سُوْرَةُ الزُّمَرِ
Surah Az-Zumar (39) — Ayah 41
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لِلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ ﴿41﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Verily, We have sent down to you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the Book (this Qur’ân) for mankind in truth. So whosoever accepts the guidance, it is only for his ownself, and whosoever goes astray, he goes astray only for his (own) loss. And you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are not a Wakîl (trustee or disposer of affairs, or guardian) over them.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّآ
innā
Indeed We
أَنزَلْنَا
anzalnā
We revealed
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
to you
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
for [the] mankind
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
فَمَنِ
famani
So whoever
ٱهْتَدَىٰ
ih'tadā
accepts guidance
فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ
falinafsihi
then (it is) for his soul
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
ضَلَّ
ḍalla
goes astray
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innamā
then only
يَضِلُّ
yaḍillu
he strays
عَلَيْهَا ۖ
ʿalayhā
against his (soul)
وَمَآ
wamā
And not
أَنتَ
anta
you
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
(are) over them
بِوَكِيلٍ
biwakīlin
a manager
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.
41. 1. The Prophet found the persistence of the people of Makkah on disbelief very distressing; in this, you are being comforted that your duty is only to convey this Book which We have revealed to you, you are not responsible for their guidance. If they adopt the path of guidance, it will benefit them, and if they do not, they will suffer the loss themselves. The meaning of "wakeel" is responsible and accountable, i.e., you ﷺ are not responsible for their guidance. In the next verse, Allah Almighty mentions one of His absolute powers and wondrous creations, which man observes every day, and that is when he sleeps, his soul, by Allah's command, as if departs, because his faculties of sensation and perception cease, and when he wakes up, the soul is as if sent back into him, restoring his senses. However, the one whose days of life are complete, his soul does not return, and he meets death. Some commentators have described this as major death and minor death.
