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Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Verse 24of 73

لِّيَجْزِىَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ بِصِدْقِهِمْ وَيُعَذِّبَ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ إِن شَآءَ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا﴿٢٤

Translation (Sahih International)

That Allah may reward the truthful for their truth and punish the hypocrites if He wills or accept their repentance. Indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

لِّيَجْزِىَliyajziyaThat Allah may reward
ٱللَّهُl-lahuThat Allah may reward
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful
بِصِدْقِهِمْbiṣid'qihimfor their truth
وَيُعَذِّبَwayuʿadhibaand punish
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites
إِنinif
شَآءَshāaHe wills
أَوْawor
يَتُوبَyatūbaturn in mercy
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimto them
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
غَفُورًۭاghafūranOft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمًۭاraḥīmanMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Praise for the Believers' Attitude, and leaving the ultimate Fate of the Hypocrites to AllahWhen Allah mentions how the hypocrites broke their promise to Him that they would not turn their backs, He describes the believers as firmly adhering to their covenant and their promise:صَدَقُواْ مَا عَـهَدُواْ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَّن قَضَى نَحْبَهُ(they have been true to their covenant with Allah; of them some have fulfilled their Nahbah;) Some of them said: "Met their appointed time (i.e.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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