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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

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ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ﴿٦٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُal-akhilāuFriends
يَوْمَئِذٍۭyawma-idhinthat Day
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinto others
عَدُوٌّʿaduwwun(will be) enemies
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Resurrection will come suddenly, and Enmity will arise between close Friends among the DisbelievAllah says, `do these idolaters who disbelieve in the Messengers wait'إِلاَّ السَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ(only for the Hour that it shall come upon them suddenly while they perceive not) means, for it is real and will inevitably come to pass, and these negligent people are unprepared for it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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