Tanwir al-Miqbas · Tafsir · in English
An-Naml 27:83–93
27:83Page 384
وَيَوۡمَ نَحۡشُرُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٖ فَوۡجٗا مِّمَّن يُكَذِّبُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُمۡ يُوزَعُونَ ٨٣
And [warn of] the Day when We will gather from every nation a company of those who deny Our signs, and they will be [driven] in rows
(And (remind them of) the Day) which is the Day of Judgement (when We shall gather out of every nation) from the adherents of every religion (a host) a group (of those who denied Our revelations) Our Book and Messenger, (and they will be set in array) they will be stopped from the first to the last, one after the other;
27:84Page 384
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبۡتُم بِـَٔايَٰتِي وَلَمۡ تُحِيطُواْ بِهَا عِلۡمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٨٤
Until, when they arrive [at the place of Judgement], He will say, "Did you deny My signs while you encompassed them not in knowledge, or what [was it that] you were doing?"
(Till, when they come (before their Lord)) gathered all together, (He will say) Allah will say to them: (Did ye deny My revelations) My Book and Messenger (when ye could not compass them in knowledge) He says: you denied them while you knew not that they did not come from Me, (or what was it that ye did) in your disbelief and idolatry?
27:85Page 384
وَوَقَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَيۡهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُواْ فَهُمۡ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ٨٥
And the decree will befall them1 for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.
(And the Word will be fulfilled concerning them) that they will incur a punishment and a curse (because they have done wrong) because of their disbelief and idolatry, (and they will not speak) they will not answer back.
27:86Page 384
أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِيَسۡكُنُواْ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبۡصِرًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٨٦
Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
(Have they not) the disbelievers of Mecca (seen how We have appointed the night that they may rest therein, and the day sight giving) and the day bright, so that they seek their livelihood? (Lo! Therein) in that which We have done to them (verily are portents) signs (for a people who believe) for people who have faith.
27:87Page 384
وَيَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَكُلٌّ أَتَوۡهُ دَٰخِرِينَ ٨٧
And [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allāh wills. And all will come to Him humbled.
(And (remind them of) the Day when the Trumpet will be blown) this is the blowing of death, (and all who are in the heavens) the angels (and the earth) of created beings (will start in fear) will die, (save him whom Allah wills) from among the dwellers of heaven: Gabriel, Michael, Seraphiel and the angel of death, for these will not die upon the first blowing of the Trumpet, but they will die after that. (And all) i.e. the dwellers of the heavens and earth (come unto Him, humbled) they will come to Allah on the Day of Judgement abased and humbled.
27:88Page 384
وَتَرَى ٱلۡجِبَالَ تَحۡسَبُهَا جَامِدَةٗ وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ ٱلسَّحَابِۚ صُنۡعَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَتۡقَنَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍۚ إِنَّهُۥ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ٨٨
And you see the mountains, thinking them motionless,1 while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of Allāh, who perfected all things. Indeed, He is Aware of that which you do.
(And thou seest) O Muhammad upon the first blow of the trumpet (the hills thou deemest solid) and still (flying with the flight of clouds) in the air: (the doing of Allah) this is the doing of Allah with His creation (Who perfecteth all things) of creation. (Lo! He is Informed) Aware (of what ye do) of good or evil.
27:89Page 385
مَن جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهَا وَهُم مِّن فَزَعٖ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ ٨٩
Whoever comes [at Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it, and they, from the terror of that Day, will be safe.
(Whoso bringeth a good deed) whoever comes on the Day of Judgement with �there is no god save Allah� sincerely believing in it (will have better than its worth) all his goodness derives from it; (and such are safe from fear that Day) they are safe from fear and torment when the Fire is closed.
27:90Page 385
وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتۡ وُجُوهُهُمۡ فِي ٱلنَّارِ هَلۡ تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٠
And whoever comes with an evil deed1 - their faces will be overturned into the Fire, [and it will be said], "Are you recompensed except for what you used to do?"
(And whoso bringeth an ill-deed) associating partners with Allah, (such will be flung down on their faces in the Fire. Are ye rewarded) in the Hereafter (aught save what ye did) in this worldly life?
27:91Page 385
إِنَّمَآ أُمِرۡتُ أَنۡ أَعۡبُدَ رَبَّ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡبَلۡدَةِ ٱلَّذِي حَرَّمَهَا وَلَهُۥ كُلُّ شَيۡءٖۖ وَأُمِرۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ٩١
[Say, O Muḥammad], "I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city,1 who made it sacred and to whom [belongs] all things. And I am commanded to be of the Muslims [i.e., those who submit to Allāh]
(Say) O Muhammad: (I am commanded only to serve) to confess the divine Oneness of (the Lord of this land) i.e. Mecca (which He hath hallowed) which He made Sacred, (and unto Whom all things) among created beings (belong. And I am commanded to be of those who surrender (unto Him)) with the Muslims in their religion,
27:92Page 385
وَأَنۡ أَتۡلُوَاْ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَۖ فَمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهۡتَدِي لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَقُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ ٩٢
And to recite the Qur’ān." And whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] himself; and whoever strays - say, "I am only [one] of the warners."
(And to recite the Qur'an) I am commanded to recite the Qur'an to you. (And whoso goeth right) whoever believes in what is in the Qur'an, (goeth right) believes (only for (the good of) his own soul) the reward of his faith goes to himself; (and as for him who goeth astray) disbelieves in the Qur'an ((Unto him) say) O Muhammad: (Lo! I am only a warner) I only warn you against the Fire by means of the Qur'an.
27:93Page 385
وَقُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ سَيُرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ فَتَعۡرِفُونَهَاۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٣
And say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allāh. He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. And your Lord is not unaware of what you do."
Allah then commanded him to fight, saying: (And say) O Muhammad: (Praise be to Allah) gratitude and divine Oneness are Allah's (who will show you His portents) the signs of His divine Oneness and power by inflicting torment upon you on the Day of Badr (so that ye shall know them) so that you shall know that what Muhammad (pbuh) tells you is true. (And your Lord is not unaware) oblivious (of what ye do) in your state of disbelief and idolatry. The reference here is to the disbelievers of Quraysh. This can also be considered a threat from Allah to them because of their disbelief and idolatry; it is also said that this means: Allah will not forgo the torment you deserve for your acts of plotting, treachery and corruption'.
Text: Quranic Universal Library (Tarteel), via spa5k/tafsir_api (MIT), at a fixed version. The ayahs: Quran Foundation. Sources and licences