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Yunus (Jonah)

Verse 52of 109

ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْخُلْدِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ﴿٥٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Then it will be said to those who had wronged, "Taste the punishment of eternity; are you being recompensed except for what you used to earn?"

Word-by-word meaning

ثُمَّthummaThen
قِيلَqīlait will be said
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
عَذَابَʿadhābapunishment
ٱلْخُلْدِl-khul'dithe everlasting
هَلْhalAre you (being) recompensed
تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnaAre you (being) recompensed
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِمَاbimāfor what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
تَكْسِبُونَtaksibūnaearn

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Deniers of the Day of Resurrection wish to hasten its Coming and their ResponseAllah told us about the idolators who reject faith through their demand that the punishment be hastened, inquiring about the time of punishment. The response to such question is not inherently beneficial, yet they inquired anyway.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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