Az-Zumar 39:22 افمن شرح الله صدره للاسلام فهو على نور من ربه فويل للقاسية قلوبهم من ذكر الله اولايك في ضلال مبين ٢٢

39:22

أَفَمَن

شَرَحَ

ٱللَّهُ

صَدۡرَهُۥ

لِلۡإِسۡلَٰمِ

فَهُوَ

عَلَىٰ

نُورٖ

مِّن

رَّبِّهِۦۚ

فَوَيۡلٞ

لِّلۡقَٰسِيَةِ

قُلُوبُهُم

مِّن

ذِكۡرِ

ٱللَّهِۚ

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

فِي

ضَلَٰلٖ

مُّبِينٍ

٢٢

So I ask about a person whose heart Allah has opened up for Islam, and consequently he proceeds in a light from his Lord. (Can he be equal to the one whose heart is hardened?) So, woe to those whose hearts are too hard to remember Allah. Those are wandering in open error.

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وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُور

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Chapter 39, Page 461, Juz 23

22. So I ask about a person whose heart Allah has opened up for Islam, and consequently he proceeds in a light from his Lord. (Can he be equal to the one whose heart is hardened?) So, woe to those whose hearts are too hard to remember Allah. Those are wandering in open error. 23. Allah has sent down the best discourse, a book containing subjects resembling each other, mentioned again and again, shivered from which are the skins of those who have awe of their Lord. Then, their skins and their hearts become soft enough to tend to the remembrance of Allah. This is the Guidance of Allah with which He brings to the right path whomsoever He wills. As for the one whom Allah lets go astray, for him there is no one to guide. 24. Tell Me about the one who tries to save himself from the worst punishment with his face on the Day of Judgment, (whether he is equal to the one who is not liable to any punishment.) And it will be said to the wrongdoers, “Have a taste of what you used to earn.” 25. Those before them had also rejected (the messengers) and consequently, the punishment came upon them in a way that they had never imagined. 26. Then Allah made them taste disgrace in the worldly life, and of course the punishment of the Hereafter is much greater. Only if they knew! 27. And We have cited for people all sorts of examples in this Qur’ān, so that they may receive the message 28. through an Arabic Qur’ān that has no digression (from the truth), so that they may be God-fearing. 29. Allah has given an example: There is a man (enslaved and) owned by some partners having rivalry with each other, and (on the other hand,) there is a man solely owned by a single man. Can they be equal in comparison? Praise be to Allah! (The truth stands established). But, most of them do not know. 30. Verily, you are to die and they are to die. 31. After that, on the Day of Doom, you will surely place your disputes before your Lord.

- T. Usmani