سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 62
أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿62﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls on Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after generations? Is there any ilâh (god) with Allâh? Little is that you remember!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَمَّن
amman
Or Who
يُجِيبُ
yujību
responds
ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ
l-muḍ'ṭara
(to) the distressed one
إِذَا
idhā
when
دَعَاهُ
daʿāhu
he calls Him
وَيَكْشِفُ
wayakshifu
and He removes
ٱلسُّوٓءَ
l-sūa
the evil
وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ
wayajʿalukum
and makes you
خُلَفَآءَ
khulafāa
inheritors
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ
l-arḍi
(of) the earth
أَءِلَـٰهٌۭ
a-ilāhun
Is there any god
مَّعَ
maʿa
with
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
Allah
قَلِيلًۭا
qalīlan
Little
مَّا
mā
(is) what
تَذَكَّرُونَ
tadhakkarūna
you remember
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.
62-1. That is, He is the same Allah who is called upon in times of hardship and in whom hopes are placed during times of distress; it is to Him that people turn, and He alone removes evil. For further details, see سورة الا سراء.67 and سورة النمل.53
62-2. That is, to create one community after another, one nation after another, and one generation after another. Otherwise, if He had brought all into existence at the same time, the earth would have complained of being too crowded, difficulties would have arisen in sustenance, and everyone would have been preoccupied with pulling each other down. That is, creating humans one after another and making one the successor of another—this too is His perfect mercy.
62-2. That is, to create one community after another, one nation after another, and one generation after another. Otherwise, if He had brought all into existence at the same time, the earth would have complained of being too crowded, difficulties would have arisen in sustenance, and everyone would have been preoccupied with pulling each other down. That is, creating humans one after another and making one the successor of another—this too is His perfect mercy.
