سُوْرَةُ الْفُرْقَانِ
Surah Al-Furqaan (25) — Ayah 20
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۗ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We never sent before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) any of the Messengers but verily, they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you as a trial for others: will you have patience? And your Lord is Ever All-Seer (of everything).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَآ
wamā
And not
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalnā
We sent
قَبْلَكَ
qablaka
before you
مِنَ
mina
any
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
l-mur'salīna
Messengers
إِلَّآ
illā
but
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
indeed, they
لَيَأْكُلُونَ
layakulūna
[surely] ate
ٱلطَّعَامَ
l-ṭaʿāma
food
وَيَمْشُونَ
wayamshūna
and walked
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۗ
l-aswāqi
the markets
وَجَعَلْنَا
wajaʿalnā
And We have made
بَعْضَكُمْ
baʿḍakum
some of you
لِبَعْضٍۢ
libaʿḍin
for others
فِتْنَةً
fit'natan
a trial
أَتَصْبِرُونَ ۗ
ataṣbirūna
will you have patience
وَكَانَ
wakāna
And is
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
بَصِيرًۭا
baṣīran
All-Seer
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.
20-1. That is, they were human beings and in need of food.
20-2. That is, they also engaged in earning and trade to obtain lawful sustenance. The meaning of this is that these things are not contrary to the status of prophethood, as some people think.
20-3. That is, We tested the prophets and, through them, also those who believed in them, so that the genuine could be distinguished from the false. Those who held fast to patience during the trial succeeded, and the others failed; that is why it is said further, will you be patient?
20-2. That is, they also engaged in earning and trade to obtain lawful sustenance. The meaning of this is that these things are not contrary to the status of prophethood, as some people think.
20-3. That is, We tested the prophets and, through them, also those who believed in them, so that the genuine could be distinguished from the false. Those who held fast to patience during the trial succeeded, and the others failed; that is why it is said further, will you be patient?
