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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 47of 206

۞ وَإِذَا صُرِفَتْ أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تِلْقَآءَ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٤٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And when their eyes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they say, "Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people."

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
صُرِفَتْṣurifatare turned
أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyes
تِلْقَآءَtil'qāatowards
أَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions
ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire
قَالُوا۟qālūthey (will) say
رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
لَا(Do) not
تَجْعَلْنَاtajʿalnāplace us
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The People of Al-A`rafAfter Allah mentioned that the people of Paradise will address the people of the Fire, He stated that there is a barrier between Paradise and the Fire, which prevents the people of the Fire from reaching Paradise. Ibn Jarir said, "It is the wall that Allah described, فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُم بِسُورٍ لَّهُ بَابٌ بَاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَـهِرُهُ مِن قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ(So a wall will be put up between them, with a gate therein.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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