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Verse 158of 165

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ رَبُّكَ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ بَعْضُ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّكَ ۗ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى بَعْضُ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَٰنُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ ءَامَنَتْ مِن قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِىٓ إِيمَٰنِهَا خَيْرًۭا ۗ قُلِ ٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ﴿١٥٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Do they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs of your Lord? The Day that some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting."

Word-by-word meaning

هَلْhalAre
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey waiting
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
تَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumucomes to them
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
أَوْawor
يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
أَوْawor
يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
بَعْضُbaʿḍusome (of)
ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Signs
رَبِّكَ ۗrabbika(of) your Lord
يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
يَأْتِىyatī(when) comes
بَعْضُbaʿḍusome (of)
ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Signs
رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
لَاnot
يَنفَعُyanfaʿuwill benefit
نَفْسًاnafsana soul
إِيمَـٰنُهَاīmānuhāits faith
لَمْlamnot
تَكُنْtakun(if) it had
ءَامَنَتْāmanatbelieved
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُqablubefore
أَوْawor
كَسَبَتْkasabatearned
فِىٓthrough
إِيمَـٰنِهَاīmānihāits faith
خَيْرًۭا ۗkhayranany good
قُلِquliSay
ٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟intaẓirūWait
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
مُنتَظِرُونَmuntaẓirūna(are) those who wait

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Disbelievers Await the Commencement of the Hereafter, or Some of its PortentsAllah sternly threatens the disbelievers, those who defy His Messengers, deny His Ayat and hinder from His path,هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلاَ أَن تَأْتِيهُمُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ رَبُّكَ(Do they then wait for anything other than that the angels should come to them, or that your Lord (Allah) should come...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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