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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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كَيْفَ يَهْدِى ٱللَّهُ قَوْمًۭا كَفَرُوا۟ بَعْدَ إِيمَٰنِهِمْ وَشَهِدُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلرَّسُولَ حَقٌّۭ وَجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٨٦

Translation (Sahih International)

How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true and clear signs had come to them? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Word-by-word meaning

كَيْفَkayfaHow
يَهْدِىyahdī(shall) guide
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
كَفَرُوا۟kafarū(who) disbelieved
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
إِيمَـٰنِهِمْīmānihimtheir belief
وَشَهِدُوٓا۟washahidūand (had) witnessed
أَنَّannathat
ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messenger
حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) true
وَجَآءَهُمُwajāahumuand came to them
ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ ۚl-bayinātuthe clear proofs
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
لَا(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna[the] wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah Does Not Guide People Who Disbelieve After they Believed, Unless They RepentIbn Jarir recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "A man from the Ansar embraced Islam, but later reverted and joined the polytheists. He later on became sorry and sent his people to, `Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for me, if I can repent.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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