سُوْرَةُ الدَّهْرِ
Surah Al-Insaan (76) — Ayah 7
يُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسْتَطِيرًا ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They (are those who) fulfil (their) vows, and they fear a Day whose evil will be wide-spreading.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يُوفُونَ
yūfūna
They fulfill
بِٱلنَّذْرِ
bil-nadhri
the vows
وَيَخَافُونَ
wayakhāfūna
and fear
يَوْمًۭا
yawman
a Day
كَانَ
kāna
(which) is
شَرُّهُۥ
sharruhu
its evil
مُسْتَطِيرًۭا
mus'taṭīran
widespread
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 7) {يُوْفُوْنَ بِالنَّذْرِ … : ’’اَلنَّذْرُ‘‘} To obligate upon oneself something that is not obligatory. {’’ مُسْتَطِيْرًا ‘‘ ’’طَارَ يَطِيْرُ‘‘} To fly, and in the form of {’’اِسْتَطَارَ يَسْتَطِيْرُ‘‘} in the bab istif‘al, due to the increase in letters, the meaning is also intensified, i.e., one who flies a lot, meaning one who spreads a lot, just as when fire or the light of morning spreads abundantly, it is said: {’’اِسْتَطَارَ الْحَرِيْقُ‘‘} or {’’اِسْتَطَارَ الْفَجْرُ‘‘} that the fire has spread greatly, or the light of morning has spread abundantly.
In this verse and the next three verses, a few qualities of those special servants of Allah are mentioned. One quality is that they fulfill their vows, meaning that when they obligate upon themselves something that is not obligatory for the pleasure of Allah, they fulfill it; then how diligently must they act upon those deeds that are already obligatory from Allah. For the rulings of vows, see the tafsir of Surah Al-Baqarah (270) and Surah Al-Hajj (29). The reason for these people fulfilling their vows is that they fear the Day of Judgment, whose calamity will be widespread everywhere. This refutes those Sufis who say that worship should not be done out of desire for Paradise or fear of Hell.
In this verse and the next three verses, a few qualities of those special servants of Allah are mentioned. One quality is that they fulfill their vows, meaning that when they obligate upon themselves something that is not obligatory for the pleasure of Allah, they fulfill it; then how diligently must they act upon those deeds that are already obligatory from Allah. For the rulings of vows, see the tafsir of Surah Al-Baqarah (270) and Surah Al-Hajj (29). The reason for these people fulfilling their vows is that they fear the Day of Judgment, whose calamity will be widespread everywhere. This refutes those Sufis who say that worship should not be done out of desire for Paradise or fear of Hell.
