سُوْرَةُ الزُّمَرِ
Surah Az-Zumar (39) — Ayah 22
أَفَمَن شَرَحَ ٱللَّهُ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَـٰمِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْقَـٰسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مِّن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿22﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Is he whose breast Allâh has opened to Islâm, so that he is in light from His Lord (as he who is a non-Muslim)? So woe to those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allâh! They are in plain error!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَفَمَن
afaman
So is (one for) whom
شَرَحَ
sharaḥa
Allah has expanded
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah has expanded
صَدْرَهُۥ
ṣadrahu
his breast
لِلْإِسْلَـٰمِ
lil'is'lāmi
for Islam
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
so he
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) upon
نُورٍۢ
nūrin
a light
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ
rabbihi
his Lord
فَوَيْلٌۭ
fawaylun
So woe
لِّلْقَـٰسِيَةِ
lil'qāsiyati
to (those are) hardened
قُلُوبُهُم
qulūbuhum
their hearts
مِّن
min
from
ذِكْرِ
dhik'ri
(the) remembrance of Allah
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
(the) remembrance of Allah
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
فِى
fī
(are) in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢ
ḍalālin
error
مُّبِينٍ
mubīnin
clear
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.
22. 1. That is, the one who is granted by Allah the ability to accept the truth and adopt the path of goodness, so due to this openness of the chest, he is upon the light of his Lord—can he be like the one whose heart is hard for Islam, and whose chest is constricted, and who is wandering in the darknesses of misguidance?
