Surah 17 Al-Israa — Ayah 18
مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًۭا
ቸኳይቱን ዓለም (በሥራው) የሚፈልግ ሰው ለእርሱ በርሷ ውስጥ የሻነውን (ጸጋ) ለምንሻው ሰው እናስቸኩልለታለን፡፡ ከዚያም ለእርሱ ገሀነምን (መኖሪያ) አድርገንለታል፡፡ ተወቃሽ ብራሪ ኾኖ ይገባታል፡፡
man kāna yurīdu l-ʿājilata ʿajjalnā lahu fīhā mā nashāu liman nurīdu thumma jaʿalnā lahu jahannama yaṣlāhā madhmūman madḥūran
Word by word
- مَّن man Whoever
- كَانَ kāna should
- يُرِيدُ yurīdu desire
- ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ l-ʿājilata the immediate
- عَجَّلْنَا ʿajjalnā We hasten
- لَهُۥ lahu for him
- فِيهَا fīhā in it
- مَا mā what
- نَشَآءُ nashāu We will
- لِمَن liman to whom
- نُّرِيدُ nurīdu We intend
- ثُمَّ thumma Then
- جَعَلْنَا jaʿalnā We have made
- لَهُۥ lahu for him
- جَهَنَّمَ jahannama Hell
- يَصْلَىٰهَا yaṣlāhā he will burn
- مَذْمُومًۭا madhmūman disgraced
- مَّدْحُورًۭا madḥūran rejected
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Reward of Those who desire this World and Those who desire the Hereafter
Allah tells us that not everyone who desires this world and its luxuries gets what he wants. That is attained by those whom Allah wants to have it, and they get what He wills that they should get. This Ayah narrows down the general statements made in other Ayat. Allah says:
(We readily grant him what We will for whom We like. Then, afterwards, We have appointed for him Hell) meaning, in the Hereafter,
(he will burn therein) means, he will enter it until it covers him on all sides,
(disgraced) means, blamed for his bad behaviour and evil deeds, because he chose the transient over the eternal,
(rejected.) means, far away (from Allah's mercy), humiliated and put to shame.
(And whoever desires the Hereafter) wanting the Hereafter and its blessings and delights,
(and strives for it, with the necessary effort due for it) seeking it in the right way, which is following the Messenger .
(while he is a believer,) means, his heart has faith, i.e., he believes in the reward and punishment,
(then such are the ones whose striving shall be appreciated, (rewarded by Allah).)