Al-Anbya: 94

Ayah

Word by Word

فَمَن

Then whoever

يَعۡمَلۡ

does

مِنَ

[of]

ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ

[the] righteous deeds

وَهُوَ

while he

مُؤۡمِنٞ

(is) a believer

فَلَا

then not

كُفۡرَانَ

(will be) rejected

لِسَعۡيِهِۦ

[of] his effort

وَإِنَّا

And indeed We

لَهُۥ

of it

كَٰتِبُونَ

(are) Recorders

Translation

Whoever works any act of righteousness and has faith,- His endeavour will not be rejected: We shall record it in his favour.

Tafsir

Mankind is One Ummah

Allah says:

إِنَّ هَذِهِ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً

Truly, this, your Ummah is one,

Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Qatadah and Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said,

Your religion is one religion.

Al-Hasan Al-Basri said:

In this Ayah, Allah explains to them what they should avoid and what they should do.

Then He said:

إِنَّ هَذِهِ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً

Truly, this, your Ummah is one religion,

Meaning, your path is one path. Certainly this is your Shariah (Divine Law) which I have clearly explained you.

So Allah says:

وَأَنَا رَبُّكُمۡ فَاعۡبُدُونِ

and I am your Lord, therefore worship Me.

This is like the Ayah:

يأَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُواۡ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَـتِ وَاعۡمَلُواۡ صَـلِحاً

O (you) Messengers! Eat of the Tayyibat (good things) and do righteous deeds.) Until His saying,

وَأَنَاۡ رَبُّكُمۡ فَاتَّقُونِ

(And I am your Lord, so have Taqwa of Me). (23:51-52)

The Messenger of Allah said:

نَحۡنُ مَعَاشِرَ الاَۡنۡبِيَاءِ أَوۡلَادُ عَلَّتٍ دِينُنَا وَاحِد

We Prophets are brothers from different mothers and our religion is one.

What is meant here is that they all worshipped Allah Alone with no partner or associate, although the Laws of each Messenger may have differed, as Allah says:

لِكُلٍّ جَعَلۡنَا مِنكُمۡ شِرۡعَةً وَمِنۡهَـجاً

To each among you, We have prescribed a Law and a clear way. (5:48

وَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ

But they have broken up and differed in their religion among themselves.

meaning, the nations were divided over their Messengers; some of them believed in them and some rejected them.

Allah says:

كُلٌّ إِلَيۡنَا رَاجِعُونَ

(And) they all shall return to Us.

meaning, `on the Day of Resurrection, when We will requite each person according to his deeds. If they are good, then he will be rewarded and if they are evil then he will be punished.'

Allah says

فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِنَ الصَّالِحَاتِ وَهُوَ مُوۡمِنٌ

So whoever does righteous good deeds while he is a believer,

meaning, his heart believes and his deeds are righteous.

فَلَ كُفۡرَانَ لِسَعۡيِهِ

his efforts will not be rejected.

This is like the Ayah:

إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ مَنۡ أَحۡسَنَ عَمَلً

certainly We shall not make the reward of anyone who does his deeds in the most perfect manner to be lost. (18:30)

which means, his efforts will not be wasted; they will be appreciated and not even a speck of dust's weight of injustice will be done.

Allah says:

وَإِنَّا لَهُ كَاتِبُونَ

Verily, We record it for him.

means, all his deeds are recorded and nothing of them at all is lost.