سُوْرَةُ الْقَصَصِ
Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 50
فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكَ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿50﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
But if they answer you not (i.e. do not bring the Book nor believe in your doctrine of Islâmic Monotheism), then know that they only follow their own lusts. And who is more astray than one who follows his own lusts, without guidance from Allâh? Verily Allâh guides not the people who are Zâlimûn (wrong-doers, disobedient to Allâh, and polytheists).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَإِن
fa-in
But if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟
yastajībū
they respond
لَكَ
laka
to you
فَٱعْلَمْ
fa-iʿ'lam
then know
أَنَّمَا
annamā
that only
يَتَّبِعُونَ
yattabiʿūna
they follow
أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ
ahwāahum
their desires
وَمَنْ
waman
And who
أَضَلُّ
aḍallu
(is) more astray
مِمَّنِ
mimmani
than (one) who
ٱتَّبَعَ
ittabaʿa
follows
هَوَىٰهُ
hawāhu
his own desire
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
هُدًۭى
hudan
guidance
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
lā
(does) not
يَهْدِى
yahdī
guide
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
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.
50-1. That is, they cannot present a book more guiding than the Quran and the Torah, and certainly, they will not be able to do so.
50-2. That is, abandoning the guidance sent down by Allah and following one's own desires is the greatest misguidance, and in this regard, these Quraysh of Makkah are the most misguided, as they are committing such an act.
50-2. That is, abandoning the guidance sent down by Allah and following one's own desires is the greatest misguidance, and in this regard, these Quraysh of Makkah are the most misguided, as they are committing such an act.
