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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 62of 176

فَكَيْفَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ جَآءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْسَٰنًۭا وَتَوْفِيقًا﴿٦٢

Translation (Sahih International)

So how [will it be] when disaster strikes them because of what their hands have put forth and then they come to you swearing by Allah, "We intended nothing but good conduct and accommodation."

Word-by-word meaning

فَكَيْفَfakayfaSo how
إِذَآidhāwhen
أَصَـٰبَتْهُمaṣābathumbefalls them
مُّصِيبَةٌۢmuṣībatundisaster
بِمَاbimāfor what
قَدَّمَتْqaddamatsent forth
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
ثُمَّthummathen
جَآءُوكَjāūkathey come to you
يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūnaswearing
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
إِنْinNot
أَرَدْنَآaradnāwe intended
إِلَّآillāexcept
إِحْسَـٰنًۭاiḥ'sānangood
وَتَوْفِيقًاwatawfīqanand reconciliation

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Referring to Other than the Qur'an and Sunnah for Judgment is Characteristic of Non-MuslimsAllah chastises those who claim to believe in what Allah has sent down to His Messenger and to the earlier Prophets, yet they refer to other than the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger for judgment in various disputes. It was reported that the reason behind revealing this Ayah was that a man from the Ansar and a Jew had a dispute, and the Jew said, "Let us refer to Muhammad to judge between us.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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