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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 220of 286

فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۗ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ ۖ قُلْ إِصْلَاحٌۭ لَّهُمْ خَيْرٌۭ ۖ وَإِن تُخَالِطُوهُمْ فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْمُفْسِدَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌۭ﴿٢٢٠

Translation (Sahih International)

To this world and the Hereafter. And they ask you about orphans. Say, "Improvement for them is best. And if you mix your affairs with theirs - they are your brothers. And Allah knows the corrupter from the amender. And if Allah had willed, He could have put you in difficulty. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Word-by-word meaning

فِىConcerning
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۗwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaThey ask you
عَنِʿaniabout
ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ ۖl-yatāmāthe orphans
قُلْqulSay
إِصْلَاحٌۭiṣ'lāḥunSetting right (their affairs)
لَّهُمْlahumfor them
خَيْرٌۭ ۖkhayrun(is) best
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تُخَالِطُوهُمْtukhāliṭūhumyou associate with them
فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ ۚfa-ikh'wānukumthen they (are) your brothers
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
ٱلْمُفْسِدَl-muf'sidathe corrupter
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمُصْلِحِ ۚl-muṣ'liḥithe amender
وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شَآءَshāa(had) willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ ۚla-aʿnatakumsurely He (could have) put you in difficulties
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Gradual Prohibition of Khamr (Alchoholic Drink)Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Maysarah said that `Umar once said, "O Allah! Give us a clear ruling regarding Al-Khamr!" Allah sent down the Ayah of Surat Al-Baqarah:يَسْـَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ قُلْ فِيهِمَآ إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ(They ask you (O Muhammad ) concerning alcoholic drink and gambling. Say: "In them is a great sin...)`Umar was then summoned and the Ayah was recited to him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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