سُوْرَةُ الرُّوْمِ
Surah Ar-Room (30) — Ayah 8
أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم ۗ مَّا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِلِقَآئِ رَبِّهِمْ لَكَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿8﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Do they not think deeply (in their ownselves) about themselves (how Allâh created them from nothing, and similarly He will resurrect them)? Allâh has created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, except with truth and for an appointed term. And indeed many of mankind deny the Meeting with their Lord. [Tafsir At-Tabarî].
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟
yatafakkarū
they ponder
فِىٓ
fī
within
أَنفُسِهِم ۗ
anfusihim
themselves
مَّا
mā
Not
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
Allah (has) created
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah (has) created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
wal-arḍa
and the earth
وَمَا
wamā
and what
بَيْنَهُمَآ
baynahumā
(is) between them
إِلَّا
illā
except
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
وَأَجَلٍۢ
wa-ajalin
and (for) a term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۗ
musamman
appointed
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the people
بِلِقَآئِ
biliqāi
in (the) meeting
رَبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
(with) their Lord
لَكَـٰفِرُونَ
lakāfirūna
surely (are) disbelievers
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.
8-1 Or created with a purpose and truth, not aimlessly and in vain. And that purpose is that the righteous may be rewarded for their good deeds and the wicked may be punished for their evil deeds. That is, do they not reflect upon their own existence, how they were brought from non-existence into being, and how they were created from a lowly drop of water? Then, a vast and expansive system of the heavens and the earth was established for a specific purpose, and for all of these, a particular time was appointed, that is, the Day of Resurrection. On that day, all of this will perish. The meaning is that if they were to reflect upon these matters, they would certainly realize and feel the existence of Allah, His Lordship and Divinity, and His absolute power, and they would come to believe in Him.
8-2 And the reason for this is the very lack of reflection and contemplation on the universe; otherwise, there is no reasonable basis for denying the Resurrection.
8-2 And the reason for this is the very lack of reflection and contemplation on the universe; otherwise, there is no reasonable basis for denying the Resurrection.
