Quran Universe
22:16

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِۭ بَيِّنَٰتٖ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهۡدِي مَن يُرِيدُ

Wakathalika anzalnahu ayatin bayyinatin waanna Allaha yahdee man yureedu

And thus have We sent the Qur'an down as verses of clear evidence and because Allah guides whom He intends.

Word by word
  1. وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thus
  2. أَنزَلۡنَٰهُWe sent it down
  3. ءَايَٰتِۭ(as) clear Verses
  4. بَيِّنَٰتٖ(as) clear Verses
  5. وَأَنَّand that
  6. ٱللَّهَAllah
  7. يَهۡدِيguides
  8. مَنwhom
  9. يُرِيدُHe intends
Al-Hajj · 22:16Madinah

Clear verses, sent down, and guidance is His.

The Quran is clear; hearts are guided by Allah

Two parts
clear versesplain words, plain meaning
and
Allah guideswhom He wills
Why some still miss it
the message is uncleartoo hard to grasp
guidance is a giftask the One who gives it

Ibn Kathir says the Quran is clear in its wording and its meaning, evidence from Allah to people. Who accepts it is in Allah's hands, and He has full wisdom in that. The rage of the last verse cannot change it.

You have explained something to a friend five times, with links and examples, and they still do not see it. Or you read a verse ten times and it suddenly clicks one night. Clarity is on the page; the opening of the heart is His.

If I explain it better, anyone will accept the truth.

My job is to be clear; turning a heart belongs to Allah.

Try this

Before reading the Quran today, ask Allah in one line to open your heart to it.

Related21:23
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 22:15)

Whoever thinks that Allah will not help him in this world and in the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the ceiling and let him strangle himself. Then let him see whether his plan will remove that whereat he rages (15)Thus have We sent it down as clear Ayat, and surely, Allah guides whom He wills (16)

Allah will definitely help His Messenger ﷺ

Ibn 'Abbas said, "Whoever thinks that Allah will not help Muhammad ﷺ in this world and the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope

إِلَى السَّمَاءِ

(to the ceiling) to the ceiling in his house,

ثُمَّ لْيَقْطَعْ

(and let him strangle himself.) let him hang himself with it." This was also the view of Mujahid, 'Ikrimah, 'Ata', Abu Al-Jawza', Qatadah and others. The meaning is: whoever thinks that Allah will not support Muhammad ﷺ and His Book and His Religion, let him go and kill himself if it annoys him so much. For Allah will most certainly help and support him. Allah says:

إِنَّا لَنَنْصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْأَشْهَادُ 

(Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe in this world's life and on the Day when the witnesses will stand forth.)(40:51). Allah says here:

فَلْيَنظُرْ هَلْ يُذْهِبَنَّ كَيْدُهُ مَا يَغِيظُ

(Then let him see whether his plan will remove that whereat he rages!) As-Suddi said, "Meaning, in the case of Muhammad ﷺ" 'Ata' Al-Khurasani said, "Let him see whether that will cure the rage he feels in his heart."

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَاهُ

(Thus have We sent it down) the Qur'an.

آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ

(as clear Ayat,) clear in its wording and its meaning, evidence from Allah to mankind.

وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَن يُرِيدُ

(and surely, Allah guides whom He wills.) He sends astray whomsoever He wills and He guides whomsoever He wills, and He has complete wisdom and definitive proof in doing so.

لَا يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْأَلُونَ

(He cannot be questioned about what He does, while they will be questioned.)[21:23]. Because of His wisdom, mercy, justice, knowledge, dominion and might, no one can overturn His ruling, and He is swift in bringing to account.