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Fatir (Originator)

Verse 45of 45

وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍۢ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ بَصِيرًۢا﴿٤٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned, He would not leave upon the earth any creature. But He defers them for a specified term. And when their time comes, then indeed Allah has ever been, of His servants, Seeing.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
يُؤَاخِذُyuākhidhuAllah (were to) punish
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (were to) punish
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey have earned
مَاnot
تَرَكَtarakaHe would leave
عَلَىٰʿalāon
ظَهْرِهَاẓahrihāits back
مِنminany
دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatincreature
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
يُؤَخِّرُهُمْyu-akhiruhumHe gives them respite
إِلَىٰٓilātill
أَجَلٍۢajalina term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۖmusammanappointed
فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
جَآءَjāacomes
أَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
بِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiof His slaves
بَصِيرًۢاbaṣīranAll-Seer

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Remember the Bad Consequences of disbelieving in the ProphetsAllah says: `say, O Muhammad, to these people who disbelieve the Message you have brought: travel in the land and see what was the punishment of those who disbelieved the Messengers, how Allah destroyed them completely, and a similar (end awaits) the disbelievers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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