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Az-Zumar (The Troops)

Verse 26of 75

فَأَذَاقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخِزْىَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٢٦

Translation (Sahih International)

So Allah made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

Word-by-word meaning

فَأَذَاقَهُمُfa-adhāqahumuSo Allah made them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuSo Allah made them
ٱلْخِزْىَl-khiz'yathe disgrace
فِىin
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَلَعَذَابُwalaʿadhābuand certainly (the) punishment
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
أَكْبَرُ ۚakbaru(is) greater
لَوْlawif
كَانُوا۟kānūthey
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknew

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Final Destination of the Disbelieversأَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ(Is he then, who will confront with his face the awful torment on the Day of Resurrection) he will be rebuked and he and the evildoers like him will be told: ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ(Taste what you used to earn!) `Is this like the one who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection' as Allah says: أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبّاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَى أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيّاً عَلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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