The Holy Quran 15:56 — Surah Al-Hijr

Arabic text

قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

Translation

He (Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام) said (I cannot be such because) Only the deviant ones (the Kuffaar) are despondent of Allaah's mercy."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Despair of Allah is misguidance: that is, even ordinary Muslims cannot despair of the mercy of Allah, let alone that the prophets ﵈ — Allah forbid — should come to such a state. Merely in terms of ordinary causes and my present condition a thing seemed strange to me, and at that I expressed astonishment: such is the power of Allah that now, in old age, I am…

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