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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 36of 165

۞ إِنَّمَا يَسْتَجِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ ۘ وَٱلْمَوْتَىٰ يَبْعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Only those who hear will respond. But the dead - Allah will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
يَسْتَجِيبُyastajīburespond
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَسْمَعُونَ ۘyasmaʿūnalisten
وَٱلْمَوْتَىٰwal-mawtāBut the dead
يَبْعَثُهُمُyabʿathuhumuwill resurrect them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ثُمَّthummathen
إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
يُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūnathey will be returned

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Comforting the ProphetAllah comforts the Prophet in his grief over his people's denial and defiance of him,قَدْ نَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُ لَيَحْزُنُكَ الَّذِى يَقُولُونَ(We know indeed the grief which their words cause you;) meaning, We know about their denial of you and your sadness and sorrow for them. Allah said in other Ayat,فَلاَ تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَتٍ(So destroy not yourself in sorrow for them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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