سُوْرَةُ اٰلِ عِمْرٰنَ
Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 191
ٱلَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ قِيَـٰمًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَـٰذَا بَـٰطِلًا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿191﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Those who remember Allâh (always, and in prayers) standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and think deeply about the creation of the heavens and the earth, (saying): "Our Lord! You have not created (all) this without purpose, glory to You! (Exalted are You above all that they associate with You as partners). Give us salvation from the torment of the Fire.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
يَذْكُرُونَ
yadhkurūna
remember
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
قِيَـٰمًۭا
qiyāman
standing
وَقُعُودًۭا
waquʿūdan
and sitting
وَعَلَىٰ
waʿalā
and on
جُنُوبِهِمْ
junūbihim
their sides
وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ
wayatafakkarūna
and they reflect
فِى
fī
on
خَلْقِ
khalqi
(the) creation
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
مَا
mā
not
خَلَقْتَ
khalaqta
You have created
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
بَـٰطِلًۭا
bāṭilan
(in) vain
سُبْحَـٰنَكَ
sub'ḥānaka
Glory be to You
فَقِنَا
faqinā
so save us
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(from the) punishment
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
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.
191. 1. In these ten verses, in the first verse, Allah Almighty has mentioned some signs of His power and might, and has said that these signs are indeed there, but for whom? For the people of intellect and understanding. This means that even after seeing these wonders of creation and the power of Allah, if a person does not attain the recognition of the Lord, then he is not among the people of understanding. But this tragedy is also very strange that in the Islamic world, the one who is considered an 'intellectual' is the one who is afflicted with doubt about Allah Almighty. In the second verse, the inclination of the people of understanding towards the remembrance of Allah and their reflection on the creation of the heavens and the earth is mentioned. As it is stated in the hadith that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Pray standing. If you cannot pray standing, then pray sitting. If you cannot pray sitting, then pray lying on your side." (صحیح بخاری کتاب الصلٰوۃ) In the next three verses, there are also prayers for forgiveness and for protection from disgrace on the Day of Resurrection.
