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39:61

وَيُنَجِّي ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ بِمَفَازَتِهِمۡ لَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلسُّوٓءُ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ

Wayunajjee Allahu allatheena ittaqaw bimafazatihim la yamassuhumu alssooo wala hum yahzanoona

And Allah will save those who feared Him by their attainment; no evil will touch them, nor will they grieve.

Word by word
  1. وَيُنَجِّيAnd Allah will deliver
  2. ٱللَّهُAnd Allah will deliver
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose who
  4. ٱتَّقَوۡاْfeared (Him)
  5. بِمَفَازَتِهِمۡto their place of salvation
  6. لَاnot
  7. يَمَسُّهُمُwill touch them
  8. ٱلسُّوٓءُthe evil
  9. وَلَاand not
  10. هُمۡthey
  11. يَحۡزَنُونَwill grieve
Az-Zumar · 39:61Makkah

No harm will touch them, and no grief.

Safe on the day of the greatest terror

The rescue
those with taqwamindful of Allah
delivered to
their successwhat Allah decreed for them
no evil, no griefon that Day
Two kinds of safety
safe from worry nowcomfort, distraction
safe on that Daythe greater terror

Next to the darkened faces, Ibn Kathir says the people of taqwa will be safe: the greater terror of that Day will not grieve them; they will be removed from all evil and given all that is good.

You lie awake with a dozen worries: rent, health, a child far away. Some will pass, some will not. There is a safety coming that no worry can reach. Taqwa is the road there.

Feeling safe means having nothing to worry about right now.

The safety that lasts belongs to the mindful, on the Day it matters most.

Try this

When a worry comes today, add: and on that Day, O Allah, make me among the safe.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 39:60)

And on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied against Allah – their faces will be black. Is there not in Hell an abode for the arrogant (60)And Allah will deliver those who have Taqwa to their places of success. Evil shall touch them not, nor shall they grieve (61)

The Consequences for Those Who tell Lies against Allah and for Those Who have Taqwa

Allah tells us that on the Day of Resurrection, some faces will be blackened and some will be whitened. The faces of those who followed splits and divisions will be blackened, and the faces of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah will be whitened. Allah says here:

وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تَرَى الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ 

(And on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied against Allah) meaning, by their claims that He had partners or offspring.

وُجُوهُهُمْ مُسْوَدَّةٌ

(their faces will be black.) means, because of their lies and fabrications.

أَلَيْسَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

(Is there not in Hell an abode for the arrogant?) means, is not Hell sufficient for them as a prison and humiliating final destination, because of their stubborn pride, arrogance and refusal to follow the truth?

وَيُنَجِّي اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا بِمَفَازَتِهِمْ

(And Allah will deliver those who are those who have Taqwa to their places of success.) means, because of what Allah has decreed for them of happiness and victory.

لَا يَمَسُّهُمُ السُّوءُ 

(Evil shall touch them not,) means, on the Day of Resurrection.

وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

(nor shall they grieve.) means, the greater terror (of that Day) will not cause them grief, for they will be safe from all grief and removed from all evil, and they will attain all that is good.