سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 54
أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَىٰ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۖ فَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ ءَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مُّلْكًا عَظِيمًا ﴿54﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Or do they envy men (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his followers) for what Allâh has given them of His Bounty? Then We had already given the family of Ibrâhîm (Abraham) the Book and Al-Hikmah (As-Sunnah - Divine Revelation to those Prophets not written in the form of a book), and conferred upon them a great kingdom.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَمْ
am
Or
يَحْسُدُونَ
yaḥsudūna
are they jealous
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
(of) the people
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
for
مَآ
mā
what
ءَاتَىٰهُمُ
ātāhumu
gave them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مِن
min
from
فَضْلِهِۦ ۖ
faḍlihi
His Bounty
فَقَدْ
faqad
But surely
ءَاتَيْنَآ
ātaynā
We gave
ءَالَ
āla
(the) family
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
(of) Ibrahim
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ
wal-ḥik'mata
and [the] wisdom
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم
waātaynāhum
and [We] gave them
مُّلْكًا
mul'kan
a kingdom
عَظِيمًۭا
ʿaẓīman
great
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 54) The meaning is that in the descendants of Ibrahim (peace be upon him)'s son Ishaq (peace be upon him), prophethood and kingship remained for a long time, and Dawud and Sulaiman (peace be upon them) and other great messengers appeared. Now, from among the descendants of Ismail, Allah has honored the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with prophethood and messengership, so why are they jealous?! Here, { ”مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ“ } refers to prophethood and the honor of religion and worldly status that was attained through the blessing of prophethood. { ”الْكِتٰبَ“ } refers to the Divine Book, and { ”وَ الْحِكْمَةَ“ } refers to its understanding and acting upon it, and {”مُلْكًا عَظِيْمًا“} refers to sovereignty and dominance and authority. (Razi, Ibn Kathir)
