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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 141of 286

تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌۭ قَدْ خَلَتْ ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ﴿١٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

That is a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.

Word-by-word meaning

تِلْكَtil'kaThis
أُمَّةٌۭummatun(was) a community
قَدْqad(which)
خَلَتْ ۖkhalathas passed away
لَهَاlahāfor it
مَاwhat
كَسَبَتْkasabatit earned
وَلَكُمwalakumand for you
مَّاwhat
كَسَبْتُمْ ۖkasabtumyou have earned
وَلَاwalāAnd not
تُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūnayou will be asked
عَمَّاʿammāabout what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah directed His Prophet to pre-empt the arguments with the idolators:قُلْ أَتُحَآجُّونَنَا فِى اللَّهِ(Say (O Muhammad to the Jews and Christians), "Dispute you with us about Allah) meaning, "Do you dispute with us regarding the Oneness of Allah, obedience and submission to Him and in avoiding His prohibitions,وَهُوَ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْ(while He is our Lord and your Lord) meaning, He has full control over us and you, and deserves the worship alone without partners.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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