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An-Nur (The Light)

Verse 57of 64

لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ ۖ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ﴿٥٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Never think that the disbelievers are causing failure [to Allah] upon the earth. Their refuge will be the Fire - and how wretched the destination.

Word-by-word meaning

لَا(Do) not
تَحْسَبَنَّtaḥsabannathink
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
مُعْجِزِينَmuʿ'jizīna(can) escape
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُwamawāhumuAnd their abode
ٱلنَّارُ ۖl-nāru(will be) the Fire
وَلَبِئْسَwalabi'saand wretched is
ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to pray, give the Zakah and obey the Messenger ﷺ; the inability of the Disbelievers to escape, and the ultimate DestinyAllah commands His believing servants to establish prayer, which means worshipping Allah Alone with no partner or associate; to pay the Zakah, which is an act of kindness towards His poor and weak creatures; and by doing so to obey the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, i.e.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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