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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 45of 206

ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًۭا وَهُم بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ كَٰفِرُونَ﴿٤٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Who averted [people] from the way of Allah and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they were, concerning the Hereafter, disbelievers.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
يَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūnahinder
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَيَبْغُونَهَاwayabghūnahāand seek in it
عِوَجًۭاʿiwajancrookedness
وَهُمwahumwhile they (are)
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiraticoncerning the Hereafter
كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūnadisbelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

People of Hellfire will feel Anguish upon AnguishAllah mentioned how the people of the Fire will be addressed, chastised and admonished when they take their places in the Fire, قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّا فَهَلْ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا قَالُواْ نَعَمْ("We (dwellers of Paradise) have indeed found true what our Lord had promised us; have you (dwellers of Hell) also found true what your Lord promised (warned)" They shall say: "Yes.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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