Surah Muhammad

Quran 47:30

Read Quran 47:30 from Surah Muhammad (Muhammad) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

Quran verse

Qur'an 47:30

وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَأَرَيْنَاكَهُمْ فَلَعَرَفْتَهُمْ بِسِيمَاهُمْ ۚ وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِي لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَعْمَالَكُمْ٣٠

And if We would, We could show them unto thee (Muhammad) so that thou shouldst know them surely by their marks. And thou shalt know them by the burden of their talk. And Allah knoweth your deeds.

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.

Surah
47. Muhammad (Muhammad)
Ayah
30 of 38
Revelation
Medinan (revealed in Medina)
Reference
47:30

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 47:30

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.

{ وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَأَرَيْنَاكَهُمْ فَلَعَرَفْتَهُمْ بِسِيمَاهُمْ } أي: بعلاماتهم التي هي كالوسم في وجوههم. { وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِي لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِ } أي: لا بد أن يظهر ما في قلوبهم، ويتبين بفلتات ألسنتهم، فإن الألسن مغارف القلوب، يظهر منها ما في القلوب من الخير والشر { وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَعْمَالَكُمْ } فيجازيكم عليها.