Quran 53:35 Surah Najm ayat 35 Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
﴿أَعِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰ﴾
[ النجم: 35]
53:35 Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?
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Quran 53:35 Tafsir Al-Jalalayn
Does he possess knowledge of the Unseen so that he sees? and therefore from among such knowledge he is able to know that another person may bear the chastisement of the Hereafter for him? No! This was al-Walīd b. al-Mughīra or someone else the sentence beginning with a-‘indahu ‘does he possess’ is the second object of the a-ra’ayta ‘have you seen’ which has the significance of ‘inform Me!’.
Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
Does he have knowledge of what is to be, or will be, or does he know the unknown and realize the unseen and the events yet to happen and therefore he perceives them mentally or in a dream or vision or by sight
Quran 53:35 Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Chastising Those Who disobey Allah and stop giving Charity
Allah the Exalted chastises those who turn away from His obedience,
فَلاَ صَدَّقَ وَلاَ صَلَّى - وَلَـكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى
( So he (the disbeliever ) neither believed nor prayed! But on the contrary, he belied and turned away!)( 75:31-32 ),
وَأَعْطَى قَلِيلاً وَأَكْدَى
( And gave a little, then stopped ) Ibn `Abbas said, "Gave a little, then stopped giving." Similar was said by Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, `Ikrimah, Qatadah and several others.
`Ikrimah and Sa`id said: "Like the case of a people who dig a well, during the course of which they find a rock preventing them from completing their work.
So they say, `We are finished' and they abandon the work." Allah's statement,
أَعِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰ
( Is with him the knowledge of the Unseen so that he sees ) means, does this person, who stopped giving for fear of poverty and ended his acts of charity have knowledge of the Unseen and thus knows that if he does not stop giving, his wealth will go away No.
Such a person has stopped giving in charity for righteous causes and did not keep relations with kith and kin because of his miserliness, being stingy and out of fear of poverty.
The Prophet said in a Hadith,
«أَنْفِقْ بِلَالُ، وَلَا تَخْشَ مِنْ ذِي الْعَرْشِ إِقْلَالًا»
( O Bilal, spend and fear not less provisions from the Owner of the Thone. ) Allah the Exalted and Most honored said,
وَمَآ أَنفَقْتُمْ مِّن شَىْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ
( And whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allah's cause ), He will replace it.
And He is the Best of providers.)( 34:39 )
The Meaning of `fulfilled
Allah the Exalted said,
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَى - وَإِبْرَهِيمَ الَّذِى وَفَّى
( Or is he not informed with what is in the Suhuf of Musa.
And of Ibrahim who fulfilled ), Sa`id bin Jubayr and Ath-Thawri said it means: "Conveyed all that he was ordered to convey." Ibn `Abbas said about:
وَفَّى
( fulfilled ) "He delivered all that Allah ordered him to deliver." Sa`id bin Jubayr said about:
وَفَّى
( fulfilled ), "What he was ordered." Qatadah said about:
وَفَّى
( fulfilled ), "He obeyed Allah and delivered His Message to His creatures." This is the view preferred by Ibn Jarir because it includes the statement before it and supports it.
Allah said,
وَإِذِ ابْتَلَى إِبْرَهِيمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلِمَـتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ قَالَ إِنِّى جَـعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا
( And (remember ) when the Lord of Ibrahim tried him with ( certain ) commands, which he fulfilled.
He said: "Verily, I am going to make you an Imam ( a leader ) for mankind.")( 2:124 ) Therefore, Ibrahim fulfilled all the commands of his Lord, stayed away from all the prohibitions, and conveyed Allah's Message in its entirety.
Therefore, he is worthy of being made a leader for mankind in all of his affairs, statements and actions.
Allah the Exalted said,
ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ أَنِ اتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
( Then, We have sent the revelation to you (saying ): "Follow the religion of Ibrahim, a Hanif, and he was not of the idolators.")( 16:123 )
None shall carry the Burden of Any Other on the Day of Resurrection
Allah the Exalted explained what He has revealed in the Scripture of Ibrahim and Musa,
أَلاَّ تَزِرُ وَزِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى
( That no burdened person shall bear the burden of another. ) Meaning, every soul shall carry its own injustices, whether disbelief or sin, and none else shall carry its burden of sin, as Allah states
وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَى حِمْلِهَا لاَ يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَى
( And if one heavily laden calls another to (bear ) his load, nothing of it will be lifted even though he be near of kin.)( 35:18 ) Allah said,
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلإِنسَـنِ إِلاَّ مَا سَعَى
( And that man can have nothing but what he does. ) So just as no soul shall carry the burden of any other, the soul shall only benefit from the good that one earns for himself.
As for the Hadith recorded by Muslim in the Sahih, that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«إِذَا مَاتَ الْإِنْسَانُ انْقَطَعَ عَمَلُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ: مِنْ وَلَدٍ صَالِحٍ يَدْعُو لَهُ، أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ جَارِيَةٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، أَوْ عِلْمٍ يُنْتَفَعُ بِه»
( When a person dies, his deeds will cease except in three cases: from a righteous son who invokes Allah for him, or an ongoing charity after his death, or knowledge that people benefit from. ) These three things are, in reality, a result of one's own deeds, efforts and actions.
For example, a Hadith states,
«إِنَّ أَطْيَبَ مَا أَكَلَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ كَسْبِهِ، وَإِنَّ وَلَدَهُ مِنْ كَسْبِه»
( Verily, the best type of provision that one consumes is from what he himself has earned, and one's offspring are among what he has earned. ) The ongoing charity that one leaves behind, like an endowment, for example, are among the traces of his own actions and deeds.
Allah the Exalted said,
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى وَنَكْتُبُ مَاَ قَدَّمُواْ وَءَاثَارَهُمْ
( Verily, We give life to the dead, and We record that which they send before (them ) and their traces.)( 36:12 ) The knowledge that one spreads among people which they are guided by is among his actions and deeds.
A Hadith collected in the Sahih states,
«مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى هُدًى كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مِثْلُ أُجُورِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا»
( Whoever invites to guidance, he will earn as much reward as those who follow him, without decreasing anything out of their own rewards. ) Allah said,
وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَى
( And that his deeds will be seen. ) meaning, on the Day of Resurrection,
وَقُلِ اعْمَلُواْ فَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَسَتُرَدُّونَ إِلَى عَـلِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
( And say: "Do deeds! Allah will see your deeds, and (so will ) His Messenger and the believers.
And you will be brought back to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen.
Then He will inform you of what you used to do.")( 9:105 ), Then Allah will remind you of your actions and recompense you for them in the best manner, good for good and evil for evil.
Allah's statement here,
ثُمَّ يُجْزَاهُ الْجَزَآءَ الأَوْفَى
( Then he will be recompensed with a full and the best recompense. )
Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(53:35) Does he have any knowledge of the world beyond the ken of sense-perception, and therefore, clearly sees (the Truth)? *35
Does he have knowledge of the unseen, meaning
*35) That is, 'Does he know that this conduct is in any way beneficial for him? Does he know that a person can save himself even in this way from the punishment of the Hereafter?"
Tafsir Maarif-ul-Quran Mufti Muhammad Shafi
Chastising Those Who disobey Allah and stop giving Charity
Allah the Exalted chastises those who turn away from His obedience,
فَلاَ صَدَّقَ وَلاَ صَلَّى - وَلَـكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى
( So he (the disbeliever ) neither believed nor prayed! But on the contrary, he belied and turned away!)( 75:31-32 ),
وَأَعْطَى قَلِيلاً وَأَكْدَى
( And gave a little, then stopped ) Ibn `Abbas said, "Gave a little, then stopped giving." Similar was said by Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, `Ikrimah, Qatadah and several others.
`Ikrimah and Sa`id said: "Like the case of a people who dig a well, during the course of which they find a rock preventing them from completing their work.
So they say, `We are finished' and they abandon the work." Allah's statement,
أَعِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰ
( Is with him the knowledge of the Unseen so that he sees ) means, does this person, who stopped giving for fear of poverty and ended his acts of charity have knowledge of the Unseen and thus knows that if he does not stop giving, his wealth will go away No.
Such a person has stopped giving in charity for righteous causes and did not keep relations with kith and kin because of his miserliness, being stingy and out of fear of poverty.
The Prophet said in a Hadith,
«أَنْفِقْ بِلَالُ، وَلَا تَخْشَ مِنْ ذِي الْعَرْشِ إِقْلَالًا»
( O Bilal, spend and fear not less provisions from the Owner of the Thone. ) Allah the Exalted and Most honored said,
وَمَآ أَنفَقْتُمْ مِّن شَىْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ
( And whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allah's cause ), He will replace it.
And He is the Best of providers.)( 34:39 )
The Meaning of `fulfilled
Allah the Exalted said,
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَى - وَإِبْرَهِيمَ الَّذِى وَفَّى
( Or is he not informed with what is in the Suhuf of Musa.
And of Ibrahim who fulfilled ), Sa`id bin Jubayr and Ath-Thawri said it means: "Conveyed all that he was ordered to convey." Ibn `Abbas said about:
وَفَّى
( fulfilled ) "He delivered all that Allah ordered him to deliver." Sa`id bin Jubayr said about:
وَفَّى
( fulfilled ), "What he was ordered." Qatadah said about:
وَفَّى
( fulfilled ), "He obeyed Allah and delivered His Message to His creatures." This is the view preferred by Ibn Jarir because it includes the statement before it and supports it.
Allah said,
وَإِذِ ابْتَلَى إِبْرَهِيمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلِمَـتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ قَالَ إِنِّى جَـعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا
( And (remember ) when the Lord of Ibrahim tried him with ( certain ) commands, which he fulfilled.
He said: "Verily, I am going to make you an Imam ( a leader ) for mankind.")( 2:124 ) Therefore, Ibrahim fulfilled all the commands of his Lord, stayed away from all the prohibitions, and conveyed Allah's Message in its entirety.
Therefore, he is worthy of being made a leader for mankind in all of his affairs, statements and actions.
Allah the Exalted said,
ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ أَنِ اتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
( Then, We have sent the revelation to you (saying ): "Follow the religion of Ibrahim, a Hanif, and he was not of the idolators.")( 16:123 )
None shall carry the Burden of Any Other on the Day of Resurrection
Allah the Exalted explained what He has revealed in the Scripture of Ibrahim and Musa,
أَلاَّ تَزِرُ وَزِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى
( That no burdened person shall bear the burden of another. ) Meaning, every soul shall carry its own injustices, whether disbelief or sin, and none else shall carry its burden of sin, as Allah states
وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَى حِمْلِهَا لاَ يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَى
( And if one heavily laden calls another to (bear ) his load, nothing of it will be lifted even though he be near of kin.)( 35:18 ) Allah said,
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلإِنسَـنِ إِلاَّ مَا سَعَى
( And that man can have nothing but what he does. ) So just as no soul shall carry the burden of any other, the soul shall only benefit from the good that one earns for himself.
As for the Hadith recorded by Muslim in the Sahih, that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«إِذَا مَاتَ الْإِنْسَانُ انْقَطَعَ عَمَلُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ: مِنْ وَلَدٍ صَالِحٍ يَدْعُو لَهُ، أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ جَارِيَةٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، أَوْ عِلْمٍ يُنْتَفَعُ بِه»
( When a person dies, his deeds will cease except in three cases: from a righteous son who invokes Allah for him, or an ongoing charity after his death, or knowledge that people benefit from. ) These three things are, in reality, a result of one's own deeds, efforts and actions.
For example, a Hadith states,
«إِنَّ أَطْيَبَ مَا أَكَلَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ كَسْبِهِ، وَإِنَّ وَلَدَهُ مِنْ كَسْبِه»
( Verily, the best type of provision that one consumes is from what he himself has earned, and one's offspring are among what he has earned. ) The ongoing charity that one leaves behind, like an endowment, for example, are among the traces of his own actions and deeds.
Allah the Exalted said,
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى وَنَكْتُبُ مَاَ قَدَّمُواْ وَءَاثَارَهُمْ
( Verily, We give life to the dead, and We record that which they send before (them ) and their traces.)( 36:12 ) The knowledge that one spreads among people which they are guided by is among his actions and deeds.
A Hadith collected in the Sahih states,
«مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى هُدًى كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مِثْلُ أُجُورِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا»
( Whoever invites to guidance, he will earn as much reward as those who follow him, without decreasing anything out of their own rewards. ) Allah said,
وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَى
( And that his deeds will be seen. ) meaning, on the Day of Resurrection,
وَقُلِ اعْمَلُواْ فَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَسَتُرَدُّونَ إِلَى عَـلِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
( And say: "Do deeds! Allah will see your deeds, and (so will ) His Messenger and the believers.
And you will be brought back to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen.
Then He will inform you of what you used to do.")( 9:105 ), Then Allah will remind you of your actions and recompense you for them in the best manner, good for good and evil for evil.
Allah's statement here,
ثُمَّ يُجْزَاهُ الْجَزَآءَ الأَوْفَى
( Then he will be recompensed with a full and the best recompense. )
Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
( Hath he knowledge of the Unseen ) the Guarded Tablet ( so that he seeth ) his doing in it that it is indeed as he did? This verse was revealed about ’Uthman Ibn ’Affan who was of the habit of spending a great deal on, and gives alms to, the Companions of the Prophet ( pbuh ) but then he met ’Abdullah Ibn Sa’d Ibn Abi Sarh. The latter said to him: " I see that you spend a great deal on these, and I fear that you may be left with nothing ". ’Uthman said to him: " I have faults and sins which I want to expiate and I also want to obtain Allah’s good pleasure ". ’Abdullah said: " Give me the halter of your camel and I will bear your sins and faults in this life and in the Hereafter ". As a result, he gave him the halter of his camel and confided himself to spending on him. It is because of this that this verse was revealed.
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
Is with him the knowledge of the unseen so that he sees?
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