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Verse 18of 43

لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُۥ لَوْ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْحِسَابِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

For those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

Word-by-word meaning

لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaFor those who
ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟is'tajābūresponded
لِرَبِّهِمُlirabbihimuto their Lord
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚl-ḥus'nā(is) the bliss
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd for those who
لَمْlam(did) not
يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūrespond
لَهُۥlahuto Him
لَوْlawif
أَنَّannathat
لَهُمlahumthey had
مَّاwhatever
فِى(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
وَمِثْلَهُۥwamith'lahuand like of it
مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith it
لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟la-if'tadawsurely they would offer ransom
بِهِۦٓ ۚbihiwith it
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
لَهُمْlahumfor them
سُوٓءُsūu(is) a terrible
ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābireckoning
وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْwamawāhumand their abode
جَهَنَّمُ ۖjahannamu(is) Hell
وَبِئْسَwabi'saand wretched
ٱلْمِهَادُl-mihādu(is) the resting place

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Reward of the Blessed and Wretched OnesAllah mentions the final destination of the blessed ones and the wretched ones,لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَجَابُواْ لِرَبِّهِمُ(For those who answered their Lord's call) obeyed Allah and followed His Messenger (Muhammad ﷺ) by obeying his commands and believing in the narrations he brought about the past and the future, theirs will be,الْحُسْنَى(Al-Husna), which is the good reward.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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