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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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53. This is because Allah’s way is that He does not change the favor He has bestowed upon a people until they themselves change their own behavior [57]. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
[57]
Blessings Are Taken Away Due to Corruption in Intention:
The words of this verse carry very broad meanings and can have several interpretations. For example, one is that "ma" is understood as referring to a nation's prosperity. In this case, the meaning is the same as given in the translation. However, the meaning of مَا بِاَنْفُسِہِمْ can also be taken as the corruption of intention instead of conduct. That is, as long as a nation remains obedient to Allah Almighty, He does not take away that favor from them. But when corruption or distortion enters their intentions, then Allah's favor are also taken away from them. And if "ma" is understood as referring to a nation's adversity and hardships, then it would mean that a nation suffering from adversity and hardship will remain in that state until it tries to change its own condition. Allah also leaves them in that state and does not remove their adversity, as Hali has said:
God has never changed the condition of a nation
Who does not have the thought of changing their own condition
[57]
Blessings Are Taken Away Due to Corruption in Intention:
The words of this verse carry very broad meanings and can have several interpretations. For example, one is that "ma" is understood as referring to a nation's prosperity. In this case, the meaning is the same as given in the translation. However, the meaning of مَا بِاَنْفُسِہِمْ can also be taken as the corruption of intention instead of conduct. That is, as long as a nation remains obedient to Allah Almighty, He does not take away that favor from them. But when corruption or distortion enters their intentions, then Allah's favor are also taken away from them. And if "ma" is understood as referring to a nation's adversity and hardships, then it would mean that a nation suffering from adversity and hardship will remain in that state until it tries to change its own condition. Allah also leaves them in that state and does not remove their adversity, as Hali has said:
God has never changed the condition of a nation
Who does not have the thought of changing their own condition
