10:58

قُلۡ بِفَضۡلِ ٱللَّهِ وَبِرَحۡمَتِهِۦ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَفۡرَحُواْ هُوَ خَيۡرٞ مِّمَّا يَجۡمَعُونَ

Qul bifadli Allahi wabirahmatihi fabithalika falyafrahoo huwa khayrun mimma yajmaAAoona

Say, "In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate."

Word by word
  1. قُلۡSay
  2. بِفَضۡلِIn the Bounty
  3. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah
  4. وَبِرَحۡمَتِهِۦand in His Mercy
  5. فَبِذَٰلِكَso in that
  6. فَلۡيَفۡرَحُواْlet them rejoice
  7. هُوَIt
  8. خَيۡرٞ(is) better
  9. مِّمَّاthan what
  10. يَجۡمَعُونَthey accumulate
Yunus · 10:58Makkah

Rejoice in His bounty and mercy, not in your savings.

What is truly worth celebrating


Two kinds of joy
bounty and mercyguidance, true religion
better than
what they amassa bloom that fades
What to celebrate
the bank balancethe new purchase
being guidedAllah's favor on you

Ibn Kathir says let them rejoice in the guidance and the religion of truth. It is better than anything people gather from a world whose bloom is vanishing.

You post the promotion, the new phone, the holiday photos. When did you last feel that same joy about having faith at all? That is the bigger win.

I celebrate what I achieve and buy.

Being guided by Allah is the gift most worth celebrating.

Try this

Tell someone today, or tell Allah, one thing about your faith you are glad of.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 10:57)

O mankind! There has come to you good advice from your Lord, and a cure for that which is in your breasts, – a guidance and a mercy for the believers (57)Say: "In the bounty of Allah, and in His mercy; therein let them rejoice." That is better than what (the wealth) they amass (58)

The Qur'an is an Admonition, Cure, Mercy and Guidance

Allah confers a great favor on His creatures in what He has sent down of the Gracious Qur'an to His Noble Messenger . He said:

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ

(O mankind! There has come to you good advice from your Lord.) A warning and a shield from shameful deeds.

وَشِفَاءٌ لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ

(and a cure for that which is in your breasts,) A cure from suspicion and doubts. The Qur'an removes all the filth and Shirk from the hearts.

وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ

(a guidance and a mercy) The guidance and the mercy from Allah are attained through it. This is only for those who believe in it and have firm faith in what it contains. As Allah said:

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

(And We send down of the Qur'an that which is a cure and a mercy to those who believe, and it increases the wrongdoers nothing but loss.)(17:82) and;

قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ

(Say: "It is for those who believe, a guide and a cure.")(41: 44) Allah then said:

قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا

(Say: "In the bounty of Allah, and in His mercy; therein let them rejoice.") rejoice in what has come from Allah. Let them rejoice in the guidance and the religion of the truth. It is better than anything they might rejoice in,

هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

That is better than what (the wealth) they amass. from the ruins of the world and its vanishing bloom undoubtedly.