سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ
Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 22
وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ﴿22﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"And this is the past favour with which you reproach me: that you have enslaved the Children of Israel."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَتِلْكَ
watil'ka
And this
نِعْمَةٌۭ
niʿ'matun
(is the) favor
تَمُنُّهَا
tamunnuhā
with which you reproach
عَلَىَّ
ʿalayya
[on] me
أَنْ
an
that
عَبَّدتَّ
ʿabbadtta
you have enslaved
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children of Israel
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(the) Children of Israel
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) {وَ تِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ …:} This is the answer to his previous objection, meaning: How can you remind me of this favor today, that you raised me in your house, when the reason for it was your own oppression and tyranny? If you had not enslaved the Children of Israel and started killing their sons, I would have been raised in my own home. Why would my mother have needed to put me in a box and set me afloat in the river, and in this way I would have ended up in your house?
