Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 110 (16:110)

ٱلنَّحْل

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا فُتِنُوا۟ ثُمَّ جَٰهَدُوا۟ وَصَبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّ …

Quran 16:110 is ayah 110 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 279 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:110
ثُمَّإِنَّرَبَّكَلِلَّذِينَهَاجَرُوا۟مِنۢبَعْدِمَافُتِنُوا۟ثُمَّجَٰهَدُوا۟وَصَبَرُوٓا۟إِنَّرَبَّكَمِنۢبَعْدِهَالَغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ١١٠
thumma inna rabbaka lilladhīna hājarū min baʿdi mā futinū thumma jāhadū waṣabarū inna rabbaka min baʿdihā laghafūrun raḥīmun

Then, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to say words of disbelief] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allāh] and were patient - indeed, your Lord, after that, is Forgiving and Merciful(110)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. إِنَّinnaindeed
  3. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
  4. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
  5. هَاجَرُوا۟hājarūemigrated
  6. مِنۢminafter
  7. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  8. مَاmāwhat
  9. فُتِنُوا۟futinūthey had been put to trials
  10. ثُمَّthummathen
  11. جَٰهَدُوا۟jāhadūstrove hard
  12. وَصَبَرُوٓا۟waṣabarūand were patient
  13. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  14. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
  15. مِنۢminafter it
  16. بَعْدِهَاbaʿdihāafter it
  17. لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunsurely is Oft-Forgiving
  18. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

Tafsir (commentary) of 16:110

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This commentary explains ayahs 16:110–111 together.

The One who is forced to renounce Islam will be forgiven if He does Righteous Deeds afterwards

This refers to another group of people who were oppressed in Makkah and whose position with their own people was weak, so they went along with them when they were tried by them. Then they managed to escape by emigrating, leaving their homeland, families and wealth behind, seeking the pleasure and forgiveness of Allah. They joined the believers and fought with them against the disbelievers, bearing hardship with patience. Allah tells them that after this, meaning after their giving in when put to the test, He will forgive them and show mercy to them when they are resurrected.

يَوْمَ تَأْتِى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَـدِلُ

((Remember) the Day when every person will come pleading) meaning making a case in his own defence.

عَن نَّفْسِهَا

(for himself.) means, no one else will plead on his behalf; not his father, not his son, nor his brother, nor his wife.

وَتُوَفَّى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ

(and every one will be paid in full for what he did,) meaning whatever he did, good or evil.

وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ

(and they will not be dealt with unjustly.) meaning there will be no decrease in the reward for good, and no increase in the punishment for evil. They will not be dealt with unjustly in the slightest way.

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