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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 94of 286

قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَالِصَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿٩٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, [O Muhammad], "If the home of the Hereafter with Allah is for you alone and not the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful.

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
إِنinIf
كَانَتْkānatis
لَكُمُlakumufor you
ٱلدَّارُl-dāruthe home
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratu(of) the Hereafter
عِندَʿindawith
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
خَالِصَةًۭkhāliṣatanexclusively
مِّنminfrom
دُونِdūniexcluding
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
فَتَمَنَّوُا۟fatamannawūthen wish
ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta(for) [the] death
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Calling the Jews to invoke Allah to destroy the Unjust PartyMuhammad bin Ishaq narrated that Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah said to His Prophet ,قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الاٌّخِرَةُ عِندَ اللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُاْ الْمَوْتَ إِن كُنْتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ(Say to (them): "If the home of the Hereafter with Allah is indeed for you especially and not for others, of mankind, then long for death if you are truthful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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