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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 80of 286

وَقَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًۭا مَّعْدُودَةًۭ ۚ قُلْ أَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَهْدًۭا فَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ عَهْدَهُۥٓ ۖ أَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴿٨٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for a few days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allah? For Allah will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
لَنlanNever
تَمَسَّنَاtamassanāwill touch us
ٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fire
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَيَّامًۭاayyāman(for) days
مَّعْدُودَةًۭ ۚmaʿdūdatannumbered
قُلْqulSay
أَتَّخَذْتُمْattakhadhtumHave you taken
عِندَʿindafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
عَهْدًۭاʿahdana covenant
فَلَنfalanso never
يُخْلِفَyukh'lifawill break
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
عَهْدَهُۥٓ ۖʿahdahuHis Covenant
أَمْamOr
تَقُولُونَtaqūlūna(do) you say
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاwhat
لَاnot
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Jews hope They will only remain in the Fire for a Few DaysAllah mentioned the claim of the Jews, that the Fire will only touch them for a few days, and then they will be saved from it. Allah refuted this claim by saying,قُلْ أَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ عَهْدًا(Say (O Muhammad to them): "Have you taken a covenant from Allah'). Hence, the Ayah proclaims, `if you had a promise from Allah for that, then Allah will never break His promise. However, such promise never existed.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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