Surah Kahf ayat 8 Tafsir Quran 18:8

﴿وَإِنَّا لَجَاعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا﴾
[ الكهف: 8]

18:8 And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

And indeed We shall turn all that is therein into barren shreds that produce no plants.

One day We will render the face of the earth dry and barren - terra firma- destitute of vegetation

Do not feel sorry because the Idolators do not believe Allah consoles His Messenger for his sorrow فَلاَ تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَتٍ ( So destroy not yourself in sorrow for them. ) 35:8 وَلاَ تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ ( And grieve not over them. ) 16:127 لَعَلَّكَ بَـخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلاَّ يَكُونُواْ مُؤْمِنِينَ ( It may be that you are going to kill yourself with grief, that they do not become believers. ) 26:3 meaning, maybe you will destroy yourself with your grief over them.
Allah says: فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَى ءَاثَـرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهَـذَا الْحَدِيثِ ( Perhaps, you would kill yourself in grief, over their footsteps, because they believe not in this narration. ) meaning the Qur'an. أَسَفاً ( in grief ) Allah is saying, `do not destroy yourself with regret.' Qatadah said: "killing yourself with anger and grief over them." Mujahid said: "with anxiety." These are synonymous, so the meaning is: `Do not feel sorry for them, just convey the Message of Allah to them.
Whoever goes the right way, then he goes the right way only for the benefit of himself.
And whoever goes astray, then he strays at his own loss, so do not destroy yourself in sorrow for them.' This World is the Place of Trial Then Allah tells us that He has made this world a temporary abode, adorned with transient beauty, andHe made it a place of trial, not a place of settlement.
So He says إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الاٌّرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُم أَحْسَنُ عَمَلاً ( Verily, we have made that which is on earth an adornment for it, in order that We may test which of them are best in deeds. ) Abu Maslamah narrated from Abu Nadrah from Abu Sa`id that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا حُلْوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ مُسْتَخْلِفُكُمْ فِيهَا فَنَاظِرٌ مَاذَا تَعْمَلُونَ، فَاتَّقُوا الدُّنْيَا، وَاتَّقُوا النِّسَاءَ، فَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ فِتْنَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَتْ فِي النِّسَاء»
( This world is sweet and green, and Allah makes you generations succeeding one another, so He is watching what you will do.
Beware of (the beguilements of ) this world and beware of women, for the first affliction that Children of Israel suffered from was that of women.) Then Allah tells us that this world will pass away and come to an end, as He says: وَإِنَّا لَجَاعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيداً جُرُزاً ( And verily, We shall make all that is on it bare, dry soil. ) means, `after having adorned it, We will destroy it and make everything on it bare and dry, with no vegetation or any other benefit.' Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas that this means everything on it would be wiped out and destroyed.
Mujahid said: "a dry and barren plain." Qatadah said, "A plain on which there are no trees or vegetation."

(18:8) In the end, We will turn all that is in it into a bare plain. *5

And indeed, We will make that which meaning

*5) V.
6 was addressed to the Holy Prophet, but vv.
7-8 have been directed to the disbelievers indirectly, as if to say, " You must understand it clearly that all the things that you see in the world and which allure you, are a transitory adornment which has been arranged merely to test you, but it is a pity that you have been involved in the misunderstanding that all these things have been created to cater for your pleasure and enjoyment.
That is why the only aim and object of life you have set before you is: "Eat, drink and be merry.." As a result of this you do not pay any attention to your true and real well-wisher.
You must understand it well that these things have not been provided for pleasure but are actually a means of testing you.
You have been placed among them to see which of you is allured by these from the real aim of life and which of you keeps steadfast in the worship of Allah, for which you have been sent to the world.
All these things and means of pleasure shall come to an end on the Day your examination is over and nothing will remain on the earth because it will be turned into a bare plain. "
 

Do not feel sorry because the Idolators do not believe Allah consoles His Messenger for his sorrow فَلاَ تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَتٍ ( So destroy not yourself in sorrow for them. ) 35:8 وَلاَ تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ ( And grieve not over them. ) 16:127 لَعَلَّكَ بَـخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلاَّ يَكُونُواْ مُؤْمِنِينَ ( It may be that you are going to kill yourself with grief, that they do not become believers. ) 26:3 meaning, maybe you will destroy yourself with your grief over them.
Allah says: فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَى ءَاثَـرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهَـذَا الْحَدِيثِ ( Perhaps, you would kill yourself in grief, over their footsteps, because they believe not in this narration. ) meaning the Qur'an. أَسَفاً ( in grief ) Allah is saying, `do not destroy yourself with regret.' Qatadah said: "killing yourself with anger and grief over them." Mujahid said: "with anxiety." These are synonymous, so the meaning is: `Do not feel sorry for them, just convey the Message of Allah to them.
Whoever goes the right way, then he goes the right way only for the benefit of himself.
And whoever goes astray, then he strays at his own loss, so do not destroy yourself in sorrow for them.' This World is the Place of Trial Then Allah tells us that He has made this world a temporary abode, adorned with transient beauty, andHe made it a place of trial, not a place of settlement.
So He says إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الاٌّرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُم أَحْسَنُ عَمَلاً ( Verily, we have made that which is on earth an adornment for it, in order that We may test which of them are best in deeds. ) Abu Maslamah narrated from Abu Nadrah from Abu Sa`id that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا حُلْوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ مُسْتَخْلِفُكُمْ فِيهَا فَنَاظِرٌ مَاذَا تَعْمَلُونَ، فَاتَّقُوا الدُّنْيَا، وَاتَّقُوا النِّسَاءَ، فَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ فِتْنَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَتْ فِي النِّسَاء» ( This world is sweet and green, and Allah makes you generations succeeding one another, so He is watching what you will do.
Beware of (the beguilements of ) this world and beware of women, for the first affliction that Children of Israel suffered from was that of women.) Then Allah tells us that this world will pass away and come to an end, as He says: وَإِنَّا لَجَاعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيداً جُرُزاً ( And verily, We shall make all that is on it bare, dry soil. ) means, `after having adorned it, We will destroy it and make everything on it bare and dry, with no vegetation or any other benefit.' Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas that this means everything on it would be wiped out and destroyed.
Mujahid said: "a dry and barren plain." Qatadah said, "A plain on which there are no trees or vegetation."

( And lo! We shall make ) change ( all that is therein ) of ornament into ( a barren mound ) a smooth dust with no vegetation.

And verily! We shall make all that is on it (the earth) a bare dry soil (without any vegetation or trees, etc.).

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