Al-Hadid 57:22
The Iron · Medinan · Juz 27 · Page 540
Written in a Book
مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةࣲ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبࣲ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّبۡرَأَهَآۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرࣱ ٢٢
Naught of disaster befalleth in the earth or in yourselves but it is in a Book before we bring it into being - Lo! that is easy for Allah.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
No calamity strikes on earth or in yourselves but it is in a book before We bring it into being.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “musibah” as an event or disaster that strikes a person hard, like a bullet hitting its target.
Reflect
Accept a calamity that befalls you as part of destiny.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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