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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ يُضَٰعَفُ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يُبْصِرُونَ﴿٢٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Those were not causing failure [to Allah] on earth, nor did they have besides Allah any protectors. For them the punishment will be multiplied. They were not able to hear, nor did they see.

Word-by-word meaning

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
لَمْlamnot
يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūwill be
مُعْجِزِينَmuʿ'jizīna(able to) escape
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانَkānais
لَهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مِنْminany
أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘawliyāaprotectors
يُضَـٰعَفُyuḍāʿafuAnd will be doubled
لَهُمُlahumufor them
ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
مَاNot
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaable
ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿa(to) hear
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūnasee

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Those Who invent Lies against Allah and hinder Others from His Path are the Greatest LosersAllah, the Exalted, explains the condition of those who lie against Him and that their scandal in the Hereafter will be presented before the heads of creation (for testimony) from the angels, Messengers, Prophets and the rest of mankind and Jinns. This is just as Imam Ahmad recorded from Safwan bin Muhriz. Safwan said, "I was holding the hand of Ibn `Umar when a man was brought to him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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