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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 180of 200

وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ هُوَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُم ۖ بَلْ هُوَ شَرٌّۭ لَّهُمْ ۖ سَيُطَوَّقُونَ مَا بَخِلُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗ وَلِلَّهِ مِيرَٰثُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌۭ﴿١٨٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And let not those who [greedily] withhold what Allah has given them of His bounty ever think that it is better for them. Rather, it is worse for them. Their necks will be encircled by what they withheld on the Day of Resurrection. And to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth. And Allah, with what you do, is [fully] Acquainted.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd (let) not
يَحْسَبَنَّyaḥsabannathink
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَبْخَلُونَyabkhalūnawithhold
بِمَآbimāof what
ءَاتَىٰهُمُātāhumu(has) given them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مِنminof
فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis Bounty
هُوَhuwa(that) it
خَيْرًۭاkhayran(is) good
لَّهُم ۖlahumfor them
بَلْbalNay
هُوَhuwait
شَرٌّۭsharrun(is) bad
لَّهُمْ ۖlahumfor them
سَيُطَوَّقُونَsayuṭawwaqūnaTheir necks will be encircled
مَا(with) what
بَخِلُوا۟bakhilūthey withheld
بِهِۦbihi[with it]
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗl-qiyāmati(of) [the] Resurrection
وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for Allah
مِيرَٰثُmīrāthu(is the) heritage
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗwal-arḍiand the earth
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِمَاbimāwith what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun(is) All-Aware

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Comforting the Messenger of Allah ﷺAllah said to His Prophet,وَلاَ يَحْزُنكَ الَّذِينَ يُسَـرِعُونَ فِى الْكُفْرِ(And let not those grieve you who rush with haste to disbelieve) 3:176.Because the Prophet was eager for people's benefit, he would become sad when the disbelievers would resort to defiance, rebellion and stubbornness.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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