Surah Baqarah ayat 62 Tafsir Quran 2:62

﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالنَّصَارَىٰ وَالصَّابِئِينَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ﴾
[ البقرة: 62]

2:62 Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.

Surely those who believe who believed before in the prophets and those of Jewry the Jews and the Christians and the Sabaeans a Christian or Jewish sect whoever from among them believes in God and the Last Day in the time of our Prophet and performs righteous deeds according to the Law given to him — their wage that is the reward for their deeds is with their Lord and no fear shall befall them neither shall they grieve the singular person of the verbs āmana ‘believes’ and ‘amila ‘performs’ takes account of the singular form of man ‘whoever’ but in what comes afterwards of the plural pronouns its plural meaning is taken into account.

Nonetheless, those who are disposed to believe in the Prophets who dated far back into the past, and those who profess Judaism and the Christians, the various sects of the Sabeites or Mendaites and of the Sabians, and those who fall in line with the Prophet Muhammad, whoever believes in Allah, His Oneness, Uniqueness, Sameness, Omnipotence, Omnipresence and Ultimate Authority and acknowledges the truth of Resurrection and Judgment and whose deeds are imprinted with wisdom and piety, shall Heaven reward them all for their homage thereto. No fear nor dread shall fall upon them nor shall they come to grief

Faith and doing Righteous Deeds equals Salvation in all Times After Allah described the condition - and punishment - of those who defy His commands, fall into His prohibitions and transgress set limits by committing prohibited acts, He stated that the earlier nations who were righteous and obedient received the rewards for their good deeds.
This shall be the case, until the Day of Judgment.
Therefore, whoever follows the unlettered Messenger and Prophet shall acquire eternal happiness and shall neither fear from what will happen in the future nor become sad for what has been lost in the past.
Similarly, Allah said, أَلا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَآءَ اللَّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ( No doubt! Verily, the Awliya' of Allah, no fear shall come upon them nor shall they grieve ) ( 10:62 ). The angels will proclaim to the dying believers, as mentioned, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَـمُواْ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ أَلاَّ تَخَافُواْ وَلاَ تَحْزَنُواْ وَأَبْشِرُواْ بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ ( Verily, those who say: "Our Lord is Allah (alone )," and then they stand firm, on them the angels will descend ( at the time of their death ) ( saying ): "Fear not, nor grieve! But receive the glad tidings of Paradise which you have been promised!").
( 41:30 ) The Meaning of Mu'min, or Believer `Ali bin Abi Talhah narrated from Ibn `Abbas, about, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَالَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَالنَّصَـرَى وَالصَّـبِئِينَ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الاٌّخِرِ ( Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day ) that Allah revealed the following Ayah afterwards, وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الإِسْلَـمِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَـسِرِينَ ( And whoever seeks religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers ) ( 3:85 ). This statement by Ibn `Abbas indicates that Allah does not accept any deed or work from anyone, unless it conforms to the Law of Muhammad that is, after Allah sent Muhammad .
Before that, every person who followed the guidance of his own Prophet was on the correct path, following the correct guidance and was saved. Why the Jews were called `Yahud The Jews are the followers of Prophet Musa, who used to refer to the Tawrah for judgment.
Yahud is a word that means, `repenting', just as Musa said, إِنَّا هُدْنَـآ إِلَيْكَ why the christians were called nasara مَنْ أَنصَارِى إِلَى اللَّهِ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ ( "Who will be my helpers in Allah's cause" Al-Hawariyyun said: "We are the helpers of Allah." ) ( 61:14 ) It was said that they were called `Nasara', because they inhabited a land called An-Nasirah ( Nazareth ), as Qatadah, Ibn Jurayj and Ibn `Abbas were reported to have said, Allah knows best.
Nasara is certainly plural for Nasran. When Allah sent Muhammad as the Last and Final Prophet and Messenger to all of the Children of Adam, mankind was required to believe in him, obey him and refrain from what he prohibited them; those who do this are true believers.
The Ummah of Muhammad was called `Mu'minin' ( believers ), because of the depth of their faith and certainty, and because they believe in all of the previous Prophets and matters of the Unseen. The Sabi'un or Sabians There is a difference of opinion over the identity of the Sabians.
Sufyan Ath-Thawri said that Layth bin Abu Sulaym said that Mujahid said that, "The Sabians are between the Majus, the Jews and the Christians.
They do not have a specific religion." Similar is reported from Ibn Abi Najih.
Similar statements were attributed to `Ata' and Sa`id bin Jubayr.
They ( others ) say that the Sabians are a sect among the People of the Book who used to read the Zabur ( Psalms ), others say that they are a people who worshipped the angels or the stars.
It appears that the closest opinion to the truth, and Allah knows best, is Mujahid's statement and those who agree with him like Wahb bin Munabbih, that the Sabians are neither Jews nor Christians nor Majus nor polytheists.
Rather, they did not have a specific religion that they followed and enforced, because they remained living according to their Fitrah ( instinctual nature ).
This is why the idolators used to call whoever embraced Islam a `Sabi', meaning, that he abandoned all religions that existed on the earth.
Some scholars stated that the Sabians are those who never received a message by any Prophet.
And Allah knows best.

(2:62) Rest assured that whosoever from among the Muslims or the Jews or the Christians or the Sabaeans believes in Allah and the Last Day, and performs good deeds, he will have his reward with his Lord and he will have no cause for fear and grief. *80

Indeed, those who believed and those who meaning

*80).
The context of the verse makes it clear that it is not attempting to enumerate in detail all the articles of faith in which one should believe, or all the principles of conduct which one should follow in order to merit reward from God.
These matters are mentioned elsewhere, in their appropriate places.
The aim of the verse is merely to repudiate the illusion cherished by the Jews that, by virtue of their being Jews, they have a monopoly of salvation.
They had long entertained the notion that a special and exclusive relationship existed between them and God.
They thought, therefore, that all who belonged to their group were predestined to salvation regardless of their beliefs and actions,.
whereas all non-Jews were predestined to serve as fodder for hell-fire.

To clarify this misgiving the Jews are told that what really matters in the sight of God is true faith and good deeds rather than formal affiliation with a certain religious community.
Whoever has true faith and good deeds to his credit is bound to receive his reward, since God will judge people on the basis of merit rather than on the grounds that a man's name happens to be listed in the world as a member of one religious community or the other.

 

Faith and doing Righteous Deeds equals Salvation in all Times After Allah described the condition - and punishment - of those who defy His commands, fall into His prohibitions and transgress set limits by committing prohibited acts, He stated that the earlier nations who were righteous and obedient received the rewards for their good deeds.
This shall be the case, until the Day of Judgment.
Therefore, whoever follows the unlettered Messenger and Prophet shall acquire eternal happiness and shall neither fear from what will happen in the future nor become sad for what has been lost in the past.
Similarly, Allah said, أَلا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَآءَ اللَّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ( No doubt! Verily, the Awliya' of Allah, no fear shall come upon them nor shall they grieve ) ( 10:62 ). The angels will proclaim to the dying believers, as mentioned, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَـمُواْ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ أَلاَّ تَخَافُواْ وَلاَ تَحْزَنُواْ وَأَبْشِرُواْ بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ ( Verily, those who say: "Our Lord is Allah (alone )," and then they stand firm, on them the angels will descend ( at the time of their death ) ( saying ): "Fear not, nor grieve! But receive the glad tidings of Paradise which you have been promised!").
( 41:30 ) The Meaning of Mu'min, or Believer `Ali bin Abi Talhah narrated from Ibn `Abbas, about, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَالَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَالنَّصَـرَى وَالصَّـبِئِينَ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الاٌّخِرِ ( Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day ) that Allah revealed the following Ayah afterwards, وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الإِسْلَـمِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَـسِرِينَ ( And whoever seeks religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers ) ( 3:85 ). This statement by Ibn `Abbas indicates that Allah does not accept any deed or work from anyone, unless it conforms to the Law of Muhammad that is, after Allah sent Muhammad .
Before that, every person who followed the guidance of his own Prophet was on the correct path, following the correct guidance and was saved. Why the Jews were called `Yahud The Jews are the followers of Prophet Musa, who used to refer to the Tawrah for judgment.
Yahud is a word that means, `repenting', just as Musa said, إِنَّا هُدْنَـآ إِلَيْكَ why the christians were called nasara مَنْ أَنصَارِى إِلَى اللَّهِ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ ( "Who will be my helpers in Allah's cause" Al-Hawariyyun said: "We are the helpers of Allah." ) ( 61:14 ) It was said that they were called `Nasara', because they inhabited a land called An-Nasirah ( Nazareth ), as Qatadah, Ibn Jurayj and Ibn `Abbas were reported to have said, Allah knows best.
Nasara is certainly plural for Nasran. When Allah sent Muhammad as the Last and Final Prophet and Messenger to all of the Children of Adam, mankind was required to believe in him, obey him and refrain from what he prohibited them; those who do this are true believers.
The Ummah of Muhammad was called `Mu'minin' ( believers ), because of the depth of their faith and certainty, and because they believe in all of the previous Prophets and matters of the Unseen. The Sabi'un or Sabians There is a difference of opinion over the identity of the Sabians.
Sufyan Ath-Thawri said that Layth bin Abu Sulaym said that Mujahid said that, "The Sabians are between the Majus, the Jews and the Christians.
They do not have a specific religion." Similar is reported from Ibn Abi Najih.
Similar statements were attributed to `Ata' and Sa`id bin Jubayr.
They ( others ) say that the Sabians are a sect among the People of the Book who used to read the Zabur ( Psalms ), others say that they are a people who worshipped the angels or the stars.
It appears that the closest opinion to the truth, and Allah knows best, is Mujahid's statement and those who agree with him like Wahb bin Munabbih, that the Sabians are neither Jews nor Christians nor Majus nor polytheists.
Rather, they did not have a specific religion that they followed and enforced, because they remained living according to their Fitrah ( instinctual nature ).
This is why the idolators used to call whoever embraced Islam a `Sabi', meaning, that he abandoned all religions that existed on the earth.
Some scholars stated that the Sabians are those who never received a message by any Prophet.
And Allah knows best.

Then Allah went on to mention the believers among them, saying: ( Lo! Those who believe ) in Moses and all the other prophets, these earn their reward from their Lord in Paradise; they shall have no fear perpetually and they shall perpetually not grieve. It is said that this means that no fear will come upon them concerning torment in the future life nor will they grieve about anything they have left behind. And it is also said that this means: they shall have no fear when death is slain and hell is closed. Then He mentioned those who did not believe in Moses or the other prophets, saying: ( and those who are Jews ) who deviated from the religion of Moses, ( and Christians ) those who became Christians ( and Sabaeans ) a Christian sect whose members shave the middle of their heads, read the Gospel, worship the angels and say: " our hearts have returned ( saba’at ) unto Allah " , ( whoever believeth ) from amongst them ( in Allah and the Last Day and does right ) in that which is between them and their Lord, ( surely their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve ).

Verily! Those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

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