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As-Sajdah (The Prostration)

Verse 21of 30

وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

And we will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will repent.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمwalanudhīqannahumAnd surely, We will let them taste
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
ٱلْأَدْنَىٰl-adnāthe nearer
دُونَdūnabefore
ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
ٱلْأَكْبَرِl-akbarithe greater
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Believer and the Rebellious are not equalAllah tells us that in His justice and generosity, on the Day of Judgement He will not judge those who believed in His signs and followed His Messengers, in the same way as He will judge those who rebelled, disobeyed Him and rejected the Messengers sent by Allah to them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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