Surah Ya-Sin 36:27
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 27 of 83
بِمَا غَفَرَ لِى رَبِّى وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
Translation
how my Lord has forgiven me and set me among the highly honoured.’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'...how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honoured.' Notice what he wishes his people knew, not that he was right and they were wrong, but that his Lord forgave him and honoured him. al-Saadi and Ibn Kathir note his entire message from Paradise is mercy: he wants them to taste the forgiveness he found. Ask yourself: if I could send one message back to the people who hurt me, what would it be, proof that I won, or an invitation to the mercy I've received? This man's Paradise did not make him gloat; it made him generous. The forgiveness he was shown became the thing he most wanted to pass on.
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Saadi, Ibn Kathir, al-Biqa'i.
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