سُوْرَةُ الْحَدِيْدِ
Surah Al-Hadid (57) — Ayah 28
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِرَسُولِهِۦ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿28﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe [in Mûsâ (Moses) (i.e. Jews) and ‘Îsâ (Jesus) (i.e. Christians)]! Fear Allâh, and believe in His Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), He will give you a double portion of His Mercy, and He will give you a light by which you shall walk (straight). And He will forgive you. And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
O you who believe
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
O you who believe
ٱتَّقُوا۟
ittaqū
Fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَءَامِنُوا۟
waāminū
and believe
بِرَسُولِهِۦ
birasūlihi
in His Messenger
يُؤْتِكُمْ
yu'tikum
He will give you
كِفْلَيْنِ
kif'layni
double portion
مِن
min
of
رَّحْمَتِهِۦ
raḥmatihi
His Mercy
وَيَجْعَل
wayajʿal
and He will make
لَّكُمْ
lakum
for you
نُورًۭا
nūran
a light
تَمْشُونَ
tamshūna
you will walk
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
وَيَغْفِرْ
wayaghfir
and He will forgive
لَكُمْ ۚ
lakum
you
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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28. O you who believe! Fear Allah and believe in His Messenger. He will grant you a double reward from His mercy [51], and He will give you a light [52] by which you will walk, and He will forgive you. And Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
[51]
Double Reward is Not Exclusive to Believing People of the Book:
It is explicitly mentioned in the Book and Sunnah that those among the People of the Book who believe in the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will receive a double reward: one reward for believing in their own prophet and the second for believing in the Last Prophet. Now, those among the People of the Book who had believed began to boast over other Muslims, saying, "We have two rewards and you have only one," which caused some inferiority complex among the general Muslims. So Allah Almighty comforted them by saying that if you sincerely become obedient to Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, you too will receive a double reward. There is no shortage of reward with Allah.
[52] By "light" is meant, firstly, the light of divine revelation and the knowledge of Shariah. The believers determine their way of life and perform righteous deeds in this light. Secondly, it refers to that light which the believers will receive on the Day of Resurrection as a result of their righteous deeds, which has already been mentioned in verse 12 of this Surah.
[51]
Double Reward is Not Exclusive to Believing People of the Book:
It is explicitly mentioned in the Book and Sunnah that those among the People of the Book who believe in the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will receive a double reward: one reward for believing in their own prophet and the second for believing in the Last Prophet. Now, those among the People of the Book who had believed began to boast over other Muslims, saying, "We have two rewards and you have only one," which caused some inferiority complex among the general Muslims. So Allah Almighty comforted them by saying that if you sincerely become obedient to Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, you too will receive a double reward. There is no shortage of reward with Allah.
[52] By "light" is meant, firstly, the light of divine revelation and the knowledge of Shariah. The believers determine their way of life and perform righteous deeds in this light. Secondly, it refers to that light which the believers will receive on the Day of Resurrection as a result of their righteous deeds, which has already been mentioned in verse 12 of this Surah.
