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Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Verse 3of 69

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۖ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ﴿٣﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd indeed
فَتَنَّاfatannāWe tested
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
مِنmin(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْ ۖqablihim(were) before them
فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّfalayaʿlamannaAnd Allah will surely make evident
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah will surely make evident
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
صَدَقُوا۟ṣadaqū(are) truthful
وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّwalayaʿlamannaand He will surely make evident
ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.The Believers are tested so that it may be known Who is Sincere and Who is LyingAllah says:المAlif Lam Mim. In the beginning of the Tafsir of Surah Al-Baqarah, we discussed the letters which appear at the beginning of some Surahs.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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