سُوْرَةُ لُقْمَانَ
Surah Luqman (31) — Ayah 33
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ وَٱخْشَوْا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِۦ وَلَا مَوْلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ ۖ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ ﴿33﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O mankind! Be afraid of your Lord (by keeping your duty to Him and avoiding all evil), and fear a Day when no father can avail aught for his son, nor a son avail aught for his father. Verily, the Promise of Allâh is true: let not then this (worldly) present life deceive you, nor let the chief deceiver (Satan) deceive you about Allâh.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O
ٱلنَّاسُ
l-nāsu
mankind
ٱتَّقُوا۟
ittaqū
Fear
رَبَّكُمْ
rabbakum
your Lord
وَٱخْشَوْا۟
wa-ikh'shaw
and fear
يَوْمًۭا
yawman
a Day
لَّا
lā
not
يَجْزِى
yajzī
can avail
وَالِدٌ
wālidun
a father
عَن
ʿan
[for]
وَلَدِهِۦ
waladihi
his son
وَلَا
walā
and not
مَوْلُودٌ
mawlūdun
a son
هُوَ
huwa
he
جَازٍ
jāzin
(can) avail
عَن
ʿan
[for]
وَالِدِهِۦ
wālidihi
his father
شَيْـًٔا ۚ
shayan
anything
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
وَعْدَ
waʿda
(the) Promise
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
حَقٌّۭ ۖ
ḥaqqun
(is) True
فَلَا
falā
so let not deceive you
تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ
taghurrannakumu
so let not deceive you
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
l-ḥayatu
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
وَلَا
walā
and let not deceive you
يَغُرَّنَّكُم
yaghurrannakum
and let not deceive you
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
about Allah
ٱلْغَرُورُ
l-gharūru
the deceiver
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.
33-1. جاز is an active participle from جَزْی یَجْزِی, meaning to give recompense. The meaning is that if a father wishes to offer his life as recompense to save his son, or the son offers his life in exchange for his father, it will not be possible there; every person will bear the punishment for what he has done. When even father and son cannot benefit each other, then what status will other relatives have, and how could they possibly benefit one another?
