Surah Al-Isra' Ayah 96

Al-Isra' · Ayah 96 · Juz 15 · Page 291

قُلۡ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدَۢا بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرَۢا بَصِيرٗا ٩٦

Qul kafā billāhi shahīdam baynī wa baynakum, innahū kāna biʿibādihī khabīram baṣīrā.

Say, "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Aware and Seeing."

Translation: Sahih International

Tafsir

Say: "Sufficient is Allah for a witness between me and you. Verily, He is Ever the All-Knower, the All-Seer of His servants. (96)

Allah tells His Prophet ﷺ how to prove that what he has brought is true, saying to him to tell them: "He (Allah) is a witness over me and over you. He knows what I have brought to you. If I were lying to you, He would take revenge on me in the severest manner," as Allah says:

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ - لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ - ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ

(And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us, We surely would have seized him by his right hand, And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery.)(69:44-46) Allah said;

إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا بَصِيرًا

(Verily, He is Ever the All-Knower, the All-Seer of His servants.) meaning, He knows best who among them deserves blessings, good treatment and guidance, and who deserves to be doomed and led astray. He says:

Word by word11 words

  • قُلۡSay
  • كَفَىٰSufficient is
  • بِٱللَّهِAllah
  • شَهِيدَۢا(as) a witness
  • بَيۡنِيbetween me
  • وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۚand between you
  • إِنَّهُۥIndeed, He
  • كَانَis
  • بِعِبَادِهِۦof His slaves
  • خَبِيرَۢاAll-Aware
  • بَصِيرٗاAll-Seer

Repeated phrases

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The Night Journey · Meccan · 111 ayahs

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