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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ ٱللَّهُ قَوْلَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ فَقِيرٌۭ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَآءُ ۘ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُوا۟ وَقَتْلَهُمُ ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّۢ وَنَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ﴿١٨١

Translation (Sahih International)

Allah has certainly heard the statement of those [Jews] who said, "Indeed, Allah is poor, while we are rich." We will record what they said and their killing of the prophets without right and will say, "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.

Word-by-word meaning

لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
سَمِعَsamiʿaheard
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
قَوْلَqawla(the) saying
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
قَالُوٓا۟qālūsaid
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
فَقِيرٌۭfaqīrun(is) poor
وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we
أَغْنِيَآءُ ۘaghniyāu(are) rich
سَنَكْتُبُsanaktubuWe will record
مَاwhat
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
وَقَتْلَهُمُwaqatlahumuand their killing
ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَl-anbiyāathe Prophets
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
حَقٍّۢḥaqqin(any) right
وَنَقُولُwanaqūluand We will say
ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
ٱلْحَرِيقِl-ḥarīqi(of) the Burning Fire

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah Warns the IdolatorsSa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "When Allah's statement, مَّن ذَا الَّذِى يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً(Who is he that will lend to Allah a goodly loan so that He may multiply it to him many times) 2:245 was revealed, the Jews said, `O Muhammad! Has your Lord become poor so that He asks His servants to give Him a loan' Allah sent down, لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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