سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 156
۞ وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ عَذَابِىٓ أُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَنْ أَشَآءُ ۖ وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ ۚ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿156﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"And ordain for us good in this world, and in the Hereafter. Certainly we have turned unto You." He said: (As to) My punishment I afflict therewith whom I will and My Mercy embraces all things. That (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who are the Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2), and give Zakât; and those who believe in Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs and revelations, etc.);
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ وَٱكْتُبْ
wa-uk'tub
And ordain
لَنَا
lanā
for us
فِى
fī
in
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
this
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
[the] world
حَسَنَةًۭ
ḥasanatan
good
وَفِى
wafī
and in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
هُدْنَآ
hud'nā
we have turned
إِلَيْكَ ۚ
ilayka
to You
قَالَ
qāla
He said
عَذَابِىٓ
ʿadhābī
My punishment
أُصِيبُ
uṣību
I afflict
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
مَنْ
man
whom
أَشَآءُ ۖ
ashāu
I will
وَرَحْمَتِى
waraḥmatī
but My Mercy
وَسِعَتْ
wasiʿat
encompasses
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَىْءٍۢ ۚ
shayin
thing
فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا
fasa-aktubuhā
So I will ordain it
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
يَتَّقُونَ
yattaqūna
(are) righteous
وَيُؤْتُونَ
wayu'tūna
and give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
l-zakata
zakah
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
هُم
hum
[they]
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
in Our Verses
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
they believe
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.
156. 1. That is, they repent.
156. 2. It is due to the vastness of His mercy that in this world both the righteous and the wicked, and both the believer and the disbeliever, are benefiting from His mercy. It is mentioned in the hadith: "Allah's mercy has one hundred parts. This is one part of His mercy by which the creation shows mercy to one another, and wild animals show affection to their young, and He has kept ninety-nine parts of His mercy with Himself." (Sahih Muslim)
156. 2. It is due to the vastness of His mercy that in this world both the righteous and the wicked, and both the believer and the disbeliever, are benefiting from His mercy. It is mentioned in the hadith: "Allah's mercy has one hundred parts. This is one part of His mercy by which the creation shows mercy to one another, and wild animals show affection to their young, and He has kept ninety-nine parts of His mercy with Himself." (Sahih Muslim)
