Verse. 2730

٢٣ - ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

23 - Al-Mu'minoon

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ ہُمْ مِّنْ خَشْـيَۃِ رَبِّہِمْ مُّشْفِقُوْنَ۝۵۷ۙ
Inna allatheena hum min khashyati rabbihim mushfiqoona

English

Ahmed Ali

Surely those who live in awe of their Lord,

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : then allah clarified to whom he hastens with good things in the life of this world, saying: (lo! those who go in awe for fear of their lord) of their lord's chastisement; for these we hasten with good things;

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : surely those who, for fear of their lord, are apprehensive, are fearful of his chastisement,

Sahl al-Tustari

تفسير : surely those who are in awe of their lord are apprehensive,he said: fear (khashiya) is broken-heartedness (inkisār al-qalb) which comes from constantly standing (intiṣāb) before him. after this level comes fearful apprehension (ishfāq), which is a milder (araqq) state than fear and more subtle (alṭaf). fear is milder than dread (khawf) and dread is milder than terror (rahba), but for each one there is a particular characteristic and a place.his words: