The Importance of Consciousness of Allah and Self-Reflection

Al-Hashr — Verses 18–19 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلْتَنظُرْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ١٨

O you who believe! Fear Allah and keep your duty to Him. And let every person look to what he has sent forth for the morrow, and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what you do.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا
O you who believe!
اللَّهَ وَلْتَنظُرْ
Fear Allah
نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ ۖ وَاتَّقُوا
and let every person look to what he has sent forth for the morrow,
اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ
and fear Allah.
اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what you do.

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ نَسُوا اللَّهَ فَأَنسَاهُمْ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ ١٩

And be not like those who forgot Allah (i.e. became disobedient to Allah) and He caused them to forget their ownselves, (let them to forget to do righteous deeds). Those are the Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ نَسُوا اللَّهَ
And be not like those who forgot Allah
فَأَنسَاهُمْ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۚ
and He caused them to forget their ownselves
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ
Those are the Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah)