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Surah Fussilat (41) — Ayah 23
وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَىٰكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ﴿23﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And that thought of yours which you thought about your Lord, has brought you to destruction; and you have become (this Day) of those utterly lost!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَذَٰلِكُمْ
wadhālikum
And that
ظَنُّكُمُ
ẓannukumu
(was) your assumption
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
which
ظَنَنتُم
ẓanantum
you assumed
بِرَبِّكُمْ
birabbikum
about your Lord
أَرْدَىٰكُمْ
ardākum
It has ruined you
فَأَصْبَحْتُم
fa-aṣbaḥtum
and you have become
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
l-khāsirīna
the losers
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.
23. 1. That is, your corrupt belief and false assumption that Allah does not know many of our deeds has led you to destruction, because due to this you became bold and fearless in committing every kind of sin. There is a narration regarding its reason for revelation: Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud ؓ says that near the Ka'bah, two Qurayshis and one Thaqafi, or two Thaqafis and one Qurayshi, gathered together. One of them, who was stout-bodied and of little understanding, said, "Do you think Allah hears our conversations?" The second said, "He hears our loud conversations but does not hear our secret ones." Another said, "If He hears our loud conversations, then He certainly hears our secret ones as well." Upon this, Allah Almighty revealed the verse: وما كنتم تستترون (__QUR_N__), (Sahih Bukhari, Tafsir Surah Hamim As-Sajdah).
