سُوْرَةُ فُصِّلَتۡ
Surah Fussilat (41) — Ayah 44
وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَانًا أَعْجَمِيًّا لَّقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ ءَايَـٰتُهُۥٓ ۖ ءَا۬عْجَمِىٌّ وَعَرَبِىٌّ ۗ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ هُدًى وَشِفَآءٌ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ ﴿44﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if We had sent this as a Qur’ân in a foreign language (other than Arabic), they would have said: "Why are not its verses explained in detail (in our language)? What! (A Book) not in Arabic and (the Messenger) an Arab?" Say: "It is for those who believe, a guide and a healing. And as for those who disbelieve, there is heaviness (deafness) in their ears, and it (the Qur’ân) is blindness for them. They are those who are called from a place far away (so they neither listen nor understand)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
جَعَلْنَـٰهُ
jaʿalnāhu
We (had) made it
قُرْءَانًا
qur'ānan
a Quran
أَعْجَمِيًّۭا
aʿjamiyyan
(in) a foreign (language)
لَّقَالُوا۟
laqālū
they (would have) said
لَوْلَا
lawlā
Why not
فُصِّلَتْ
fuṣṣilat
are explained in detail
ءَايَـٰتُهُۥٓ ۖ
āyātuhu
its verses
ءَا۬عْجَمِىٌّۭ
āʿ'jamiyyun
(Is it) a foreign (language)
وَعَرَبِىٌّۭ ۗ
waʿarabiyyun
and an Arab
قُلْ
qul
Say
هُوَ
huwa
It (is)
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
هُدًۭى
hudan
a guidance
وَشِفَآءٌۭ ۖ
washifāon
and a healing
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
لَا
lā
(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
believe
فِىٓ
fī
in
ءَاذَانِهِمْ
ādhānihim
their ears
وَقْرٌۭ
waqrun
(is) deafness
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and it
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
(is) for them
عَمًى ۚ
ʿaman
blindness
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
يُنَادَوْنَ
yunādawna
are being called
مِن
min
from
مَّكَانٍۭ
makānin
a place
بَعِيدٍۢ
baʿīdin
far
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.
44. 1 That is, if the Quran had been revealed in a language other than Arabic.
44. 2 That is, why was it not explained in our language so that we could understand it, because we are Arabs and do not understand a non-Arabic language.
44. 3 This is also the saying of the disbelievers, that they are astonished that the Messenger is an Arab and the Quran has been revealed to him in a non-Arabic language. The meaning is that by revealing the Quran in the Arabic language, no excuse has been left for its primary audience, the Arabs. If it had been in a non-Arabic language, they could have made an excuse.
44. 4 That is, just as a distant person, due to the distance, is unable to hear the voice of the caller, in the same way, the intellect and understanding of these people do not grasp the Quran.
44. 2 That is, why was it not explained in our language so that we could understand it, because we are Arabs and do not understand a non-Arabic language.
44. 3 This is also the saying of the disbelievers, that they are astonished that the Messenger is an Arab and the Quran has been revealed to him in a non-Arabic language. The meaning is that by revealing the Quran in the Arabic language, no excuse has been left for its primary audience, the Arabs. If it had been in a non-Arabic language, they could have made an excuse.
44. 4 That is, just as a distant person, due to the distance, is unable to hear the voice of the caller, in the same way, the intellect and understanding of these people do not grasp the Quran.
