Surah Ghafir Ayat 7-8-9 Translation Tafseer

Para 24 - فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ

سورة المؤمن

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

40.7-8-9

اَلَّذِیْنَ یَحْمِلُوْنَ الْعَرْشَ وَ مَنْ حَوْلَهٗ یُسَبِّحُوْنَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَ یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِهٖ وَ یَسْتَغْفِرُوْنَ لِلَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْاۚ-رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَیْءٍ رَّحْمَةً وَّ عِلْمًا فَاغْفِرْ لِلَّذِیْنَ تَابُوْا وَ اتَّبَعُوْا سَبِیْلَكَ وَ قِهِمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِیْمِ(7) رَبَّنَا وَ اَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنّٰتِ عَدْنِ ﹰالَّتِیْ وَعَدْتَّهُمْ وَ مَنْ صَلَحَ مِنْ اٰبَآىٕهِمْ وَ اَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَ ذُرِّیّٰتِهِمْؕ-اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِیْزُ الْحَكِیْمُۙ (8) وَ قِهِمُ السَّیِّاٰتِؕ-وَ مَنْ تَقِ السَّیِّاٰتِ یَوْمَىٕذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهٗؕ-وَ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِیْمُ۠ (9)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

Those who bear the Throne and those who surround it glorify ˹Allah˺ with the praise of their Lord, believe in Him, and seek forgiveness for the believers, ˹supplicating˺, [1] “Dear Lord of ours! You encompass everything with Your mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who repent and adhere to Your way and save them from the punishment of Hell. O our Lord! And make them enter the everlasting Gardens which You promised them[1] and whosoever is virtuous from their forefathers and their wives and their offspring. Indeed you are the Most-Exalted, the Most-Wise. And save them from the misfortune of sins. And whomsoever You save from the misfortune of sins on that Day, then You have certainly bestowed mercy on him; and this is supreme success.” [1]

Commentary

[1]

The intercession of the angels is true. Even today, they supplicate for the forgiveness of the believers. Hence, to pray for Muslims in their absence and without greed for anything in return is the way of the angels and a way to please Allah Almighty. One should try to act upon this.

[2]

An individual’s sincere repentance also benefits his parents, spouse, and children. It is narrated from Sayyidunā Saʿīd ibn Jubayr رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ that when a believer will enter Paradise, he will ask: “Where is my father? Where is my mother? Where are my children? Where is my wife?” He will be informed that unlike him, they did not perform good actions, which is why they are not here. That heavenly individual will reply: “I used to perform [good] actions for myself and for them.” Thereafter, the command will be given to admit them into Paradise as well. (Tafsīr Al-Baghawī, under the verse no.8 of Surah Al-Mu’min, vol. 4, p. 82)

[3]

True success is for one’s sins to be forgiven on the Day of Judgement and to be saved from the punishment of Hell.