Yunus (Jonah)
Verse 100of 109
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تُؤْمِنَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَيَجْعَلُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ﴿١٠٠﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And it is not for a soul to believe except by permission of Allah, and He will place defilement upon those who will not use reason.
Word-by-word meaning
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānais
لِنَفْسٍlinafsinfor a soul
أَنanto
تُؤْمِنَtu'minabelieve
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
وَيَجْعَلُwayajʿaluAnd He will place
ٱلرِّجْسَl-rij'sathe wrath
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnause reason
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
It is not Part of Allah's Decree to compel BeliefAllah said: وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ(And had your Lord willed) meaning `O Muhammad, if it had been the will of your Lord, He would make all the people of the earth believe in what you have brought to them. But Allah has wisdom in what He does.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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