An-Naml · Makki · ayah 53 of 93

An-Naml 27:53

وَأَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ

“And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.”

Saheeh International

Essence

After three ayat of plotting and ruin, one quiet line: Allah rescued those who believed and kept guarding themselves with mindfulness of Him.

A reflection

One line of rescue after three of ruin

Almost the same words close Thamūd's story at 41:18, where their fuller treatment belongs. Here they do one particular job.

The three ayat before were dark. A secret oath, a night ambush, a counter-plan, houses emptied and fallen in. The story could have ended on the ruins. It does not. The last word goes to the people who were kept safe.

One early commentator hears in this a promise to the Prophet ﷺ himself. As We rescued Ṣāliḥ and those who believed in him, so We will rescue you and your followers. The first hearers were a small, pressured group in Makka. They were being told how their own chapter would end, before it was written.

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