Transliteration:( Illaa man atal laaha biqalbin saleem )
But only he who comes to Allah with a sound heart [95].
This verse highlights that on the Day of Judgment, nothing will matter except a "sound heart"—a heart free from shirk, hypocrisy, arrogance, and filled with faith, sincerity, and humility. Ibrahim (عليه السلام) defines the true criterion for salvation: inner purity and complete devotion to Allah. It emphasizes that external status is meaningless without spiritual integrity.
The tafsir of Surah Ash-Shura verse 89 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Shura ayat 83 which provides the complete commentary from verse 83 through 89.
(26:89) but only he that brings to Allah a sound heart will (attain to success).”[65]
65. It cannot be said with certainty whether verses 88, 89 are a part of Prophet Abraham’s (peace be upon him) prayer, or they are an addition by Allah. In the first case, they will mean that Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) while praying for his father had a full realization of these facts. In the second case, they will be a comment by Allah on Abraham’s (peace be upon him) prayer, as if to say: On the Day of Judgment, only a sound heart, sound in faith and free from disobedience and sin, will be of any avail to man and not wealth and children, for wealth and children can be useful only if one possesses a sound heart. Wealth will be useful if one would have spent it sincerely and faithfully for the sake of Allah, otherwise even a millionaire will be a poor man there. Children also will be of help only to the extent that a person might have educated them in faith and good conduct to the best of his ability; otherwise even if the son is a Prophet, his father will not escape punishment if he died in the state of unbelief, because such a father will have no share in the goodness of his children.
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