Towards Understanding the Quran
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Introduction to Tafheem | Glossary | Verbs
Tafsirs: Maarif | Dawat | Ishraq | Clear
With kind permission: Islamic Foundation UK
Introduction to Tafheem | Glossary | Verbs
Tafsirs: Maarif | Dawat | Ishraq | Clear
Surah An-Nahl 16:111-113 [15/16]
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۞ يَوْمَ(On) the Day
تَأْتِى(when) will come
كُلُّevery
نَفْسٍsoul
تُجَـٰدِلُpleading
عَنfor
نَّفْسِهَاitself,
وَتُوَفَّىٰand will be paid
in full
كُلُّevery
نَفْسٍsoul
مَّاwhat
عَمِلَتْit did
وَهُمْand they
لَا(will) not
يُظْلَمُونَbe wronged.
﴿١١١﴾
وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُAnd Allah
sets forth
مَثَلاًa similitude
قَرْيَةً(of) a town
كَانَتْ(that) was
ءَامِنَةًsecure
مُّطْمَئِنَّةًand content,
يَأْتِيهَاcoming to it
رِزْقُهَاits provision
رَغَدًا(in) abundance
مِّنfrom
كُلِّevery
مَكَانٍplace,
فَكَفَرَتْbut it denied
بِأَنْعُمِ ٱللَّهِ(the) Favors
of Allah,
فَأَذَٲقَهَا ٱللَّهُso Allah
made it taste
لِبَاسَ(the) garb
ٱلْجُوعِ(of) the hunger
وَٱلْخَوْفِand the fear
بِمَاfor what
كَانُواْthey used (to)
يَصْنَعُونَdo.
﴿١١٢﴾
وَلَقَدْAnd certainly
جَآءَهُمْcame to them
رَسُولٌa Messenger
مِّنْهُمْfrom among them
فَكَذَّبُوهُbut they denied
him;
فَأَخَذَهُمُso seized them
ٱلْعَذَابُthe punishment
وَهُمْwhile they
ظَـٰلِمُونَ(were) wrongdoers.
﴿١١٣﴾
يَوۡمَ تَاۡتِىۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ تُجَادِلُ عَنۡ نَّفۡسِهَا وَتُوَفّٰى كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُوۡنَ
وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلًا قَرۡيَةً كَانَتۡ اٰمِنَةً مُّطۡمَـئِنَّةً يَّاۡتِيۡهَا رِزۡقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّنۡ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتۡ بِاَنۡعُمِ اللّٰهِ فَاَذَاقَهَا اللّٰهُ لِبَاسَ الۡجُـوۡعِ وَالۡخَـوۡفِ بِمَا كَانُوۡا يَصۡنَعُوۡنَ
وَلَـقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُوۡلٌ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَكَذَّبُوۡهُ فَاَخَذَهُمُ الۡعَذَابُ وَهُمۡ ظٰلِمُوۡنَ
(16:111) Allah's judgement will come about them all on the Day when everyone
shall come pleading in his defence, and everyone shall be fully requited for
his deeds and none shall be wronged in the least. (16:112) Allah sets forth the parable of (the people of) a town who were
secure and content and whose sustenance came in abundance from every quarter.
But then the people of the town showed ingratitude towards Allah for His bounties,
so Allah afflicted them with hunger and fear in punishment for their evil deeds.
(16:113) Most certainly a Messenger came to them from among them; but they
rejected him, calling him a liar. Therefore chastisement seized them while they
engaged in wrong-doing.112
112. That habitation has not been specified here nor have the commentators definitely pointed out which that habitation was. However, there is a saying of Ibn Abbas (which seems to be correct) that the place referred to is Makkah itself. In that case, hunger and fear will mean the famine which prevailed over the people of Makkah for several years during the Prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him).