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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 7of 110

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ زِينَةًۭ لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًۭا﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have made
مَاwhat
عَلَىʿalā(is) on
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
زِينَةًۭzīnatanadornment
لَّهَاlahāfor it
لِنَبْلُوَهُمْlinabluwahumthat We may test [them]
أَيُّهُمْayyuhumwhich of them
أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) best
عَمَلًۭاʿamalan(in) deed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Do not feel sorry because the Idolators do not believe Allah consoles His Messenger for his sorrowفَلاَ تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَتٍ(So destroy not yourself in sorrow for them.) 35:8وَلاَ تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ(And grieve not over them.) 16:127لَعَلَّكَ بَـخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلاَّ يَكُونُواْ مُؤْمِنِينَ(It may be that you are going to kill yourself with grief, that they do not become believers.) 26:3 meaning, maybe you will destroy yourself with your grief over them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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