سُوْرَةُ لُقْمَانَ
Surah Luqman (31) — Ayah 32
وَإِذَا غَشِيَهُم مَّوْجٌ كَٱلظُّلَلِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ فَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ ۚ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَّا كُلُّ خَتَّارٍ كَفُورٍ ﴿32﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when a wave covers them like shades (i.e. like clouds or the mountains of sea-water), they invoke Allâh, making their invocations for Him only. But when He brings them safe to land, there are among them those that stop in between (Belief and disbelief). But none denies Our Signs except every perfidious ingrate.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
غَشِيَهُم
ghashiyahum
covers them
مَّوْجٌۭ
mawjun
a wave
كَٱلظُّلَلِ
kal-ẓulali
like canopies
دَعَوُا۟
daʿawū
they call
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
مُخْلِصِينَ
mukh'liṣīna
(being) sincere
لَهُ
lahu
to Him
ٱلدِّينَ
l-dīna
(in) religion
فَلَمَّا
falammā
But when
نَجَّىٰهُمْ
najjāhum
He delivers them
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْبَرِّ
l-bari
the land
فَمِنْهُم
famin'hum
then among them
مُّقْتَصِدٌۭ ۚ
muq'taṣidun
(some are) moderate
وَمَا
wamā
And not
يَجْحَدُ
yajḥadu
deny
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ
biāyātinā
Our Signs
إِلَّا
illā
except
كُلُّ
kullu
every
خَتَّارٍۢ
khattārin
traitor
كَفُورٍۢ
kafūrin
ungrateful
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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32. And when a wave covers them like canopies, they call upon Allah, acknowledging His complete sovereignty and devoting their faith purely to Him [43]. But when He delivers them safely to land, then only a few remain moderate [44]. And none deny Our signs except every treacherous [45] and ungrateful one.
[43] The mention of the surging waves by Allah Almighty is because such storms often arise in the sea. At that time, everyone—whether polytheists or atheists—all begin to call upon Allah. This is evidence that both the existence of Allah and the oneness of the Lord are present in human nature.
[44]
"Muqtasid" has two meanings:
"Muqtasid" is a word with dual meanings. Its original meaning is one who remains on moderation. Then, in its meaning, it also includes one who comes to the right path; that is, the person who remembers and fulfills the promise made to Allah in that calamity, as has already been written regarding Ikrimah bin Abu Jahl. (See the footnote of verse 41 of Surah Al-An'am.) The second meaning is that even atheists come to a level between denial of Allah and affirmation of Allah; they do not remain staunch deniers. The same is the case with the polytheists: they fall into doubt regarding the fulfillment of needs and removal of difficulties by their deities. The polytheists do not retain complete faith in their deities.
[45] And those people whose habit is such that, no matter how much rain of blessings is showered upon them, they have never learned to express gratitude or acknowledge favor—such people, after the danger has passed, return to their previous way of life, that is, disbelief, polytheism, or atheism.
[43] The mention of the surging waves by Allah Almighty is because such storms often arise in the sea. At that time, everyone—whether polytheists or atheists—all begin to call upon Allah. This is evidence that both the existence of Allah and the oneness of the Lord are present in human nature.
[44]
"Muqtasid" has two meanings:
"Muqtasid" is a word with dual meanings. Its original meaning is one who remains on moderation. Then, in its meaning, it also includes one who comes to the right path; that is, the person who remembers and fulfills the promise made to Allah in that calamity, as has already been written regarding Ikrimah bin Abu Jahl. (See the footnote of verse 41 of Surah Al-An'am.) The second meaning is that even atheists come to a level between denial of Allah and affirmation of Allah; they do not remain staunch deniers. The same is the case with the polytheists: they fall into doubt regarding the fulfillment of needs and removal of difficulties by their deities. The polytheists do not retain complete faith in their deities.
[45] And those people whose habit is such that, no matter how much rain of blessings is showered upon them, they have never learned to express gratitude or acknowledge favor—such people, after the danger has passed, return to their previous way of life, that is, disbelief, polytheism, or atheism.
