Quran 8:53

Surah Al-Anfaal, Verse 53

Juz 10 · Page 184 · Ruku 152 · Medinan

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Word by word

ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That بِأَنَّ bi-anna (is) because ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah لَمْ lam not يَكُ yaku is مُغَيِّرًۭا mughayyiran One Who changes نِّعْمَةً niʿ'matan a favor أَنْعَمَهَا anʿamahā which He had bestowed عَلَىٰ ʿalā on قَوْمٍ qawmin a people حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until يُغَيِّرُوا۟ yughayyirū they change مَا mā what بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۙ bi-anfusihim (is) in themselves وَأَنَّ wa-anna And indeed ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah سَمِيعٌ samīʿun (is) All-Hearing عَلِيمٌۭ ʿalīmun All-Knowing

Transliteration

Thalika bi-anna Allaha lamyaku mughayyiran niAAmatan anAAamaha AAala qawmin hattayughayyiroo ma bi-anfusihim waanna Allaha sameeAAunAAaleem

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

That is because Allah never changeth the grace He hath bestowed on any people until they first change that which is in their hearts, and (that is) because Allah is Hearer, Knower.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Because Allah will never change the grace which He hath bestowed on a people until they change what is in their (own) souls: and verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things)."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن تمام عدله ، وقسطه في حكمه ، بأنه تعالى لا يغير نعمة أنعمها على أحد إلا بسبب ذنب ارتكبه ، كما قال تعالى : ( إن الله لا يغير ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم وإذا أراد الله بقوم سوءا فلا مرد له وما لهم من دونه من وال ) [ الرعد : 11 ]