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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

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أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ أَن لَّوْ نَشَآءُ أَصَبْنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ﴿١٠٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Has it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its [previous] people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.

Word-by-word meaning

أَوَلَمْawalamWould it not
يَهْدِyahdiguide
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna[for] those who
يَرِثُونَyarithūnainherit
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe land
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
أَهْلِهَآahlihāits people
أَنanthat
لَّوْlawif
نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
أَصَبْنَـٰهُمaṣabnāhumWe (could) afflict them
بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚbidhunūbihimfor their sins
وَنَطْبَعُwanaṭbaʿuand We put a seal
عَلَىٰʿalāover
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
فَهُمْfahumso they
لَا(do) not
يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnahear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Ibn `Abbas commented on Allah's statement,أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الأَرْضَ مِن بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ(Is it not a guidance for those who inherit the earth from its previous inhabitants. ..) "(Allah says,) did We not make clear to them that had We willed, We would have punished them because of their sins" Mujahid and several others said similarly.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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