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Al-Baqarah 141

Ayah 141 of 286 · Medinan

تِلۡكَ أُمَّةٞ قَدۡ خَلَتۡۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبۡتُمۡۖ وَلَا تُسۡـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٤١

That is 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 passed away before you, and earned what they earned from what they did. They have earned for themselves from their own actions; and you have earned from your own actions. You will not be asked about what they did, and they will not be asked about what you do. No one is held accountable for the disobedience of someone else, and no one benefits from what someone else does. Each person will receive his reward, according to what they themselves do.

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