Surah Naml ayat 3 Tafsir Quran 27:3

﴿الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَهُم بِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ﴾
[ النمل: 3]

27:3 Who establish prayer and give zakah, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].

those who observe prayer performing it in the way that it should be performed and give alms and who are certain of the Hereafter knowing it to be true through the many proofs thereof hum ‘they’ is repeated because a separation has taken place between it the first hum and the predicate yūqinūna.

Who engage in the act of worship and give alms -for alms are but the vehicles of prayer- and look at the Hereafter as the most undoubted event

Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Qur'an is Guidance and Glad Tidings for the Believers, a Warning to the Disbelievers, and it is from Allah In ( the comments on ) Surat Al-Baqarah, we discussed the letters which appear at the beginning of some Surahs. تِلْكَ ءَايَـتُ الْقُرْءَانِ وَكِتَـبٍ مُّبِينٍ ( These are the Ayat of the Qur'an, and (it is ) a Book ( that is ) clear.) It is plain and evident. هُدًى وَبُشْرَى لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( A guide and glad tidings for the believers. ) meaning, guidance and good news may be attained from the Qur'an for those who believe in it, follow it and put it into practice.
They establish obligatory prayers, pay Zakah and believe with certain faith in the Hereafter, the resurrection after death, reward and punishment for all deeds, good and bad, and Paradise and Hell.
This is like the Ayat: قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ هُدًى وَشِفَآءٌ وَالَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ فِى ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ ( Say: "It is for those who believe, a guide and a healing.
And as for those who disbelieve, there is heaviness (deafness ) in their ears...") ( 41:44 ). لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنْذِرَ بِهِ قَوْماً لُّدّاً ( that you may give glad tidings to those who have Taqwa, and warn with it the Ludd (most quarrelsome ) people) ( 19: 97 ).
Allah says here: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ ( Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, ) meaning, those who deny it and think that it will never happen, زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ أَعْمَـلَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ( We have made their deeds fair seeming to them, so that they wander about blindly. ) means, `We have made what they are doing seem good to them, and We have left them to continue in their misguidance, so they are lost and confused.' This is their recompense for their disbelief in the Hereafter, as Allah says: وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَـرَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ( And We shall turn their hearts and their eyes away, as they refused to believe therein for the first time ) ( 6:110 ). أُوْلَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوءُ الْعَذَابِ ( They are those for whom there will be an evil torment. ) in this world and the Hereafter. وَهُمْ فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ هُمُ الاٌّخْسَرُونَ ( And in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers. ) means, no one but they, among all the people who will be gathered, will lose their souls and their wealth. وَإِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى الْقُرْءَانَ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ ( And verily, you are being taught the Qur'an from One, All-Wise, All-Knowing. ) وَأَنَّكَ ( And verily, you ) O Muhammad.
Qatadah said: لَتُلَقَّى ( are being taught ) "Are receiving." الْقُرْءَانَ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ ( the Qur'an from One, All-Wise, All-Knowing. ) from One Who is Wise in His commands and prohibitions, and Who knows all things, major and minor.
Whatever He says is absolute Truth, and His rulings are entirely fair and just, as Allah says: وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقاً وَعَدْلاً ( And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice ) ( 6:115 ).

(27:3) who establish the Salat and pay the Zakat; *3 and they are the ones who fully believe in the Hereafter. *4

Who establish prayer and give zakah, and meaning

*3) That is, "These verses of the Qur'an give guidance and convey the good news of a good end only to those people who possess these two qualities: ( 1 ) They should affirm faith, that is, accept the invitation of the Qur'an and the Holy Prophet Muhammad ( upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings ), believe In one God as their only Deity and Lord, accept the Qur'an' as the Book of AIlah, acknowledge the Holy Prophet as a true Prophet and their Leader, and also adopt the belief that after this life there is another life, in which man has to render his full account of deeds and be rewarded or punished accordingly.
( 2 ) They should not only profess faith verbally, but should also be inclined to follow and obey the Divine Commands practically, and the first indication of this inclination is that they should establish the Salat and pay the Zakat.
The verses of the Qur'an will show the right way of life only to those people who fulfil these two conditions; they will explain to them the difference between the right and the wrong at every stage on the way, protect them against the wrong ways at every turn of the way, and bless them with the satisfaction that whatever be the consequences of following the Right Way in the world, in the Hereafter they will certainly attain the eternal and everlasting success and the good will of Allah only through it.
For in order to derive full benefit from the teaching of a teacher, one has first to have faith in him, then accept to be his student, and then work according to his instructions.
Similarly, a patient who wants to be benefited by a doctor has first to accept him as a physician, and then follow his instructions with regard tomedical dosage, prevention, etc.
Then only he can assure the patient of the desired results.
Some people have interpreted the words yu'tun-az-zakat in this verse to mean that they should adopt moral purity.
But, wherever in the Qur'an the word ita-i-zakat has occurred along with the word iqamat-i-salat, it means payment of the Zakat, which is the second pillar of Islam after the Salat.
Moreover, the Qur'an has used the word tazakka for adopting piety and purity and not ita' which is specifically used for the payment of the Zakat.
In fact, what is meant to be impressed here is this: In order to benefit fully by the guidance of the Qur'an, it is imperative that one should adopt the attitude of submission and obedience in practical life as well after the affirmation of the Faith, and the establishment of the Salat and the payment of the Zakat is the first indication that one has actually adopted such an attitude.
If there is no such indication, it will become obvious that one is rebellious: he might have acknowledged a ruler as such, but he is not inclined to carry out his commands.

*4) Although belief in the Hereafter is an article of the Faith, and a believer will also believe in it along with believing in Tauhid and the Prophethood, here it has been specially mentioned separately in order to bring out its unique importance.
The object is to impress that for those people who do not believe in the Hereafter, it is impossible to follow, even tread, the way taught by the Qur'an.
For the people of this way of thinking naturally determine their criterion of good and evil by the results that appear, in this world.
For them it is not possible to accept any admonition or guidance which seeks to determine the good and evil by the criterion of the gain and loss in the Hereafter.
Such people in the first instance do not at all heed the teachings of the Prophets, but if for some reason, they also get included among the believers, they find it difficult to take even the initial steps on the way of the Faith and Islam because of the lack of faith in the Hereafter.
For as soon as they will encounter the first situation where the demands of the worldly g ains and the losses of the Hereafter will pull them in opposite directions, they will freely allow themselves to be pulled towards the worldly gains without caring in the least for the losses of the Hereafter, even though they may be making all sons of claims to be the believers.

 

Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Qur'an is Guidance and Glad Tidings for the Believers, a Warning to the Disbelievers, and it is from Allah In ( the comments on ) Surat Al-Baqarah, we discussed the letters which appear at the beginning of some Surahs. تِلْكَ ءَايَـتُ الْقُرْءَانِ وَكِتَـبٍ مُّبِينٍ ( These are the Ayat of the Qur'an, and (it is ) a Book ( that is ) clear.) It is plain and evident. هُدًى وَبُشْرَى لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( A guide and glad tidings for the believers. ) meaning, guidance and good news may be attained from the Qur'an for those who believe in it, follow it and put it into practice.
They establish obligatory prayers, pay Zakah and believe with certain faith in the Hereafter, the resurrection after death, reward and punishment for all deeds, good and bad, and Paradise and Hell.
This is like the Ayat: قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ هُدًى وَشِفَآءٌ وَالَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ فِى ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ ( Say: "It is for those who believe, a guide and a healing.
And as for those who disbelieve, there is heaviness (deafness ) in their ears...") ( 41:44 ). لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنْذِرَ بِهِ قَوْماً لُّدّاً ( that you may give glad tidings to those who have Taqwa, and warn with it the Ludd (most quarrelsome ) people) ( 19: 97 ).
Allah says here: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ ( Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, ) meaning, those who deny it and think that it will never happen, زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ أَعْمَـلَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ( We have made their deeds fair seeming to them, so that they wander about blindly. ) means, `We have made what they are doing seem good to them, and We have left them to continue in their misguidance, so they are lost and confused.' This is their recompense for their disbelief in the Hereafter, as Allah says: وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَـرَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ( And We shall turn their hearts and their eyes away, as they refused to believe therein for the first time ) ( 6:110 ). أُوْلَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوءُ الْعَذَابِ ( They are those for whom there will be an evil torment. ) in this world and the Hereafter. وَهُمْ فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ هُمُ الاٌّخْسَرُونَ ( And in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers. ) means, no one but they, among all the people who will be gathered, will lose their souls and their wealth. وَإِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى الْقُرْءَانَ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ ( And verily, you are being taught the Qur'an from One, All-Wise, All-Knowing. ) وَأَنَّكَ ( And verily, you ) O Muhammad.
Qatadah said: لَتُلَقَّى ( are being taught ) "Are receiving." الْقُرْءَانَ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ ( the Qur'an from One, All-Wise, All-Knowing. ) from One Who is Wise in His commands and prohibitions, and Who knows all things, major and minor.
Whatever He says is absolute Truth, and His rulings are entirely fair and just, as Allah says: وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقاً وَعَدْلاً ( And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice ) ( 6:115 ).

Allah then showed the attributes of these true believers, saying: ( Who establish worship ) those who complete the five daily prayers along with their necessary ritual ablution, bowing, prostrating and all that which is obligated in their due times ( and pay the poor-due ) from their wealth ( and are sure of ) they believe in ( the Hereafter ) resurrection after death, Paradise and hell.

Those who perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat) and give Zakat and they believe with certainty in the Hereafter (resurrection, recompense of their good and bad deeds, Paradise and Hell, etc.).

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