سُوْرَةُ الْحَجِّ
Surah Al-Hajj (22) — Ayah 66
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ ﴿66﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
It is He, Who gave you life, and then will cause you to die, and will again give you life (on the Day of Resurrection). Verily man is indeed an ingrate.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
(is) the One Who
أَحْيَاكُمْ
aḥyākum
gave you life
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُمِيتُكُمْ
yumītukum
He will cause you to die
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُحْيِيكُمْ ۗ
yuḥ'yīkum
He will give you life (again)
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
l-insāna
man
لَكَفُورٌۭ
lakafūrun
(is) surely ungrateful
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 66) ➊ {وَ هُوَ الَّذِيْۤ اَحْيَاكُمْ …:} This is the sixth blessing and is the origin of all the previously mentioned blessings: that Allah created you. If He had not created you in the first place, what use would all the other blessings be to you? Even every atheist admits that we did not exist before, and were created later. {’’ ثُمَّ يُمِيْتُكُمْ ‘‘} Then He will cause you to die; this is also a reality that everyone accepts. {’’ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيْكُمْ ‘‘} Whoever accepts the first two matters must also accept that Allah will bring the dead to life after death.
➋ Apparently, out of these three, only the first—creating for the first time—is a blessing, because causing death and resurrecting are for accountability. But if you reflect, these too are blessings, because without them, Paradise and the vision of Allah can never be attained. And what doubt can there be in the blessing of something that is the means to eternal life in Paradise and the vision of the Master?
➌ { اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَكَفُوْرٌ : ’’ لَكَفُوْرٌ ‘‘ ’’كَافِرٌ‘‘} is an emphatic form of "kāfir,", and disbelief here means ingratitude for blessings, i.e., denying or being ungrateful for them. That is, the son of Adam does not value the blessings mentioned in the above verses, nor does he give thanks for them, i.e., he does not accept the invitation presented to him by His Messengers. Elsewhere it is said: «{ وَ اِنْ تَعُدُّوْا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ لَا تُحْصُوْهَا اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَظَلُوْمٌ كَفَّارٌ }» [ إبراہیم : ۳۴ ] “And if you count the blessings of Allah, you will not be able to enumerate them. Indeed, man is surely very unjust, very ungrateful.”
➋ Apparently, out of these three, only the first—creating for the first time—is a blessing, because causing death and resurrecting are for accountability. But if you reflect, these too are blessings, because without them, Paradise and the vision of Allah can never be attained. And what doubt can there be in the blessing of something that is the means to eternal life in Paradise and the vision of the Master?
➌ { اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَكَفُوْرٌ : ’’ لَكَفُوْرٌ ‘‘ ’’كَافِرٌ‘‘} is an emphatic form of "kāfir,", and disbelief here means ingratitude for blessings, i.e., denying or being ungrateful for them. That is, the son of Adam does not value the blessings mentioned in the above verses, nor does he give thanks for them, i.e., he does not accept the invitation presented to him by His Messengers. Elsewhere it is said: «{ وَ اِنْ تَعُدُّوْا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ لَا تُحْصُوْهَا اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَظَلُوْمٌ كَفَّارٌ }» [ إبراہیم : ۳۴ ] “And if you count the blessings of Allah, you will not be able to enumerate them. Indeed, man is surely very unjust, very ungrateful.”
