Surah An-Nahl
Quran 16:124
Read Quran 16:124 from Surah An-Nahl (The Bee) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 16:124
The Sabbath was appointed only for those who differed concerning it, and lo! thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they used to differ.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 16. An-Nahl (The Bee)
- Ayah
- 124 of 128
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 16:124
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 16:124
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
يقول تعالى: { إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ السَّبْتُ } أي: فرضا { عَلَى الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ } حين ضلوا عن يوم الجمعة وهم اليهود فصار اختلافهم سببا لأن يجب عليهم في السبت احترامه وتعظيمه، وإلا فالفضيلة الحقيقية ليوم الجمعة الذي هدى الله هذه الأمة إليه. { وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ } فيبين لهم المحق من المبطل والمستحق للثواب ممن استحق العقاب