سُوْرَةُ فَاطِرٍ
Surah Faatir (35) — Ayah 37
وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَـٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُ ۖ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَمَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ ﴿37﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Therein they will cry: "Our Lord! Bring us out, we shall do righteous good deeds, not (the evil deeds) that we used to do." (Allâh will reply): "Did We not give you lives long enough, so that whosoever would receive admonition could receive it? And the warner came to you. So taste you (the evil of your deeds). For the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers) there is no helper."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَهُمْ
wahum
And they
يَصْطَرِخُونَ
yaṣṭarikhūna
will cry
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
رَبَّنَآ
rabbanā
Our Lord
أَخْرِجْنَا
akhrij'nā
Bring us out
نَعْمَلْ
naʿmal
we will do
صَـٰلِحًا
ṣāliḥan
righteous (deeds)
غَيْرَ
ghayra
other than
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(that) which
كُنَّا
kunnā
we used
نَعْمَلُ ۚ
naʿmalu
(to) do
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Did not
نُعَمِّرْكُم
nuʿammir'kum
We give you life long enough
مَّا
mā
that
يَتَذَكَّرُ
yatadhakkaru
(would) receive admonition
فِيهِ
fīhi
therein
مَن
man
whoever
تَذَكَّرَ
tadhakkara
receives admonition
وَجَآءَكُمُ
wajāakumu
And came to you
ٱلنَّذِيرُ ۖ
l-nadhīru
the warner
فَذُوقُوا۟
fadhūqū
So taste
فَمَا
famā
then not
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
lilẓẓālimīna
(is) for the wrongdoers
مِن
min
any
نَّصِيرٍ
naṣīrin
helper
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.
37. 1. That is, instead of others, they will worship You and, instead of disobedience, they will obey You.
37. 2. What age is meant by this? The commentators have mentioned different ages; some, reasoning from hadith, have said that sixty years of age is meant. But in our view, specifying an age is not correct, because ages vary—some die in youth, some in old age. Moreover, these periods are not as brief as fleeting moments; for example, each period is quite long, such as the period of youth, from puberty to middle age, and the period of middle age lasts until old age, and the period of old age lasts until death. And it would be correct to ask everyone: We gave you such an age that, had you wanted to understand the truth, you could have understood it. Then why did you not try to understand the truth and adopt it?
37. 3. By this is meant the Prophet ﷺ. That is, for reminder and admonition, the Prophet ﷺ and the scholars who are heirs to his pulpit and mihrab came to you, but you neither used your intellect and understanding nor paid attention to the words of the callers to truth.
37. 2. What age is meant by this? The commentators have mentioned different ages; some, reasoning from hadith, have said that sixty years of age is meant. But in our view, specifying an age is not correct, because ages vary—some die in youth, some in old age. Moreover, these periods are not as brief as fleeting moments; for example, each period is quite long, such as the period of youth, from puberty to middle age, and the period of middle age lasts until old age, and the period of old age lasts until death. And it would be correct to ask everyone: We gave you such an age that, had you wanted to understand the truth, you could have understood it. Then why did you not try to understand the truth and adopt it?
37. 3. By this is meant the Prophet ﷺ. That is, for reminder and admonition, the Prophet ﷺ and the scholars who are heirs to his pulpit and mihrab came to you, but you neither used your intellect and understanding nor paid attention to the words of the callers to truth.
