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Verse 33of 34

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ وَٱخْشَوْا۟ يَوْمًۭا لَّا يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِۦ وَلَا مَوْلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّۭ ۖ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūFear
رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
وَٱخْشَوْا۟wa-ikh'shawand fear
يَوْمًۭاyawmana Day
لَّاnot
يَجْزِىyajzīcan avail
وَالِدٌwāliduna father
عَنʿan[for]
وَلَدِهِۦwaladihihis son
وَلَاwalāand not
مَوْلُودٌmawlūduna son
هُوَhuwahe
جَازٍjāzin(can) avail
عَنʿan[for]
وَالِدِهِۦwālidihihis father
شَيْـًٔا ۚshayananything
إِنَّinnaIndeed
وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
حَقٌّۭ ۖḥaqqun(is) True
فَلَاfalāso let not deceive you
تَغُرَّنَّكُمُtaghurrannakumuso let not deceive you
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَلَاwalāand let not deceive you
يَغُرَّنَّكُمyaghurrannakumand let not deceive you
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiabout Allah
ٱلْغَرُورُl-gharūruthe deceiver

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to fear Allah and remember the Day of ResurrectionHere Allah warns people about the Day of Resurrection, and commands them to fear Him and remember the Day of Resurrection whenلاَّ يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِ(no father can avail aught for his son,) which means, even if he wanted to offer himself as a sacrifice for his son, it would not be accepted from him. The same will apply in the case of a son who wants to sacrifice himself for his father -- it will not be accepted from him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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