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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 36of 120

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لِيَفْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَا تُقُبِّلَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ﴿٣٦﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, those who disbelieve - if they should have all that is in the earth and the like of it with it by which to ransom themselves from the punishment of the Day of Resurrection, it will not be accepted from them, and for them is a painful punishment

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
لَوْlawif
أَنَّannathat
لَهُمlahumfor them
مَّاmā(is) what
فِىfī(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
وَمِثْلَهُۥwamith'lahuand the like of it
مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith it
لِيَفْتَدُوا۟liyaftadūto ransom themselves
بِهِۦbihiwith it
مِنْminfrom
عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
يَوْمِyawmi(of the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
مَاmānot
تُقُبِّلَtuqubbilawill be accepted
مِنْهُمْ ۖmin'humfrom them
وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Commanding Taqwa, Wasilah, and JihadAllah commands His faithful servants to fear Him in Taqwa, which if mentioned along with acts of obedience, it means to refrain from the prohibitions and the prohibited matters. Allah said next,وَابْتَغُواْ إِلَيهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ(seek the Wasilah to Him.) Sufyan Ath-Thawri said that Talhah said that `Ata' said that Ibn `Abbas said that Wasilah means `the means of approach'.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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