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Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 53 (8:53)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا …

Quran 8:53 is ayah 53 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 184 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:53
ذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّٱللَّهَلَمْيَكُمُغَيِّرًانِّعْمَةًأَنْعَمَهَاعَلَىٰقَوْمٍحَتَّىٰيُغَيِّرُوا۟مَابِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۙوَأَنَّٱللَّهَسَمِيعٌعَلِيمٌ٥٣
dhālika bi-anna l-laha lam yaku mughayyiran niʿ'matan anʿamahā ʿalā qawmin ḥattā yughayyirū mā bi-anfusihim wa-anna l-laha samīʿun ʿalīmun

That is because Allāh would not change a favor which He had bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. And indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.(53)

Word by word

  1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  2. بِأَنَّbi-anna(is) because
  3. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  4. لَمْlamnot
  5. يَكُyakuis
  6. مُغَيِّرًاmughayyiranOne Who changes
  7. نِّعْمَةًniʿ'matana favor
  8. أَنْعَمَهَاanʿamahāwhich He had bestowed
  9. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  10. قَوْمٍqawmina people
  11. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  12. يُغَيِّرُوا۟yughayyirūthey change
  13. مَاmāwhat
  14. بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۙbi-anfusihim(is) in themselves
  15. وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd indeed
  16. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  17. سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearing
  18. عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing

Tafsir (commentary) of 8:53

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This commentary explains ayahs 8:53–54 together.

Allah affirms His perfect justice and fairness in His decisions, for He decided that He will not change a bounty that He has granted someone, except on account of an evil that they committed. Allah said in another Ayah,

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوءًا فَلاَ مَرَدَّ لَهُ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَالٍ

(Verily, Allah will not change the (good) condition of a people as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves. But when Allah wills a people's punishment, there can be no turning it back, and they will find besides Him no protector.) 13:11

Allah said next,

كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ

(Similar to the behavior of the people of Fir`awn,) meaning, He punished Fir`awn and his kind, those who denied His Ayat. Allah destroyed them because of their sins, and took away the favors that He granted them, such as gardens, springs, plants, treasures and pleasant dwellings, as well as all of the delights that they enjoyed. Allah did not wrong them, but it is they who wronged themselves.

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