Verse. 866

٦ - ٱلْأَنْعَام

6 - Al-An'am

فَلَمَّا رَاَ الْقَمَرَ بَازِغًا قَالَ ہٰذَا رَبِّيْ۝۰ۚ فَلَمَّاۗ اَفَلَ قَالَ لَىِٕنْ لَّمْ يَہْدِنِيْ رَبِّيْ لَاَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الضَّاۗلِّيْنَ۝۷۷
Falamma raa alqamara bazighan qala hatha rabbee falamma afala qala lain lam yahdinee rabbee laakoonanna mina alqawmi alddalleena

English

Ahmed Ali

When (Azar) saw the moon rise all aglow, he said: "This is my Lord." But even as the moon set, (Abraham) said: "If my Lord had not shown me the way I would surely have gone astray."

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed: this my lord) could this be my lord? this is bigger than the first one. (but when it set, he said: unless my lord guide me) unless my lord makes me firm on guidance, (i surely shall become one of the folk who are astray) from guidance.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : and when he saw the moon rising, appearing, he said, to them: ‘this is my lord.’ but when it set he said, ‘unless my lord guides me, [unless] he establishes me within [true] guidance, i shall surely become one of the folk who are astray’ — an intimation to his people that they are astray, but still this had no effect on them.

Sahl al-Tustari

تفسير : …if my lord does not guide me…?he said:it means: if my lord does not continue to guide me i shall be one of the folk who go astray. then he said:the religion of abraham <img border="0" src="images/alyhialsalam.jpg" width="34" height="19"> was generosity (sakhāwa), and [a state of] freedom (tabarrī) from everything save god, exalted is he. do you not see how when the angel gabriel <img border="0" src="images/alyhialsalam.jpg" width="34" height="19"> asked him, ‘do you need anything?’ he replied, ‘from you, no.’ he did not depend on anyone save him, in any situation. his words, exalted is he: