Surah Naml ayat 4 Tafsir Quran 27:4

﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ﴾
[ النمل: 4]

27:4 Indeed, for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made pleasing to them their deeds, so they wander blindly.

Truly those who do not believe in the Hereafter We have adorned their vile deeds for them by making such deeds seem sensuous so that they then deem them wholesome and so they are bewildered confused about why We deem these deeds to be vile.

As to those who deny the Hereafter and refuse to admit the truth of Resurrection, they have lost the intuitive recognition and perception of the truth. Acting upon their struggle in defiance of the truth, We have allured them to a brighter present and a happier destiny so that their minds be thrown into confusion and lose sight of the truth until they commit themselves to loss in the maze of error

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 ).

(27:4) The fact is that We have made the misdeeds of those who deny the Hereafter seem fair to them; therefore, they stray about blindly. *5

Indeed, for those who do not believe meaning

*5) That is.
"This is God's Law of Nature and the natural logic of human psychology that when man thinks that the results of his life's struggle are confined to this world only when he dces not believe in the existence of any court where his life's work has to be scrutinized and judged finally for good and evil, and when he dces not believe in any life hereafter when he will be requited strictly in accordance with the real worth of his life's deeds, he will inevitably develop in himself a material outlook on life, and every kind of conflict between the Truth and falsehood, good and evil, morality and immorality, will appear utterly meaningless to him.
Then, whatever earns him pleasure and enjoyment, material progress and prosperity, power and authority, will be the good for him, no matter it be any philosophy of life, any way of life and any system of morality.
He will have no concern for truth and reality.
His real ambition will be to win successes and earn adornments only of this worldly life, and their pursuit will lead him astray into every valley.
Then, whatever he dces with this object in view.
will be a thing of beauty for him, and he will regard all those others as foolish, who are not absorbed like him in seeking the world, and doing anything and everything without any moral qualm and inhibition.

 

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 ).

( Lo! as for those who believe not in the Hereafter ) those who do not believe in resurrection after death: Abu Jahl and his host, ( We have made their works fair-seeming unto them ) in their state of disbelief ( so that they are all astray ) so they proceed blindly, unable to see.

Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their deeds fair-seeming to them, so they wander about blindly.

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