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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Do the disbelievers await [anything] except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allah wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves.

Word-by-word meaning

هَلْhalDo
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey wait
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
تَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumu(should) come to them
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
أَوْawor
يَأْتِىَyatiya(should) come
أَمْرُamru(the) Command
رَبِّكَ ۚrabbika(of) your Lord
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
فَعَلَfaʿaladid
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
مِنmin(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihim(were) before them
وَمَاwamāAnd not
ظَلَمَهُمُẓalamahumuwronged them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnawronging

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Disbelievers' Refrain from Faith means that They were simply awaiting PunishmentThreatening the idolators for their persistence in falsehood and their conceited delusions about this world, Allah says: Are these people waiting only for the angels to come and take their souls Qatadah said: أَوْ يَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ(Or there comes the command of your Lord) means the Day of Resurrection and the terror that they will go through.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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