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Al-Jumu'ah (Friday)

Verse 8of 11

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْمَوْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَٰقِيكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Indeed, the death from which you flee - indeed, it will meet you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you about what you used to do."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
تَفِرُّونَtafirrūnayou flee
مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen surely it
مُلَـٰقِيكُمْ ۖmulāqīkum(will) meet you
ثُمَّthummaThen
تُرَدُّونَturaddūnayou will be sent back
إِلَىٰilāto
عَـٰلِمِʿālimi(the) All-Knower
ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādatiand the witnessed
فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukumand He will inform you
بِمَاbimā[of] what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Admonishing the Jews and challenging Them to wish for DeathAllah the Exalted admonishes the Jews who were entrusted with the Tawrah and were ordered to abide by it. However, they did not abide by it, and this is why Allah resembled them to the donkey that carries volumes of books. Surely, when the donkey carries books, it will not understand what these books contain because it is only carrying these books using its strength.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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