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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 8of 110

وَإِنَّا لَجَٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًۭا جُرُزًا﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, We
لَجَـٰعِلُونَlajāʿilūna(will) surely make
مَاwhat
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā(is) on it
صَعِيدًۭاṣaʿīdansoil
جُرُزًاjuruzanbarren

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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