سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 39
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا صُمٌّ وَبُكْمٌ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ ۗ مَن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يُضْلِلْهُ وَمَن يَشَأْ يَجْعَلْهُ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿39﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Those who reject Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) are deaf and dumb in the darkness. Allâh sends astray whom He wills and He guides on the Straight Path whom He wills.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
rejected
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Verses
صُمٌّۭ
ṣummun
(are) deaf
وَبُكْمٌۭ
wabuk'mun
and dumb
فِى
fī
in
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ ۗ
l-ẓulumāti
the darkness[es]
مَن
man
Whoever
يَشَإِ
yasha-i
wills
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
يُضْلِلْهُ
yuḍ'lil'hu
He lets him go astray
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
يَشَأْ
yasha
He wills
يَجْعَلْهُ
yajʿalhu
He places him
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
صِرَٰطٍۢ
ṣirāṭin
(the) way
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
mus'taqīmin
(the) straight
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.
39. 1. Those who deny the signs of Allah, since they do not listen to the truth with their ears nor speak the truth with their tongues, are just like the mute and the deaf. Moreover, they are also surrounded by the darkness of disbelief and misguidance. Therefore, they cannot see anything that could lead to their correction. Thus, it is as if their senses have been taken away, from which they cannot benefit in any way. Then it is said that all authority is in the hands of Allah; He misguides whom He wills and guides whom He wills to the straight path. But His decision does not happen arbitrarily; rather, it is according to the demands of justice and fairness. He misguides only the one who is already entangled in misguidance, who neither strives to come out of it nor desires to come out of it. See also the footnote of Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 26.
