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Surah Luqman, Ayah 33 (31:33)

لُقْمَان

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ وَٱخْشَوْا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِۦ وَلَا …

Quran 31:33 is ayah 33 of Surah Luqman (“Luqman”), a Meccan surah of 34 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 414 of the Madani Mushaf.

31:33
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّاسُٱتَّقُوا۟رَبَّكُمْوَٱخْشَوْا۟يَوْمًالَّايَجْزِىوَالِدٌعَنوَلَدِهِۦوَلَامَوْلُودٌهُوَجَازٍعَنوَالِدِهِۦشَئًْا ۚإِنَّوَعْدَٱللَّهِحَقٌّ ۖفَلَاتَغُرَّنَّكُمُٱلْحَيَوٰةُٱلدُّنْيَاوَلَايَغُرَّنَّكُمبِٱللَّهِٱلْغَرُورُ٣٣
yāayyuhā l-nāsu ittaqū rabbakum wa-ikh'shaw yawman lā yajzī wālidun ʿan waladihi walā mawlūdun huwa jāzin ʿan wālidihi shayan inna waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqun falā taghurrannakumu l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā walā yaghurrannakum bil-lahi l-gharūru

O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allāh by the Deceiver [i.e., Satan].(33)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
  2. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
  3. ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūFear
  4. رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
  5. وَٱخْشَوْا۟wa-ikh'shawand fear
  6. يَوْمًاyawmana Day
  7. لَّاlānot
  8. يَجْزِىyajzīcan avail
  9. وَالِدٌwāliduna father
  10. عَنʿan[for]
  11. وَلَدِهِۦwaladihihis son
  12. وَلَاwalāand not
  13. مَوْلُودٌmawlūduna son
  14. هُوَhuwahe
  15. جَازٍjāzin(can) avail
  16. عَنʿan[for]
  17. وَالِدِهِۦwālidihihis father
  18. شَئًْا ۚshayananything
  19. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  20. وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
  21. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  22. حَقٌّ ۖḥaqqun(is) True
  23. فَلَاfalāso let not deceive you
  24. تَغُرَّنَّكُمُtaghurrannakumuso let not deceive you
  25. ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life
  26. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  27. وَلَاwalāand let not deceive you
  28. يَغُرَّنَّكُمyaghurrannakumand let not deceive you
  29. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiabout Allah
  30. ٱلْغَرُورُl-gharūruthe deceiver

Tafsir (commentary) of 31:33

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The Command to fear Allah and remember the Day of Resurrection

Here Allah warns people about the Day of Resurrection, and commands them to fear Him and remember the Day of Resurrection when

لاَّ يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِ

(no father can avail aught for his son,) which means, even if he wanted to offer himself as a sacrifice for his son, it would not be accepted from him. The same will apply in the case of a son who wants to sacrifice himself for his father -- it will not be accepted from him. Then Allah reminds them once again with the words:

فَلاَ تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا

(let not then this present life deceive you,) meaning, do not let your feelings of contentment with this life make you forget about the Hereafter.

وَلاَ يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ

(nor let the chief deceiver deceive you about Allah.) refers to the Shaytan. This was the view of Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak and Qatadah. The Shaytan makes promises to them and arouses in them false desires, but there is no substance to them, as Allah says:

يَعِدُهُمْ وَيُمَنِّيهِمْ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمْ الشَّيْطَـنُ إِلاَّ غُرُوراً

(He makes promises to them, and arouses in them false desires; and Shaytan's promises are nothing but deceptions.) (4:120). Wahb bin Munabbih said: `Uzayr, peace be upon him, said: "When I saw the misfortune of my people, I felt very sad and distressed, and I could not sleep, so I prayed to my Lord and fasted, and I called upon Him weeping. There came to me an angel and I said to him: `Tell me, will the souls of the righteous intercede for the wrongdoers, or the fathers for their sons' He said: `On the Day of Resurrection all matters will be settled, and Allah's dominion will be made manifest and no exceptions will be made. No one will speak on that Day except with the permission of the Most Merciful. No father will answer for his son, or any son for his father, or any man for his brother, or any servant for his master. No one will care about anybody except himself, or feel grief or compassion for anyone except himself. Everyone will be worried only about himself. No one will be asked about anybody else. Each person will be concerned only about himself, weeping for himself and carrying his own burden. No one will carry the burden of another."' This was recorded by Ibn Abi Hatim.

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