سُوْرَةُ الزُّمَرِ
Surah Az-Zumar (39) — Ayah 46
قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ عَـٰلِمَ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ أَنتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِى مَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿46﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "O Allâh! Creator of the heavens and the earth! All-Knower of the Ghaib (Unseen) and the seen! You will judge between your slaves about that wherein they used to differ."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلِ
quli
Say
ٱللَّهُمَّ
l-lahuma
O Allah
فَاطِرَ
fāṭira
Creator
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
عَـٰلِمَ
ʿālima
Knower
ٱلْغَيْبِ
l-ghaybi
(of) the unseen
وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ
wal-shahādati
and the witnessed
أَنتَ
anta
You
تَحْكُمُ
taḥkumu
will judge
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
عِبَادِكَ
ʿibādika
Your slaves
فِى
fī
in
مَا
mā
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
فِيهِ
fīhi
therein
يَخْتَلِفُونَ
yakhtalifūna
differ
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.
46. 1. It is mentioned in a hadith that the Noble Prophet ﷺ, at the beginning of the Tahajjud prayer at night, used to recite this: اللھم رب چبریل ومیکائیل واسرفیل فاطر السموات والارض عالم الغیب والشھادۃ انت تحکم بین عبادک فیما کانوا فیہ یختلفون اھدنی لما اختلف فیہ من الحق باذنک انک تھدی من تشاء الی صراط مستقیم.
