سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 49
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أَنفُسَهُم ۚ بَلِ ٱللَّهُ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا ﴿49﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Have you not seen those (Jews and Christians) who claim sanctity for themselves. Nay, but Allâh sanctifies whom He wills, and they will not be dealt with injustice even equal to the extent of a scalish thread in the long slit of a date-stone.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
تَرَ
tara
you see
إِلَى
ilā
[towards]
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يُزَكُّونَ
yuzakkūna
claim purity
أَنفُسَهُم ۚ
anfusahum
(for) themselves
بَلِ
bali
Nay
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(it is) Allah
يُزَكِّى
yuzakkī
He purifies
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
وَلَا
walā
and not
يُظْلَمُونَ
yuẓ'lamūna
they will be wronged
فَتِيلًا
fatīlan
(even as much as) a hair on a date-seed
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.
49. 1. The Jews used to praise themselves, for example, "We are Allah's sons and His beloved ones," etc. Allah said that the authority of purification also belongs to Allah and the knowledge of it is also with Him, "فتیل" refers to the thread or fiber-like thing that comes out or is seen on the groove of a date seed. That is, not even such a small amount of injustice will be done.
