Surah Ankabut ayat 52 Tafsir Quran 29:52

﴿قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ شَهِيدًا ۖ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۗ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ وَكَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ﴾
[ العنكبوت: 52]

29:52 Say, "Sufficient is Allah between me and you as Witness. He knows what is in the heavens and earth. And they who have believed in falsehood and disbelieved in Allah - it is those who are the losers."

Say ‘God suffices as a witness between me and you’ of my sincerity. He knows whatever is in the heavens and the earth including my circumstances and yours. And those who believe in falsehood namely all that is worshipped besides God and who disbelieve in God from among you — those they are the losers in their bargain for they have purchased disbelief in return for faith.

Say to them: Enough is Allah to be a witness of our actions and your actions and to be the Judge. He is Omniscient of all that is in the heavens and of all that is on earth. And those who acknowledged falsehood and denied Him and His system of faith and worship shall be the losers

The Idolators' demand for Signs, and the Response Allah tells us how the idolators stubbornly demanded signs, meaning that they wanted signs to show them that Muhammad was indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, just as Salih was given the sign of the she-camel.
Allah says: قُلْ ( Say ) -- `O Muhammad' -- إِنَّمَا الاٌّيَـتُ عِندَ اللَّهِ ( The signs are only with Allah ) meaning, `the matter rests with Allah, and if He knew that you would be guided, He would respond to your request, because it is very easy for Him to do that.
Yet He knows that you are merely being stubborn and putting me to the test, so He will not respond to you.' This is like the Ayah, وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِالاٌّيَـتِ إِلاَّ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا الاٌّوَّلُونَ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُواْ بِهَا ( And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayat but that the people of old denied them.
And We sent the she-camel to Thamud as a clear sign, but they did her wrong ) ( 17:59 ). وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَاْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ( and I am only a plain warner ) means, `I have been sent to you only as a warner to bring a clear warning; all I have to do is convey the Message of Allah to you.
' مَن يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا ( He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly-guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no guide to lead him. ) ( 18:17 ) لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَاهُمْ وَلَـكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ( Not upon you is their guidance, but Allah guides whom He wills ) ( 2:272 ).
Then Allah shows us how ignorant and foolish they were when they demanded a sign to prove to them that what Muhammad ﷺ had brought to them was true.
He brought them a great Book which falsehood cannot reach, neither from before it or behind it, it was greater than all other miracles, for the most eloquent of men could not match it or produce ten Surahs, or even one Surah like it. أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِهِمْ أَنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ يُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ ( Is it not sufficient for them that We have sent down to you the Book which is recited to them ) means, `is it not sufficient as a sign for them that We have sent down to you this great Book which tells them about what happened before their time, what will happen after they are gone, and passes judgement between them.
Even though you are an unlettered man who can neither read nor write, and you have not mixed with any of the People of the Book.
Yet you brought them news of what was said in the first Scriptures showing what is right in the matters that they dispute over, and bringing clear and obvious truth.
' As Allah says: أَوَلَمْيَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِى إِسْرَءِيلَ ( Is it not a sign to them that the learned scholars of the Children of Israel knew it (to be true )) ( 26:197 ) وَقَالُواْ لَوْلاَ يَأْتِينَا بِـَايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِ أَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِمْ بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِى الصُّحُفِ الاٍّولَى ( They say: "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord" Has there not come to them the proof of that which is in the former Scriptures ) ( 20:133 ) Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«مَا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْ نَبِيَ إِلَّا قَدْ أُعْطِيَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا مِثْلُهُ آمَنَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَشَرُ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُهُ وَحْيًا أَوْحَاهُ اللهُ إِلَيَّ، فَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ تَابِعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَة»
( There is no Prophet who was not given some miracles that would make the people believe in him.
What I have been given is revelation which Allah reveals to me, and I hope that I will have the greatest number of followers on the Day of Resurrection. )" It was also recorded by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Indeed Allah has said: إِنَّ فِى ذلِكَ لَرَحْمَةً وَذِكْرَى لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ( Verily, herein is mercy and a reminder for a people who believe. ) In this Qur'an there is mercy, that is, explanation of the truth and removal of falsehood, and a reminder to the believers of the punishment that is to come to the disbelievers and sinners.
Then Allah says: قُلْ كَفَى بِاللَّهِ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ شَهِيداً ( Say: "Sufficient is Allah for a witness between me and you..." ) `He knows best the words of denial that you utter, and he knows what I am telling you about Him and that He has sent me.
If I were telling lies about Him, He would have executed His vengeance upon me,' as Allah says elsewhere: وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الاٌّقَاوِيلِ - لأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ - ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ - فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـجِزِينَ g( And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us, We surely would have seized him by his right hand, and then We certainly would have cut off his aorta, and none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing ) him.) ( 69:44-47 ).
`But I am telling the truth in what I say to you about Him, so He has supported me with clear miracles and definitive evidence.' يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ ( He knows what is in the heavens and the earth. ) means, nothing is hidden from Him at all. وَالَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ بِالْبَـطِلِ وَكَفَرُواْ بِاللَّهِ أُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْخَـسِرُونَ ( And those who believe in falsehood, and disbelieve in Allah, it is they who are the losers. ) means, on the Day of Resurrection, they will be punished for what they did, and will get what they justly deserve for rejecting the truth and following falsehood, for disbelieving in the Messengers of Allah ﷺ even when there was proof that they were telling the truth, and for worshipping false gods with no evidence.
Allah will punish them for all that, for He is All-Wise and All-Knowing.

The Idolators' demand for Signs, and the Response Allah tells us how the idolators stubbornly demanded signs, meaning that they wanted signs to show them that Muhammad was indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, just as Salih was given the sign of the she-camel.
Allah says: قُلْ ( Say ) -- `O Muhammad' -- إِنَّمَا الاٌّيَـتُ عِندَ اللَّهِ ( The signs are only with Allah ) meaning, `the matter rests with Allah, and if He knew that you would be guided, He would respond to your request, because it is very easy for Him to do that.
Yet He knows that you are merely being stubborn and putting me to the test, so He will not respond to you.' This is like the Ayah, وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِالاٌّيَـتِ إِلاَّ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا الاٌّوَّلُونَ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُواْ بِهَا ( And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayat but that the people of old denied them.
And We sent the she-camel to Thamud as a clear sign, but they did her wrong ) ( 17:59 ). وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَاْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ( and I am only a plain warner ) means, `I have been sent to you only as a warner to bring a clear warning; all I have to do is convey the Message of Allah to you.
' مَن يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا ( He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly-guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no guide to lead him. ) ( 18:17 ) لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَاهُمْ وَلَـكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ( Not upon you is their guidance, but Allah guides whom He wills ) ( 2:272 ).
Then Allah shows us how ignorant and foolish they were when they demanded a sign to prove to them that what Muhammad ﷺ had brought to them was true.
He brought them a great Book which falsehood cannot reach, neither from before it or behind it, it was greater than all other miracles, for the most eloquent of men could not match it or produce ten Surahs, or even one Surah like it. أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِهِمْ أَنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ يُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ ( Is it not sufficient for them that We have sent down to you the Book which is recited to them ) means, `is it not sufficient as a sign for them that We have sent down to you this great Book which tells them about what happened before their time, what will happen after they are gone, and passes judgement between them.
Even though you are an unlettered man who can neither read nor write, and you have not mixed with any of the People of the Book.
Yet you brought them news of what was said in the first Scriptures showing what is right in the matters that they dispute over, and bringing clear and obvious truth.
' As Allah says: أَوَلَمْيَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِى إِسْرَءِيلَ ( Is it not a sign to them that the learned scholars of the Children of Israel knew it (to be true )) ( 26:197 ) وَقَالُواْ لَوْلاَ يَأْتِينَا بِـَايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِ أَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِمْ بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِى الصُّحُفِ الاٍّولَى ( They say: "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord" Has there not come to them the proof of that which is in the former Scriptures ) ( 20:133 ) Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «مَا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْ نَبِيَ إِلَّا قَدْ أُعْطِيَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا مِثْلُهُ آمَنَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَشَرُ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُهُ وَحْيًا أَوْحَاهُ اللهُ إِلَيَّ، فَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ تَابِعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَة» ( There is no Prophet who was not given some miracles that would make the people believe in him.
What I have been given is revelation which Allah reveals to me, and I hope that I will have the greatest number of followers on the Day of Resurrection. )" It was also recorded by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Indeed Allah has said: إِنَّ فِى ذلِكَ لَرَحْمَةً وَذِكْرَى لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ( Verily, herein is mercy and a reminder for a people who believe. ) In this Qur'an there is mercy, that is, explanation of the truth and removal of falsehood, and a reminder to the believers of the punishment that is to come to the disbelievers and sinners.
Then Allah says: قُلْ كَفَى بِاللَّهِ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ شَهِيداً ( Say: "Sufficient is Allah for a witness between me and you..." ) `He knows best the words of denial that you utter, and he knows what I am telling you about Him and that He has sent me.
If I were telling lies about Him, He would have executed His vengeance upon me,' as Allah says elsewhere: وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الاٌّقَاوِيلِ - لأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ - ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ - فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـجِزِينَ g( And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us, We surely would have seized him by his right hand, and then We certainly would have cut off his aorta, and none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing ) him.) ( 69:44-47 ).
`But I am telling the truth in what I say to you about Him, so He has supported me with clear miracles and definitive evidence.' يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ ( He knows what is in the heavens and the earth. ) means, nothing is hidden from Him at all. وَالَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ بِالْبَـطِلِ وَكَفَرُواْ بِاللَّهِ أُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْخَـسِرُونَ ( And those who believe in falsehood, and disbelieve in Allah, it is they who are the losers. ) means, on the Day of Resurrection, they will be punished for what they did, and will get what they justly deserve for rejecting the truth and following falsehood, for disbelieving in the Messengers of Allah ﷺ even when there was proof that they were telling the truth, and for worshipping false gods with no evidence.
Allah will punish them for all that, for He is All-Wise and All-Knowing.

( Say ) to them, O Muhammad: ( Allah sufficeth for witness between me and you ) that I am His Messenger. ( He knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth ) of created beings. ( And those who believe in vanity ) in the devil ( and disbelieve in Allah, they it is who are the losers ) who will be tormented, i.e. Abu Jahl and his host.

Say (to them O Muhammad SAW): "Sufficient is Allah for a witness between me and you. He knows what is in the heavens and on earth." And those who believe in Batil (all false deities other than Allah), and disbelieve in Allah and (in His Oneness), it is they who are the losers.

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