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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 86of 286

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۖ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ﴿٨٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Those are the ones who have bought the life of this world [in exchange] for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be aided.

Word-by-word meaning

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūbought
ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖbil-ākhiratifor the Hereafter
فَلَاfalāso not
يُخَفَّفُyukhaffafuwill be lightened
عَنْهُمُʿanhumufor them
ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
وَلَاwalāand not
هُمْhumthey
يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnawill be helped

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Terms of the Covenant and their Breach of ItAllah criticized the Jews who lived in Al-Madinah during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They used to suffer, because of the armed conflicts between the tribes of Al-Madinah, Aws and Khazraj. Before Islam, the Aws and Khazraj worshipped idols, and many battles took place between them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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