Tawheed, after which a person exits the obedience of Allah and enters the domain of disbelief and transgression.
55-2. This too is, along with faith and righteous deeds, another fundamental condition due to which Muslims become deserving of Allah’s help, and when deprived of this attribute of Tawheed, they are deprived of Allah’s help.
55-3. By this disbelief is meant the deprivation of faith, righteous deeds, and Tawheed, after which a person exits the obedience of Allah and enters the domain of disbelief and transgression.
