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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 20of 165

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَآءَهُمُ ۘ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ﴿٢٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Those to whom We have given the Scripture recognize it as they recognize their [own] sons. Those who will lose themselves [in the Hereafter] do not believe.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose (to) whom
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuWe have given them
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
يَعْرِفُونَهُۥyaʿrifūnahuthey recognize him
كَمَاkamāas
يَعْرِفُونَyaʿrifūnathey recognize
أَبْنَآءَهُمُ ۘabnāahumutheir sons
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūlost
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
فَهُمْfahumthen they
لَا(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah is the Irresistible, Able to Bring Benefit and Protect from HarmAllah states that He Alone brings benefit or harm, and that He does what He wills with His creatures, none can resist His judgment or prevent what He decrees,وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلاَ كَـشِفَ لَهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدُيرٌ(And if Allah touches you with harm, none can remove it but He, and if He touches you with good, then He is able to do all things.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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