سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 28
بَلْ بَدَا لَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُخْفُونَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَوْ رُدُّوا۟ لَعَادُوا۟ لِمَا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ ﴿28﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Nay, it has become manifest to them what they had been concealing before. But if they were returned (to the world), they would certainly revert to that which they were forbidden. And indeed they are liars.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
بَلْ
bal
Nay
بَدَا
badā
became manifest
لَهُم
lahum
for them
مَّا
mā
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يُخْفُونَ
yukh'fūna
conceal
مِن
min
from
قَبْلُ ۖ
qablu
before
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
رُدُّوا۟
ruddū
they were sent back
لَعَادُوا۟
laʿādū
certainly they (would) return
لِمَا
limā
to what
نُهُوا۟
nuhū
they were forbidden
عَنْهُ
ʿanhu
from it
وَإِنَّهُمْ
wa-innahum
and indeed they
لَكَـٰذِبُونَ
lakādhibūna
certainly are liars
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.
28. 1. بَلْ comes for Iḍrāb (i.e., to turn away from the previous statement). Several meanings have been mentioned for it: (1) For them, that disbelief, stubbornness, and denial will become manifest, which previously they used to hide in the world or the Hereafter. That is, what they used to deny, just as there too they will say: ما كنا مشركين (We were not polytheists). (2) Or the knowledge of the truthfulness of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Quran which was in their hearts, but they used to hide it from their followers, that will become manifest there. (3) Or the hypocrisy of the hypocrites will become manifest there, which they used to hide from the believers in the world (Tafsir Ibn Kathir).
28. 2. That is, the desire to return to the world is not for the sake of believing, but only to escape the punishment, which will become manifest to them on the Day of Resurrection and which they will witness. Otherwise, if they are sent back to the world again, they will do the same as they did before.
28. 2. That is, the desire to return to the world is not for the sake of believing, but only to escape the punishment, which will become manifest to them on the Day of Resurrection and which they will witness. Otherwise, if they are sent back to the world again, they will do the same as they did before.
