سُوْرَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ
Surah Al-Ankaboot (29) — Ayah 25
وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْثَـٰنًا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ ثُمَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُم بِبَعْضٍ وَيَلْعَنُ بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ ﴿25﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And [Ibrâhîm (Abraham)] said: "You have taken (for worship) idols instead of Allâh. The love between you is only in the life of this world, but on the Day of Resurrection, you shall disown each other, and curse each other, and your abode will be the Fire, and you shall have no helper."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And he said
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
ٱتَّخَذْتُم
ittakhadhtum
you have taken
مِّن
min
besides
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
أَوْثَـٰنًۭا
awthānan
idols
مَّوَدَّةَ
mawaddata
(out of) love
بَيْنِكُمْ
baynikum
among you
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
يَكْفُرُ
yakfuru
you will deny
بَعْضُكُم
baʿḍukum
one another
بِبَعْضٍۢ
bibaʿḍin
one another
وَيَلْعَنُ
wayalʿanu
and curse
بَعْضُكُم
baʿḍukum
one another
بَعْضًۭا
baʿḍan
one another
وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُ
wamawākumu
and your abode
ٱلنَّارُ
l-nāru
(will be) the Fire
وَمَا
wamā
and not
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّن
min
any
نَّـٰصِرِينَ
nāṣirīna
helpers
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 25) ➊ { وَ قَالَ اِنَّمَا اتَّخَذْتُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اَوْثَانًا …:} After coming out of the fire, Ibrahim (peace be upon him) did not abandon advising his people, rather he explained that there is no rational or transmitted evidence for associating these idols as partners; it is merely due to mutual friendship that you have made them partners. This is only blind imitation, national courtesy and regard, and the pressure of mutual relations because of which you persist in their worship, but this friendship of yours and consensus and unity upon shirk and disbelief is only for the life of this world.
➋ {ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُمْ بِبَعْضٍ … :} That is, then on the Day of Resurrection you will deny each other, this friendship of yours will turn into intense enmity and you will all curse each other and your abode will be the Fire. ({’’ النَّارُ ‘‘} Due to the definite article on the predicate, the meaning of exclusivity is being conveyed) and there will be no helper for you, as He said: «{ اَلْاَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا الْمُتَّقِيْنَ }» [ الزخرف : ۶۷ ] "All close friends that Day will be enemies to each other except for the righteous." And He said: «{ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ اُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ اُخْتَهَا حَتّٰۤى اِذَا ادَّارَكُوْا فِيْهَا جَمِيْعًا قَالَتْ اُخْرٰىهُمْ لِاُوْلٰىهُمْ رَبَّنَا هٰۤؤُلَآءِ اَضَلُّوْنَا فَاٰتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِّنَ النَّارِ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَّ لٰكِنْ لَّا تَعْلَمُوْنَ }» [ الأعراف : ۳۸ ] "Whenever a group enters (the Fire), it will curse its companion group, until when they have all joined each other therein, the last of them will say about the first of them: 'Our Lord, these are the ones who misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire.' He will say: 'For all is double, but you do not know.'" And He said: «{ وَ قَالُوْا رَبَّنَاۤ اِنَّاۤ اَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَ كُبَرَآءَنَا فَاَضَلُّوْنَا السَّبِيْلَا }» [الأحزاب : ۶۷ ] "And they will say: 'Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our leaders and our great ones, and they misled us from the [right] way.'" And see Surah Al-Baqarah (166, 167).
➋ {ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُمْ بِبَعْضٍ … :} That is, then on the Day of Resurrection you will deny each other, this friendship of yours will turn into intense enmity and you will all curse each other and your abode will be the Fire. ({’’ النَّارُ ‘‘} Due to the definite article on the predicate, the meaning of exclusivity is being conveyed) and there will be no helper for you, as He said: «{ اَلْاَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا الْمُتَّقِيْنَ }» [ الزخرف : ۶۷ ] "All close friends that Day will be enemies to each other except for the righteous." And He said: «{ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ اُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ اُخْتَهَا حَتّٰۤى اِذَا ادَّارَكُوْا فِيْهَا جَمِيْعًا قَالَتْ اُخْرٰىهُمْ لِاُوْلٰىهُمْ رَبَّنَا هٰۤؤُلَآءِ اَضَلُّوْنَا فَاٰتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِّنَ النَّارِ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَّ لٰكِنْ لَّا تَعْلَمُوْنَ }» [ الأعراف : ۳۸ ] "Whenever a group enters (the Fire), it will curse its companion group, until when they have all joined each other therein, the last of them will say about the first of them: 'Our Lord, these are the ones who misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire.' He will say: 'For all is double, but you do not know.'" And He said: «{ وَ قَالُوْا رَبَّنَاۤ اِنَّاۤ اَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَ كُبَرَآءَنَا فَاَضَلُّوْنَا السَّبِيْلَا }» [الأحزاب : ۶۷ ] "And they will say: 'Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our leaders and our great ones, and they misled us from the [right] way.'" And see Surah Al-Baqarah (166, 167).
