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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

Verse 20of 35

وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّبَٰتِكُمْ فِى حَيَاتِكُمُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِهَا فَٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ عَذَابَ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْسُقُونَ﴿٢٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "You exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation because you were arrogant upon the earth without right and because you were defiantly disobedient."

Word-by-word meaning

وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
يُعْرَضُyuʿ'raḍuwill be exposed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
عَلَىʿalāto
ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
أَذْهَبْتُمْadhhabtumYou exhausted
طَيِّبَـٰتِكُمْṭayyibātikumyour good things
فِىin
حَيَاتِكُمُḥayātikumuyour life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمwa-is'tamtaʿtumand you took your pleasures
بِهَاbihātherein
فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaSo today
تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou will be recompensed
عَذَابَʿadhāba(with) a punishment
ٱلْهُونِl-hūnihumiliating
بِمَاbimābecause
كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
تَسْتَكْبِرُونَtastakbirūnaarrogant
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] right
وَبِمَاwabimāand because
كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
تَفْسُقُونَtafsuqūnadefiantly disobedient

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Mention of the Undutiful Children and Their EndIn the previous Ayat, Allah mentions the dutiful offspring who supplicate for their parents and treat them with kindness. He describes the success and salvation He has prepared for them. Here He connects to that discussion the situation of the wretched offspring who are undutiful toward their parents. Allah says,وَالَّذِى قَالَ لِوَلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ لَّكُمَآ(But he who says to his parents: "Uff to you! ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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