Al-Hadid 57:20
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ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لَعِبٞ وَلَهۡوٞ وَزِينَةٞ وَتَفَاخُرُۢ بَيۡنَكُمۡ وَتَكَاثُرٞ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ وَٱلۡأَوۡلَٰدِۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيۡثٍ أَعۡجَبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصۡفَرّٗا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَٰمٗاۖ وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٞ وَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضۡوَٰنٞۚ وَمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡغُرُورِ ٢٠
Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allāh and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
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Commentary on 57:20
﴿اعْلَمُوا﴾ أمر وفاعله والجملة استئنافية لا محل لها ﴿أَنَّمَا﴾ كافة ومكفوفة ﴿الْحَياةُ﴾ مبتدأ ﴿الدُّنْيا﴾ صفة ﴿لَعِبٌ﴾ خبر ﴿وَلَهْوٌ﴾ معطوف على لعب ﴿وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفاخُرٌ﴾ معطوفان أيضا وأن وما بعدها في تأويل مصدر سد مسد مفعولي اعلموا ﴿بَيْنَكُمْ﴾ ظرف مكان ﴿وَتَكاثُرٌ﴾ معطوف على ما قبله ﴿فِي الْأَمْوالِ﴾ متعلقان بتكاثر ﴿وَالْأَوْلادِ﴾ معطوف على الأموال ﴿كَمَثَلِ﴾ متعلقان بخبر لمبتدأ محذوف ﴿غَيْثٍ﴾ مضاف إليه ﴿أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَباتُهُ﴾ ماض ومفعوله وفاعله والجملة صفة غيث ﴿ثُمَّ﴾ حرف عطف ﴿يَهِيجُ﴾ مضارع فاعله مستتر والجملة معطوفة على ما قبلها. ﴿فَتَراهُ﴾ مضارع ومفعوله والفاعل مستتر والجملة معطوفة على ما قبلها ﴿مُصْفَرًّا﴾ حال. ﴿ثُمَّ﴾ حرف عطف ﴿يَكُونُ﴾ مضارع ناقص اسمه مستتر ﴿حُطاماً﴾ خبره والجملة معطوفة على ما قبلها ﴿وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ﴾ خبر مقدم ﴿عَذابٌ﴾ مبتدأ مؤخر ﴿شَدِيدٌ﴾ صفة والجملة استئنافية لا محل لها ﴿وَمَغْفِرَةٌ﴾ معطوف على عذاب ﴿مِنَ اللَّهِ﴾ متعلقان بمغفرة ﴿وَرِضْوانٌ﴾ معطوف على مغفرة ﴿وَمَا﴾ الواو حرف عطف وما نافية ﴿الْحَياةُ﴾ مبتدأ ﴿الدُّنْيا﴾ صفة ﴿إِلَّا﴾ حرف حصر ﴿مَتاعُ﴾ خبر مضاف ﴿الْغُرُورِ﴾ مضاف إليه والجملة معطوفة على ما قبلها.
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57:19
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصِّدِّيقُونَۖ وَٱلشُّهَدَآءُ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرُهُمۡ وَنُورُهُمۡۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٩
And those who have believed in Allāh and His messengers - those are [in the ranks of] the supporters of truth and the martyrs, with their Lord. For them is their reward and their light.1 But those who have disbelieved and denied Our verses - those are the companions of Hellfire.
1 translator’s note
- Another accepted meaning is "And those who have believed in Allāh and His messengers - they are the supporters of truth. And the martyrs, with their Lord, will have their reward and their light." ↩
57:20
ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لَعِبٞ وَلَهۡوٞ وَزِينَةٞ وَتَفَاخُرُۢ بَيۡنَكُمۡ وَتَكَاثُرٞ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ وَٱلۡأَوۡلَٰدِۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيۡثٍ أَعۡجَبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصۡفَرّٗا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَٰمٗاۖ وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٞ وَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضۡوَٰنٞۚ وَمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡغُرُورِ ٢٠
Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allāh and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
57:21
سَابِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَغۡفِرَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرۡضُهَا كَعَرۡضِ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ أُعِدَّتۡ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢١
Race [i.e., compete] toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allāh and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allāh which He gives to whom He wills, and Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.
57:22
مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٖ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّبۡرَأَهَآۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٞ ٢٢
No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register1 before We bring it into being - indeed that, for Allāh, is easy -
1 translator’s note
- i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ). ↩
57:23
لِّكَيۡلَا تَأۡسَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَفۡرَحُواْ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخۡتَالٖ فَخُورٍ ٢٣
In order that you not despair over what has eluded you and not exult [in pride] over what He has given you. And Allāh does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful -
57:24
ٱلَّذِينَ يَبۡخَلُونَ وَيَأۡمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلۡبُخۡلِۗ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ ٢٤
[Those] who are stingy and enjoin upon people stinginess. And whoever turns away1 - then indeed, Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.
1 translator’s note
- Refusing to spend for Allāh's cause or refusing obedience to Him. ↩