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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 88of 165

ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۚ وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ﴿٨٨

Translation (Sahih International)

That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whomever He wills of His servants. But if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.

Word-by-word meaning

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
هُدَىhudā(is the) Guidance
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
يَهْدِىyahdīHe guides
بِهِۦbihiwith it
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
مِنْminof
عِبَادِهِۦ ۚʿibādihiHis slaves
وَلَوْwalawBut if
أَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakūthey (had) associated partners (with Allah)
لَحَبِطَlaḥabiṭasurely (would be) worthless
عَنْهُمʿanhumfor them
مَّاwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Ibrahim Receives the News of Ishaq and Ya`qub During His Old AgeAllah states that after Ibrahim became old and he, and his wife, Sarah, lost hope of having children, He gave them Ishaq. The angels came to Ibrahim on their way to the people of Prophet Lut (to destroy them) and they delivered the good news of a child to Ibrahim and his wife.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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