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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 104of 165

قَدْ جَآءَكُم بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَنْ عَمِىَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍۢ﴿١٠٤

Translation (Sahih International)

There has come to you enlightenment from your Lord. So whoever will see does so for [the benefit of] his soul, and whoever is blind [does harm] against it. And [say], "I am not a guardian over you."

Word-by-word meaning

قَدْqadVerily
جَآءَكُمjāakumhas come to you
بَصَآئِرُbaṣāiruenlightenment
مِنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْ ۖrabbikumyour Lord
فَمَنْfamanThen whoever
أَبْصَرَabṣarasees
فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖfalinafsihithen (it is) for his soul
وَمَنْwamanand whoever
عَمِىَʿamiya(is) blind
فَعَلَيْهَا ۚfaʿalayhāthen (it is) against himself
وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَنَا۠anā(am) I
عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumover you
بِحَفِيظٍۢbiḥafīẓina guardian

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Meaning of Basa'irBasa'ir are the proofs and evidences in the Qur'an and the Message of Allah's Messenger ﷺ . The Ayah,فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِ(so whosoever sees, will do so for (the good of) himself.) is similar to,فَمَنُ اهْتَدَى فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا(So whosoever receives guidance, he does so for the good of himself, and whosoever goes astray, he does so at his own loss.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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