Surah Ibrahim Ayat 3 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 3
The ones who prefer the worldly life over the Hereafter and avert [people] from the way of Allah, seeking to make it (seem) deviant. Those are in extreme error.
Those who love the life of this world more than the Hereafter, who hinder (men) from the Path of Allah and seek therein something crooked: they are astray by a long distance.
to those who have chosen the life of the world in preference to the Hereafter, who hinder people from the Way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked. They have gone far astray.
Those who prefer the life of this world instead of the Hereafter, and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah (i.e. Islam) and seek crookedness therein – They are far astray.
Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked: such are far astray.
The ones who (show) love for the present life (Literally: the lowly life, i.e., the life of this world) over the Hereafter, and bar from the way of Allah, and inequitably seek to make it crooked, those are in far error.
those who prefer the life of this world over the life to come, who turn others from God’s way, trying to make it crooked: such people have gone far astray.
جو آخرت کے مقابلے میں دنیوی زندگی کو پسند رکھتے ہیں اور اللہ کی راه سے روکتے ہیں اور اس میں ٹیڑھ پن پیدا کرنا چاہتے ہیں۔ یہی لوگ پرلے درجے کی گمراہی میں ہیں
Quran 14 Verse 3 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Ibrahim ayat 3, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(14:3) to those who have chosen the life of the world in preference to the Hereafter,[3] who hinder people from the Way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked.[4] They have gone far astray.
3. Those who reject the truth are the people whose interests are entirely bound with the life of this world, and who do not care at all for the interests of the life of the Hereafter: who are prepared to undergo any punishment in the next world for the sake of the interests, pleasures and comforts of this world: who, on the other hand, cannot bear the sacrifice of even the smallest pleasure in this world, nor are ready to bear any loss or encounter danger or trouble in this world for the sake of the joys of the next world. In short, such are the people who have coolly considered and weighed the pleasures of this world against the joys of the next world, and decided in favor of this world: therefore, they readily sacrifice the interest of the next world whenever there is a clash between the two.
4. That is, “They do not want to follow the Way of Allah, but endeavor that Allah’s Way should follow their desires: it should adjust itself in such a way as to include all their conjectures, theories and whims as its part and parcel, and exclude every creed that does not suit their way of life: it should provide sanction for all their habits, customs and manners: it should not demand from them anything which they do not like: in short, the way of Allah should be their obedient slave and turn in the direction their devilish lusts want it to turn: nay, it should neither criticize them nor ask them to follow Allah’s injunctions. This is their condition for accepting the guidance of Allah.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Ibrahim verse 3 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Ibrahim ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 3.
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