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قُلْ بِفَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِۦ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا۟ هُوَ خَيْرٌۭ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ﴿٥٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
بِفَضْلِbifaḍliIn the Bounty
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَبِرَحْمَتِهِۦwabiraḥmatihiand in His Mercy
فَبِذَٰلِكَfabidhālikaso in that
فَلْيَفْرَحُوا۟falyafraḥūlet them rejoice
هُوَhuwaIt
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
مِّمَّاmimmāthan what
يَجْمَعُونَyajmaʿūnathey accumulate

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

None can make Anything Lawful or Unlawful except Allah or Those Whom Allah has allowed to do soIbn `Abbas, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and others said: "This Ayah was revealed to criticize the idolators for what they used to make lawful and unlawful. Like the Bahirah, Sa'ibah and Wasilah." As Allah said: وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ الْحَرْثِ وَالاٌّنْعَامِ نَصِيباً(And they assign to Allah a share of the tilth and cattle which He has created.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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