سُوْرَةُ يُوْنُسَ
Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 22
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا كُنتُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا۟ بِهَا جَآءَتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْجُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ أُحِيطَ بِهِمْ ۙ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ لَئِنْ أَنجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هَـٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ ﴿22﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He it is Who enables you to travel through land and sea, till when you are in the ships, and they sail with them with a favourable wind, and they are glad therein, then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to them from all sides, and they think that they are encircled therein. Then they invoke Allâh, making their Faith pure for Him Alone, (saying): "If You (Allâh) deliver us from this, we shall truly be of the grateful."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(is) the One Who
يُسَيِّرُكُمْ
yusayyirukum
enables you to travel
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْبَرِّ
l-bari
the land
وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۖ
wal-baḥri
and the sea
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْفُلْكِ
l-ful'ki
the ships
وَجَرَيْنَ
wajarayna
and they sail
بِهِم
bihim
with them
بِرِيحٍۢ
birīḥin
with a wind
طَيِّبَةٍۢ
ṭayyibatin
good
وَفَرِحُوا۟
wafariḥū
and they rejoice
بِهَا
bihā
therein
جَآءَتْهَا
jāathā
comes to it
رِيحٌ
rīḥun
a wind
عَاصِفٌۭ
ʿāṣifun
stormy
وَجَآءَهُمُ
wajāahumu
and comes to them
ٱلْمَوْجُ
l-mawju
the waves
مِن
min
from
كُلِّ
kulli
every
مَكَانٍۢ
makānin
place
وَظَنُّوٓا۟
waẓannū
and they assume
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
أُحِيطَ
uḥīṭa
are surrounded
بِهِمْ ۙ
bihim
with them
دَعَوُا۟
daʿawū
They call
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
مُخْلِصِينَ
mukh'liṣīna
sincerely
لَهُ
lahu
to Him
ٱلدِّينَ
l-dīna
(in) the religion
لَئِنْ
la-in
(saying), "If
أَنجَيْتَنَا
anjaytanā
You save us
مِنْ
min
from
هَـٰذِهِۦ
hādhihi
this
لَنَكُونَنَّ
lanakūnanna
surely we will be
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ
l-shākirīna
the thankful
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 22) ➊ { هُوَ الَّذِيْ يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ …:} In this verse as well, first the polytheists are addressed and it is said that He is the One Who makes you travel on land and sea. Then, moving forward, their mention is made in the third person, that the ships carry them along. Referring to the addressee in the third person is called *iltifat* (a rhetorical shift). This *iltifat* is also to express displeasure, that these people, due to their breach of promise, are not worthy of being addressed, so they are mentioned in the third person. When those ships are sailing with favorable and pleasant winds according to their wishes, suddenly a fierce and violent storm comes, and they become certain that they are surrounded, and now if Allah does not save them, there is no way to be saved.
➋ { دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصِيْنَ لَهُ الدِّيْنَ :} Then these polytheists (who are not even worthy of being addressed) make their worship and obedience purely for Allah alone, and call upon Him only, forgetting all their deities and idols, and they supplicate only before Allah. (Ibn Kathir)
➌ { لَنَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الشّٰكِرِيْنَ:} This is the condition of the Arab polytheists as described by Allah, but the state of some so-called Muslims of our time is even worse than theirs. When a great calamity befalls them, for example, when they are drowning in a river or burning in fire, even then they do not repent from shirk, and they still chant “Ya Khawaja Khidr,” “Ya Ali Madad,” and even at the time of death or drowning, they do not call upon Allah. [ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّۃَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰہِ ]
➋ { دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصِيْنَ لَهُ الدِّيْنَ :} Then these polytheists (who are not even worthy of being addressed) make their worship and obedience purely for Allah alone, and call upon Him only, forgetting all their deities and idols, and they supplicate only before Allah. (Ibn Kathir)
➌ { لَنَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الشّٰكِرِيْنَ:} This is the condition of the Arab polytheists as described by Allah, but the state of some so-called Muslims of our time is even worse than theirs. When a great calamity befalls them, for example, when they are drowning in a river or burning in fire, even then they do not repent from shirk, and they still chant “Ya Khawaja Khidr,” “Ya Ali Madad,” and even at the time of death or drowning, they do not call upon Allah. [ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّۃَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰہِ ]
