Surah Nahl ayat 89 Tafsir Quran 16:89

﴿وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَٰؤُلَاءِ ۚ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ تِبْيَانًا لِّكُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ﴾
[ النحل: 89]

16:89 And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect among every nation a witness over them from themselves. And We will bring you, [O Muhammad], as a witness over your nation. And We have sent down to you the Book as clarification for all things and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims.

And mention the day We shall raise up from every community a witness against them from among themselves and this will be their that community’s prophet and We shall bring you O Muhammad (s) as a witness against these namely your people. And We have revealed to you the Book the Qur’ān as a clarification of all things that people might need concerning the Law and as a guidance from error and a mercy and good tidings of Paradise to those who submit those who affirm the Oneness of God.

The day shall come when We summon a witness from every nation, the Messenger who evolved from their midst and conveyed Our message, to testify of his peoples response and We summon you O Muhammad to testify of your peoples response. The Book -the Quran- which We sent down to you is the fountain-head of divine knowledge and the chief source of divine information. It illucidates every aspect of every thought and it is a guide into all truth and a mercy extended to the people and a joyful tidings to those who conformed to Islam

Every Prophet will bear Witness against his Nation on the Day of Resurrection Allah addressed His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ, saying: وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِمْ مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَى هَـؤُلآءِ ( And on the Day when We resurrect a witness from each nation from among themselves, and We bring you (O Muhammad ) as a witness against these.), meaning, your Ummah.
The Ayah means: remember that Day and its terrors, and the great honor and high position that Allah has bestowed upon you.
This Ayah is like the Ayah with which `Abdullah bin Mas`ud ended when he recited to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the beginning of Surat An-Nisa'.
When he reached the Ayah: فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِن كُلِّ أمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَـؤُلاءِ شَهِيداً ( How (will it be ) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you ( O Muhammad ) as a witness against these) 4:41 the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him:
«حَسْبُك»
( Enough. ) Ibn Mas`ud said: "I turned to him and saw his eyes streaming with tears." The Qur'an explains Everything وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ تِبْيَانًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ ( And We revealed the Book (the Qur'an ) to you as an explanation of everything,) Ibn Mas`ud said: "Allah made it clear that in this Qur'an there is complete knowledge and about everything." The Qur'an contains all kinds of beneficial knowledge, such as reports of what happened in the past, information about what is yet to come, what is lawful and unlawful, and what people need to know about their worldly affairs, their religion, their livelihood in this world, and their destiny in the Hereafter. وَهَدَى ( a guidance ) means, for their hearts. وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَى لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ( a mercy, and good news for the Muslims. ) Al-Awza`i said: وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ تِبْيَانًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ ( And We have revealed the Book (the Qur'an ) as an explanation of everything,) meaning, with the Sunnah.
The is the reason why the phrase, وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ ( And We have revealed the Book to you ) is mentioned immediately after the phrase, وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَى هَـؤُلآءِ ( And We shall bring you (O Muhammad ) as a witness against these.
) the meaning - and Allah knows best - is that the One Who obligated you to convey the Book which He revealed to you, will also ask you about that on the Day of Resurrection. فَلَنَسْـَلَنَّ الَّذِينَ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَنَسْـَلَنَّ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ( Then We shall indeed question those (people ) to whom it ( the Book ) was sent and We shall indeed question the Messengers.) ( 7:6 ) فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ - عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ( So by your Lord We question them all about what they did. ) ( 15:92-92 ) يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ الرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أُجِبْتُمْ قَالُواْ لاَ عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّـمُ الْغُيُوبِ ( On the Day when Allah gathers the Messengers together and says to them: "What was the response you received (to your Message )" They will say: "We have no knowledge, indeed only You are the Knower of all that is hidden.") ( 5:109 ) And Allah says: إِنَّ الَّذِى فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْءَانَ لَرَآدُّكَ إِلَى مَعَادٍ ( Verily, He Who obligated the Qur'an upon you (O Muhammad ) will surely bring you back to the return.) 28:85 meaning, the One Who gave you the obligation of conveying the Qur'an will bring you back to Him, and your return will be on the Day of Resurrection, and He will question you about you commission of the duty He gave you.
This is one of the opinions, and it presents a good understanding of it.

(16:89) (O Muhammad, warn them of) the Day when We shall call a witness from among every community to testify against it. And We shall call you to testify against these people; (that is why) We have sent down to you this Book which makes plain everything *86 and is guidance, blessing and good news to those who have surrendered themselves entirely.' *87

And [mention] the Day when We will meaning

*86) The Qur'an makes manifest everything on which depends guidance or deviation, success or failure: whose knowledge is essential for following the Right Way: which clearly distinguishes Truth from false hood.

In this connection one should guard against that meaning of this sentence and the like in the Qur'an according to which some people interpret " everything " to mean " the knowledge of all sciences, arts, etc., " and in order to prove the correctness of their interpretation, they have to pervert the real meaning of the Qur'an.

*87) This Book is a guidance for those who surrender to it as a Divine Book and follow it in every aspect of life.
Then it will bring Allah's blessings upon them, and will give them the good news that they will comc out successful in the Court of Allah on the Day of Judgment.
Or.
the contrary, those people who reject it shall not only be deprived of guidance and blessing but will also find it as a testimony against themselves on the Day of Resurrection when Allah's Messenger will stand up to testify against them.
This Book will prove to be a strong argument against them, for Allah's Messenger will say that he had conveyed its Message which made manifest the distinction between Truth and falsehood.

 

Every Prophet will bear Witness against his Nation on the Day of Resurrection Allah addressed His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ, saying: وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِمْ مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَى هَـؤُلآءِ ( And on the Day when We resurrect a witness from each nation from among themselves, and We bring you (O Muhammad ) as a witness against these.), meaning, your Ummah.
The Ayah means: remember that Day and its terrors, and the great honor and high position that Allah has bestowed upon you.
This Ayah is like the Ayah with which `Abdullah bin Mas`ud ended when he recited to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the beginning of Surat An-Nisa'.
When he reached the Ayah: فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِن كُلِّ أمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَـؤُلاءِ شَهِيداً ( How (will it be ) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you ( O Muhammad ) as a witness against these) 4:41 the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: «حَسْبُك» ( Enough. ) Ibn Mas`ud said: "I turned to him and saw his eyes streaming with tears." The Qur'an explains Everything وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ تِبْيَانًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ ( And We revealed the Book (the Qur'an ) to you as an explanation of everything,) Ibn Mas`ud said: "Allah made it clear that in this Qur'an there is complete knowledge and about everything." The Qur'an contains all kinds of beneficial knowledge, such as reports of what happened in the past, information about what is yet to come, what is lawful and unlawful, and what people need to know about their worldly affairs, their religion, their livelihood in this world, and their destiny in the Hereafter. وَهَدَى ( a guidance ) means, for their hearts. وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَى لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ( a mercy, and good news for the Muslims. ) Al-Awza`i said: وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ تِبْيَانًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ ( And We have revealed the Book (the Qur'an ) as an explanation of everything,) meaning, with the Sunnah.
The is the reason why the phrase, وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ ( And We have revealed the Book to you ) is mentioned immediately after the phrase, وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَى هَـؤُلآءِ ( And We shall bring you (O Muhammad ) as a witness against these.
) the meaning - and Allah knows best - is that the One Who obligated you to convey the Book which He revealed to you, will also ask you about that on the Day of Resurrection. فَلَنَسْـَلَنَّ الَّذِينَ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَنَسْـَلَنَّ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ( Then We shall indeed question those (people ) to whom it ( the Book ) was sent and We shall indeed question the Messengers.) ( 7:6 ) فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ - عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ( So by your Lord We question them all about what they did. ) ( 15:92-92 ) يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ الرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أُجِبْتُمْ قَالُواْ لاَ عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّـمُ الْغُيُوبِ ( On the Day when Allah gathers the Messengers together and says to them: "What was the response you received (to your Message )" They will say: "We have no knowledge, indeed only You are the Knower of all that is hidden.") ( 5:109 ) And Allah says: إِنَّ الَّذِى فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْءَانَ لَرَآدُّكَ إِلَى مَعَادٍ ( Verily, He Who obligated the Qur'an upon you (O Muhammad ) will surely bring you back to the return.) 28:85 meaning, the One Who gave you the obligation of conveying the Qur'an will bring you back to Him, and your return will be on the Day of Resurrection, and He will question you about you commission of the duty He gave you.
This is one of the opinions, and it presents a good understanding of it.

( And (bethink you of ) the day when We raise in every nation) when We take from every group ( a witness ) a prophet ( against them ) testifying that he conveyed the message to them ( of their own folk ) a human being like them, ( and We bring thee ) O Muhammad ( as a witness against these ) against your people; it is also said that this means: a witness for your nation that they had accepted the message. ( And We reveal the Scripture unto thee ) and We send Gabriel to you with the Qur’an ( as an exposition of all things ) of the lawful and unlawful, the commands and prohibitions, ( and a guidance ) from error ( and a mercy ) preventing from chastisement ( and good tidings for those who have surrendered (to Allah )) that they will have Paradise.

And (remember) the Day when We shall raise up from every nation a witness against them from amongst themselves. And We shall bring you (O Muhammad SAW) as a witness against these. And We have sent down to you the Book (the Quran) as an exposition of everything, a guidance, a mercy, and glad tidings for those who have submitted themselves (to Allah as Muslims).

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