سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 67
ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿67﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Friends on that Day will be foes one to another except Al-Muttaqûn (the pious. See V.2:2).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ
al-akhilāu
Friends
يَوْمَئِذٍۭ
yawma-idhin
that Day
بَعْضُهُمْ
baʿḍuhum
some of them
لِبَعْضٍ
libaʿḍin
to others
عَدُوٌّ
ʿaduwwun
(will be) enemies
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
l-mutaqīna
the righteous
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 67) ➊ {اَلْاَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ:} This is a brief description of the terror of the painful punishment of that Day. The specific mention of all close friends, except for the righteous, becoming enemies of one another on that Day is because the polytheists, in the world, had united in enmity against the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) due to their mutual friendship, and it was because of their alliance that they remained firm upon polytheism. This very friendship will turn into enmity on the Day of Resurrection, and each person will consider the other as the cause of his own ruin and will say: « يٰوَيْلَتٰى لَيْتَنِيْ لَمْ اَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيْلًا » [ الفرقان : ۲۸ ] "Oh, woe to me! Would that I had not taken so-and-so as an intimate friend." Just as Allah Almighty has quoted the address of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) to his people: «وَ قَالَ اِنَّمَا اتَّخَذْتُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اَوْثَانًا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُمْ بِبَعْضٍ وَّ يَلْعَنُ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا وَّ مَاْوٰىكُمُ النَّارُ وَ مَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ نّٰصِرِيْنَ » [ العنکبوت : ۲۵ ] "And he said, 'The truth is that you have taken idols instead of Allah, only because of mutual friendship in the life of this world. Then on the Day of Resurrection, some of you will deny others, and some of you will curse others, and your abode will be the Fire, and you will have no helpers.'"
➋ { اِلَّا الْمُتَّقِيْنَ:} The friendship of the righteous will remain even on that Day, because its cause is the attainment of Allah's pleasure, which is something everlasting. The cause of all other friendships is some worldly benefit, which, when it ends, the friendship will also end, rather, it will turn into enmity, because that very friendship became the cause of punishment on that Day.
➋ { اِلَّا الْمُتَّقِيْنَ:} The friendship of the righteous will remain even on that Day, because its cause is the attainment of Allah's pleasure, which is something everlasting. The cause of all other friendships is some worldly benefit, which, when it ends, the friendship will also end, rather, it will turn into enmity, because that very friendship became the cause of punishment on that Day.
