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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 38of 206

قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍۢ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌۭ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًۭا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًۭا ضِعْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ قَالَ لِكُلٍّۢ ضِعْفٌۭ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ﴿٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

[Allah] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them will say about the first of them "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire. He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe (will) say
ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
فِىٓamong
أُمَمٍۢumamin(the) nations
قَدْqad(who)
خَلَتْkhalatpassed away
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِكُمqablikumbefore you
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
وَٱلْإِنسِwal-insiand the men
فِىin
ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nārithe Fire
كُلَّمَاkullamāEvery time
دَخَلَتْdakhalatentered
أُمَّةٌۭummatuna nation
لَّعَنَتْlaʿanatit cursed
أُخْتَهَا ۖukh'tahāits sister (nation)
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
ٱدَّارَكُوا۟iddārakūthey had overtaken one another
فِيهَاfīhāin it
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
قَالَتْqālat(will) say
أُخْرَىٰهُمْukh'rāhum(the) last of them
لِأُولَىٰهُمْliūlāhumabout the first of them
رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
أَضَلُّونَاaḍallūnāmisled us
فَـَٔاتِهِمْfaātihimso give them
عَذَابًۭاʿadhābanpunishment
ضِعْفًۭاḍiʿ'fandouble
مِّنَminaof
ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nārithe Fire
قَالَqālaHe (will) say
لِكُلٍّۢlikullinFor each
ضِعْفٌۭḍiʿ'fun(is) a double
وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
لَّاnot
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

People of the Fire will dispute and curse Each Other Allahmentioned what He will say to those who associate others withHim, invent lies about Him, and reject His Ayat,ادْخُلُواْ فِى أُمَمٍ(Enter you in the company of nations), who are your likes and similar to you in conduct, قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ(Who passed away before you) from the earlier disbelieving nations, مِّن الْجِنِّ وَالإِنْسِ فِى النَّارِ(Of men and Jinn, into the Fire.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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