Anwar Al-Quran

Verses 1–6

10. Yunus · Jonas

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

10:1Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the signs of the Wise Book.

أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ رَجُلٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ ۗ قَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ

10:2Does it seem odd to these people that We have revealed to a man from among themselves, [declaring], ‘Warn mankind, and give good news to the faithful that they are in good standing with their Lord’? The faithless say, ‘This is indeed a plain magician.’1

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۖ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ ۖ مَا مِن شَفِيعٍ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِذْنِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

10:3Indeed your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then settled on the Throne, directing the command. There is no intercessor, except by His leave. That is Allah, your Lord! So worship Him. Will you not then take admonition?2

إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًۭا ۖ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ

10:4To Him will be the return of you all; [that is] Allah’s true promise. Indeed, He originates the creation, then He will bring it back that He may reward with justice those who have faith and do righteous deeds. As for the faithless, they shall have boiling water for drink, and a painful punishment because of what they used to defy.

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ ضِيَآءًۭ وَٱلْقَمَرَ نُورًۭا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَعْلَمُونَ

10:5It is He who made the sun a radiance and the moon a light, and ordained its phases that you might know the number of years and the calculation [of time]. Allah did not create all that except with justice. He elaborates the signs for a people who have knowledge.3

إِنَّ فِى ٱخْتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَتَّقُونَ

10:6Indeed in the alternation of night and day, and whatever Allah has created in the heavens and the earth, there are surely signs for a people who are Godwary.

Tafsir

Commentary on this passage

Verse 1

1.This blessed Surah is named after Yunus (a.s.) because Quran mentions the story of Yunus (a.s.) herein. This Surah was revealed in Mecca. That is why it is a strong basis of faith. In the beginning preaching cannot be strongly forced on deeds. It is true that some verses of this Surah are Medinite.

Firstly, the objection of infidels is mentioned that how can revelation descend on one person alone? The reply is that the sender of revelation is not weak and the human being is also not inefficient, then what is surprising? Of course revelation is a secret thing that everyone cannot see or feel. It can be estimated by the personality or grandeur of message or by comprehensiveness.

That is why Allah stated this by His supreme authority that no one can get a chance to doubt about it and a person can be satisfied that Allah has revealed His message and Allah alone can do this.

Footnotes

Explanations of words and phrases in these verses

  1. Benefit

    “Ilaihe Marje’kum” with limitation announces the reality that the caravan of humanity is moving in the life and no matter which direction he chooses, he is actually going on that direction only. One day this journey shall end on the doorstep of the Almighty, from where it had started.

  2. 1

    Qadam - It is status and distinction that a person achieves after great toil and labour. Thus it is the consequence of this Qadam (step). Sidq (truthfulness) is the adjective of it which is used in form of possessive noun.

  3. 2

    Days do not denote the days and night and neither were they existing at that time. There are the methods of creation or the grades that are spoken of as days.

  4. 3

    Some say that ziya is that which has its own light and noor is that whose light is not of its own, it could have been given by someone else. However, apparently these meanings are taken from the moon and the sun. because even Allah is mentioned to be Noorus samawaate wal Arz.

  5. *

    As regards the word ziya there is a difference of opinion some people consider it to be singular while some say that it is the plural of ‘Zo’. From this they have derived that sun has many lights of different colours which is known as the seven colours of the rainbow.