سُوْرَةُ الطُّوْرِ
Surah At-Tur (52) — Ayah 29
فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ ﴿29﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Therefore, remind (mankind of Islâmic Monotheism, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم). By the Grace of Allâh, you are neither a soothsayer, nor a madman.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَذَكِّرْ
fadhakkir
Therefore remind
فَمَآ
famā
for not
أَنتَ
anta
you
بِنِعْمَتِ
biniʿ'mati
(are) by (the) grace
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
بِكَاهِنٍۢ
bikāhinin
a soothsayer
وَلَا
walā
and not
مَجْنُونٍ
majnūnin
a madman
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 29) ➊ {فَذَكِّرْ فَمَاۤ اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَّ لَا مَجْنُوْنٍ:} "Kahin" is that person who maintains relations with devils and, after listening to them, gives news of the unseen, in which there is sometimes a true report that they have stolen from the mutual conversation of angels beneath the sky, then they mix a hundred lies with it and tell their friends.
➋ After mentioning in detail and with proofs about the Day of Judgment, reward and punishment, and Paradise and Hell from the beginning of the Surah, it is said: {’’ فَذَكِّرْ ‘‘} (So admonish), meaning that when We have informed you of all this through revelation, now your responsibility is to admonish all people with it and not to care about the absurd talk and accusations of the disbelievers and polytheists. Whether they call you a kahin or insane, by the grace of Allah, you are neither a kahin nor insane in any way. There is absolutely nothing of soothsaying or madness found in you. In {’’ فَمَاۤ اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ ‘‘}, after {’’مَا ‘‘} (the negative), the "ba" is for emphasis of negation, and the tanween on {’’ بِكَاهِنٍ ‘‘} is for indefiniteness, therefore it is translated as "By the grace of your Lord, you are by no means in any way a kahin nor any kind of madman."
➌ Allah Almighty has, in other places as well, negated soothsaying and madness from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). See Surah Haqqah (41, 42), Qalam (2), and Surah Takwir (22). In Surah Shu'ara, this matter—that he (peace be upon him) is not a kahin and what kind of people kahins are—has already been discussed in detail; see Surah Shu'ara, verses (210 to 223) and their exegesis.
➋ After mentioning in detail and with proofs about the Day of Judgment, reward and punishment, and Paradise and Hell from the beginning of the Surah, it is said: {’’ فَذَكِّرْ ‘‘} (So admonish), meaning that when We have informed you of all this through revelation, now your responsibility is to admonish all people with it and not to care about the absurd talk and accusations of the disbelievers and polytheists. Whether they call you a kahin or insane, by the grace of Allah, you are neither a kahin nor insane in any way. There is absolutely nothing of soothsaying or madness found in you. In {’’ فَمَاۤ اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ ‘‘}, after {’’مَا ‘‘} (the negative), the "ba" is for emphasis of negation, and the tanween on {’’ بِكَاهِنٍ ‘‘} is for indefiniteness, therefore it is translated as "By the grace of your Lord, you are by no means in any way a kahin nor any kind of madman."
➌ Allah Almighty has, in other places as well, negated soothsaying and madness from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). See Surah Haqqah (41, 42), Qalam (2), and Surah Takwir (22). In Surah Shu'ara, this matter—that he (peace be upon him) is not a kahin and what kind of people kahins are—has already been discussed in detail; see Surah Shu'ara, verses (210 to 223) and their exegesis.
