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Verse 52of 54

وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ﴿٥٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking [of faith] from a place far away?

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they will say
ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
بِهِۦbihiin it
وَأَنَّىٰwa-annāBut how
لَهُمُlahumufor them
ٱلتَّنَاوُشُl-tanāwushu(will be) the receiving
مِنminfrom
مَّكَانٍۭmakānina place
بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdinfar off

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَأُخِذُواْ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ(and they will be seized from a near place.) means, they will not even be given the slightest chance of escape, but they will be seized from the first instant. Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: "When they come forth from their graves."وَقَالُواْ ءَامَنَّا بِهِ(And they will say: "We do believe (now);") means, on the Day of Resurrection, they will say, `we believe in Allah and His angels, Books and Messengers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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