سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 50
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦٓ إِثْمًا مُّبِينًا ﴿50﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Look, how they invent a lie against Allâh, and enough is that as a manifest sin.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱنظُرْ
unẓur
See
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
they invent
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ
l-kadhiba
[the] lie
وَكَفَىٰ
wakafā
and sufficient
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
is it
إِثْمًۭا
ith'man
(as) a sin
مُّبِينًا
mubīnan
manifest
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.
50. 1 That is, by making the aforementioned claim of purity.
50. 2 That is, this act of theirs—claiming their own purity—is sufficient to increase their falsehood. From this verse of the Noble Quran and the narrations regarding its context of revelation, it is understood that praising and commending one another, especially claiming the purification of souls, is not correct and permissible. The same point is stated elsewhere in the Noble Quran in this way, (فَلَا تُزَكُّوْٓا اَنْفُسَكُمْ ۭ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰى) 53:32 Do not ascribe purity and praise to yourselves; Allah alone knows who among you is truly righteous. In the hadith, it is narrated by Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet ﷺ commanded us to throw dust on the faces of those who praise: "We should throw dust in the faces of those who praise" (Sahih Muslim, Book of Zuhd). In another hadith, it is mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard a man praising another man, so he ﷺ said, (Woe to you! You have cut your companion's neck), then said that if any of you must praise someone, he should say it in this way: I think of him as such-and-such. Do not declare anyone's purity before Allah (Sahih Bukhari).
50. 2 That is, this act of theirs—claiming their own purity—is sufficient to increase their falsehood. From this verse of the Noble Quran and the narrations regarding its context of revelation, it is understood that praising and commending one another, especially claiming the purification of souls, is not correct and permissible. The same point is stated elsewhere in the Noble Quran in this way, (فَلَا تُزَكُّوْٓا اَنْفُسَكُمْ ۭ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰى) 53:32 Do not ascribe purity and praise to yourselves; Allah alone knows who among you is truly righteous. In the hadith, it is narrated by Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet ﷺ commanded us to throw dust on the faces of those who praise: "We should throw dust in the faces of those who praise" (Sahih Muslim, Book of Zuhd). In another hadith, it is mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard a man praising another man, so he ﷺ said, (Woe to you! You have cut your companion's neck), then said that if any of you must praise someone, he should say it in this way: I think of him as such-and-such. Do not declare anyone's purity before Allah (Sahih Bukhari).
