Surah Al Hadid Ayat 20 Tafseer

Para 27 - قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ

سورة الحديد

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

57.20

اِعْلَمُوْۤا اَنَّمَا الْحَیٰوةُ الدُّنْیَا لَعِبٌ وَّ لَهْوٌ وَّ زِیْنَةٌ وَّ تَفَاخُرٌۢ بَیْنَكُمْ وَ تَكَاثُرٌ فِی الْاَمْوَالِ وَ الْاَوْلَادِؕ-كَمَثَلِ غَیْثٍ اَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهٗ ثُمَّ یَهِیْجُ فَتَرٰىهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ یَكُوْنُ حُطَامًاؕ-وَ فِی الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِیْدٌۙ-وَّ مَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَ رِضْوَانٌؕ-وَ مَا الْحَیٰوةُ الدُّنْیَاۤ اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُوْرِ(20)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

English translation of Kanz-ul-Imaan

You should know that the life of this world is nothing but play and amusement, and adornment, and your boasting amongst yourselves, and the desire to surpass each other in wealth and children. It is like the rain whose produce pleased the farmer, then dried up; that you see it yellow, then turned into dry trampled grass (same is the state of the life of the lover of this world). And in the Hereafter (for the disbelievers) is severe punishment, and (for the believers is) forgiveness from Allah and His contentment, and the life of this world is nothing but the goods of deception.

Commentary

In this verse, Allah Almighty reveals six truths about the world: 1-2. the life of the world is just play and amusement which is the work of children, and to strive and make efforts to attain only it is nothing but wastage of time; 3. The life of this world is adornment and comfort which perishes quickly; 4-5. the life of this world is mutual arrogance and desiring to surpass each other in wealth and children; 6. the example of the life of this world is like that crop which pleases the farmers, then it withers and turns yellow and in the end it becomes fragments of straw.

After this, the Hereafter was mentioned; a person will definitely face one of two states; either he will face severe punishment or he will gain forgiveness and mercy from Allah Almighty. So it is up to a person whether he engages in the perishing world and turns his afterlife into punishment or he busies himself in actions that will better his afterlife instead of attaching his heart to the world and making continuous efforts for it.

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