Surah Hud ayat 19 Tafsir Quran 11:19

﴿الَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ كَافِرُونَ﴾
[ هود: 19]

11:19 Who averted [people] from the way of Allah and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they, concerning the Hereafter, were disbelievers.

they who bar people from God’s way from the religion of Islam desiring to have it seeking that the way be crooked; and in the Hereafter they hum ‘they’ is reiterated for emphasis are disbelievers.

Who stood in the way to prevent Allahs spirit of truth from guiding people into all truth, making it their aim to pervert the truth and crook the path of righteousness to their own ends, and never did they acknowledge the truth of the Hereafter

(11:19) upon those *22 who bar people from the way of Allah, and seek in it crookedness, *23 and disbelieve in the Hereafter.

Who averted [people] from the way of meaning

*22).
This is a parenthetical statement.
That is, that God's curse will be proclaimed in the Hereafter against those who are guilty of the crimes mentioned.

*23).
Such persons do not like the Straight Way being expounded to them.
They would rather have the Straight Way rendered crooked by altering it under the influence of lust, prejudice, fancy, and superstition.
It is only after the way that was once straight has been rendered crooked that they will be willing to accept it.

 

( Who debar (men )) who prevent people ( from the way of Allah ) from Allah’s religion and obedience ( and would have it crooked ) they would have it deviated from the Truth; it is also said that this means: they would have it other than what it is, ( and who are disbelievers in ) deniers of ( the Hereafter ) resurrection after death.

Those who hinder (others) from the Path of Allah (Islamic Monotheism), and seek a crookedness therein, while they are disbelievers in the Hereafter.

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