The Quran as a Source of Healing and Mercy, and the Consequences of Distorting Divine Law

Yunus — Verses 57–60 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاءٌ لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٥٧

O mankind! There has come to you a good advice from your Lord (i.e. the Quran, ordering all that is good and forbidding all that is evil), and a healing for that (disease of ignorance, doubt, hypocrisy and differences, etc.) in your breasts, - a guidance and a mercy (explaining lawful and unlawful things, etc.) for the believers.

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ
O mankind!
جَاءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاءٌ
There has come to you a good advice from your Lord
لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى
and a healing for that (disease of ignorance, doubt, hypocrisy and differences, etc.) in your breasts,
وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
a guidance and a mercy for the believers.

قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ ٥٨

Say: "In the Bounty of Allah, and in His Mercy (i.e. Islam and the Quran); -therein let them rejoice." That is better than what (the wealth) they amass.

قُلْ
Say:
بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ
In the Bounty of Allah, and in His Mercy (i.e. Islam and the Quran);
فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا
therein let them rejoice.
هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
That is better than what (the wealth) they amass.

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ لَكُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ فَجَعَلْتُم مِّنْهُ حَرَامًا وَحَلَالًا قُلْ آللَّهُ أَذِنَ لَكُمْ ۖ أَمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَفْتَرُونَ ٥٩

Say (O Muhammad SAW to these polytheists): "Tell me, what provision Allah has sent down to you! And you have made of it lawful and unlawful." Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Has Allah permitted you (to do so), or do you invent a lie against Allah?"

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ لَكُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ
Say (O Muhammad SAW to these polytheists): 'Tell me, what provision Allah has sent down to you!'
فَجَعَلْتُم مِّنْهُ حَرَامًا وَحَلَالًا
And you have made of it lawful and unlawful.
قُلْ آللَّهُ أَذِنَ لَكُمْ ۖ
Say (O Muhammad SAW): 'Has Allah permitted you (to do so),
أَمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَفْتَرُونَ
or do you invent a lie against Allah?'

وَمَا ظَنُّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ ٦٠

And what think those who invent lies against Allah, on the Day of Resurrection? [i.e. Do they think that they will be forgiven and excused! Nay, they will have an eternal punishment in the Fire of Hell]. Truly, Allah is full of Bounty to mankind, but most of them are ungrateful.

وَمَا ظَنُّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ
And what think those who invent lies against Allah,
يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۗ
on the Day of Resurrection?
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ
Truly, Allah is full of Bounty to mankind,
وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ
but most of them are ungrateful.