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Meccan · Surah 25 of 114

Al-Furqaan 25:30

The Criterion · ayah 30 of 77

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورًۭا

Waqala arrasoolu yarabbi inna qawmee ittakhathoo hatha alqur-anamahjoora

"And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned.""

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"The Messenger has said, ‘Lord, my people treat this Quran as something to be shunned,’"

Pickthall (classic)+

"And the messenger saith: O my Lord! Lo! mine own folk make this Qur'an of no account."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"Then the Messenger will say: "O my Lord! Truly my people took this Qur'an for just foolish nonsense.""

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

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The Messenger will complain against His Opponents

Allah tells how His Messenger and Prophet Muhammad ﷺ will say: "O my Lord! Verily, my people deserted this Qur'an." The idolators would not listen to the Qur'an, as Allah says:

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لاَ تَسْمَعُواْ لِهَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ وَالْغَوْاْ فِيهِ

(And those who disbelieve say: "Listen not to this Qur'an, and make noise in the midst of it.") (41:26). When he would recite Qur'an to them, they would talk nonsense or speak about something else, so that they would not hear it. This is a form of forsaking it and rejecting it, and not believing in it is the same as forsaking it, and not pondering its meanings and trying to understand it is the same as forsaking it, and not acting upon it and following its commandments and heeding its prohibitions is the same as forsaking it, and turning away from it in favor of poetry or other words or songs or idle talk or some other way is the same as forsaking it. We ask Allah, the Most Generous, the Bestower of bounty, the One Who is able to do what He wills, to keep us safe from doing that which earns His wrath and to use us to do that which will earn His pleasure of preserving and understanding His Book, following its commandments night and day in the manner which He loves and which pleases Him, for He is Generous and Kind.

وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوّاً مِّنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

(Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy among the criminals.) means, `just as there is for you, O Muhammad, those people who scorned the Qur'an, so in all the previous nations did Allah make for every Prophet an enemy among the criminals, who called people to their misguidance and disbelief,' as Allah says:

وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نِبِىٍّ عَدُوّاً شَيَـطِينَ الإِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ

(And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies -- Shayatin among mankind and Jinn) as stated in these two Ayat. (6:112) Allah says here:

وَكَفَى بِرَبِّكَ هَادِياً وَنَصِيراً

(But sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper.) meaning, for the one who follows His Messenger and believes in His Book, Allah will be his Guide and Helper in this world and the Hereafter. Allah says

هَادِياً وَنَصِيراً

(a Guide and Helper.) because the idolators used to try to prevent people from following the Qur'an lest anyone be guided by it. They wanted their way to prevail over the way of the Qur'an. Allah says:

وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوّاً مِّنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

(Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy among the criminals.)

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Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

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Господи! Ты отправил меня для того, чтобы я указал человечеству путь к спасению и донес до людей божественное откровение. Твои невежественные рабы отворачиваются от него, а ведь они обязаны выполнять его, прислушиваться к его заповедям и руководствоваться его указаниями.

Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

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وَقَالَ الرَّسُوْلُ يٰرَبِّ اِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوْا ھٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ مَهْجُوْرًا (That is Rasul will say, 0 my Lord my people have forgotten and forsaken Qur'an - 25:30). There is a difference of opinion among the commentators whether this complaint of the Holy Prophet ﷺ to Allah Ta’ ala about his people would be on Dooms Day or was made in his life time. Both views appear valid. But the verse following this verse suggests that he made this complaint during his lifetime and the next verse was revealed to appease him.

Tafsīr sourced from quran.com's open API. These are classical commentaries; for personal rulings consult a qualified scholar.

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