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Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Verse 8of 73

لِّيَسْـَٔلَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ عَن صِدْقِهِمْ ۚ وَأَعَدَّ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

That He may question the truthful about their truth. And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

لِّيَسْـَٔلَliyasalaThat He may ask
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful
عَنʿanabout
صِدْقِهِمْ ۚṣid'qihimtheir truth
وَأَعَدَّwa-aʿaddaAnd He has prepared
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
أَلِيمًۭاalīmanpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Covenant of the ProphetsAllah tells us about the five Mighty Messengers with strong resolve and the other Prophets, how He took a covenant from them to establish the religion of Allah and convey His Message, and to cooperate and support one another, as Allah says:وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَـقَ النَّبِيِّيْنَ لَمَآ ءَاتَيْتُكُم مِّن كِتَـبٍ وَحِكْمَةٍ ثُمَّ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُ قَالَ ءَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَى ذلِكُمْ إِصْرِى ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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