سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 43
فَلَوْلَآ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُوا۟ وَلَـٰكِن قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿43﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
When Our Torment reached them, why then did they not humble themselves (believe with humility)? But their hearts became hardened, and Shaitân (Satan) made fair-seeming to them that which they used to do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَلَوْلَآ
falawlā
Then why not
إِذْ
idh
when
جَآءَهُم
jāahum
came to them
بَأْسُنَا
basunā
Our punishment
تَضَرَّعُوا۟
taḍarraʿū
they humbled themselves
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
But
قَسَتْ
qasat
became hardened
قُلُوبُهُمْ
qulūbuhum
their hearts
وَزَيَّنَ
wazayyana
and made fair-seeming
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
مَا
mā
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
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.
43. 1. When nations, having sunk into moral and ethical decline, allow their hearts to become rusted, then Allah’s punishments fail to awaken and shake them from their slumber of heedlessness. After that, their hands do not rise before Allah to seek forgiveness, their hearts do not humble themselves in His presence, and their faces do not turn towards reform. Instead, by wrapping their evil deeds in beautiful interpretations and justifications, they satisfy their own hearts. In this verse, the conduct of such nations is described, whose actions have been made attractive to them by Satan.
