English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: en Whatever is in the heavens and earth exalts Allah, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

This phrase directs attention to Allah’s power, wisdom and signs in creation.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: his is the dominion of the heavens and earth. He gives life and causes death, and He is over all things competent.

This phrase directs attention to Allah’s power, wisdom and signs in creation.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: he is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.

This phrase highlights a central lesson of the verse and invites reflection and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: it is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you wherever you are. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.

This phrase directs attention to Allah’s power, wisdom and signs in creation.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: his is the dominion of the heavens and earth. And to Allah are returned all matters.

This phrase directs attention to Allah’s power, wisdom and signs in creation.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: he causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night, and he is Knowing of that within the breasts.

This phrase emphasizes the certainty of resurrection and the final meeting with Allah.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: believe in Allah and His Messenger and spend out of that in which He has made you successors. For those who have believed among you and spent, there will be a great reward.

This phrase points to Allah’s generous reward for sincere faith and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: and why do you not believe in Allah while the Messenger invites you to believe in your Lord and He has taken your covenant, if you should truly be believers?

This phrase calls for sincere faith that is confirmed by obedience and trust in Allah.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: it is He who sends down upon His Servant Muhammad verses of clear evidence that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And Allah is to you Kind and Merciful.

This phrase highlights a central lesson of the verse and invites reflection and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: and why do you not spend in the cause of Allah while to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth? Not equal among you are those who spent before the conquest of Makkah and fought and those who did so after it. Those are greater in degree than they who spent afterwards and fought. But to all Allah has promised the best reward. And Allah, with what you do, is Acquainted.

This phrase points to Allah’s generous reward for sincere faith and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He will multiply it for him and he will have a noble reward?

This phrase points to Allah’s generous reward for sincere faith and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: on the Day you see the believing men and believing women, their light proceeding before them and on their right, it will be said, “Your good tidings today are of gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein you will abide eternally." That is what is the great attainment.

This phrase points to Allah’s generous reward for sincere faith and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: on the same Day the hypocrite men and hypocrite women will say to those who believed, “Wait for us that we may acquire some of your light." It will be said, “Go back behind you and seek light." And a wall will be placed between them with a door, its interior containing mercy, but on the outside of it is torment.

This phrase calls for sincere faith that is confirmed by obedience and trust in Allah.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: the hypocrites will call to the believers, “Were we not with you?" They will say, “Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited misfortune for us and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allah. And the Deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.

This phrase calls for sincere faith that is confirmed by obedience and trust in Allah.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: so today no ransom will be taken from you or from those who disbelieved. Your refuge is the Fire. It is most worthy of you, and wretched is the destination.

This phrase reinforces the warning and the certainty of accountability before Allah.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and a long period passed over them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly disobedient.

This phrase calls for sincere faith that is confirmed by obedience and trust in Allah.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: know that Allah gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. We have made clear to you the signs; perhaps you will understand.

This phrase directs attention to Allah’s power, wisdom and signs in creation.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: the men who practice charity and the women who practice charity and they who have loaned Allah a goodly loan – it will be multiplied for them, and they will have a noble reward.

This phrase points to Allah’s generous reward for sincere faith and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: and those who have believed in Allah and His messengers – those are in the ranks of the supporters of truth and the martyrs, with their Lord. For them is their reward and their light. But those who have disbelieved and denied Our verses – those are the companions of Hellfire.

This phrase reinforces the warning and the certainty of accountability before Allah.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children – like the example of a rain whose resulting plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes scattered debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.

This phrase reinforces the warning and the certainty of accountability before Allah.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: race toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allah and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allah which He gives to whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.

This phrase points to Allah’s generous reward for sincere faith and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: no disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register before We bring it into being – that, for Allah, is easy -.

This phrase directs attention to Allah’s power, wisdom and signs in creation.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: in order that you not despair over what has eluded you and not exult in pride over what He has given you. And Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful -.

This phrase highlights a central lesson of the verse and invites reflection and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: those who are stingy and enjoin upon people stinginess. And whoever turns away – then Allah is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

This phrase highlights a central lesson of the verse and invites reflection and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: we have already sent Our messengers with clear evidences and sent down with them the Scripture and the balance that the people may maintain their affairs in justice. And We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the people, and so that Allah may make evident those who support Him and His messengers unseen. Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.

This phrase highlights a central lesson of the verse and invites reflection and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: and We have already sent Noah and Abraham and placed in their descendants prophethood and scripture; and among them is he who is guided, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

This phrase highlights a central lesson of the verse and invites reflection and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: then We sent following their footsteps Our messengers and followed them with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except that they did so seeking the approval of Allah. But they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

This phrase points to Allah’s generous reward for sincere faith and obedience.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: o you who have believed, fear Allah and believe in His Messenger; He will then give you a double portion of His mercy and make for you a light by which you will walk and forgive you; and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

This phrase calls for sincere faith that is confirmed by obedience and trust in Allah.

English Tafsir (Al-Sa‘di):

Al-Sa‘di highlights the verse’s central meaning: this is so that the People of the Scripture may know that they are not able to obtain anything from the bounty of Allah and that all bounty is in the hand of Allah; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty.

This phrase highlights a central lesson of the verse and invites reflection and obedience.

Summary of the Meanings:

Verses 1–6: Everything in the heavens and earth glorifies Allah, whose dominion, life-giving power and knowledge encompass all things.

Verses 7–15: Believers are urged to have faith and spend from what Allah has entrusted to them. On the Last Day, sincere believers receive light, while hypocrites discover that outward association cannot replace true faith.

Verses 16–29: Hearts are called to humility before revelation. Worldly life is shown as temporary, destiny teaches balance in joy and grief, and Allah sent messengers with scripture, balance and iron so justice may be upheld.