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وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُن فِى ضَيْقٍۢ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ﴿٧٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَحْزَنْtaḥzangrieve
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
وَلَاwalāand not
تَكُنtakunbe
فِىin
ضَيْقٍۢḍayqindistress
مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
يَمْكُرُونَyamkurūnathey plot

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Scepticism about the Resurrection and Its RefutationAllah tells us about the idolators who deny the Resurrection, considering it extremely unlikely that bodies will be re-created after they have become bones and dust. Then He says:لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ(Indeed we were promised this -- we and our forefathers before,) meaning, `we and our forefathers have been hearing this for a long time, but in reality, we have never seen it happen.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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