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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 39of 112

لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ﴿٣٩

Translation (Sahih International)

If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...

Word-by-word meaning

لَوْlawIf
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknew
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
حِينَḥīna(the) time
لَا(when) not
يَكُفُّونَyakuffūnathey will avert
عَنʿanfrom
وُجُوهِهِمُwujūhihimutheir faces
ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire
وَلَاwalāand not
عَنʿanfrom
ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backs
وَلَاwalāand not
هُمْhumthey
يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnawill be helped

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators seek to hasten on the PunishmentAllah also tells us how the idolators seek to hasten punishment upon themselves, out of denial, rejection, disbelief, stubbornness and a belief that it will never happen. He says:وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَـذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ (And they say: "When will this promise (come to pass), if you are truthful".

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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