سُوْرَةُ الرُّوْمِ
Surah Ar-Room (30) — Ayah 28
ضَرَبَ لَكُم مَّثَلًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ هَل لَّكُم مِّن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُم مِّن شُرَكَآءَ فِى مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ فَأَنتُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌ تَخَافُونَهُمْ كَخِيفَتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿28﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He sets forth for you a parable from your ownselves: Do you have partners among those whom your right hands possess (i.e. your slaves) to share as equals in the wealth We have bestowed on you whom you fear as you fear each other? Thus do We explain the signs in detail to a people who have sense.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ضَرَبَ
ḍaraba
He sets forth
لَكُم
lakum
to you
مَّثَلًۭا
mathalan
an example
مِّنْ
min
from
أَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ
anfusikum
yourselves
هَل
hal
Is
لَّكُم
lakum
for you
مِّن
min
among
مَّا
mā
what
مَلَكَتْ
malakat
possess
أَيْمَـٰنُكُم
aymānukum
your right hands
مِّن
min
any
شُرَكَآءَ
shurakāa
partners
فِى
fī
in
مَا
mā
what
رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ
razaqnākum
We have provided you
فَأَنتُمْ
fa-antum
so you
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
سَوَآءٌۭ
sawāon
(are) equal
تَخَافُونَهُمْ
takhāfūnahum
you fear them
كَخِيفَتِكُمْ
kakhīfatikum
as you fear
أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ
anfusakum
yourselves
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
نُفَصِّلُ
nufaṣṣilu
We explain
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
l-āyāti
the Verses
لِقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
for a people
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
(who) use reason
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 28) ➊ { ضَرَبَ لَكُمْ مَّثَلًا مِّنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ … :} Up to this point, the discussion of monotheism and the Hereafter was intermingled; now the discourse begins purely on monotheism. That is, Allah Almighty has Himself presented the example of the invalidity of polytheism from your own selves, so that you do not have to go far. Just reflect upon yourselves: among your slaves who are in your possession, is there any one of them who shares with you in the provision We have given you, so that you and they become equal in ownership of it, and you fear them as you fear each other among free men? The answer is clearly no; a slave can never be equal to his master, nor a possession to its owner. Then, when you admit that Allah is the Owner of the heavens and the earth and everything in them—angels, humans, jinn, prophets, saints and the righteous, the righteous, stones, trees, idols, etc.—and all are Allah’s possessions, and you yourselves are not willing to make your slaves (who are equal to you in being human) your partners and equals by giving them your authority, then how did you make the created a partner of the Creator, and the possessed a partner of the Owner, who in no way can be equal to Allah? Allah Almighty has presented this example for the polytheists because they also acknowledged that their invented deities were owned by Allah. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the polytheists used to say: [ لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ ] “At your service, You have no partner.” So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: [ وَيْلَكُمْ، قَدْ قَدْ ] “Woe to you! Stop, stop.” But they would say: [ إِلاَّ شَرِيْكًا هُوَ لَكَ، تَمْلِكُهُ وَ مَا مَلَكَ ] [ مسلم، الحج، باب التلبیۃ و صفتھا … : ۱۱۸۵ ] “But You have a partner whom You own, and of what he owns as well.”
➋ {كَذٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْاٰيٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَّعْقِلُوْنَ :} That is, We thus present examples and clearly explain the verses for people who understand.
➋ {كَذٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْاٰيٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَّعْقِلُوْنَ :} That is, We thus present examples and clearly explain the verses for people who understand.
