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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 106of 200

يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌۭ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌۭ ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَكَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ﴿١٠٦

Translation (Sahih International)

On the Day [some] faces will turn white and [some] faces will turn black. As for those whose faces turn black, [to them it will be said], "Did you disbelieve after your belief? Then taste the punishment for what you used to reject."

Word-by-word meaning

يَوْمَyawma(On the) Day
تَبْيَضُّtabyaḍḍuwould become white
وُجُوهٌۭwujūhun(some) faces
وَتَسْوَدُّwataswadduand would become black
وُجُوهٌۭ ۚwujūhun(some) faces
فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAs for
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whose
ٱسْوَدَّتْis'waddatturn black
وُجُوهُهُمْwujūhuhum[their] faces
أَكَفَرْتُمakafartumDid you disbelieve
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
إِيمَـٰنِكُمْīmānikumyour belief
فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūThen taste
ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
بِمَاbimāfor what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnadisbelieve

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to Establish the Invitation to AllahAllah said,وَلْتَكُن مِّنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ(Let there arise out of you a group of people)that calls to righteousness, enjoins all that is good and forbids evil in the manner Allah commanded,وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ(And it is they who are the successful.)Ad-Dahhak said, "They are a special group of the Companions and a special group of those after them, that is those who perform Jihad and the scholars.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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