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Al-Kahf 58

Ayah 58 of 110 · Meccan

وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحۡمَةِۖ لَوۡ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوۡعِدٞ لَّن يَجِدُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوۡئِلٗا ٥٨

And your Lord is the Forgiving, the possessor of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَرَبُّكَAnd your Lordwarabbuka
  2. ٱلۡغَفُورُ(is) the Most Forgivingl-ghafūru
  3. ذُوOwnerdhū
  4. ٱلرَّحۡمَةِۖ(of) the Mercyl-raḥmati
  5. لَوۡIflaw
  6. يُؤَاخِذُهُمHe were to seize themyuākhidhuhum
  7. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  8. كَسَبُواْthey have earnedkasabū
  9. لَعَجَّلَsurely, He (would) have hastenedlaʿajjala
  10. لَهُمُfor themlahumu
  11. ٱلۡعَذَابَۚthe punishmentl-ʿadhāba
  12. بَلButbal
  13. لَّهُمfor themlahum
  14. مَّوۡعِدٞ(is) an appointmentmawʿidun
  15. لَّنneverlan
  16. يَجِدُواْthey will findyajidū
  17. مِنother than itmin
  18. دُونِهِۦother than itdūnihi
  19. مَوۡئِلٗاan escapemawilan

Tafsir

In order for the Prophet (peace be upon him) not to look forward to a hasty punishment for those who rejected him, Allah said to him: Your Lord - O Messenger - is One Who forgives the sins of those who repent, and One Whose Mercy encompasses everything. It is out of His mercy that he grants respite to sinners in order for them to repent to Him. If He was to punish these people who turn away, He would have hastened the punishment for them in the worldly life. But He is tolerant and merciful. He delayed the punishment so that they repent. They have an appointed time and place in which they will be recompensed for their disbelief and turning away if they do not repent, from which they will find no escape.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran