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47:2

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ وَءَامَنُواْ بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡ كَفَّرَ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَأَصۡلَحَ بَالَهُمۡ

Waallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati waamanoo bima nuzzila AAala muhammadin wahuwa alhaqqu min rabbihim kaffara AAanhum sayyiatihim waaslaha balahum

And those who believe and do righteous deeds and believe in what has been sent down upon Muhammad - and it is the truth from their Lord - He will remove from them their misdeeds and amend their condition.

Word by word
  1. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those who
  2. ءَامَنُواْbelieve
  3. وَعَمِلُواْand do
  4. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِrighteous deeds
  5. وَءَامَنُواْand believe
  6. بِمَاin what
  7. نُزِّلَis revealed
  8. عَلَىٰto
  9. مُحَمَّدٖMuhammad
  10. وَهُوَand it
  11. ٱلۡحَقُّ(is) the truth
  12. مِنfrom
  13. رَّبِّهِمۡtheir Lord
  14. كَفَّرَHe will remove
  15. عَنۡهُمۡfrom them
  16. سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡtheir misdeeds
  17. وَأَصۡلَحَand improve
  18. بَالَهُمۡtheir condition
Muhammad · 47:2Madinah

He wipes away their sins and sets their affairs right.

The surah where Muhammad ﷺ is named

What they do
believeheart and soul
do goodhidden and open
believe in what cameto Muhammad ﷺ
so He
removes misdeedsamends their condition
What gets fixed
only my recordthe past
my whole conditionmy matter, my affairs

The surah takes its name from this verse, which names Muhammad ﷺ. Ibn Kathir explains Bal as their matter, their affair, their condition. He notes the Prophet ﷺ taught the reply to one who sneezes: may Allah guide you and set your affairs right.

Your life feels tangled: the job, the debt, the family tension, the thing you keep doing that you hate. The promise here is not just a clean record but a sorted life. Belief and good deeds are the first thread to pull.

Faith might clean my record, but my life stays messy.

Allah promises to set my whole condition right when I believe and do good.

Try this

When someone sneezes today and praises Allah, reply with may Allah guide you and set your affairs right.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 47:1)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ 

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ - وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَآمَنُوا بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ ۙ كَفَّرَ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَأَصْلَحَ بَالَهُمْ - ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْبَاطِلَ وَأَنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْحَقَّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ أَمْثَالَهُمْ

(1. Those who disbelieve and hinder (men) from the path of Allah, He will render their deeds vain.)(2. But those who believe and do righteous good deeds, and believe in that which is sent down to Muhammad – for it is the truth from their Lord – He expiates from them their sins and amends their Bal.)(3. That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allah set forth for mankind their parables.)

The Reward of the Disbelievers and the Believers

Allah says,

الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا

(Those who disbelieve) meaning, in the Ayat of Allah.

وَصَدُّوا

(and hinder (men)) Others.

عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ 

(from the path of Allah, He will render their deeds vain.) meaning, He renders their deeds vain and futile, and He denies them any rewards or blessings for them. This is similar to His saying,

وَقَدِمْنَا إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَاءً مَنْثُورًا

(And We will approach what they have done of deeds and make them as dispersed dust.)(25:23) Allah then says,

وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ

(And those who believe and do righteous good deeds,) Which means that their hearts and souls have believed, and their limbs and their hidden and apparent acts have complied with Allah's Law.

 وَآمَنُوا بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ

(And believe in that which has been sent down to Muhammad) Adding this statement to the previous one is a method of adding a specific meaning to a general one. This provides proof that after Muhammad's advent, believing in him is a required condition for the true faith. Allah then says,

وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ

(For it is the truth from their Lord.) which is a beautifully placed parenthetical clause. Thus, Allah says,

كَفَّرَ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَأَصْلَحَ بَالَهُمْ

(He expiates from them their sins and amends their Bal.)

Ibn 'Abbas, said, "This means their matter." Mujahid said, "This means their affair." Qatadah and Ibn Zayd both said, "Their condition." And all of these are similar in meaning. It has been mentioned (from the Prophet ﷺ) in the Hadith of the responding to one who sneezes,

يَهْدِيكُمُ اللهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

(May Allah guide you and rectify your (Bal) affairs.) Then Allah says,

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْبَاطِلَ 

(That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood,) meaning, 'We only invalidate the deeds of the disbelievers and overlook the sins of the righteous, and amend their affairs, because those who disbelieve follow falsehood.' Meaning, they choose falsehood over the truth.

وَأَنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْحَقَّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ أَمْثَالَهُمْ

(while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allah set forth for the people their parables.) Thus He makes the consequence of their actions clear to them, and He shows them where they will end in their next life – and Allah knows best.