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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 28of 165

بَلْ بَدَا لَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُخْفُونَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَوْ رُدُّوا۟ لَعَادُوا۟ لِمَا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ﴿٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

But what they concealed before has [now] appeared to them. And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden; and indeed, they are liars.

Word-by-word meaning

بَلْbalNay
بَدَاbadābecame manifest
لَهُمlahumfor them
مَّاwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يُخْفُونَyukh'fūnaconceal
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
وَلَوْwalawAnd if
رُدُّوا۟ruddūthey were sent back
لَعَادُوا۟laʿādūcertainly they (would) return
لِمَاlimāto what
نُهُوا۟nuhūthey were forbidden
عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumand indeed they
لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūnacertainly are liars

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Wishes and Hopes Do Not Help One When He Sees the TormentAllah mentions the condition of the disbelievers when they are made to stand before the Fire on the Day of Resurrection and witness its chains and restraints, along with seeing the horrible, momentous conditions in the Fire with their own eyes.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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