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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُوٓا۟ إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍۢ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَحَبْلٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍۢ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّۢ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ﴿١١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

They have been put under humiliation [by Allah] wherever they are overtaken, except for a covenant from Allah and a rope from the Muslims. And they have drawn upon themselves anger from Allah and have been put under destitution. That is because they disbelieved in the verses of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That is because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.

Word-by-word meaning

ضُرِبَتْḍuribatStruck
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuon them
ٱلذِّلَّةُl-dhilatuthe humiliation
أَيْنَaynawherever
مَاthat
ثُقِفُوٓا۟thuqifūthey are found
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِحَبْلٍۢbiḥablinwith a rope
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَحَبْلٍۢwaḥablinand a rope
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
وَبَآءُوwabāūAnd they incurred
بِغَضَبٍۢbighaḍabinwrath
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَضُرِبَتْwaḍuribatand struck
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuon them
ٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ ۚl-maskanatuthe poverty
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnadisbelieve
بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) Verses
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūnaand they killed
ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَl-anbiyāathe Prophets
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
حَقٍّۢ ۚḥaqqinright
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِمَاbimā(is) because
عَصَوا۟ʿaṣawthey disobeyed
وَّكَانُوا۟wakānūand they used to
يَعْتَدُونَyaʿtadūnatransgress

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Virtues of the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ , the Best Nation EverAllah states that the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ is the best nation ever,كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ(You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind) 3:110.Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah commented on this Ayah, "(You, Muslims, are) the best nation of people for the people, you bring them tied in chains on their necks (capture them in war) and they later embrace Islam.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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