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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 152of 206

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَذِلَّةٌۭ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُفْتَرِينَ﴿١٥٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, those who took the calf [for worship] will obtain anger from their Lord and humiliation in the life of this world, and thus do We recompense the inventors [of falsehood].

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtook
ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calf
سَيَنَالُهُمْsayanāluhumwill reach them
غَضَبٌۭghaḍabunwrath
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
وَذِلَّةٌۭwadhillatunand humiliation
فِىin
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
ٱلْمُفْتَرِينَl-muf'tarīnathe ones who invent (falsehood)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

فَتُوبُواْ إِلَى بَارِئِكُمْ فَاقْتُلُواْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ذَلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ عِندَ بَارِئِكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ(So turn in repentance to your Creator and kill yourselves (the guilty), that will be better for you before your Creator." Then He accepted your repentance. Truly, He is the One Who accepts repentance, the Most Merciful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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