Tafseer of The Bee · An-Nahl · 16:128
Indeed, Allah is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.
Important: The Arabic source text is always authoritative. This translation is a study aid and has not been verified by scholars — do not use it as a basis for religious proof or for deriving rulings (ahkam). When in doubt, always consult the Arabic text and a qualified scholar.
Allah, the Exalted, says: إِنَّ اللَّهَ — O Muhammad — مَعَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا Allah in His prohibitions and who avoided them, who feared His punishment for that and refrained from entering into His prohibitions. وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ مُحْسِنُونَ — Allah says: and He is with those who take good care of what He has imposed upon them, who uphold His rights, and who faithfully observe obedience to Him in what He commanded them and forbade them.
The explanation we have given is also the view of the exegetes.
Those who said that:
Ibn Ḥumayd related to us, saying: Ḥakkām related to us, on the authority of Sufyān, on the authority of a man, on the authority of al-Ḥasan concerning إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ مُحْسِنُونَ : he said: They feared Allah in what He forbade them and acted well in what He had made obligatory upon them.
Al-Ḥasan related to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Razzāq informed us, saying: Maʿmar informed us, on the authority of a man, on the authority of al-Ḥasan, something similar.
Bishr related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda: he said: It has been related to us that Harim ibn Ḥayyān al-ʿAbdī, on his deathbed, was told: "Make a bequest." He said: "I do not know what to bequeath, but sell my coat of mail and pay off my debt with it. Should that not suffice, then sell my horse. If that too does not suffice, then sell my young slave. And I enjoin upon you the closing verses of Sūrat al-Naḥl: ادْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ * وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرِينَ . It has been related to us that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ, when this verse was sent down, said: "We will rather be patient."
