Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary * - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (99) Surah: Al-Hijr
وَٱعۡبُدۡ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَكَ ٱلۡيَقِينُ
[3201] Both glorification (tasbīḥ) and Prayer are of great merit but worship is not exclusive to them (cf. al-Biqāʿī, Naẓm al-Durar).
[3202] It is unanimously agreed upon by well-respected exegetes that al-yaqīn (what is certain) here is death itself (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī): “We used to indulge with those who indulged ˹in falsehood˺ *and we used to deny the Day of Reckoning *until what is certain came to us!” (74: 45-47).
Umm al-ʿAlā’ al-Anṣāriyyah (i) narrated that when ʿUthmān Ibn Maẓʿūn (رضي الله عنه) died the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “As for ʿUthmān, by Allah, what is certain has come to him!” (al-Bukhārī: 2687; cf. also Muslim: 1889). The Messenger (ﷺ) is enjoined to worship God until death (cf. Abū Ḥayyān), and, by the same token, so are all devout servants of God.
[3202] It is unanimously agreed upon by well-respected exegetes that al-yaqīn (what is certain) here is death itself (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī): “We used to indulge with those who indulged ˹in falsehood˺ *and we used to deny the Day of Reckoning *until what is certain came to us!” (74: 45-47).
Umm al-ʿAlā’ al-Anṣāriyyah (i) narrated that when ʿUthmān Ibn Maẓʿūn (رضي الله عنه) died the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “As for ʿUthmān, by Allah, what is certain has come to him!” (al-Bukhārī: 2687; cf. also Muslim: 1889). The Messenger (ﷺ) is enjoined to worship God until death (cf. Abū Ḥayyān), and, by the same token, so are all devout servants of God.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (99) Surah: Al-Hijr
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur’an into English - in progress - translated by Dr. Walid Bleihesh Al-Omari.