سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 24
وَجَدتُّهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ ﴿24﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allâh, and Shaitân (Satan) has made their deeds fair-seeming to them, and has barred them from (Allâh’s) Way: so they have no guidance."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَجَدتُّهَا
wajadttuhā
And I found her
وَقَوْمَهَا
waqawmahā
and her people
يَسْجُدُونَ
yasjudūna
prostrating
لِلشَّمْسِ
lilshamsi
to the sun
مِن
min
instead of Allah
دُونِ
dūni
instead of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
instead of Allah
وَزَيَّنَ
wazayyana
and has made fair-seeming
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ
aʿmālahum
their deeds
فَصَدَّهُمْ
faṣaddahum
and averted them
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
l-sabīli
the Way
فَهُمْ
fahum
so they
لَا
lā
(are) not
يَهْتَدُونَ
yahtadūna
guided
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.
24-1. This means that just as birds have the awareness that even the prophets do not possess knowledge of the unseen, as the hoopoe said to Prophet Sulaiman (عليه السلام) that I have brought such important news of which you are also unaware, similarly, they also possess the sense and awareness of Allah’s oneness. That is why here the hoopoe, in a tone of astonishment and wonder, said that this queen and her people are worshippers of the sun instead of Allah and are following Satan, who has made the worship of the sun appear pleasing to them.
