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Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Verse 25of 69

وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْثَٰنًۭا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ ثُمَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُم بِبَعْضٍۢ وَيَلْعَنُ بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًۭا وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ﴿٢٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And [Abraham] said, "You have only taken, other than Allah, idols as [a bond of] affection among you in worldly life. Then on the Day of Resurrection you will deny one another and curse one another, and your refuge will be the Fire, and you will not have any helpers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
ٱتَّخَذْتُمittakhadhtumyou have taken
مِّنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
أَوْثَـٰنًۭاawthānanidols
مَّوَدَّةَmawaddata(out of) love
بَيْنِكُمْbaynikumamong you
فِىin
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
ثُمَّthummaThen
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
يَكْفُرُyakfuruyou will deny
بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumone another
بِبَعْضٍۢbibaʿḍinone another
وَيَلْعَنُwayalʿanuand curse
بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumone another
بَعْضًۭاbaʿḍanone another
وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُwamawākumuand your abode
ٱلنَّارُl-nāru(will be) the Fire
وَمَاwamāand not
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنminany
نَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Response of Ibrahim's People -- and how Allah controlled the FireAllah tells us how Ibrahim's people stubbornly and arrogantly disbelieved, and how they resisted the truth with falsehood. After Ibrahim addressed them with his words of clear guidance,إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ اقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ حَرِّقُوهُ(except that they said: "Kill him or burn him.") This was because proof had clearly been established against them, so they resorted to using their power and strength.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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