Surah shura ayat 24 Tafsir Quran 42:24

﴿أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا ۖ فَإِن يَشَإِ اللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ ۗ وَيَمْحُ اللَّهُ الْبَاطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ﴾
[ الشورى: 24]

42:24 Or do they say, "He has invented about Allah a lie"? But if Allah willed, He could seal over your heart. And Allah eliminates falsehood and establishes the truth by His words. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

Or am here is like bal do they say ‘He has invented a lie against God?’ in ascribing the Qur’ān to God exalted be He. For if God will He can seal He can fortify your heart with patience to endure the hurt they cause you by such sayings and otherwise — and God did this. And God will efface the falsehood which they speak and vindicate confirm the truth with His words the ones revealed to His Prophet. Truly He is Knower of what is in the breasts of what is in the hearts of people.

Or do they say: He -Muhammad- has related to Allah what he has fabricated and fraudulently imitated! But if Allah has determined that you Muhammad misrepresent Him, He would have blocked searchings of your heart; and if it be His will He would compose your heart with patience to endure their false and slanderous accusation. But Allah effaces and blots out falsehood and endorses and ratifies the truth by His words which to His acts accord; He is Alimun of all private thoughts and feelings reposted in the bosom

Good News of the Blessings of Paradise for the People of Faith Having mentioned the gardens of Paradise, Allah then says to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds: ذَلِكَ الَّذِى يُبَشِّرُ اللَّهُ عِبَادَهُ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ ( That is whereof Allah gives glad tidings to His servants who believe and do righteous good deeds. ) meaning, this will undoubtedly come to them, because it is glad tidings from Allah to them. قُل لاَّ أَسْـَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً إِلاَّ الْمَوَدَّةَ فِى الْقُرْبَى ( Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this except to be kind to me for my kinship with you." ) means, `say, O Muhammad, to these idolators among the disbeliever of Quraysh: I do not ask you for anything in return for this message and sincere advice which I bring to you.
All I ask of you is that you withhold your evil from me and let me convey the Messages of my Lord.
If you will not help me, then do not disturb me, for the sake of the ties of kinship that exist between you and I.' Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, was asked about the Ayah: إِلاَّ الْمَوَدَّةَ فِى الْقُرْبَى ( except to be kind to me for my kinship with you. ) Sa`id bin Jubayr said, "To be kind to the family of Muhammad ﷺ ." Ibn `Abbas said, "No, you have jumped to a hasty conclusion.
There was no clan among Quraysh to whom the Prophet did not have some ties of kinship." Ibn `Abbas said, "Except that you uphold the ties of kinship that exist between me and you." This was recorded by Al-Bukhari.
It was also recorded by Imam Ahmad with a different chain of narration. وَمَن يَقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةً نَّزِدْ لَهُ فِيهَا حُسْناً ( And whoever earns a good righteous deed, We shall give him an increase of good in respect thereof ) means, `whoever does a good deed, We will increase him in good for it, i.e., in reward.' This is like the Ayah: إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَـعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْراً عَظِيماً ( Surely, Allah wrongs not even of the weight of a speck of dust, but if there is any good, He doubles it, and gives from Him a great reward. ) ( 4:40 ) إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ ( Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate. ) means, He forgives many bad deeds and increases a small amount of good deeds; He conceals and forgives sins and He multiplies and increases the reward of good deeds. The Accusation that the Prophet fabricated the Qur'an -- and the Response to that Allah's saying; أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِباً فَإِن يَشَإِ اللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ ( Or say they: "He has invented a lie against Allah" If Allah willed, He could have sealed up your heart. ) means, `if you had invented any lies against Him, as these ignorant people claim,' يَخْتِمْ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ ( He could have sealed up your heart. ) means, `and thus caused you to forget what had already come to you of the Qur'an.' This is like the Ayah: وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الاٌّقَاوِيلِ - لأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ - ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ - فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـجِزِينَ ( And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah ), We surely would have seized him by his right hand, and then We certainly would have cut off his life artery, And none of you could have withheld Us from ( punishing ) him.) ( 69:44-47 ) which means, `We would have wrought the utmost vengeance upon him, and no one among mankind would have been able to protect him.' And Allah said: وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَـتِهِ ( and establishes the truth by His Word. ) means, He establishes it and strengthens it and makes it clear by His Words, i.e., by His evidence and signs. إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ ( Verily, He knows well what are in the breasts. ) means, all that is hidden in the hearts of men.

(42:24) Do they say: 'He has forged a lie against Allah?' *43 If Allah so wanted He could seal up your heart. *44 Allah blots out falsehood and confirms the truth by His Words. *45 He is well aware of all the secrets hidden in the breasts (of people). *46

Or do they say, "He has invented meaning

*43) In this interrogative sentence the style is of severe reproach.
It means: " O Prophet: Have these people become so bold and fearless that they do not feel any shame in accusing you of inventing a lie, and that too of a heinous sin of alit against Allah? They calumniate you that you are forging the Qur'an yourself and then falsely attributing to Allah.
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*44) That is, " Such big lies are only uttered by those whose hearts havc been sealed up.
If Allah wills, He may include you also among them, but it is His mercy that He has kept you away from them.
This answer contains a seven satire against the people who were so accusing the Holy Prophet.
It means this: "O Prophet, they think that you are a man like them.
Just as they are in the habit of uttering any big lie only for the sake of a selfish motive, so they thought you also must have forged a lie for selfish ends.
But it is Allah's mercy that He has not sealed up your heart as He has sealed up theirs."
*45) That is, "It is Allah's way that He dces not grant stability to falsehood, and in the long run proves the truth to be true.
Therefore, O Prophet, you should go on doing your mission, without paying any attention to their false accusations.
A time will come when this whole falsehood will vanish like dust, and the truth of that which you are presenting will become visible and manifest."
*46) That is, "He knows why you are being thus falsely accused and what are the actual motives that are working behind all this struggle that is being made to frustrate and defeat you.
"
 

Good News of the Blessings of Paradise for the People of Faith Having mentioned the gardens of Paradise, Allah then says to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds: ذَلِكَ الَّذِى يُبَشِّرُ اللَّهُ عِبَادَهُ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ ( That is whereof Allah gives glad tidings to His servants who believe and do righteous good deeds. ) meaning, this will undoubtedly come to them, because it is glad tidings from Allah to them. قُل لاَّ أَسْـَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً إِلاَّ الْمَوَدَّةَ فِى الْقُرْبَى ( Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this except to be kind to me for my kinship with you." ) means, `say, O Muhammad, to these idolators among the disbeliever of Quraysh: I do not ask you for anything in return for this message and sincere advice which I bring to you.
All I ask of you is that you withhold your evil from me and let me convey the Messages of my Lord.
If you will not help me, then do not disturb me, for the sake of the ties of kinship that exist between you and I.' Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, was asked about the Ayah: إِلاَّ الْمَوَدَّةَ فِى الْقُرْبَى ( except to be kind to me for my kinship with you. ) Sa`id bin Jubayr said, "To be kind to the family of Muhammad ﷺ ." Ibn `Abbas said, "No, you have jumped to a hasty conclusion.
There was no clan among Quraysh to whom the Prophet did not have some ties of kinship." Ibn `Abbas said, "Except that you uphold the ties of kinship that exist between me and you." This was recorded by Al-Bukhari.
It was also recorded by Imam Ahmad with a different chain of narration. وَمَن يَقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةً نَّزِدْ لَهُ فِيهَا حُسْناً ( And whoever earns a good righteous deed, We shall give him an increase of good in respect thereof ) means, `whoever does a good deed, We will increase him in good for it, i.e., in reward.' This is like the Ayah: إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَـعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْراً عَظِيماً ( Surely, Allah wrongs not even of the weight of a speck of dust, but if there is any good, He doubles it, and gives from Him a great reward. ) ( 4:40 ) إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ ( Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate. ) means, He forgives many bad deeds and increases a small amount of good deeds; He conceals and forgives sins and He multiplies and increases the reward of good deeds. The Accusation that the Prophet fabricated the Qur'an -- and the Response to that Allah's saying; أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِباً فَإِن يَشَإِ اللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ ( Or say they: "He has invented a lie against Allah" If Allah willed, He could have sealed up your heart. ) means, `if you had invented any lies against Him, as these ignorant people claim,' يَخْتِمْ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ ( He could have sealed up your heart. ) means, `and thus caused you to forget what had already come to you of the Qur'an.' This is like the Ayah: وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الاٌّقَاوِيلِ - لأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ - ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ - فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـجِزِينَ ( And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah ), We surely would have seized him by his right hand, and then We certainly would have cut off his life artery, And none of you could have withheld Us from ( punishing ) him.) ( 69:44-47 ) which means, `We would have wrought the utmost vengeance upon him, and no one among mankind would have been able to protect him.' And Allah said: وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَـتِهِ ( and establishes the truth by His Word. ) means, He establishes it and strengthens it and makes it clear by His Words, i.e., by His evidence and signs. إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ ( Verily, He knows well what are in the breasts. ) means, all that is hidden in the hearts of men.

( Or say they ) in fact they do say: ( He hath invented ) Muhammad has invented ( a lie concerning Allah? ) The Prophet ( pbuh ) was saddened because of this, and so Allah, glorious and Exalted is He, said: ( If Allah willed, He could have sealed ) tied ( thy heart (against them ). And Allah will wipe out the lie) Allah will destroy idolatry and all the idolaters ( and will vindicate the Truth by His words ) and will manifest the religion of Islam through His enhancement. ( Lo! He is aware of what is hidden in the breasts (of men )) He knows what is in people’s hearts whether it is good or evil.

Or say they: "He has invented a lie against Allah?" If Allah willed, He could have sealed your heart (so that you forget all that you know of the Quran). And Allah wipes out falsehood, and establishes the truth (Islam) by His Word (this Qur'an). Verily, He knows well what (the secrets) are in the breasts (of mankind).

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