سُوْرَةُ الزُّمَرِ
Surah Az-Zumar (39) — Ayah 57
أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿57﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Or (lest) he should say: "If only Allâh had guided me, I should indeed have been among the Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوْ
aw
Or
تَقُولَ
taqūla
it should say
لَوْ
law
If that
أَنَّ
anna
If that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
هَدَىٰنِى
hadānī
(had) guided me
لَكُنتُ
lakuntu
surely, I (would) have been
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
l-mutaqīna
the righteous
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.
57. 1. That is, if Allah had guided me, I would have been saved from shirk and sins. This is just as at another place the statement of the polytheists is quoted, (لَوْ شَاۗءَ اللّٰهُ مَآ اَشْرَكْنَا) (6. Al-An'am: 148) "If Allah had willed, we would not have committed shirk." Their statement is an example of كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ بِهَا الْبَاطِلُ (a word of truth by which falsehood is intended) (Fath al-Qadeer).
