Surah Al Hadid Ayat 20 Translation Tafseer

Para 27 - قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ

سورة الحديد

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

57.20

اِعْلَمُوْۤا اَنَّمَا الْحَیٰوةُ الدُّنْیَا لَعِبٌ وَّ لَهْوٌ وَّ زِیْنَةٌ وَّ تَفَاخُرٌۢ بَیْنَكُمْ وَ تَكَاثُرٌ فِی الْاَمْوَالِ وَ الْاَوْلَادِؕ-كَمَثَلِ غَیْثٍ اَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهٗ ثُمَّ یَهِیْجُ فَتَرٰىهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ یَكُوْنُ حُطَامًاؕ-وَ فِی الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِیْدٌۙ-وَّ مَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَ رِضْوَانٌؕ-وَ مَا الْحَیٰوةُ الدُّنْیَاۤ اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُوْرِ(20)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

Know that the life of this world is merely play and amusement, and adornment, and mutual arrogance among you, and the desire of exceeding each other with more wealth and children; like the rain whose crop pleased the farmers, then it withers so you see it turned yellow, then it becomes fragments of straw. And there is severe punishment in the Hereafter and ˹also˺ forgiveness and DivineAcceptance. And the life of this world is but a provision of deceit.[1]

Commentary

[1]

In this verse, Allah Almighty reveals six truths about the world: 1-2. the life of the world is just play and amusement which is the work of children, and to strive and make efforts to attain only it is nothing but wastage of time; 3. The life of this world is adornment and comfort which perishes quickly; 4-5. the life of this world is mutual arrogance and desiring to surpass each other in wealth and children; 6. the example of the life of this world is like that crop which pleases the farmers, then it withers and turns yellow and in the end it becomes fragments of straw.

After this, the Hereafter was mentioned; a person will definitely face one of two states; either he will face severe punishment or he will gain forgiveness and mercy from Allah Almighty. So it is up to a person whether he engages in the perishing world and turns his afterlife into punishment or he busies himself in actions that will better his afterlife instead of attaching his heart to the world and making continuous efforts for it.

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