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Ar-Ra'd 41

Ayah 41 of 43 · Medinan

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا نَأۡتِي ٱلۡأَرۡضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنۡ أَطۡرَافِهَاۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَحۡكُمُ لَا مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكۡمِهِۦۚ وَهُوَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٤١

Have they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?1 And Allāh decides; there is no adjuster of His decision. And He is swift in account.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Referring to the spread of Islām through Allāh's Prophet (ﷺ) and the diminishing of those areas controlled by the polytheists.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَوَلَمۡDid notawalam
  2. يَرَوۡاْthey seeyaraw
  3. أَنَّاthat Weannā
  4. نَأۡتِيcomenatī
  5. ٱلۡأَرۡضَ(to) the landl-arḍa
  6. نَنقُصُهَاreducing itnanquṣuhā
  7. مِنۡfrommin
  8. أَطۡرَافِهَاۚits bordersaṭrāfihā
  9. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  10. يَحۡكُمُjudgesyaḥkumu
  11. لَا(there is) nolā
  12. مُعَقِّبَadjustermuʿaqqiba
  13. لِحُكۡمِهِۦۚ(of) His Judgmentliḥuk'mihi
  14. وَهُوَAnd Hewahuwa
  15. سَرِيعُ(is) Swiftsarīʿu
  16. ٱلۡحِسَابِ(in) the reckoningl-ḥisābi

Tafsir

Have these disbelievers not seen that We come to the land of the disbelievers diminishing it from its borders by spreading Islam and by the Muslims conquering it? Allah decides and decrees whatever He wills amongst His servants. No one can reverse, amend or alter His decision. He, may He be glorified, is swift in reckoning and He will take the earlier people and the later ones to account within one day.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran