سُوْرَةُ الْفُرْقَانِ
Surah Al-Furqaan (25) — Ayah 60
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًا ۩ ﴿60﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when it is said to them: "Prostrate yourselves to the Most Gracious (Allâh)! they say: "And what is the Most Gracious? Shall we fall down in prostration to that which you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) command us?" And it increases in them only aversion.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
قِيلَ
qīla
it is said
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
ٱسْجُدُوا۟
us'judū
Prostrate
لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ
lilrraḥmāni
to the Most Gracious
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They say
وَمَا
wamā
And what
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
l-raḥmānu
(is) the Most Gracious
أَنَسْجُدُ
anasjudu
Should we prostrate
لِمَا
limā
to what
تَأْمُرُنَا
tamurunā
you order us
وَزَادَهُمْ
wazādahum
And it increases them
نُفُورًۭا ۩
nufūran
(in) aversion
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.
60-1. رَ حْمٰن and رَ حِیْم are among the attributes and beautiful names of Allah, but the people of ignorance did not recognize Allah by these names. For example, at the time of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, when the Prophet ﷺ had بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ written at the beginning of the agreement, the polytheists of Makkah said, "We do not know رحمٰن and رحیم. Write بِاسْمِکَ اللَّھُمَّ!" (سیرت ابن ہشام۔-2317 مذید دیکھئے (كَذٰلِكَ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ فِيْٓ اُمَّةٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهَآ اُمَمٌ لِّتَتْلُوَا۟ عَلَيْهِمُ الَّذِيْٓ اَوْحَيْنَآ اِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ يَكْفُرُوْنَ بالرَّحْمٰنِ ۭ قُلْ هُوَ رَبِّيْ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَاِلَيْهِ مَتَابِ) 13. Ar-Ra'd:30) (قُلِ ادْعُوا اللّٰهَ اَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمٰنَ ۭ اَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوْا فَلَهُ الْاَسْمَاۗءُ الْحُسْنٰى ۚ وَلَا تَجْـهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ سَبِيْلًا) 17. Al-Isra:110) Here too, their aversion to the name رحمٰن and their avoidance of prostration is mentioned.
