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Al-Baqarah 134

Ayah 134 of 286 · Medinan

تِلۡكَ أُمَّةٞ قَدۡ خَلَتۡۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبۡتُمۡۖ وَلَا تُسۡـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٣٤

That was a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. تِلۡكَThistil'ka
  2. أُمَّةٞ(was) a communityummatun
  3. قَدۡ(which)qad
  4. خَلَتۡۖhas passed awaykhalat
  5. لَهَاfor itlahā
  6. مَاwhatmā
  7. كَسَبَتۡit earnedkasabat
  8. وَلَكُمand for youwalakum
  9. مَّاwhatmā
  10. كَسَبۡتُمۡۖyou have earnedkasabtum
  11. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  12. تُسۡـَٔلُونَyou will be askedtus'alūna
  13. عَمَّاabout whatʿammā
  14. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  15. يَعۡمَلُونَdoyaʿmalūna

Tafsir

That nation has passed away like other communities. They gained whatever they did in their lives, earning either good or evil; and you will gain what you have earned. You will not be asked about what they did, and they will not be asked about what you do. No one is held to account for the disobedience of another, but everyone is rewarded according to their own actions. You should not be distracted from paying attention to your own behaviour by looking at what those before you did. Nothing will benefit anyone except his own good actions.

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