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Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 27
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَسَبُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ جَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍۭ بِمِثْلِهَا وَتَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ مَّا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ ۖ كَأَنَّمَآ أُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ قِطَعًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مُظْلِمًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿27﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And those who have earned evil deeds, the recompense of an evil deed is the like thereof, and humiliating disgrace will cover them (their faces). No defender will they have from Allâh. Their faces will be covered as it were with pieces from the darkness of night. They are the dwellers of the Fire, they will abide therein forever.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
كَسَبُوا۟
kasabū
earned
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ
l-sayiāti
the evil deeds
جَزَآءُ
jazāu
(the) recompense
سَيِّئَةٍۭ
sayyi-atin
(of) an evil deed
بِمِثْلِهَا
bimith'lihā
(is) like it
وَتَرْهَقُهُمْ
watarhaquhum
and (will) cover them
ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ
dhillatun
humiliation
مَّا
mā
They will not have
لَهُم
lahum
They will not have
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مِنْ
min
any
عَاصِمٍۢ ۖ
ʿāṣimin
defender
كَأَنَّمَآ
ka-annamā
As if
أُغْشِيَتْ
ugh'shiyat
had been covered
وُجُوهُهُمْ
wujūhuhum
their faces
قِطَعًۭا
qiṭaʿan
(with) pieces
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلَّيْلِ
al-layli
the darkness (of) night
مُظْلِمًا ۚ
muẓ'liman
the darkness (of) night
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(are the) companions
ٱلنَّارِ ۖ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
هُمْ
hum
they
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
خَـٰلِدُونَ
khālidūna
(will) abide forever
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 27) ➊ {وَ الَّذِيْنَ كَسَبُوا السَّيِّاٰتِ … :} Above was the mention of the Muhsineen (those who do good), now the condition of those people is described who commit Sayyi’aat (evil deeds). In {’’ سَيِّئَةٍۭ ‘‘}, the tanween is for indefiniteness, therefore the translation is “any evil.” In the previous verse, it is mentioned that the reward for good is much better than it, meaning Paradise and additionally the vision of Allah, now it is stated that for any evil, its recompense will only be equal to it, not more or multiplied. They will be surrounded by a great humiliation, that is, in {’’ ذِلَّةٌ ‘‘} the tanween is for magnification and greatness.
➋ {مَا لَهُمْ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ:} In reality, whether it is the world or the Hereafter, there is no savior anywhere except Allah, but man finds many supports in the world and thinks that through them he has achieved his goal, but in the Hereafter all such means will come to an end and everyone will be certain that now there is no one to save from Allah’s grasp and His punishment, as mentioned in Surah Qiyamah: «{ يَقُوْلُ الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ اَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ (10) كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ (11) اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَىِٕذِ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ }» [القیامۃ : ۱۰ تا ۱۲ ] “And man will say that day, ‘Where is the place of escape?’ Never! There is no refuge. That day, the return is only to your Lord.”
➌ { كَاَنَّمَاۤ اُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوْهُهُمْ قِطَعًا مِّنَ الَّيْلِ مُظْلِمًا : ’’ غَشِيَ يَغْشٰي‘‘} (‘Ayn) To cover. {’’ اَغْشٰي يُغْشِيْ ‘‘} (af‘aal) To put something over someone that covers him. The excessive blackness of their faces is likened as if several pieces of the darkness of a dark night have been put together and thrown over their faces, which have covered them. The mention of the blackness of the faces of the criminals has been made by Allah at several places, for example, see Surah Aal-e-Imran (106, 107), Qiyamah (22 to 25), and Abasa (38 to 41) {’’ مُظْلِمًا ‘‘} This is the state of {’’ الَّيْلِ ‘‘}.
➋ {مَا لَهُمْ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ:} In reality, whether it is the world or the Hereafter, there is no savior anywhere except Allah, but man finds many supports in the world and thinks that through them he has achieved his goal, but in the Hereafter all such means will come to an end and everyone will be certain that now there is no one to save from Allah’s grasp and His punishment, as mentioned in Surah Qiyamah: «{ يَقُوْلُ الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ اَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ (10) كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ (11) اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَىِٕذِ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ }» [القیامۃ : ۱۰ تا ۱۲ ] “And man will say that day, ‘Where is the place of escape?’ Never! There is no refuge. That day, the return is only to your Lord.”
➌ { كَاَنَّمَاۤ اُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوْهُهُمْ قِطَعًا مِّنَ الَّيْلِ مُظْلِمًا : ’’ غَشِيَ يَغْشٰي‘‘} (‘Ayn) To cover. {’’ اَغْشٰي يُغْشِيْ ‘‘} (af‘aal) To put something over someone that covers him. The excessive blackness of their faces is likened as if several pieces of the darkness of a dark night have been put together and thrown over their faces, which have covered them. The mention of the blackness of the faces of the criminals has been made by Allah at several places, for example, see Surah Aal-e-Imran (106, 107), Qiyamah (22 to 25), and Abasa (38 to 41) {’’ مُظْلِمًا ‘‘} This is the state of {’’ الَّيْلِ ‘‘}.
