Surah Al-Hujurat

Quran 49:8

Read Quran 49:8 from Surah Al-Hujurat (The Inner Apartments) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

Quran verse

Qur'an 49:8

فَضْلًا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَنِعْمَةً ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ٨

(It is) a bounty and a grace from Allah; and Allah is Knower, Wise.

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

Surah
49. Al-Hujurat (The Inner Apartments)
Ayah
8 of 18
Revelation
Medinan (revealed in Medina)
Reference
49:8

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 49:8

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

{ فَضْلًا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَنِعْمَةً } أي: ذلك الخير الذي حصل لهم، هو بفضل الله عليهم وإحسانه، لا بحولهم وقوتهم.{ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ } أي: عليم بمن يشكر النعمة، فيوفقه لها، ممن لا يشكرها، ولا تليق به، فيضع فضله، حيث تقتضيه حكمته.