Surah Al-Israa: Verse 96 - قل كفى بالله شهيدا بيني... - English

Tafsir of Verse 96, Surah Al-Israa

قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا

English Translation

Say, "Sufficient is Allah as Witness between me and you. Indeed he is ever, concerning His servants, Acquainted and Seeing."

English Transliteration

Qul kafa biAllahi shaheedan baynee wabaynakum innahu kana biAAibadihi khabeeran baseeran

Tafsir of Verse 96

Say: 'God suffices as a witness between me and you; surely He is aware of and sees His servants.'

Say: "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you: for He is well acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things).

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الاٌّقَاوِيلِ - لأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ - ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ

(And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us, We surely would have seized him by his right hand, And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery.) (69:44-46) Allah said;

إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا بَصِيرًا

(Verily, He is Ever the All-Knower, the All-Seer of His servants.) meaning, He knows best who among them deserves blessings, good treatment and guidance, and who deserves to be doomed and led astray. He says:

Verse 96 - Surah Al-Israa: (قل كفى بالله شهيدا بيني وبينكم ۚ إنه كان بعباده خبيرا بصيرا...) - English