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Verse 15of 75

فَٱعْبُدُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ﴿١٥

Translation (Sahih International)

So worship what you will besides Him." Say, "Indeed, the losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the manifest loss."

Word-by-word meaning

فَٱعْبُدُوا۟fa-uʿ'budūSo worship
مَاwhat
شِئْتُمshi'tumyou will
مِّنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦ ۗdūnihibesides Him
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) those who
خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū(will) lose
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
وَأَهْلِيهِمْwa-ahlīhimand their families
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
أَلَاalāUnquestionably
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
هُوَhuwait
ٱلْخُسْرَانُl-khus'rānu(is) the loss
ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuthe clear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Creating Fear of the Punishment of AllahAllah `says, say O Muhammad, even though you are the Messenger of Allah ﷺ:'إِنِّى أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّى عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ(Verily, if I disobey my Lord, I am afraid of the torment of a great Day.) meaning the Day of Resurrection.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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