سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 50
قُل لَّآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِى خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنِّى مَلَكٌ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ ۚ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿50﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I don’t tell you that with me are the treasures of Allâh, nor (that) I know the Unseen; nor I tell you that I am an angel. I but follow what is revealed to me." Say: "Are the blind and the one who sees equal? Will you not then take thought?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُل
qul
Say
لَّآ
lā
Not
أَقُولُ
aqūlu
(do) I say
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
عِندِى
ʿindī
(that) with me
خَزَآئِنُ
khazāinu
(are the) treasures
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
(that) I know
ٱلْغَيْبَ
l-ghayba
the unseen
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَقُولُ
aqūlu
I say
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
إِنِّى
innī
that I (am)
مَلَكٌ ۖ
malakun
an Angel
إِنْ
in
Not
أَتَّبِعُ
attabiʿu
(do) I follow
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَا
mā
what
يُوحَىٰٓ
yūḥā
is revealed
إِلَىَّ ۚ
ilayya
to me
قُلْ
qul
Say
هَلْ
hal
Can
يَسْتَوِى
yastawī
be equal
ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
l-aʿmā
the blind
وَٱلْبَصِيرُ ۚ
wal-baṣīru
and the seeing one
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then will not
تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
tatafakkarūna
you give thought
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.
50. 1 I do not possess the treasures of Allah (without which is meant all kinds of power and authority) that I could show you any such miracle without Allah’s permission and will, as you desire, upon seeing which you would be convinced of my prophethood. I do not possess knowledge of the unseen either, that I could inform you of future events. Nor do I claim to be an angel, that you compel me to do things beyond human capability. I am only a follower of the revelation that is sent down to me, and this includes hadith as well, as he (the Prophet ﷺ) said: اوتیت القرآن و مثلہ معہ I have been given the Qur’an and something like it along with it; this “like it” is the hadith of the Messenger ﷺ itself.
50. 2 This interrogative is for negation, meaning the blind and the seeing, the misguided and the guided, and the believer and the disbeliever cannot be equal.
50. 2 This interrogative is for negation, meaning the blind and the seeing, the misguided and the guided, and the believer and the disbeliever cannot be equal.
