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Yunus (Jonah)

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إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًۭا ۖ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

To Him is your return all together. [It is] the promise of Allah [which is] truth. Indeed, He begins the [process of] creation and then repeats it that He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds, in justice. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment for what they used to deny.

Word-by-word meaning

إِلَيْهِilayhiTo Him
مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum(will be) your return
جَمِيعًۭا ۖjamīʿan[all]
وَعْدَwaʿdaPromise
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
حَقًّا ۚḥaqqan(is) true
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
يَبْدَؤُا۟yabda-uoriginates
ٱلْخَلْقَl-khalqathe creation
ثُمَّthummathen
يُعِيدُهُۥyuʿīduhuHe repeats it
لِيَجْزِىَliyajziyathat He may reward
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand did
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe good deeds
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚbil-qis'ṭiin justice
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
لَهُمْlahumfor them
شَرَابٌۭsharābun(will be) a drink
مِّنْminof
حَمِيمٍۢḥamīminboiling fluids
وَعَذَابٌwaʿadhābunand a punishment
أَلِيمٌۢalīmunpainful
بِمَاbimābecause
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnadisbelieve

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Return of Everything is to AllahAllah tells us that the return of the creatures on the Day of Resurrection is to Him. He will not leave anyone of them without bringing everyone into being as He brought them in the beginning. Then Allah states that He is going to bring all the creatures into being. وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ(And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it (after it has perished); and this is easier for Him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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