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ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَحِبُّونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا عَلَى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

The ones who prefer the worldly life over the Hereafter and avert [people] from the way of Allah, seeking to make it (seem) deviant. Those are in extreme error.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
يَسْتَحِبُّونَyastaḥibbūnalove more
ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
عَلَىʿalāthan
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
وَيَصُدُّونَwayaṣuddūnaand hinder
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) Path
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَيَبْغُونَهَاwayabghūnahāand seek in it
عِوَجًا ۚʿiwajancrookedness
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
فِى[in]
ضَلَـٰلٍۭḍalālin(are) far astray
بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdin(are) far astray

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkah(بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ )In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Describing the Qur'an and warning Those Who defy itPreviously we discussed the meaning of the separate letters that appear in the beginnings of some Surahs.كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَـهُ إِلَيْكَ((This is) a Book which We have revealed unto you...) Allah says, `This is a Book that We have revealed to you, O Muhammad.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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