Tafsir Maariful Quran
Quran Translation and Commentary by Maulana Mufti Mohammad Shafi. Translation by Prof. Muhammad Hasan Askari & Prof. Muhammad Shamim. Revised by Justice Mufti Muhammad Taqi UsmaniQuran Translation
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1. Al-Fatihah
2. Al-Baqarah
3. Al-Imran
4. Al-Nisa
5. Al-Maidah
6. Al-Anam
7. Al-Araf
8. Al-Anfal
9. Al-Taubah
10. Yunus
11. Hud
12. Yusuf
13. Al-Rad
14. Ibrahim
15. Al-Hijr
16. Al-Nahl
17. Bani Israil
18. Al-Kahf
19. Maryam
20. Ta-Ha
21. Al-Anbiya
22. Al-Hajj
23. Al-Muminun
24. An-Nur
25. Al-Furqan
26. Ash-Shuara
27. An-Naml
28. Al-Qasas
29. Al-Ankabut
30. Ar-Rum
31. Luqman
32. As-Sajdah
33. Al-Ahzab
34. Saba
35. Fatir
36. Yasin
37. As-Saffat
38. Saad
39. Az-Zumar
40. Al-Mumin
41. Ha-Meem-As-Sajdah
42. AShura
43. Az-Zukhruf
44. Ad-Dukhan
45. Al-Jathiyah
46. Al-Ahqaf
47. Muhammad
48. Al-Fath
49. Al-Hujurat
50. Al-Qaf
51. Adh-Dhariyat
52. At-Tur
53. An-Najm
54. Al-Qamar
55. Al-Rahman
56. Al-Waqiah
57. Al-Hadid
58. Al-Mujadalah
59. Al-Hashr
60. Al-Mumtahinah
61. As-Saff
62. Al-Jumuah
63. Al-Munafiqun
64. Al-Taghabun
65. At-Talaq
66. At-Tahrim
67. Al-Mulk
68. Al-Qalam
69. Al-Haqqah
70. Al-Maarij
71. Nuh
72. Al-Jinn
73. Al-Muzzammil
74. Al-Muddhththir
75. Al-Qiyamah
76. Ad-Dahr
77. Al-Mursalat
78. An-Naba
79. An-Naziat
80. Abas
81. At-Takwir
82. Al-Infitar
83. At-Tatfif
84. Al-Inshiqaq
85. Al-Buruj
86. At-Tariq
87. Al-Ala
88. Al-Ghashiyah
89. Al-Fajr
90. Al-Balad
91. Ash-Shams
92. Al-Lail
93. Ad-Duha
94. Al-Inshirah
95. At-Tin
96. Al-Alaq
97. Al-Qadr
98. Al-Bayyinah
99. Az-Zilzal
100. Al-Adiyat
101. Al-Qariah
102. At-Takathur
103. Al-Asr
104. Al-Humazah
105. Al-Fil
106. Al-Quraish
107. Al-Maun
108. Al-Kauthar
109. Al-Kafirun
110. An-Nasr
111. Al-Lahab
112. Al-Ikhlas
113. Al-Falaq
114. An-Nas
29. Al-'Ankabut Page 400 وَ لَمَّا And when جَآءَتْ came رُسُلُنَاۤ Our messengers اِبْرٰهِیْمَ (to) Ibrahim بِالْبُشْرٰی ۙ with the glad tidings قَالُوْۤا they said اِنَّا Indeed we مُهْلِكُوْۤا (are) going to destroy اَهْلِ (the) people هٰذِهِ (of) this الْقَرْیَةِ ۚ town اِنَّ Indeed اَهْلَهَا its people كَانُوْا are ظٰلِمِیْنَۚۖ wrongdoers قَالَ He said اِنَّ Indeed فِیْهَا in it لُوْطًا ؕ (is) Lut قَالُوْا They said نَحْنُ We اَعْلَمُ know better بِمَنْ who فِیْهَا ؗۥ (is) in it لَنُنَجِّیَنَّهٗ We will surely save him وَ اَهْلَهٗۤ and his family اِلَّا except امْرَاَتَهٗ ؗۗ his wife كَانَتْ She مِنَ (is) of الْغٰبِرِیْنَ those who remain behind وَ لَمَّاۤ And when اَنْ [that] جَآءَتْ came رُسُلُنَا Our messengers لُوْطًا (to) Lut سِیْٓءَ he was distressed بِهِمْ for them وَ ضَاقَ and felt straitened بِهِمْ for them ذَرْعًا (and) uneasy وَّ قَالُوْا And they said لَا (Do) not تَخَفْ fear وَ لَا and (do) not تَحْزَنْ ۫ grieve اِنَّا Indeed we مُنَجُّوْكَ (will) save you وَ اَهْلَكَ and your family اِلَّا except امْرَاَتَكَ your wife كَانَتْ She مِنَ (is) of الْغٰبِرِیْنَ those who remain behind اِنَّا Indeed we مُنْزِلُوْنَ (will) bring down عَلٰۤی on اَهْلِ (the) people هٰذِهِ (of) this الْقَرْیَةِ town رِجْزًا a punishment مِّنَ from السَّمَآءِ (the) sky بِمَا because كَانُوْا they have been یَفْسُقُوْنَ defiantly disobedient وَ لَقَدْ And verily تَّرَكْنَا We have left مِنْهَاۤ about it اٰیَةًۢ a sign بَیِّنَةً (as) evidence لِّقَوْمٍ for a people یَّعْقِلُوْنَ who use reason وَ اِلٰی And to مَدْیَنَ Madyan اَخَاهُمْ their brother شُعَیْبًا ۙ Shuaib فَقَالَ And he said یٰقَوْمِ O my people! اعْبُدُوا Worship اللّٰهَ Allah وَ ارْجُوا and expect الْیَوْمَ the Day الْاٰخِرَ the Last وَ لَا and (do) not تَعْثَوْا commit evil فِی in الْاَرْضِ the earth مُفْسِدِیْنَ (as) corrupters فَكَذَّبُوْهُ But they denied him فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ so seized them الرَّجْفَةُ the earthquake فَاَصْبَحُوْا and they became فِیْ in دَارِهِمْ their home جٰثِمِیْنَؗ fallen prone وَ عَادًا And Aad وَّ ثَمُوْدَاۡ and Thamud وَ قَدْ and verily تَّبَیَّنَ (has) become clear لَكُمْ to you مِّنْ from مَّسٰكِنِهِمْ ۫ their dwellings وَ زَیَّنَ And made fair-seeming لَهُمُ to them الشَّیْطٰنُ the Shaitaan اَعْمَالَهُمْ their deeds فَصَدَّهُمْ and averted them عَنِ from السَّبِیْلِ the Way وَ كَانُوْا though they were مُسْتَبْصِرِیْنَۙ endowed with insight 29. Al-'Ankabut Page 401 وَ قَارُوْنَ And Qarun وَ فِرْعَوْنَ and Firaun وَ هَامٰنَ ۫ and Haman وَ لَقَدْ And certainly جَآءَهُمْ came to them مُّوْسٰی Musa بِالْبَیِّنٰتِ with clear evidences فَاسْتَكْبَرُوْا but they were arrogant فِی in الْاَرْضِ the earth وَ مَا and not كَانُوْا they could سٰبِقِیْنَۚۖ outstrip Us فَكُلًّا So each اَخَذْنَا We seized بِذَنْۢبِهٖ ۚ for his sin فَمِنْهُمْ Then of them مَّنْ (was he) who اَرْسَلْنَا We sent عَلَیْهِ on him حَاصِبًا ۚ a violent storm وَ مِنْهُمْ and of them مَّنْ (was he) who اَخَذَتْهُ seized him الصَّیْحَةُ ۚ the awful cry وَ مِنْهُمْ and of them مَّنْ (was he) who خَسَفْنَا We caused to swallow بِهِ him الْاَرْضَ ۚ the earth وَ مِنْهُمْ and of them مَّنْ (was he) who اَغْرَقْنَا ۚ We drowned وَ مَا And not كَانَ was اللّٰهُ Allah لِیَظْلِمَهُمْ to wrong them وَ لٰكِنْ but كَانُوْۤا they were اَنْفُسَهُمْ themselves یَظْلِمُوْنَ doing wrong مَثَلُ (The) example الَّذِیْنَ (of) those who اتَّخَذُوْا take مِنْ besides دُوْنِ besides اللّٰهِ Allah اَوْلِیَآءَ protectors كَمَثَلِ (is) like الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ ۚۖ the spider اِتَّخَذَتْ who takes بَیْتًا ؕ a house وَ اِنَّ And indeed اَوْهَنَ the weakest الْبُیُوْتِ (of) houses لَبَیْتُ (is) surely (the) house الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ ۘ (of) the spider لَوْ if (only) كَانُوْا they یَعْلَمُوْنَ know اِنَّ Indeed اللّٰهَ Allah یَعْلَمُ knows مَا what یَدْعُوْنَ they invoke مِنْ besides Him دُوْنِهٖ besides Him مِنْ any شَیْءٍ ؕ thing وَ هُوَ And He الْعَزِیْزُ (is) the All-Mighty الْحَكِیْمُ the All-Wise وَ تِلْكَ And these الْاَمْثَالُ examples نَضْرِبُهَا We set forth لِلنَّاسِ ۚ to mankind وَ مَا but not یَعْقِلُهَاۤ will understand them اِلَّا except الْعٰلِمُوْنَ those of knowledge خَلَقَ Allah created اللّٰهُ Allah created السَّمٰوٰتِ the heavens وَ الْاَرْضَ and the earth بِالْحَقِّ ؕ in truth اِنَّ Indeed فِیْ in ذٰلِكَ that لَاٰیَةً (is) surely a Sign لِّلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ۠ for the believers
(29:31) And when Our messengers came to Ibrāhīm with the good news, they said, “We are going to destroy the people of this town. Surely its people have been transgressors.”
(29:32) He said, “There is LūT in it.” They said, “We know well who is in it. We will certainly save him and his family except his wife who will be among those remaining behind.”
(29:33) And when Our messengers came to LūT, he grieved for them and his heart was straitened because of them, but they said, “We are going to save you and your family, except your wife who will be among those remaining behind
(29:34) We are going to bring down on the people of this town a punishment from the sky, because they used to act sinfully.”
(29:35) And We left from it (the town) an evident sign for a people who understand
(29:36) And (We sent) to Madyan their brother Shu‘aib. So he said, “O my people, worship Allah and fear the Last Day, and do not roam about in the land as mischief makers.”
(29:37) So they gave the lie to him, then they were seized by the earthquake and they remained in their homes lying on their faces
(29:38) And (We destroyed) ‘Ād and Thamūd, and it is visible to you through their dwellings. And the Satan had beautified for them their deeds, so he prevented them from the (right) way, even though they were people of insight
(29:39) And (We also destroyed) Qārūn and Pharaoh and Hāmān. Indeed Mūsā came to them with clear signs; so they acted arrogantly on the earth, and were not (able) to escape
(29:40) Thus We seized each one of them for his sin. So to some of them We sent a violent wind; and some of them were seized by a Cry; and some of them We made to sink in the earth; and some of them We drowned. And Allah was not to do injustice to them, but they used to do injustice to their own selves
(29:41) The example of those who have adopted patrons other than Allah is like the spider that has made a house, while indeed the weakest of houses is the house of the spider. If only they know
(29:42) Surely, Allah knows whatever thing they invoke beside Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise
(29:43) We site these examples for people, but no one understands them except the knowledgeable ones
(29:44) Allah has created the heavens and the earth with truth. Surely in this there is a sign for the believers
The stories of the earlier people, that are mentioned in these verses briefly, have been related in detail in the previous Surahs. For instance, the story of Shu'aib and those of ` Ad and Thamud have been related in Surahs Al-A` raf and Hud, and the incidents of Qarun, Haman, and the Pharaoh have just passed in Surah Al- Qasas.
وَكَانُوا مُسْتَبْصِرِ‌ينَ (They were people of insight - 29:38). This word is derived from Istibsar, which means sight; and Mustabsir is used for observer. The meaning of this sentence is that those who insisted on infidelity and shirk (associating partner with Allah) and got themselves involved in perdition and Allah's wrath were no fools or insane. They were very clever having insight, but their intelligence and sagacity was confined to mundane considerations. They did not realize that there would be a day of reckoning for all good and bad actions, when there would be complete justice, because the cruel and the oppressors move about in this world without hindrance, but those oppressed and afflicted are compelled to endure injustice. The day this injustice will finish and justice will be the order of the day is called the Hereafter. They are at a loss to comprehend this bit.
The same subject is coming ahead in Surah Ar-Rum, where it is said يَعْلَمُونَ ظَاهِرً‌ا مِّنَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ عَنِ الْآخِرَ‌ةِ هُمْ غَافِلُونَ (They know what is superficial of the worldly life, but of the Hereafter they are negligent. - 30:7). .
Some commentators have interpreted the meaning of وَكَانُوا مُسْتَبْصِرِ‌ينَ (They were people of insight) that these people did have faith in their heart and did understand well the necessity of the Day of Judgment, but the mundane considerations had compelled them to reject it.
Ruling
Scholars have different viewpoints in the matter of killing of spiders and removing of cobwebs from the houses. Some do not like it, because at the time of hijrah the spider weaved its web at the mouth of the cave Thaur, and thus made a place of respect for itself. Khatib has reported that Sayyidna ` Ali ؓ had prohibited its killing. But Tha` labi and Ibn ` Atiyyah have quoted a narration, again from Sayyidna ` Ali رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ that says طَھِّرُوا بُیُوتَکُم مِّن نَسجِ العَنکَبُوتِ فَاِنَّ ترکَہ، یُورثُ الفَقَر (Clean your homes from the web of the spider, because its retaining causes poverty.) The chain of the narrators of both these reports is not reliable, but the second narration draws credence from other narrations in which keeping of homes clean is stressed. (Ruh u1-Mani)
Who is knowledgeable in the sight of Allah?
Imam Baghawi has quoted with his own sanad (chain of narrators) a report from Sayyidna Jabir ؓ that the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم recited this verse and said ` knowledgeable is the one who ponders over Allah's message, and acts in obedience to Him, and keeps away from the deeds that annoy Him'.
This explains that one does not become knowledgeable in the sight of Allah only by developing some understanding of Qur'an and Oath. To be on that high pedestal one needs to give a continual careful thought to Qur'an, and then lead a life conforming to Qur' anic teachings.
Musnad of Ahmad has reproduced a narration of Sayyidna 'Amr Ibn Al-` As ؓ that he said he had learnt one thousand amthal (maxims or examples) from the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم . After reproducing this narration, Ibn Kathir has observed that it was a great honour for Sayyidna ` Amr Ibn Al-` As ؓ ، because those who understand the examples (Amthal) given by Allah Ta' ala and His messenger are termed by the present verse as knowledgeable.
Sayyidna ` Amr Ibn Murrah ؓ has said that he felt very bad whenever he came across any such verse of the Holy Qur'an, which he could not understand, because Allah has said وَتِلْكَ الْاَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَآ اِلَّا الْعٰلِمُوْنَ (And these examples We cite for people, and no one understands them except the knowledgeable). (Ibn Kathir).