Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayah 35
يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌۭ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتِى ۙ فَمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses, then whoever fears Allah and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
yābanī ādama immā yatiyannakum rusulun minkum yaquṣṣūna ʿalaykum āyātī famani ittaqā wa-aṣlaḥa falā khawfun ʿalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūna
Word by word
- يَـٰبَنِىٓ yābanī O Children
- ءَادَمَ ādama (of) Adam
- إِمَّا immā If
- يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ yatiyannakum come to you
- رُسُلٌۭ rusulun Messengers
- مِّنكُمْ minkum from you
- يَقُصُّونَ yaquṣṣūna relating
- عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum to you
- ءَايَـٰتِى ۙ āyātī My Verses
- فَمَنِ famani then whoever
- ٱتَّقَىٰ ittaqā fears Allah
- وَأَصْلَحَ wa-aṣlaḥa and reforms
- فَلَا falā then no
- خَوْفٌ khawfun fear
- عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim on them
- وَلَا walā and not
- هُمْ hum they
- يَحْزَنُونَ yaḥzanūna will grieve
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
(And every Ummah has), meaning, each generation and nation,
(its appointed term; when their term comes) which they were destined for,
(neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment)). Allah then warned the Children of Adam that He sent to them Messengers who conveyed to them His Ayat. Allah also conveyed good news, as well as warning,
(then whosoever has Taqwa and becomes righteous) by abandoning the prohibitions and performing acts of obedience,
(on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve. But those who reject Our Ayat and treat them with arrogance,) meaning, their hearts denied the Ayat and they were too arrogant to abide by them,
(they are the dwellers of the Fire, they will abide therein forever.) without end to their dwelling in it.