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Al-Anfal 53

Ayah 53 of 75 · Medinan

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمۡ يَكُ مُغَيِّرٗا نِّعۡمَةً أَنۡعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوۡمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٥٣

That is because Allāh would not change a favor which He had bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. And indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  2. بِأَنَّ(is) becausebi-anna
  3. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  4. لَمۡnotlam
  5. يَكُisyaku
  6. مُغَيِّرٗاOne Who changesmughayyiran
  7. نِّعۡمَةًa favorniʿ'matan
  8. أَنۡعَمَهَاwhich He had bestowedanʿamahā
  9. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  10. قَوۡمٍa peopleqawmin
  11. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  12. يُغَيِّرُواْthey changeyughayyirū
  13. مَاwhatmā
  14. بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ(is) in themselvesbi-anfusihim
  15. وَأَنَّAnd indeedwa-anna
  16. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  17. سَمِيعٌ(is) All-Hearingsamīʿun
  18. عَلِيمٞAll-Knowingʿalīmun

Tafsir

That severe punishment is because when Allah favours a people, He does not take it away from them until they change themselves from their pure state of faith, righteousness and gratitude to a bad state of disbelief in Allah, sin and ingratitude – Allah hears the statements of His servants and knows about their actions; nothing is hidden from Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran