Surah 42:23
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ذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِي يُبَشِّرُ ٱللَّهُ عِبَادَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِۗ قُل لَّآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ أَجۡرًا إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوَدَّةَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰۗ وَمَن يَقۡتَرِفۡ حَسَنَةٗ نَّزِدۡ لَهُۥ فِيهَا حُسۡنًاۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ شَكُورٌ
That is the good news which God gives to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say: ‘I do not ask you for any reward for it, except love for family.’ Whoever acquires a good (deed) – We shall increase the good for him in it. Surely God is forgiving, thankful.
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗاۖ فَإِن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يَخۡتِمۡ عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَۗ وَيَمۡحُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡبَٰطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ ٱلۡحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ
Or do they say, ‘He has forged a lie against God?’ If God pleases, He will set a seal on your heart, and God will blot out falsehood and verify the truth by His words. Surely He knows what is in the hearts.
Having mentioned the gardens of Paradise, Allah then says to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds:
meaning, this will undoubtedly come to them, because it is glad tidings from Allah to them.
means, 'say, O Muhammad, to these idolaters among the disbeliever of Quraysh: I do not ask you for anything in return for this message and sincere advice which I bring to you. All I ask of you is that you withhold your evil from me and let me convey the Messages of my Lord. If you will not help me, then do not disturb me, for the sake of the ties of kinship that exist between you and I.' Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, was asked about the Ayah:
Sa'id bin Jubayr said, "To be kind to the family of Muhammad." Ibn 'Abbas said, "No, you have jumped to a hasty conclusion. There was no clan among Quraysh to whom...
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 8, Page 585-586)