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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍۢ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًۭٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ﴿٣٩

Translation (Sahih International)

But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allah before Him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allah is swift in account.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhumtheir deeds
كَسَرَابٍۭkasarābin(are) like a mirage
بِقِيعَةٍۢbiqīʿatinin a lowland
يَحْسَبُهُyaḥsabuhuthinks it
ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُl-ẓamānuthe thirsty one
مَآءًmāan(to be) water
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
جَآءَهُۥjāahuhe comes to it
لَمْlamnot
يَجِدْهُyajid'huhe finds it
شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(to be) anything
وَوَجَدَwawajadabut he finds
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عِندَهُۥʿindahubefore him
فَوَفَّىٰهُfawaffāhuHe will pay him in full
حِسَابَهُۥ ۗḥisābahuhis due
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
سَرِيعُsarīʿu(is) swift
ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(in) the account

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Two Examples of two kinds of DisbelieversThese are two examples which Allah sets forth of two kinds of disbelievers. Similarly He sets forth two parables of the hypocrites at the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah: one involving fire and the other involving water.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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