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Al-Hadid 16

Ayah 16 of 29 · Medinan

۞ أَلَمۡ يَأۡنِ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَن تَخۡشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمۡ لِذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبۡلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَدُ فَقَسَتۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡۖ وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ ١٦

Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allāh and what has come down of the truth? And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and a long period passed over them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly disobedient.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ أَلَمۡHas notalam
  2. يَأۡنِcome (the) timeyani
  3. لِلَّذِينَfor those wholilladhīna
  4. ءَامَنُوٓاْbelievedāmanū
  5. أَنthatan
  6. تَخۡشَعَbecome humbletakhshaʿa
  7. قُلُوبُهُمۡtheir heartsqulūbuhum
  8. لِذِكۡرِat (the) remembrance (of) Allahlidhik'ri
  9. ٱللَّهِat (the) remembrance (of) Allahl-lahi
  10. وَمَاand whatwamā
  11. نَزَلَhas come downnazala
  12. مِنَofmina
  13. ٱلۡحَقِّthe truthl-ḥaqi
  14. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  15. يَكُونُواْthey becomeyakūnū
  16. كَٱلَّذِينَlike those whoka-alladhīna
  17. أُوتُواْwere givenūtū
  18. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
  19. مِنbeforemin
  20. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  21. فَطَالَ(and) was prolongedfaṭāla
  22. عَلَيۡهِمُfor themʿalayhimu
  23. ٱلۡأَمَدُthe terml-amadu
  24. فَقَسَتۡso hardenedfaqasat
  25. قُلُوبُهُمۡۖtheir heartsqulūbuhum
  26. وَكَثِيرٞand manywakathīrun
  27. مِّنۡهُمۡof themmin'hum
  28. فَٰسِقُونَ(are) defiantly disobedientfāsiqūna

Tafsir

Has not the time come for those who have faith in Allah and His Messenger that their hearts soften and become tranquil through the remembrance of Allah (may He be glorified), and through the promises and warnings that have been revealed in the Qur’ān? Has the time not come that they do not become like the Jews who were given the Torah and the Christians who were given the Gospel, in terms of their hearts hardening? This was due to the period prolonging between them and the era of their Prophets. The majority of them left the obedience of Allah, going into His disobedience.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran