سُوْرَةُ التَّوْبَةِ

Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 116

The Repentance · Medinan · Juz 11 · Page 205

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۚ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ﴿116﴾
Verily, Allâh! Unto Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, He gives life and He causes death. And besides Allâh you have neither any Walî (protector or guardian) nor any helper.
إِنَّ inna Indeed
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
لَهُۥ lahu to Him (belongs)
مُلْكُ mul'ku the dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ wal-arḍi and the earth
يُحْىِۦ yuḥ'yī He gives life
وَيُمِيتُ ۚ wayumītu and He causes death
وَمَا wamā And not
لَكُم lakum for you
مِّن min besides Allah
دُونِ dūni besides Allah
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi besides Allah
مِن min any
وَلِىٍّۢ waliyyin protector
وَلَا walā and not
نَصِيرٍۢ naṣīrin any helper

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 exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.