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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 95of 286

وَلَن يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَدًۢا بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٩٥

Translation (Sahih International)

But they will never wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَنwalanAnd never (will)
يَتَمَنَّوْهُyatamannawhuthey wish for it
أَبَدًۢاabadanever
بِمَاbimābecause
قَدَّمَتْqaddamat(of what) sent ahead
أَيْدِيهِمْ ۗaydīhimtheir hands
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَbil-ẓālimīnaof the wrongdoers

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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