Surah An-Nahl
Quran 16:95
Read Quran 16:95 from Surah An-Nahl (The Bee) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 16:95
And purchase not a small gain at the price of Allah's covenant. Lo! that which Allah hath is better for you, if ye did but know.
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
- 95 of 128
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 16:95
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 16:95
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
يحذر تعالى عباده من نقض العهود والأيمان لأجل متاع الدنيا وحطامها فقال: { وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا } تنالونه بالنقض وعدم الوفاء { إِنَّمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ } من الثواب العاجل والآجل لمن آثر رضاه، وأوفى بما عاهد عليه الله { هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ } من حطام الدنيا الزائلة { إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ }