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Quran-53:43 Surah An-najm English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ

Transliteration:( Wa annahoo huwa adhaka wa abkaa )

43. And it is surely He Who makes you to laugh and makes you to weep [54]. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(43) And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep (Saheen International Translation)

Surah An-Najm Ayat 43 Tafsir (Commentry)



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

54. This means that only Allah Almighty will make him happy whom He likes and give grief to who He wishes. The Sufi sages say that Allah Almighty causes the negligent to be happy in the world, but will make them shed. tears of grief in the Hereafter.

Or, that on the Day of Judgement will grant pleasure to the inmates of Paradise and tears to the inmates of Hell. Or, He causes the clouds to turn into rain and the garden to bloom in radiance, or He causes the sincere to smile with the glad-tidings, and to weep with fear of punishment, or radiates the hearts of the mystics with joy and fills their eyes with tears. There are many more interpretations of this verse.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Tur verse 43 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Tur ayat 42 which provides the complete commentary from verse 42 through 55.

(53:43) and that He it is Who causes people to laugh and to cry,[40]

Ala-Maududi

(53:43) and that He it is Who causes people to laugh and to cry,[40]


40. That is, Allah provides the means both for joy and for grief. He controls good and ill luck. There is no one else in the universe, who may have anything to do with making or marring of destinies.

(43) And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep

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