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Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 64
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآءُوكَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا ﴿64﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
We sent no Messenger, but to be obeyed by Allâh’s Leave. If they (hypocrites), when they had been unjust to themselves, had come to you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and begged Allâh’s Forgiveness, and the Messenger had begged forgiveness for them: indeed, they would have found Allâh All-Forgiving (One Who forgives and accepts repentance), Most Merciful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَآ
wamā
And not
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalnā
We sent
مِن
min
any
رَّسُولٍ
rasūlin
Messenger
إِلَّا
illā
except
لِيُطَاعَ
liyuṭāʿa
to be obeyed
بِإِذْنِ
bi-idh'ni
by (the) permission
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
[that] they
إِذ
idh
when
ظَّلَمُوٓا۟
ẓalamū
they wronged
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
جَآءُوكَ
jāūka
(had) come to you
فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟
fa-is'taghfarū
and asked forgiveness
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
(of) Allah
وَٱسْتَغْفَرَ
wa-is'taghfara
and asked forgiveness
لَهُمُ
lahumu
for them
ٱلرَّسُولُ
l-rasūlu
the Messenger
لَوَجَدُوا۟
lawajadū
surely they would have found
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
تَوَّابًۭا
tawwāban
Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمًۭا
raḥīman
Most Merciful
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.
64. 1. For forgiveness, repentance and seeking forgiveness in the court of Allah alone is necessary and sufficient. But here they were told: O Prophet ﷺ! That they should come to you and seek forgiveness from Allah, and you also seek forgiveness for them. This is because, since they turned to others for the resolution of disputes (settling arguments) and showed disregard for you ﷺ, therefore, to make amends for this, they were especially instructed to come to you ﷺ.
