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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 42of 53

إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَيَبْغُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ﴿٤٢

Translation (Sahih International)

The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
ٱلسَّبِيلُl-sabīluthe way
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnaoppress
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
وَيَبْغُونَwayabghūnaand rebel
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
ٱلْحَقِّ ۚl-ḥaqiright
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
لَهُمْlahumfor them
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Forgiving or exacting Revenge on Wrongdoersوَجَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا(The recompense for an evil is an evil like thereof). This is like the Ayat:فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْتَدُواْ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ(Then whoever transgresses the prohibition against you, you transgress likewise against him) (2:194), andوَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُواْ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ(And if you punish, then punish them with the like of that with which you were afflicted) (16:...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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