سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 86
وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ بِكُلِّ صِرَٰطٍ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ كُنتُمْ قَلِيلًا فَكَثَّرَكُمْ ۖ وَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ ﴿86﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"And sit not on every road, threatening, and hindering from the Path of Allâh those who believe in Him, and seeking to make it crooked. And remember when you were but few, and He multiplied you. And see what was the end of the Mufsidûn (mischief-makers, corrupters, liars).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَقْعُدُوا۟
taqʿudū
sit
بِكُلِّ
bikulli
on every
صِرَٰطٍۢ
ṣirāṭin
path
تُوعِدُونَ
tūʿidūna
threatening
وَتَصُدُّونَ
wataṣuddūna
and hindering
عَن
ʿan
from
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
مَنْ
man
(those) who
ءَامَنَ
āmana
believe
بِهِۦ
bihi
in Him
وَتَبْغُونَهَا
watabghūnahā
and seeking (to make) it
عِوَجًۭا ۚ
ʿiwajan
crooked
وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟
wa-udh'kurū
And remember
إِذْ
idh
when
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
قَلِيلًۭا
qalīlan
few
فَكَثَّرَكُمْ ۖ
fakatharakum
and He increased you
وَٱنظُرُوا۟
wa-unẓurū
And see
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
كَانَ
kāna
was
عَـٰقِبَةُ
ʿāqibatu
(the) end
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
l-muf'sidīna
(of) the corrupters
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 86){ وَ لَا تَقْعُدُوْا بِكُلِّ صِرَاطٍ ……:} These people set up checkpoints on the roads and forcibly collected taxes from people, sometimes intimidating and humiliating them, and taking away everything they had. If anyone seemed inclined to believe in Shu‘ayb (peace be upon him), they would try in every possible way to stop him, and by finding various faults and raising doubts about the commands of Islam, they would try to prove that this is not the right path but a wrong one. Just as even today, those so-called Muslim intellectuals, journalists, professors, and rulers who are overawed by the disbelievers, keep trying to prove the commands of Islam as barbaric. Shu‘ayb (peace be upon him) forbade them from these evils and reminded them of Allah’s favor, that He had multiplied their small population, and advised them to take a lesson from the evil end of the corrupters.
