سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ
Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 37
لِيَمِيزَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَبِيثَ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبِ وَيَجْعَلَ ٱلْخَبِيثَ بَعْضَهُۥ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَيَرْكُمَهُۥ جَمِيعًا فَيَجْعَلَهُۥ فِى جَهَنَّمَ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ ﴿37﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
In order that Allâh may distinguish the wicked (disbelievers, polytheists and doers of evil deeds) from the good (believers of Islâmic Monotheism and doers of righteous deeds), and put the wicked (disbelievers, polytheists and doers of evil deeds) one over another, heap them together and cast them into Hell. Those! it is they who are the losers.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لِيَمِيزَ
liyamīza
That may distinguish
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ٱلْخَبِيثَ
l-khabītha
the wicked
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلطَّيِّبِ
l-ṭayibi
the good
وَيَجْعَلَ
wayajʿala
and place
ٱلْخَبِيثَ
l-khabītha
the wicked
بَعْضَهُۥ
baʿḍahu
some of them
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
بَعْضٍۢ
baʿḍin
others
فَيَرْكُمَهُۥ
fayarkumahu
and heap them
جَمِيعًۭا
jamīʿan
all together
فَيَجْعَلَهُۥ
fayajʿalahu
and put them
فِى
fī
in
جَهَنَّمَ ۚ
jahannama
Hell
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ
l-khāsirūna
(are) the losers
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.
37. 1. This separation will either occur in the Hereafter, where the people of happiness will be separated from the people of wretchedness, as it is said: (وَامْتَا زُوا الْیَوْ مَ اَتُہاَ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ) (Surah Ya-Sin. 59) "O sinners! Today, keep yourselves apart," meaning from the righteous people, and the criminals, that is, the disbelievers, polytheists, and disobedient ones, will be gathered together and all will be thrown into Hell. Or, it may relate to this world, meaning that the disbelievers are spending wealth to hinder from the path of Allah, and We will give them the opportunity to do so, so that in this way Allah may separate the impure from the pure, the disbeliever from the believer, and the hypocrite from the sincere. In this regard, the meaning of the verse will be: through the disbelievers, We will test you; they will fight you, and We will also give them the ability to spend their wealth in battle, so that the impure may be distinguished from the pure. Then He will combine the impure with one another, meaning He will gather them all together (Ibn Kathir).
