سُوْرَةُ يُوْنُسَ
Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 100
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تُؤْمِنَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَيَجْعَلُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿100﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
It is not for any person to believe, except by the Leave of Allâh, and He will put the wrath on those who are heedless.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَانَ
kāna
is
لِنَفْسٍ
linafsin
for a soul
أَن
an
to
تُؤْمِنَ
tu'mina
believe
إِلَّا
illā
except
بِإِذْنِ
bi-idh'ni
by (the) permission
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَيَجْعَلُ
wayajʿalu
And He will place
ٱلرِّجْسَ
l-rij'sa
the wrath
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
لَا
lā
(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
use reason
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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100. It is not possible for anyone to believe except by Allah’s permission, and He casts filth upon those who do not use their reason [108].
[108]
The Meaning of Allah’s Permission:
That is, without Allah’s guidance and approval, no one attains the blessing of faith, and this guidance is granted only to the one who seeks the truth using his intellect and is truly concerned with searching for the truth. He purifies his mind from all kinds of prejudices and external ideologies, and reflects upon Allah’s verses with an open mind. Whoever seeks the truth in this manner, Allah certainly shows him the right path and grants him the ability to believe, and this is what is called Allah’s permission. But the one who does not bother to think beyond ancestral imitation, religious prejudices, and external ideologies, Allah does not grant him the blessing of faith. In his fate, there is nothing but ignorance, misguidance, wrongdoing, wrong perception, and the filth of disbelief and polytheism.
[108]
The Meaning of Allah’s Permission:
That is, without Allah’s guidance and approval, no one attains the blessing of faith, and this guidance is granted only to the one who seeks the truth using his intellect and is truly concerned with searching for the truth. He purifies his mind from all kinds of prejudices and external ideologies, and reflects upon Allah’s verses with an open mind. Whoever seeks the truth in this manner, Allah certainly shows him the right path and grants him the ability to believe, and this is what is called Allah’s permission. But the one who does not bother to think beyond ancestral imitation, religious prejudices, and external ideologies, Allah does not grant him the blessing of faith. In his fate, there is nothing but ignorance, misguidance, wrongdoing, wrong perception, and the filth of disbelief and polytheism.
