سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 185
أَوَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا۟ فِى مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ وَأَنْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿185﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Do they not look in the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all things that Allâh has created; and that it may be that the end of their lives is near. In what message after this will they then believe?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
يَنظُرُوا۟
yanẓurū
they look
فِى
fī
in
مَلَكُوتِ
malakūti
(the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَمَا
wamā
and what
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
has (been) created
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
مِن
min
of
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
(every)thing
وَأَنْ
wa-an
and that
عَسَىٰٓ
ʿasā
perhaps
أَن
an
[that]
يَكُونَ
yakūna
has
قَدِ
qadi
verily
ٱقْتَرَبَ
iq'taraba
come near
أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ
ajaluhum
their term
فَبِأَىِّ
fabi-ayyi
So in what
حَدِيثٍۭ
ḥadīthin
statement
بَعْدَهُۥ
baʿdahu
after this
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
will 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.
The meaning is that if they reflect even on these things, they will certainly bring faith in Allah, affirm His Messenger, and adopt His obedience, and abandon those whom they have made partners with Allah. And they should fear that death may come to them while they are persisting in disbelief. 185. 2 Ḥadīth here refers to the Noble Quran. That is, if even after the warnings and admonitions of the Noble Prophet ﷺ and the Noble Quran, they do not believe, then what could be a greater thing to warn them, which is sent from Allah, and in which they still do not believe.
