Surah 34 Saba — Ayah 46
۞ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَعِظُكُم بِوَٰحِدَةٍ ۖ أَن تَقُومُوا۟ لِلَّهِ مَثْنَىٰ وَفُرَٰدَىٰ ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۚ مَا بِصَاحِبِكُم مِّن جِنَّةٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ لَّكُم بَيْنَ يَدَىْ عَذَابٍۢ شَدِيدٍۢ
"நான் உங்களுக்கு உபதேசிப்பது ஒரே ஒரு விஷயத்தைப் பற்றித்தான்; நீங்கள் இரண்டிரண்டு பேர்களாகவோ, தனித்தனியாகவோ அல்லாஹ்வுக்காக எழுந்தமர்ந்து பின்னர் சிந்தித்துப் பாருங்கள்" என்று (நபியே!) நீர் கூறும்; உங்கள் நண்பருக்கு பைத்தியம் எதுவுமில்லை உங்களுக்கு கடினமான வேதனை வரவதற்கு முன்னர் அச்சமூட்டி எச்சரிக்கை செய்பவரல்லாமல் அவர் வேறில்லை."
qul innamā aʿiẓukum biwāḥidatin an taqūmū lillahi mathnā wafurādā thumma tatafakkarū mā biṣāḥibikum min jinnatin in huwa illā nadhīrun lakum bayna yaday ʿadhābin shadīdin
Word by word
- ۞ قُلْ qul Say
- إِنَّمَآ innamā Only
- أَعِظُكُم aʿiẓukum I advise you
- بِوَٰحِدَةٍ ۖ biwāḥidatin for one (thing)
- أَن an that
- تَقُومُوا۟ taqūmū you stand
- لِلَّهِ lillahi for Allah
- مَثْنَىٰ mathnā (in) pairs
- وَفُرَٰدَىٰ wafurādā and (as) individuals
- ثُمَّ thumma then
- تَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۚ tatafakkarū reflect
- مَا mā Not
- بِصَاحِبِكُم biṣāḥibikum (is in) your companion
- مِّن min any
- جِنَّةٍ ۚ jinnatin madness
- إِنْ in Not
- هُوَ huwa he
- إِلَّا illā (is) except
- نَذِيرٌۭ nadhīrun a warner
- لَّكُم lakum for you
- بَيْنَ bayna before
- يَدَىْ yaday before
- عَذَابٍۢ ʿadhābin a punishment
- شَدِيدٍۢ shadīdin severe
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Refutation of Their Accusation that the Prophet was Insane
Allah says: `Say, O Muhammad, to these disbelievers who claim that you are crazy,'
I exhort you to one (thing) only, meaning, I am only telling you to one thing, and that is:
that you stand up for Allah s sake in pairs and singly, and reflect, there is no madness in your companion. meaning, `stand sincerely before Allah, without being influenced by your own desires or tribal feelings, and ask one another, is Muhammad crazy Advise one another,'
and reflect means, let each person look within himself concerning the matter of Muhلammad , and ask other people about him if he is still confused, then let him think about the matter. Allah says:
(that you stand up for Allah's sake in pairs and singly, and reflect, there is no madness in your companion.) This meaning was stated by Mujahid, Muhammad bin Ka`b, As-Suddi, Qatadah and others. This is what is meant by the Ayah.
(He is only a warner to you in face of a severe torment.) Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, commented on this Ayah: "One day, the Prophet climbed up As-Safa' and shouted,
(O people!) The Quraysh gathered around him, and said, `What is the matter with you' He said,
(What do you think If I told you that the enemy were approaching and will reach us in the morning or in the evening, would you believe me) They said, `Of course.' He said:
(I am a warner to you in the face of a severe punishment.) Abu Lahab said, `May you perish! You have called us together only to tell us this' Then Allah revealed:
(Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab and perish he!) (111:1) We have already discussed this in our Tafsir of the Ayah:
(And warn your tribe of near kindred) (26:214).