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Al-Balad (The City)

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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ﴿١٩

Translation (Sahih International)

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Verses
هُمْhumthey
أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِl-mashamati(of) the left (hand)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Encouragement to traverse upon the Path of GoodnessIbn Zayd said,فَلاَ اقتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ(But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep.) "This means, will he not traverse upon the path which contains salvation and good Then He explains this path by his saying,وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ - فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ(And what will make you know the path that is steep Freeing a neck, or giving food.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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