Quran Quote  :  Had your Lord so willed, He would surely have made mankind one community. - 11:118

Quran-68:51 Surah Al-qalam English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَيُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجۡنُونٞ

Transliteration:( Wa iny-yakaadul lazeena kafaroo la-yuzliqoonaka biabsaarihim lammaa sami'uz-Zikra wa yaqooloona innahoo lamajnoon )

51.And the infidels would strike you with their angry [63] glances when they heard the Quran [64] and said: "Surely, he is insane" [65]. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(51) And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad." (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Al-Qalam Ayat 51 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

63. In Arabia there were some people who were famous for having an evil eye. If they would say in a hungry state to any one by looking sharply at him that: "We have not seen him like this till today. How nice it would have been if you had been such a person or an animal", that person would immediately die. The infidels of Makkah had brought them by offering them a bribe. According to custom, they kept them hungry for three days, and then brought them in the presence of the Holy who was engaged ? Prophet in the recitation of the Holy Qur'aan. They repeated their words several times but Allah Almighty protected the Holy Prophet from their evil eye. This ? verse was revealed at this occasion. This tells us that to look at the beauteous face of the Holy with evil intent is ? Prophet an act of infidelity. On the other hand, to look at the glowing face of the Holy Prophet with good belief makes a person a Companion. The same is with the Holy Qur'aan. Reciting it with evil intention is an act of infidelity while reciting it with noble intentions is an act of worship.

64. From this emerge two issues:

1. Evil eye is true.

2. is ? The Holy Prophet such a Beloved of Allah Almighty that He protects him from the evil eye. The infidels had asked these people to affect him with their evil eye whose evil eye would destroy the people. but Allah Almighty kept His Beloved safe from it. This verse is an excellent means of protection from the evil eye.

65. This means the infidels call a paragon of intelligence like that of the Holy Prophet mad due to their lack of ? intelligence. It should be remembered that just one portion of intelligence is distributed to the entire creation while nine tenths of the intelligence is granted to the Holy Prophet.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Qalam verse 51 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Qalam ayat 48 which provides the complete commentary from verse 48 through 52.

(68:51) When the unbelievers hear this Exhortation, they look at you as though they would knock you off your feet with their (hostile) glances.[35] They say: “Surely he is afflicted with madness”;

Ala-Maududi

(68:51) When the unbelievers hear this Exhortation, they look at you as though they would knock you off your feet with their (hostile) glances.[35] They say: “Surely he is afflicted with madness”;


35. “Would trip you up”: “Would eat you up with their eyes”. For a similar expression of the Makkan disbelievers’ rage and fury against the Holy Prophet, see also (surah Bani Israil, ayat 73-77).

(51) And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."

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