سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ
Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 53
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۙ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿53﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
That is so because Allâh will never change a grace which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in their ownselves. And verily, Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِأَنَّ
bi-anna
(is) because
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَمْ
lam
not
يَكُ
yaku
is
مُغَيِّرًۭا
mughayyiran
One Who changes
نِّعْمَةً
niʿ'matan
a favor
أَنْعَمَهَا
anʿamahā
which He had bestowed
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
قَوْمٍ
qawmin
a people
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يُغَيِّرُوا۟
yughayyirū
they change
مَا
mā
what
بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۙ
bi-anfusihim
(is) in themselves
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
And indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
سَمِيعٌ
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌۭ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
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 53) ➊ {حَتّٰى يُغَيِّرُوْا مَا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ :} "What is in their hearts" means belief and intention; until these change, the blessing granted by Allah is not taken away. (Muwaddih) The meaning is that Allah deprives a nation of His granted blessing only when they change their beliefs, actions, and morals, thereby proving about themselves that they are no longer deserving of that blessing. For example, when they replace faith with disbelief, gratitude with ingratitude, and righteousness with sin, then Allah also takes back His granted blessing from them and subjects them to various kinds of punishments. Allah had granted great glory and prosperity to the people of Pharaoh and likewise to the Quraysh, but He took away that favor from them. In this era, the Muslims who are living lives of humiliation, slavery, and subservience to others all over the world, this too is the punishment for their own misdeeds; otherwise, it is not possible that a nation believes in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace be upon him) and acts upon it, yet remains humiliated and disgraced in the world.
➋ {وَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ:} That is, He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing; as His servants behave, so does He recompense them accordingly.
➋ {وَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ:} That is, He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing; as His servants behave, so does He recompense them accordingly.
