سُوْرَةُ الْحُجُراتِ
Surah Al-Hujuraat (49) — Ayah 7
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِى كَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْإِيمَـٰنَ وَزَيَّنَهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكُفْرَ وَٱلْفُسُوقَ وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And know that among you there is the Messenger of Allâh (صلى الله عليه وسلم). If he were to obey you (i.e. follow your opinions and desires) in much of the matter, you would surely be in trouble. But Allâh has endeared the Faith to you and has beautified it in your hearts, and has made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience (to Allâh and His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم) hateful to you. Such are they who are the rightly guided.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟
wa-iʿ'lamū
And know
أَنَّ
anna
that
فِيكُمْ
fīkum
among you
رَسُولَ
rasūla
(is the) Messenger of Allah
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
(is the) Messenger of Allah
لَوْ
law
If
يُطِيعُكُمْ
yuṭīʿukum
he were to obey you
فِى
fī
in
كَثِيرٍۢ
kathīrin
much
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْأَمْرِ
l-amri
the matter
لَعَنِتُّمْ
laʿanittum
surely you would be in difficulty
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
حَبَّبَ
ḥabbaba
has endeared
إِلَيْكُمُ
ilaykumu
to you
ٱلْإِيمَـٰنَ
l-īmāna
the Faith
وَزَيَّنَهُۥ
wazayyanahu
and has made it pleasing
فِى
fī
in
قُلُوبِكُمْ
qulūbikum
your hearts
وَكَرَّهَ
wakarraha
and has made hateful
إِلَيْكُمُ
ilaykumu
to you
ٱلْكُفْرَ
l-kuf'ra
disbelief
وَٱلْفُسُوقَ
wal-fusūqa
and defiance
وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ ۚ
wal-ʿiṣ'yāna
and disobedience
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
هُمُ
humu
(are) they
ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَ
l-rāshidūna
the guided ones
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.
7. 1. Which requires that you honor and obey them because they know your interests better, as revelation descends upon them. So follow them; do not try to make them follow you, because if they start accepting what you prefer, you yourselves will fall into greater hardship, as stated elsewhere (وَلَوِ اتَّبَـعَ الْحَقُّ اَهْوَاۗءَهُمْ لَــفَسَدَتِ السَّمٰوٰتُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيْهِنَّ) 23. Al-Mu’minun:71).
