سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 70
وَذَرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَعِبًا وَلَهْوًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَذَكِّرْ بِهِۦٓ أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِىٌّ وَلَا شَفِيعٌ وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ لَّا يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَآ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُوا۟ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ ۖ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ ﴿70﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And leave alone those who take their religion as play and amusement, and whom the life of this world has deceived. But remind (them) with it (the Qur’ân) lest a person be given up to destruction for that which he has earned, when he will find for himself no protector or intercessor besides Allâh, and even if he offers every ransom, it will not be accepted from him. Such are they who are given up to destruction because of that which they have earned. For them will be a drink of boiling water and a painful torment because they used to disbelieve.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَذَرِ
wadhari
And leave
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
ittakhadhū
take
دِينَهُمْ
dīnahum
their religion
لَعِبًۭا
laʿiban
(as) a play
وَلَهْوًۭا
walahwan
and amusement
وَغَرَّتْهُمُ
wagharrathumu
and deluded them
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
l-ḥayatu
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
وَذَكِّرْ
wadhakkir
But remind
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
with it
أَن
an
lest
تُبْسَلَ
tub'sala
is given up to destruction
نَفْسٌۢ
nafsun
a soul
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كَسَبَتْ
kasabat
it (has) earned
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
لَهَا
lahā
(is) for it
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَلِىٌّۭ
waliyyun
any protector
وَلَا
walā
and not
شَفِيعٌۭ
shafīʿun
any intercessor
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
تَعْدِلْ
taʿdil
it offers ransom
كُلَّ
kulla
every
عَدْلٍۢ
ʿadlin
ransom
لَّا
lā
not
يُؤْخَذْ
yu'khadh
will it be taken
مِنْهَآ ۗ
min'hā
from it
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(are) ones who
أُبْسِلُوا۟
ub'silū
are given to destruction
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كَسَبُوا۟ ۖ
kasabū
they earned
لَهُمْ
lahum
For them
شَرَابٌۭ
sharābun
(will be) a drink
مِّنْ
min
of
حَمِيمٍۢ
ḥamīmin
boiling water
وَعَذَابٌ
waʿadhābun
and a punishment
أَلِيمٌۢ
alīmun
painful
بِمَا
bimā
because
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَكْفُرُونَ
yakfurūna
disbelieve
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.
70. 1. تُبْسَلَ, i.e.: Lest it be تُبْسَلَ. The original meaning of بسل is prevention; from this comes شُجَاعٌ بَاسِلٌ. But here, various meanings have been given. 1: تُسَلَّمُ — handed over. 2: تُفْضَحُ — disgraced. 3: تُؤَاخَذُ — held accountable. 4: تُجَازی — recompensed. Imam Ibn Kathir states that all the meanings are close to each other. In summary (Imam Ibn Kathir) says that they should be admonished through this Quran. Lest a soul, because of what it has earned, be handed over to destruction. Or disgrace becomes its fate, or it falls into the grip of accountability and recompense. All these meanings have been expressed by the learned translator as "lest it gets caught."
70. 2. In the world, a person is generally freed through the help of a friend, someone's intercession, or by paying a financial compensation. But in the Hereafter, none of these means will work; there will be no friend for the disbelievers who can save them from Allah's grasp, nor any intercessor who can deliver them from Allah's punishment, nor will anyone have compensation — and even if, hypothetically, they did, it would not be accepted so that they could be freed by giving it. This subject has been mentioned at several places in the Quran.
70. 2. In the world, a person is generally freed through the help of a friend, someone's intercession, or by paying a financial compensation. But in the Hereafter, none of these means will work; there will be no friend for the disbelievers who can save them from Allah's grasp, nor any intercessor who can deliver them from Allah's punishment, nor will anyone have compensation — and even if, hypothetically, they did, it would not be accepted so that they could be freed by giving it. This subject has been mentioned at several places in the Quran.
