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At-Taghabun (The Mutual Disillusion)

Verse 5of 18

أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ فَذَاقُوا۟ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Has there not come to you the news of those who disbelieved before? So they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَمْalamHas not
يَأْتِكُمْyatikumcome to you
نَبَؤُا۟naba-u(the) news
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُqablubefore
فَذَاقُوا۟fadhāqūSo they tasted
وَبَالَwabāla(the bad) consequence
أَمْرِهِمْamrihim(of) their affair
وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

A Warning delivered through mentioning the End of the Disbelieving NationsInforming about the past nations and the torment and disciplinary lessons that they suffered because of opposing the Messengers and denying the truth. Allah says;أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُاْ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَبْلُ(Has not the news reached you of those who disbelieved aforetime) meaning, information about them and what happened to them,فَذَاقُواْ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ(And so they tasted the evil result of their disbelief.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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