Surah Ali 'Imran
Quran 3:85
Read Quran 3:85 from Surah Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 3:85
And whoso seeketh as religion other than the Surrender (to Allah) it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 3. Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)
- Ayah
- 85 of 200
- Revelation
- Medinan (revealed in Medina)
- Reference
- 3:85
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 3:85
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
أي: من يدين لله بغير دين الإسلام الذي ارتضاه الله لعباده، فعمله مردود غير مقبول، لأن دين الإسلام هو المتضمن للاستسلام لله، إخلاصا وانقيادا لرسله فما لم يأت به العبد لم يأت بسبب النجاة من عذاب الله والفوز بثوابه، وكل دين سواه فباطل، ثم قال تعالى: