Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 104 (16:104)

ٱلنَّحْل

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بَِٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَهْدِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Quran 16:104 is ayah 104 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 279 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:104
إِنَّٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبَِٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِلَايَهْدِيهِمُٱللَّهُوَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ١٠٤
inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna biāyāti l-lahi lā yahdīhimu l-lahu walahum ʿadhābun alīmun

Indeed, those who do not believe in the verses of Allāh - Allāh will not guide them, and for them is a painful punishment.(104)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. لَاlā(do) not
  4. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  5. بَِٔايَٰتِbiāyātiin the Verses
  6. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  7. لَاlānot
  8. يَهْدِيهِمُyahdīhimuAllah will guide them
  9. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will guide them
  10. وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
  11. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  12. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

Tafsir (commentary) of 16:104

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This commentary explains ayahs 16:104–105 together.

الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَـتِ اللَّهِ

(Verily, those who do not believe in Allah's Ayat,) Allah will not guide them, and theirs will be a painful punishment, meaning, the disbelievers and heretics who are known to the people as liars. The Messenger Muhammad ﷺ, on the other hand, was the most honest and righteous of people, the most perfect in knowledge, deeds, faith and conviction. He was known among his people for his truthfulness and no one among them had any doubts about that - to such an extent that they always addressed him as Al-Amin (the Trustworthy) Muhammad. Thus when Heraclius, the king of the Romans, asked Abu Sufyan about the attributes of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one of the things he said to him was, "Did you ever accuse him of lying before he made his claim" Abu Sufyan said, "No". Heraclius said, "He would refrain from lying about people and then go and fabricate lies about Allah"

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