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Al-Hujurat (The Rooms)

Verse 7of 18

وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِى كَثِيرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْإِيمَٰنَ وَزَيَّنَهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكُفْرَ وَٱلْفُسُوقَ وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَ﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūAnd know
أَنَّannathat
فِيكُمْfīkumamong you
رَسُولَrasūla(is the) Messenger of Allah
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(is the) Messenger of Allah
لَوْlawIf
يُطِيعُكُمْyuṭīʿukumhe were to obey you
فِىin
كَثِيرٍۢkathīrinmuch
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matter
لَعَنِتُّمْlaʿanittumsurely you would be in difficulty
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
حَبَّبَḥabbabahas endeared
إِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you
ٱلْإِيمَـٰنَl-īmānathe Faith
وَزَيَّنَهُۥwazayyanahuand has made it pleasing
فِىin
قُلُوبِكُمْqulūbikumyour hearts
وَكَرَّهَwakarrahaand has made hateful
إِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you
ٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'radisbelief
وَٱلْفُسُوقَwal-fusūqaand defiance
وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ ۚwal-ʿiṣ'yānaand disobedience
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
هُمُhumu(are) they
ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَl-rāshidūnathe guided ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

النَّبِىُّ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ(The Prophet is closer to the believers than themselves) (33:6). Then He clarifies that they fall short in overseeing their own benefit;لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِى كَثِيرٍ مِّنَ الاٌّمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ(7 cont. - If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would surely be in trouble.) `if he obeys all of your opinions and desires, you will earn trouble and hardship.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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