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25:77

قُلۡ مَا يَعۡبَؤُاْ بِكُمۡ رَبِّي لَوۡلَا دُعَآؤُكُمۡۖ فَقَدۡ كَذَّبۡتُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامَۢا

Qul ma yaAAbao bikum rabbee lawla duAAaokum faqad kaththabtum fasawfa yakoonu lizaman

Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so your denial is going to be adherent.

Word by word
  1. قُلۡSay
  2. مَاNot
  3. يَعۡبَؤُاْwill care
  4. بِكُمۡfor you
  5. رَبِّيmy Lord
  6. لَوۡلَاif not
  7. دُعَآؤُكُمۡۖyour prayer (is to Him)
  8. فَقَدۡBut verily
  9. كَذَّبۡتُمۡyou have denied
  10. فَسَوۡفَso soon
  11. يَكُونُwill be
  12. لِزَامَۢاthe inevitable (punishment)
Al-Furqan · 25:77Makkah

My Lord would not care for you, if not for your prayer.

The surah ends on what makes us matter

What gives us weight
peoplecreated to worship Him
matter to Him by
their calling on Himdua, worship
but denial
clings to them
What makes me count
my statusjob, wealth, followers
my calling on Himmy worship and dua

The surah closes with a word to the deniers of Makkah. Ibn Kathir says He would not pay attention to you if you did not worship Him, for He created mankind to worship Him alone. Their denial would stay with them. Ibn Mas'ud and others linked it to Badr; Al-Hasan to the Day of Resurrection.

You measure your worth by your job title, your follower count, what your family thinks. Some days you feel invisible. What makes you matter to Allah is that you call on Him. Every dua is you being seen.

I matter because of what I achieve and who notices.

I matter to my Lord because I turn to Him and call on Him.

Try this

Make one dua today just to talk to Allah, with nothing to ask for but nearness to Him.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 25:75)

Those will be rewarded with the highest place because of their patience. Therein they shall be met with greetings and the word of peace and respect (75)Abiding therein – excellent it is as an abode, and as a place to rest in (76)Say: "My Lord pays attention to you only because of your invocation to Him. But now you have indeed denied. So the torment will be yours forever. (77)

The Reward of the Servants of the Most Gracious, and a Warning to the People of Makkah

After mentioning the beautiful attributes of His believing servants, and their fine words and deeds, Allah then says:

أُولَٰئِكَ 

(Those) meaning, the people who are described in this manner,

يُجْزَوْنَ 

(will be rewarded) on the Day of Resurrection,

الْغُرْفَةَ 

(with the highest place), which is Paradise. Abu Ja'far Al-Baqir, Sa'id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak and As-Suddi said, "It was so called because of its elevation."

بِمَا صَبَرُوا

(because of their patience.) means, their patience in doing what they did.

وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا

(Therein they shall be met) means, in Paradise.

تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَامًا

(with greetings and the word of peace and respect.) This means that they will be greeted first with words of welcome and honor. Peace will be theirs and they will be wished peace. And angels shall enter unto them from every gate, saying, "Peace be upon you for that you persevered in patience! Excellent indeed is the final home!"

خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا

(Abiding therein) means, they will settle there and never leave or move or die, they will never exit or wish to move to somewhere else. This is like the Ayah,

وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ سُعِدُوا فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ

(And those who are blessed, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure)(11:108).

حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا

(excellent it is as an abode, and as a place to rest in.) Its appearance is beautiful and it is a good place in which to rest and to dwell. Then Allah says:

قُلْ مَا يَعْبَأُ بِكُمْ رَبِّي

(Say: "My Lord pays attention to you only because of your invocation to Him...") meaning, He would not care to pay attention to you if you did not worship Him, for He only created mankind to worship Him Alone and to glorify Him morning and evening. His saying:

فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ

(But now you have indeed denied.) "O you disbelievers."

فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًا

(So the torment will be yours forever.) So your denial will remain with you forever, i.e., it will lead to your punishment, doom and destruction in this world and the Hereafter. This also refers to the day of Badr, as it was interpreted by 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Ubayy bin Ka'b, Muhammad bin Ka'b Al-Qurazi, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others.

فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًا

(So the torment will be yours forever.) Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: "The Day of Resurrection." And there is no conflict between the two interpretations.

This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Furqan, all praise and thanks are due to Allah.