سُوْرَةُ الْحَدِيْدِ
Surah Al-Hadid (57) — Ayah 20
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِ ۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ ٱلْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَـٰمًا ۖ وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ ۚ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children. (It is) as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment (for the disbelievers - evil-doers), and (there is) Forgiveness from Allâh and (His) Good Pleasure (for the believers - good-doers). And the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟
iʿ'lamū
Know
أَنَّمَا
annamā
that
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
l-ḥayatu
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
لَعِبٌۭ
laʿibun
(is) play
وَلَهْوٌۭ
walahwun
and amusement
وَزِينَةٌۭ
wazīnatun
and adornment
وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ
watafākhurun
and boasting
بَيْنَكُمْ
baynakum
among you
وَتَكَاثُرٌۭ
watakāthurun
and competition in increase
فِى
fī
of
ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ
l-amwāli
the wealth
وَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِ ۖ
wal-awlādi
and the children
كَمَثَلِ
kamathali
like (the) example
غَيْثٍ
ghaythin
(of) a rain
أَعْجَبَ
aʿjaba
pleases
ٱلْكُفَّارَ
l-kufāra
the tillers
نَبَاتُهُۥ
nabātuhu
its growth
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يَهِيجُ
yahīju
it dries
فَتَرَىٰهُ
fatarāhu
and you see it
مُصْفَرًّۭا
muṣ'farran
turning yellow
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يَكُونُ
yakūnu
becomes
حُطَـٰمًۭا ۖ
ḥuṭāman
debris
وَفِى
wafī
And in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
عَذَابٌۭ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
شَدِيدٌۭ
shadīdun
severe
وَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ
wamaghfiratun
and forgiveness
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَرِضْوَٰنٌۭ ۚ
wariḍ'wānun
and Pleasure
وَمَا
wamā
But not
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
l-ḥayatu
(is) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَآ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَتَـٰعُ
matāʿu
(the) enjoyment
ٱلْغُرُورِ
l-ghurūri
(of) delusion
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.
20-1. That is, for the disbelievers who remained occupied only in the amusements of the world and considered this alone as the purpose of life.
20-2. That is, for the people of faith and obedience, who did not consider the world as everything, but regarded it as temporary, perishable, and a place of trial, and lived in it according to Allah's guidance.
20-2. That is, for the people of faith and obedience, who did not consider the world as everything, but regarded it as temporary, perishable, and a place of trial, and lived in it according to Allah's guidance.
