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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 58of 110

وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌۭ لَّن يَجِدُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًۭا﴿٥٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And your Lord is the Forgiving, full of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.

Word-by-word meaning

وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Most Forgiving
ذُوdhūOwner
ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖl-raḥmati(of) the Mercy
لَوْlawIf
يُؤَاخِذُهُمyuākhidhuhumHe were to seize them
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey have earned
لَعَجَّلَlaʿajjalasurely, He (would) have hastened
لَهُمُlahumufor them
ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚl-ʿadhābathe punishment
بَلbalBut
لَّهُمlahumfor them
مَّوْعِدٌۭmawʿidun(is) an appointment
لَّنlannever
يَجِدُوا۟yajidūthey will find
مِنminother than it
دُونِهِۦdūnihiother than it
مَوْئِلًۭاmawilanan escape

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Worst People are Those Who turn away after being remindedAllah says, `Who among My creatures does more wrong than one who is reminded of the signs of Allah then turns away from them,' i.e., ignores them and does not listen or pay attention to them.وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ(forgetting what his hands have sent forth.) means, bad deeds and evil actions.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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