سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 43
وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿43﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And that which she used to worship besides Allâh has prevented her (from Islâm), for she was of a disbelieving people.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَصَدَّهَا
waṣaddahā
And has averted her
مَا
mā
what
كَانَت
kānat
she used (to)
تَّعْبُدُ
taʿbudu
worship
مِن
min
besides
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
Allah
إِنَّهَا
innahā
Indeed, she
كَانَتْ
kānat
was
مِن
min
from
قَوْمٍۢ
qawmin
a people
كَـٰفِرِينَ
kāfirīna
who disbelieve
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.
43-1. That is, what had prevented her from worshipping Allah was the worship of others besides Allah, and the reason for this was that she belonged to a disbelieving people, therefore she remained unaware of the reality of Tawheed, that is, Allah or by Allah’s command, Sulaiman (AS) stopped her from worshipping others besides Allah; but the first opinion is more Sahih (Fath al-Qadeer).
