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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 3of 99

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

Word-by-word meaning

ذَرْهُمْdharhumLeave them
يَأْكُلُوا۟yakulū(to) eat
وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟wayatamattaʿūand enjoy
وَيُلْهِهِمُwayul'hihimuand diverted them
ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖl-amaluthe hope
فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soon
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey will come to know

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Al-Hijr was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.The Disbelievers will someday wish that They had been MuslimsWe have already discussed the letters which appear at the beginning of some Surahs. Allah said:رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ(How much would those who disbelieved wish) Here Allah tells us that they will regret having lived in disbelief, and will wish that they had been Muslims in this world.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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