Surah Al Isra ayat 54 Tafsir Quran 17:54

﴿رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ۖ إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ ۚ وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا﴾
[ الإسراء: 54]

17:54 Your Lord is most knowing of you. If He wills, He will have mercy upon you; or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], over them as a manager.

Your Lord knows you best. If He will He will have mercy on you by way of granting you repentance and faith or if He will for you to be chastised He will chastise you by having you die in disbelief. And We did not send you to be a guardian over them and so compel them to embrace faith — this was revealed before the command to fight them.

Allah, your Creator, knows best your disposition. He has mercy on you if He will or if He will He inflicts you with punishment, and We did not send you to the people to be their tutelary guardian

رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ( Your Lord knows you best; ) O mankind, meaning, He knows best who among you deserves to be guided and who does not deserve to be guided. إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ ( if He wills, He will have mercy on you, ) by helping you to obey Him and turn to Him. أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ ( or if He wills, He will punish you.
And We have not sent you ) - O Muhammad - عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلاً ( as a guardian over them. ) meaning, `We have sent you as a warner, so whoever obeys you, will enter Paradise and whoever disobeys you, will enter Hell.' وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ ( And your Lord knows best all who are in the heavens and the earth. ) meaning, their status or level of obedience or disobedience. The Preference of some Prophets above Others وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلَى بَعْضٍ ( And indeed, We have preferred some of the Prophets above others. ) As Allah says: تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ مِّنْهُمْ مَّن كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَـتٍ ( Those Messengers! We preferred some of them to others; to some of them Allah spoke (directly ); others He raised to degrees ( of honor. )) 2:253 This does not contradict the report in the Two Sahihs which says that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«لَا تُفَضِّلُوا بَيْنَ الْأَنْبِيَاء»
( Don't give superiority to any Prophet among (Allah's ) Prophets.) What is meant in this Hadith is giving a superiority based on whims and fanaticism or sectarian feelings, not on the basis of evidence.
If there is solid evidence, we have to follow it.
There is no dispute that the Messengers are better than the rest of the Prophets, and that the mighty Messengers of Great Resolve are the best of all.
They are the five mentioned in two Ayat of the Qur'an, in Surat Al-Ahzab: وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِنَ النَّبِيِّيْنَ مِيثَاقَهُمْ وَمِنْكَ وَمِن نُّوحٍ وَإِبْرَهِيمَ وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ( And (remember ) when We took from the Prophets their covenant, and from you and from Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa and `Isa son of Maryam.) 33:7 and in Surat Ash-Shura: شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ الِدِينِ مَا وَصَّى بِهِ نُوحاً وَالَّذِى أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا وَصَّيْنَا بِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى أَنْ أَقِيمُواْ الدِّينَ وَلاَ تَتَفَرَّقُواْ فِيهِ ( He has ordained for you the same religion which He ordained for Nuh, and that which We have revealed to you, and that which We ordained for Ibrahim, Musa and `Isa saying you should establish religion and make no divisions in it. ) 42:13 There is no dispute that Muhammad is the best of them, then Ibrahim, then Musa, then `Isa ( peace be upon them all ), according to the best-known view.
We have discussed the evidence for this in detail elsewhere, and Allah is the source of help.
Allah's saying, وَءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُودَ زَبُوراً ( and to Dawud We gave the Zabur. ) is an indication of his virtue and honor.
Al-Bukhari recorded from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said:
«خُفِّفَ عَلَى دَاوُدَ الْقُرْآنُ، فَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِدَوَابِّهِ فَتُسْرَجُ، فَكَانَ يَقْرَؤُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْرُغ»
( The Qur'an (i.e.
revea- led Scripture of Zabur ) was made easy for Dawud, so he would call for his mounts to be saddled, and he would finish reciting it ( i.e., the Zabur ) be- fore the job was done.)

(17:54) Your Lord is fully aware of everything concerning you. If He will, He may show mercy to you, and if He will, He may give you severe chastisement. " *60 And, O Prophet, We have not sent you to be the guardian over people *61 .

Your Lord is most knowing of you. meaning

*60) This is to warn the believers to refrain from making claims of piety so as to assign Paradise to themselves and Hell to their opponents.
It is Allah alone Who has the power to decide these things because He is fully aware of the known and secret and the present and future things about all human beings.
It is He Who will decide whether to show mercy to anyone or give chastisement.
However, a man may say in the light of the Divine Book that a certain kind of human beings deserve mercy and another kind of people incur chastisement but none has any right to say specifically that a particular man will be given chastisement and another will get salvation.

*61) This is to declare that a Prophet is sent to convey the Message and not to decide whether a person will receive mercy or get chastisement.
It does not, however, mean that, God forbid, the Holy Prophet himself did such a thing and Allah had to warn him.
In fact, this is to warn the Muslims that when the Prophet himself is not .in a position as to decide the fates of the people, they should never think of such a thing as to assign Paradise and Hell to anyone.

 

رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ( Your Lord knows you best; ) O mankind, meaning, He knows best who among you deserves to be guided and who does not deserve to be guided. إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ ( if He wills, He will have mercy on you, ) by helping you to obey Him and turn to Him. أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـكَ ( or if He wills, He will punish you.
And We have not sent you ) - O Muhammad - عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلاً ( as a guardian over them. ) meaning, `We have sent you as a warner, so whoever obeys you, will enter Paradise and whoever disobeys you, will enter Hell.' وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ ( And your Lord knows best all who are in the heavens and the earth. ) meaning, their status or level of obedience or disobedience. The Preference of some Prophets above Others وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلَى بَعْضٍ ( And indeed, We have preferred some of the Prophets above others. ) As Allah says: تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ مِّنْهُمْ مَّن كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَـتٍ ( Those Messengers! We preferred some of them to others; to some of them Allah spoke (directly ); others He raised to degrees ( of honor. )) 2:253 This does not contradict the report in the Two Sahihs which says that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «لَا تُفَضِّلُوا بَيْنَ الْأَنْبِيَاء» ( Don't give superiority to any Prophet among (Allah's ) Prophets.) What is meant in this Hadith is giving a superiority based on whims and fanaticism or sectarian feelings, not on the basis of evidence.
If there is solid evidence, we have to follow it.
There is no dispute that the Messengers are better than the rest of the Prophets, and that the mighty Messengers of Great Resolve are the best of all.
They are the five mentioned in two Ayat of the Qur'an, in Surat Al-Ahzab: وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِنَ النَّبِيِّيْنَ مِيثَاقَهُمْ وَمِنْكَ وَمِن نُّوحٍ وَإِبْرَهِيمَ وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ( And (remember ) when We took from the Prophets their covenant, and from you and from Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa and `Isa son of Maryam.) 33:7 and in Surat Ash-Shura: شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ الِدِينِ مَا وَصَّى بِهِ نُوحاً وَالَّذِى أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا وَصَّيْنَا بِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى أَنْ أَقِيمُواْ الدِّينَ وَلاَ تَتَفَرَّقُواْ فِيهِ ( He has ordained for you the same religion which He ordained for Nuh, and that which We have revealed to you, and that which We ordained for Ibrahim, Musa and `Isa saying you should establish religion and make no divisions in it. ) 42:13 There is no dispute that Muhammad is the best of them, then Ibrahim, then Musa, then `Isa ( peace be upon them all ), according to the best-known view.
We have discussed the evidence for this in detail elsewhere, and Allah is the source of help.
Allah's saying, وَءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُودَ زَبُوراً ( and to Dawud We gave the Zabur. ) is an indication of his virtue and honor.
Al-Bukhari recorded from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said: «خُفِّفَ عَلَى دَاوُدَ الْقُرْآنُ، فَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِدَوَابِّهِ فَتُسْرَجُ، فَكَانَ يَقْرَؤُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْرُغ» ( The Qur'an (i.e.
revea- led Scripture of Zabur ) was made easy for Dawud, so he would call for his mounts to be saddled, and he would finish reciting it ( i.e., the Zabur ) be- fore the job was done.)

( Your Lord is best aware of you ) He knows what is best for you. ( If He will, He will have mercy on you ) and save you from the people of Mecca, ( or if He will, He will punish you ) and arouse them against you. ( We have not sent thee (O Muhammad ) as a warden over them) such that you will be taken to task over them.

Your Lord knows you best, if He will, He will have mercy on you, or if He will, He will punish you. And We have not sent you (O Muhammad SAW) as a guardian over them.

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