Surah An Nisa Ayat 13-14 Translation Tafseer

Para 4 - لَنْ تَنَالُوا

سورة النساء

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

4.13-14

تِلْكَ حُدُوْدُ اللّٰهِؕ-وَ مَنْ یُّطِعِ اللّٰهَ وَ رَسُوْلَهٗ یُدْخِلْهُ جَنّٰتٍ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَاؕ-وَ ذٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِیْمُ(13) وَ مَنْ یَّعْصِ اللّٰهَ وَ رَسُوْلَهٗ وَ یَتَعَدَّ حُدُوْدَهٗ یُدْخِلْهُ نَارًا خَالِدًا فِیْهَا ۪- وَ لَهٗ عَذَابٌ مُّهِیْنٌ۠ (14)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

These are the boundaries of Allah.[1] Whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, He (Allah) will admit him to the gardens beneath which rivers flow; they will reside therein forever. This is great success. And whosoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, and exceeds the boundaries of Allah, then Allah will make him enter Fire, he will remain therein forever;[1] and for him there is a most humiliating punishment.

Commentary

[1]

Allah Almighty has declared the injunctions of inheritance as His boundaries and breaking them is breaking the boundaries of Allah Almighty. This means being unjust when distributing inheritance incurs Divine Retribution. Those Muslims should learn a lesson from this who deprive girls (or other inheritors) of inheritance. It is mentioned in a hadith that “Whosoever deprives his heir of ˹his share˺ of inheritance, Allah Almighty will deprive him of his share in Paradise on the Day of Judgement.”

[2]

Breaking any boundary of Shari‘ah is unlawful, but he who breaks every boundary is a disbeliever, i.e. he who breaks the boundary of faith; here, this is the interpretation as the punishment for the individual is eternal punishment in Hell and only a disbeliever will stay in Hell forever, not a Muslim.