إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (மனிதர்களில் அழகிய செயலுடையவர்கள் யார் என்று அவர்களைச் சோதிப்பதற்காக, நிச்சயமாக பூமியிலுள்ளவற்றை அதற்கு அலங்காரமாக நாம் ஆக்கினோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔවුන් අතරින් ක්රියාවෙන් වඩාත් අලංකාර වනුයේ කවුරුන් දැ? යි අපි ඔවුන් පරීක්ෂා කරනු පිණිස මහපොළොව මත ඇති දෑ එයට අලංකරණයක් ලෙස ඇති කළෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- روئے زمین پر جو کچھ ہے ہم نے اسے زمین کی رونق کا باعﺚ بنایا ہے کہ ہم انہیں آزمالیں کہ ان میں سے کون نیک اعمال واﻻ ہے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 本当に地上の凡ての有は，それ（大地）の装飾としてわれが設けたもので，かれらの中誰が最も優れた行いをするかを，試みるためである。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我确已使大地上的一切事物成为大地的装饰品，以便我考验世人，看谁的工作是最优美的。
Tafsir of 18:7
Do not feel sorry because the Idolators do not believe Allah consoles His Messenger for his sorrow فَلاَ تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَتٍ (So destroy not yourself in sorrow for them.) 35:8 وَلاَ تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ (And grieve not over them.) 16:127 لَعَلَّكَ بَخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلاَّ يَكُونُواْ مُؤْمِنِينَ (It may be that you are going to kill yourself with grief, that they do not become believers.) 26:3 meaning, maybe you will destroy yourself with your grief over them. Allah says: فَلَعَلَّكَ بَخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَى ءَاثَرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ (Perhaps, you would kill yourself in grief, over their footsteps, because they believe not in this narration.) meaning the Qur'an. أَسَفاً (in grief) Allah is saying, `do not destroy yourself with regret.' Qatadah said: "killing yourself with anger and grief over them." Mujahid said: "with anxiety." These are synonymous, so the meaning is: `Do not feel sorry for them, just convey the Message of Allah to them. Whoever goes the right way, then he goes the right way only for the benefit of himself.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
