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۞ أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and a long period passed over them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly disobedient.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ أَلَمْalamHas not
يَأْنِyanicome (the) time
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieved
أَنanthat
تَخْشَعَtakhshaʿabecome humble
قُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts
لِذِكْرِlidhik'riat (the) remembrance (of) Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahiat (the) remembrance (of) Allah
وَمَاwamāand what
نَزَلَnazalahas come down
مِنَminaof
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
وَلَاwalāAnd not
يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey become
كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnalike those who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
فَطَالَfaṭāla(and) was prolonged
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
ٱلْأَمَدُl-amaduthe term
فَقَسَتْfaqasatso hardened
قُلُوبُهُمْ ۖqulūbuhumtheir hearts
وَكَثِيرٌۭwakathīrunand many
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūna(are) defiantly disobedient

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

meaning, it is the worthy shelter for you rather than any other residence, because of your disbelief and doubt, and how evil is the Fire for Final Destination.Encouraging Khushu` and the Prohibition of imitating the People of the ScripturesAllah asks, `Has not the time come for the believers to feel humility in their hearts by the remembrance of Allah and hearing subtle advice and the recitation of the Qur'an, so that they may comprehend the Qur'an, abide by it, and hear and obey Muslim recorded...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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