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Ali 'Imran 178

Ayah 178 of 200 · Medinan

وَلَا يَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّمَا نُمۡلِي لَهُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لِّأَنفُسِهِمۡۚ إِنَّمَا نُمۡلِي لَهُمۡ لِيَزۡدَادُوٓاْ إِثۡمٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ١٧٨

And let not those who disbelieve ever think that [because] We extend their time [of enjoyment] it is better for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (let) notwalā
  2. يَحۡسَبَنَّthinkyaḥsabanna
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. كَفَرُوٓاْdisbelievedkafarū
  5. أَنَّمَاthatannamā
  6. نُمۡلِيWe give respitenum'lī
  7. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  8. خَيۡرٞ(is) goodkhayrun
  9. لِّأَنفُسِهِمۡۚfor themselvesli-anfusihim
  10. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  11. نُمۡلِيWe give respitenum'lī
  12. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  13. لِيَزۡدَادُوٓاْso that they may increaseliyazdādū
  14. إِثۡمٗاۖ(in) sinsith'man
  15. وَلَهُمۡand for themwalahum
  16. عَذَابٞ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  17. مُّهِينٞhumiliatingmuhīnun

Tafsir

Those who disbelieve in their Lord and stubbornly resist His sacred law should not think that it is good for them because they are given time and live long, remaining as they are, in disbelief. It is not as they think. They are only given more time to multiply in sin, disobedience upon their disobedience: they will have a humiliating punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran