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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 26
قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَـٰلِكَ ٱلْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِى ٱلْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ ٱلْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْخَيْرُ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿26﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "O Allâh! Possessor of the kingdom, You give the kingdom to whom You will, and You take the kingdom from whom You will, and You endue with honour whom You will, and You humiliate whom You will. In Your Hand is the good. Verily, You are Able to do all things.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلِ
quli
Say
ٱللَّهُمَّ
l-lahuma
O Allah
مَـٰلِكَ
mālika
Owner
ٱلْمُلْكِ
l-mul'ki
(of) the Dominion
تُؤْتِى
tu'tī
You give
ٱلْمُلْكَ
l-mul'ka
the dominion
مَن
man
(to) whom
تَشَآءُ
tashāu
You will
وَتَنزِعُ
watanziʿu
and You take away
ٱلْمُلْكَ
l-mul'ka
the dominion
مِمَّن
mimman
from whom
تَشَآءُ
tashāu
You will
وَتُعِزُّ
watuʿizzu
and You honor
مَن
man
whom
تَشَآءُ
tashāu
You will
وَتُذِلُّ
watudhillu
and You humiliate
مَن
man
whom
تَشَآءُ ۖ
tashāu
You will
بِيَدِكَ
biyadika
In Your hand
ٱلْخَيْرُ ۖ
l-khayru
(is all) the good
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, You
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(are) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
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.
26. 1. In this verse, there is an expression of Allah’s immense power and might: He can make a king into a beggar, and a beggar into a king; He is the owner of all authority, meaning all goodness is only in Your hand. There is no one besides You who can grant goodness. Although the creator of evil is also Allah Ta'ala. However, only goodness is mentioned, not evil, because goodness is purely Allah’s grace, unlike evil, which is the recompense for a person’s own actions that reaches him, or because evil is also a part of His decree and destiny, which contains goodness within it. In this regard, all His actions are good. (فتح القدیر)
