Surah Az Zukhruf Tafseer

فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ

So turn away from them,

means, from the idolators.

وَقُلْ سَلَمٌ

and say Salam (peace!)

means, `do not respond to them in the same evil manner in which they address you; but try to soften their hearts and forgive them in word and deed.'

فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

But they will come to know.

This is a warning from Allah for them. His punishment, which cannot be warded off, struck them, and His religion and His word was supreme. Subsequently Jihad and striving were prescribed until the people entered the religion of Allah in crowds, and Islam spread throughout the east and the west. And Allah knows best.

This is the end of the Tafsir of Surah Az-Zukhruf. All praise and thanks are due to Allah and in Him is all strength and protection.