سُوْرَةُ الْقَصَصِ

Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 71

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قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِضِيَآءٍ ۖ أَفَلَا تَسْمَعُونَ ﴿71﴾
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Tell me! If Allâh made the night continuous for you till the Day of Resurrection, which ilâh (god) besides Allâh could bring you light? Will you not then hear?"
قُلْ qul Say
أَرَءَيْتُمْ ara-aytum Have you seen
إِن in if
جَعَلَ jaʿala Allah made
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah made
عَلَيْكُمُ ʿalaykumu for you
ٱلَّيْلَ al-layla the night
سَرْمَدًا sarmadan continuous
إِلَىٰ ilā till
يَوْمِ yawmi (the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ l-qiyāmati (of) the Resurrection
مَنْ man who
إِلَـٰهٌ ilāhun (is the) god
غَيْرُ ghayru besides
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
يَأْتِيكُم yatīkum who could bring you
بِضِيَآءٍ ۖ biḍiyāin light
أَفَلَا afalā Then will not
تَسْمَعُونَ tasmaʿūna you hear

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.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.