Surah Al-Mujadila 58:22 — translation and meaning

المجادلة · Verse 22 / 22 · Page 545

ۚ ۖ ۚ ۚ ۚ لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ أُولَئِكَ كَتَبَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْإِيمَانَ وَأَيَّدَهُم بِرُوحٍ مِّنْهُ وَيُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ أُولَئِكَ حِزْبُ اللَّهِ أَلَا إِنَّ حِزْبَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۖ
ۚ
ۚ
ۚ
لَّا
la
Not
تَجِدُ
tajidu
You will find
قَوْمًا
qawman
a people
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minuna
who believe
بِاللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَالْيَوْمِ
wal-yawmi
and the Day
الْآخِرِ
al-akhiri
the Last
يُوَادُّونَ
yuwadduna
loving
مَنْ
man
(those) who
حَادَّ
hadda
oppose
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
وَرَسُولَهُ
warasulahu
and His Messenger
وَلَوْ
walaw
even if
كَانُوا
kanu
they were
آبَاءَهُمْ
abaahum
their fathers
أَوْ
aw
or
أَبْنَاءَهُمْ
abnaahum
their sons
أَوْ
aw
or
إِخْوَانَهُمْ
ikh'wanahum
their brothers
أَوْ
aw
or
عَشِيرَتَهُمْ
ashiratahum
their kindred
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
كَتَبَ
kataba
He has decreed
فِي
fi
within
قُلُوبِهِمُ
qulubihimu
their hearts
الْإِيمَانَ
al-imana
faith
وَأَيَّدَهُم
wa-ayyadahum
and supported them
بِرُوحٍ
biruhin
with a spirit
مِّنْهُ
min'hu
from Him
وَيُدْخِلُهُمْ
wayud'khiluhum
And He will admit them
جَنَّاتٍ
jannatin
(to) Gardens
تَجْرِي
tajri
flow
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
tahtiha
underneath it
الْأَنْهَارُ
al-anharu
the rivers
خَالِدِينَ
khalidina
will abide forever
فِيهَا
fiha
in it
رَضِيَ
radiya
Allah is pleased
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah is pleased
عَنْهُمْ
anhum
with them
وَرَضُوا
waradu
and they are pleased
عَنْهُ
anhu
with Him
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
حِزْبُ
hiz'bu
(are the) party
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
أَلَا
ala
No doubt
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
حِزْبَ
hiz'ba
(the) party
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
هُمُ
humu
they
الْمُفْلِحُونَ
al-muf'lihuna
(are) the successful ones

Transliteration

Laa tajidu qawmany yu'minoona billaahi wal yawmil aakhiri yuwaaaddoona man haaaddal laaha wa Rasoolahoo wa law kaanooo aabaaa'ahum aw abnaaa'ahum aw ikhwaa nahum aw 'asheeratahum; ulaaa'ika kataba fee quloobihi mul eemaana wa ayyadahum biroohimminhu wa yudkhilu hum jannatin tajree min tahtihal anhaaru khaalideena feehaa; radiyal laahu 'anhum wa radoo 'anh; ulaaa 'ika hizbul laah; alaaa inna hizbal laahi humul muflihoon

Translation

You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred. Those - He has decreed within their hearts faith and supported them with spirit from Him. And We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him - those are the party of Allah. Unquestionably, the party of Allah - they are the successful.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger! You will not find a people believing in Allah and in the Day of Judgement, who love and befriend those who regard Allah and His Messenger as enemies, even though these enemies of Allah and His messengers happen to be their fathers, sons, brothers, or tribe members they affiliate themselves to. This is because faith prevents them from befriending the enemies of Allah and His Messenger, and because the connection of faith is greater than all connections, so it is to be given priority at times of conflict. Those who do not befriend the enemies of Allah and His Messenger - even if they are their own relatives - are the ones in whose hearts Allah has established faith such that they do not waver, and has strengthened with His proof and light. He will also enter them on the Day of Judgement into everlasting gardens, under the palaces and trees of which rivers flow, and in which they shall live forever, without its luxuries ever finishing or them ever becoming extinct. Allah is pleased with them to a degree that He will never be displeased with them afterwards, and they are also pleased with Him because of Him having given them favours which will never finish, one of which is the ability to see Him may He be glorified. They are the party of Allah that fulfils whatever He commands and refrain from the things He does not allow. Know well that indeed, the party of Allah are the ones who will succeed by achieving their objective and remaining safe from their fears in the world and the afterlife.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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