Yunus 10:66 · Jonas · Arabic, translation, recitation

Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"indeed, all who are in the heavens and on the earth belong to Him. Those who call upon others beside God are not really following partner-gods; they are only following assumptions and telling lies."

Pickthall (classic)+

"Lo! is it not unto Allah that belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth? Those who follow aught instead of Allah follow not (His) partners. They follow only a conjecture, and they do but guess."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"Behold! verily to Allah belong all creatures, in the heavens and on earth. What do they follow who worship as His "partners" other than Allah? They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie."

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

All Might and Honor is for Allah -- He Alone has Full Authority within the Universe

Allah said to His Messenger ,

وَلاَ يَحْزُنكَ

(Do not greive) because of the remarks of these idolators, and depend on Allah and ask for His help. Put your trust in Him.

إِنَّ الْعِزَّةَجَمِيعاً

(For all power and honor belong to Allah.) All might and honor belong to Him, His Messenger and the believers.

هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

(He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.) He hears the utterances of His servants and knows their affairs. Allah then stated that to Him is the dominion of the heavens and earth. But the idolators worship idols, that own nothing and can neither harm nor benefit anyone. They have no evidence to base their worship on them. They only follow their own conjecture, lies, and ultimately - falsehood. Allah then informed us that He is the One Who made the night for His servants to rest therein from weariness and exhaustion.

وَالنَّهَـارَ مُبْصِـراً

(And the day to make things visible (to you).) bright and clear for them to seek livelihood and to travel to fulfill their needs.

إِنَّ فِى ذلِكَ لآيَـتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

(Verily, in this are Ayat for a people who listen.) Those who hear these proofs and take a lesson from them. These Ayat can lead them to realize the greatness of their Creator and Sustainer.

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

Всевышний поведал о том, что Ему одному принадлежит все, что на небесах и на земле. Он создал Вселенную, владеет ею и распоряжается своими творениями, как пожелает. Все существа являются рабами Аллаха, которые полностью зависят от Него. Никто из них не заслуживает поклонения наряду с Ним, и никто из них не является Его сотоварищем. А многобожники, которые приобщают к Нему сотоварищей, следуют лишь своим догадкам, хотя догадки и предположения абсолютно не способны заменить истину. Они измышляют великую ложь, а если бы они говорили правду, то их вымышленные божества обладали бы качествами, благодаря которым они бы заслуживали хотя бы самого ничтожного поклонения. Однако они не обладают такими качествами. Разве есть среди них такие, которые способны творить или одарять пропитанием? Разве есть среди них такие, которые обладают властью или чередуют ночь и день?

It was said in the last verse (64) that, for the friends of Allah, there is the good news in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. As for the good news of the Hereafter, it will come at the time of death when the spirit of the deceased will be taken to Allah. At that time, he will hear the good news of Paradise being for him. Then, on the day of Qiyamah, when he rises from his grave, he will receive the good news of being welcome to Paradise. This is similar to what al-Tabarani has reported from Sayyidna Ibn ` Umar ؓ narrates that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said: ` People who recite: لا إلہ إلا اللہ (la ilaha illallah: There is no god but Allah) will not experience any fright at the time of death, nor inside the grave, nor at the time they rise from it. This is as if my eyes are seeing the scenario of that time when these people will, shaking the dust off, rise from their graves, saying: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّـهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا الْحَزَنَ (Praised is Allah who has removed from us [ all ] grief - 35:34) '

As for the good news in this world, the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, `(they are) the true dreams one sees himself or are seen by someone else with him in it and, in which, there is good news for them. (Reported by al-Bukhri from Sayyidna Abu Hurairah ؓ .

Another basharah (good news) of this world unfolds in the form that Muslims at large love someone and take him to be good without any personal motive or interest. About it, the Holy Prophet ﷺ said: تِلکَ عَاجِلُ بشرَی المؤمِن that is, ` being taken as good and praiseworthy is, for a true Muslim, good news in ready cash.' (Muslim and al-Baghawi)