Towards Understanding the Quran
With kind permission: Islamic Foundation UK
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 16:120-122 [16/16]
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- Cro Magnon Man
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إِنَّIndeed,
إِبْرَٲهِيمَIbrahim
كَانَwas
أُمَّةًa nation
قَانِتًاobedient
لِّلَّهِto Allah
حَنِيفًاupright,
وَلَمْand not
يَكُhe was
مِنَof
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَthe polytheists.
﴿١٢٠﴾
شَاكِرًاThankful
لِّأَنْعُمِهِۚfor His favors.
ٱجْتَبَـٰهُHe chose him
وَهَدَٮٰهُand guided him
إِلَىٰto
صِرَٲطٍthe way
مُّسْتَقِيمٍstraight.
﴿١٢١﴾
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُAnd We gave
him
فِىin
ٱلدُّنْيَاthe world
حَسَنَةًۖgood,
وَإِنَّهُۥand indeed, he
فِىin
ٱلْأَخِرَةِthe Hereafter
لَمِنَ(he) will surely (be)
among
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَthe righteous.
﴿١٢٢﴾
اِنَّ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ كَانَ اُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِّلَّهِ حَنِيۡفًاؕ وَلَمۡ يَكُ مِنَ الۡمُشۡرِكِيۡنَۙ
شَاكِرًا لِّاَنۡعُمِهِؕ اِجۡتَبٰٮهُ وَهَدٰٮهُ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُّسۡتَقِيۡمٍ
وَاٰتَيۡنٰهُ فِى الدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةً ؕ وَاِنَّهٗ فِى الۡاٰخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصّٰلِحِيۡنَؕ
(16:120) Indeed Abraham was a whole community by himself,119 obedient
to Allah, exclusively devoted to Him. And he was never one of those who associated
others with Allah in His Divinity. (16:121) He rendered thanks to Allah for His bounties so that Allah chose
him (for His favours) and directed him to the Right Way. (16:122) We bestowed good upon him in this world, and in the Hereafter he
shall certainly be among the righteous.
119. “Abraham was a whole community by himself” for at that time he was the only Muslim in the whole world who was upholding the banner of Islam, while the rest of the world was upholding the banner of unbelief. As that servant of Allah performed the mission which is ordinarily carried out by a whole community, he was not one person but an institution in himself.