سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 43
وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى هَدَىٰنَا لِهَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِىَ لَوْلَآ أَنْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ ۖ لَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَنُودُوٓا۟ أَن تِلْكُمُ ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿43﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We shall remove from their breasts any (mutual) hatred or sense of injury (which they had, if at all, in the life of this world); rivers flowing under them, and they will say: "All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, Who has guided us to this, and never could we have found guidance, were it not that Allâh had guided us! Indeed, the Messengers of our Lord did come with the truth." And it will be cried out to them: "This is the Paradise which you have inherited for what you used to do."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَنَزَعْنَا
wanazaʿnā
And We will remove
مَا
mā
whatever
فِى
fī
(is) in
صُدُورِهِم
ṣudūrihim
their breasts
مِّنْ
min
of
غِلٍّۢ
ghillin
malice
تَجْرِى
tajrī
Flows
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهِمُ
taḥtihimu
underneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ
l-anhāru
the rivers
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they will say
ٱلْحَمْدُ
l-ḥamdu
All the praise
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
(is) for Allah
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the One Who
هَدَىٰنَا
hadānā
guided us
لِهَـٰذَا
lihādhā
to this
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كُنَّا
kunnā
we were
لِنَهْتَدِىَ
linahtadiya
to receive guidance
لَوْلَآ
lawlā
if not
أَنْ
an
[that]
هَدَىٰنَا
hadānā
(had) guided us
ٱللَّهُ ۖ
l-lahu
Allah
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
جَآءَتْ
jāat
came
رُسُلُ
rusulu
Messengers
رَبِّنَا
rabbinā
(of) our Lord
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ
bil-ḥaqi
with the truth
وَنُودُوٓا۟
wanūdū
And they will be addressed
أَن
an
[that]
تِلْكُمُ
til'kumu
This
ٱلْجَنَّةُ
l-janatu
(is) Paradise
أُورِثْتُمُوهَا
ūrith'tumūhā
you have been made to inherit it
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
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 Allah, the Exalted, will bestow a favor upon the people of Paradise that He will remove from their chests any feelings of malice and enmity towards one another, and then their hearts will become as clear as mirrors regarding each other; there will remain no grudge or enmity in anyone's heart for another. Some have explained its meaning as that the people of Paradise will not envy each other over the differences in ranks and stations among them. The first meaning is supported by a hadith in which it is mentioned that the people of Paradise will be stopped on a bridge between Paradise and Hell, and whatever wrongs they had done to each other will be settled among them, until when they are completely purified, then they will be allowed to enter Paradise (Sahih Bukhari).
43. 2 That is, this guidance through which we attained a life of faith and righteous deeds, and then also achieved the status of acceptance in the court of Allah, this is a special mercy and grace of Allah. If this mercy and grace had not been there, we could not have reached here. The same meaning is found in the hadith in which the Prophet ﷺ said, "Know well that none of you will enter Paradise merely because of his deeds, until Allah's mercy is there." The companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah, even you?" He ﷺ replied, "Yes, even I will not enter Paradise until the mercy of Allah envelops me."
43. 3 This explanation is not contrary to the previous statement and the mentioned hadith, because the divine enablement (taufiq) to do good deeds itself is also a grace and favor from Allah.
43. 2 That is, this guidance through which we attained a life of faith and righteous deeds, and then also achieved the status of acceptance in the court of Allah, this is a special mercy and grace of Allah. If this mercy and grace had not been there, we could not have reached here. The same meaning is found in the hadith in which the Prophet ﷺ said, "Know well that none of you will enter Paradise merely because of his deeds, until Allah's mercy is there." The companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah, even you?" He ﷺ replied, "Yes, even I will not enter Paradise until the mercy of Allah envelops me."
43. 3 This explanation is not contrary to the previous statement and the mentioned hadith, because the divine enablement (taufiq) to do good deeds itself is also a grace and favor from Allah.
