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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟ بِحَبْلِ ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًۭا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا۟ ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنتُمْ أَعْدَآءًۭ فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم بِنِعْمَتِهِۦٓ إِخْوَٰنًۭا وَكُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَفَا حُفْرَةٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ فَأَنقَذَكُم مِّنْهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ﴿١٠٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you - when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be guided.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟wa-iʿ'taṣimūAnd hold firmly
بِحَبْلِbiḥablito (the) rope
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall together
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَفَرَّقُوا۟ ۚtafarraqūbe divided
وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūAnd remember
نِعْمَتَniʿ'mata(the) Favor
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you
إِذْidhwhen
كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
أَعْدَآءًۭaʿdāanenemies
فَأَلَّفَfa-allafathen He made friendship
بَيْنَbaynabetween
قُلُوبِكُمْqulūbikumyour hearts
فَأَصْبَحْتُمfa-aṣbaḥtumthen you became
بِنِعْمَتِهِۦٓbiniʿ'matihiby His Favor
إِخْوَٰنًۭاikh'wānanbrothers
وَكُنتُمْwakuntumAnd you were
عَلَىٰʿalāon
شَفَاshafā(the) brink
حُفْرَةٍۢḥuf'ratin(of) pit
مِّنَminaof
ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
فَأَنقَذَكُمfa-anqadhakumthen He saved you
مِّنْهَا ۗmin'hāfrom it
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
يُبَيِّنُyubayyinumakes clear
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لَكُمْlakumfor you
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis Verses
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna(be) guided

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Meaning of `Taqwa of AllahIbn Abi Hatim recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud commented on the Ayah,اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ(Have Taqwa of Allah as is His due,)"That He is obeyed and not defied, remembered and not forgotten and appreciated and not unappreciated." This has an authentic chain of narration to `Abdullah bin Mas`ud. Al-Hakim collected this Hadith in his Mustadrak, from Ibn Mas`ud, who related it to the Prophet .

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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