سُوْرَةُ اٰلِ عِمْرٰنَ
Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 85
وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ﴿85﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And whoever seeks a religion other than Islâm, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَبْتَغِ
yabtaghi
seeks
غَيْرَ
ghayra
other than
ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمِ
l-is'lāmi
[the] Islam
دِينًۭا
dīnan
(as) religion
فَلَن
falan
then never
يُقْبَلَ
yuq'bala
will be accepted
مِنْهُ
min'hu
from him
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and he
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
مِنَ
mina
(will be) from
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
l-khāsirīna
the losers
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 85) {وَ مَنْ يَّبْتَغِ …:} That is, after the advent of Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), whoever leaves the path of obedience and submission to him and adopts any other path, or continues to follow any previous path, no matter how much of a monotheist he may be and even if he believes in the previous prophets, if he does not believe in Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), then his religiosity will not be accepted by Allah Almighty and he will be unsuccessful and deprived in the Hereafter. It should be clear that although the religion of all the prophets was Islam, after the coming of the last Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Islam is now only the name of following him. Even in the terminology of the Qur'an, Islam now means this, and in this sense, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: [مَنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلاً لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُنَا فَهُوَ رَدٌّ ] [مسلم، الأقضیۃ، باب نقض الأحکام الباطلۃ … : 1718/18، عن عائشۃ رضی اللہ عنہا ] "Whoever does any action that is not in accordance with our command, it is rejected."
