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Quran-45:16 Surah Al-jathiyah English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

Transliteration:( Wa laqad aatainaa Baneee Israaa'eelal Kitaaba walhukma wan Nubuwwata wa razaqnaahum minat taiyibaati wa faddalnaahum;alal 'aalameen )

16. And certainly We Bestowed on the Children of Israel the Book, the Sovereignty, the Prophethood(29) and We provided them with good things (30) and exalted them over the eople of their time (31).

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Surah Al-Jathiyah Ayat 16 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi

29. Here, 'Book', 'Government' and prophethood' signify kind, ie. We bestowed upon the Israelites the Taurah, Zaboor and jeel (the heavenly scriptures), as well as kingdoms and Prophets. It should be emembered that after Hazrat Is'haaq (On hom be peace), all the Prophets had come to the Israelites.

30. Allah Almighty sent Manna and Salwa at Teeha. Besides it, He provided lawful sustenance

31. From this, two issues emerge:

1. It is a means of virtuosity for a believer to be from the progeny of the Prophet.

2. It is totally useless for an infidel to be from the family of the Prophet. Observe, those Israelites who are from the progeny of the Prophet are all reprobates, persons incurring loss, etc. since they had rejected the Holy Prophetصلى الله عليه وآله وسلم .

Ibn-Kathir

16. And indeed We gave the Children of Israel the Scripture, and the understanding of the Scripture and its laws, and the prophethood; and provided them with good things, and preferred them above the nations. 17. And gave them clear proofs in matters. And they differed not until after the knowledge came to them, through envy among themselves. Verily, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection about that wherein they used to differ. 18. Then We have put you on a (legal) way of commandment. So follow you that, and follow not the desires of those who know not. 19. Verily, they can avail you nothing against Allah. Verily, the wrongdoers are protecting friends of one another, but Allah is the Protector of those who have Taqwa. 20. This is a clear insight and evidence for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy for people who have faith with certainty.

Preference of Allah to the Children of Israel and their dispute thereafter

Allah the Exalted mentions the favors He granted the Children of Israel, such as revealing the Divine Books to them, sending the Messengers to them and granting them kingship. Allah said,

﴿وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا بَنِى إِسْرَءِيلَ الْكِتَـبَ وَالْحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنَـهُمْ مِّنَ الطَّيِّبَـتِ﴾

(And indeed We gave the Children of Israel the Scripture, and the understanding of the Scripture and its laws, and the prophethood; and provided them with good things,) such as foods and drinks,

﴿وَفَضَّلْنَـهُمْ عَلَى الْعَـلَمينَ﴾

(and preferred them above the nations.) of their time,

﴿وَءاتَيْنَـهُم بَيِّنَـتٍ مِّنَ الاٌّمْرِ﴾

(And gave them clear proofs in matters.) `We gave them evidences, proofs and unequivocal signs.’ Therefore, the proof has been established against them, yet they differed among themselves after the proof came to them, out of transgression against each other,

﴿إِنَّ رَبَّكَ﴾

(Verily, your Lord) `O Muhammad’,

﴿يَقْضِى بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ﴾

(will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection about that wherein they used to differ. ) He will judge between them by His just judgement.

Warning to this Ummah against following the Ways of the Children of Israel

This Ayah contains a warning to the Muslim Ummah as well. It warns them not to take the path the Jews took nor adopt their ways. This is why Allah said,

﴿ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَـكَ عَلَى شَرِيعَةٍ مِّنَ الاٌّمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْهَا﴾

(Then We have put you on a (legal) way of commandment. So follow you that.) `follow what was revealed to you from your Lord, O Muhammad, there is no true deity except Him, and turn away from the idolators.’ Allah said,

﴿وَلاَ تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَإِنَّهُمْ لَن يُغْنُواْ عَنكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئاً وَإِنَّ الظَّـلِمِينَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ﴾

(and follow not the desires of those who know not. Verily, they can avail you nothing against Allah. Verily, the wrongdoers are protecting friends of one another,) Allah says, `what will the loyalty that the idolators give each other avail them’ Indeed, all they will earn from their protecting friends is more loss, destruction and demise,

﴿وَاللَّهُ وَلِىُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ﴾

(but Allah is the Protector of those who have Taqwa.) and He will deliver them from the darkness to the light. In contrast, all the false deities are the protecting friends of those who disbelieve, taking them out of the light to the darkness. Allah said,

﴿هَـذَا بَصَـئِرُ لِلنَّاسِ﴾

(This is a clear insight and evidence for man- kind,) in reference to the Qur’an,

﴿وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ﴾

(and a guidance and a mercy for people who have faith with certainty.)

(45:16) Indeed We endowed the Children of Israel with the Book and Wisdom[20] and Prophethood, and provided them with good things[21] as sustenance, and exalted them above the peoples of the whole world.

20. Hukm (judgment) implies three things:

(1) Knowledge and understanding of the Book and Religion.

(2) Wisdom to act according to the intention of the Book.

(3) Capability to give right decisions in disputes.

21. It does not mean that they were given preference over all the people of the world forever, rather it means: Allah had chosen the children of Israel from among all the contemporary nations of the world for the service that they should hold fast to the divine Book and should rise as the standard bearers of God worship in the world.

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