سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 87
وَأَلْقَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلسَّلَمَ ۖ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ ﴿87﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they will offer (their full) submission to Allâh (Alone) on that Day, and their invented false deities [all that they used to invoke besides Allâh, e.g. idols, saints, priests, monks, angels, jinn, Jibrîl (Gabriel), Messengers] will vanish from them.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَلْقَوْا۟
wa-alqaw
And they (will) offer
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
يَوْمَئِذٍ
yawma-idhin
(on) that Day
ٱلسَّلَمَ ۖ
l-salama
the submission
وَضَلَّ
waḍalla
and (is) lost
عَنْهُم
ʿanhum
from them
مَّا
mā
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used (to)
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
invent
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.
The meaning of (Ayah 87){ وَ اَلْقَوْا اِلَى اللّٰهِ يَوْمَىِٕذِ ا۟لسَّلَمَ … : ’’ السَّلَمَ ‘‘} is to be obedient, to be submissive. That is, at first, they will keep denying their polytheism by swearing oaths, as mentioned in Surah Al-An'am (22, 23) and Surah Al-Mujadila (18). Then, upon seeing the partners they had invented, they will try to implicate them as well, as mentioned in the previous verse. When those partners will also clearly call them liars and they will have no answer left, they will raise their hands before Allah Almighty and become completely obedient and utterly humble and submissive. All those fulfillers of needs, problem-solvers, benefactors, and supporters whom they had made up, and the false stories of their help that they had fabricated, all will vanish from them; none will be seen. Some people find an objection here that, like at this place, in many verses of the Quran, the speech, excuses, and oaths of the polytheists are mentioned, while in several verses, it is mentioned that their mouths will be sealed or they will not be allowed to speak. The interpreter of the Quran, Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), has reconciled this by saying that these are descriptions of different occasions, because the Day of Judgment will be fifty thousand years long; sometimes their state will be one way, sometimes another. [ مسلم، الزکوٰۃ، باب إثم مانع الزکوٰۃ : ۹۸۷ ]
