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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 167of 286

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةًۭ فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا۟ مِنَّا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ﴿١٦٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Those who followed will say, "If only we had another turn [at worldly life] so we could disassociate ourselves from them as they have disassociated themselves from us." Thus will Allah show them their deeds as regrets upon them. And they are never to emerge from the Fire.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ittabaʿūfollowed
لَوْlaw(Only) if
أَنَّanna[that]
لَنَاlanāfor us
كَرَّةًۭkarratana return
فَنَتَبَرَّأَfanatabarra-athen we will disown
مِنْهُمْmin'hum[from] them
كَمَاkamāas
تَبَرَّءُوا۟tabarraūthey disown
مِنَّا ۗminnā[from] us
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
يُرِيهِمُyurīhimuwill show them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds
حَسَرَٰتٍḥasarātin(as) regrets
عَلَيْهِمْ ۖʿalayhimfor them
وَمَاwamāAnd not
هُمhumthey
بِخَـٰرِجِينَbikhārijīnawill come out
مِنَminafrom
ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Condition of the Polytheists in this Life and the HereafterIn these Ayat, Allah mentions the condition of the polytheists in this life and their destination in the Hereafter. They appointed equals and rivals with Allah, worshipping them along with Allah and loving them, just as they love Allah. However, Allah is the only deity worthy of worship, Who has neither rival nor opponent nor partner.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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