وَمَن يَبۡتَغِ غَيۡرَ ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمِ دِينٗا فَلَن يُقۡبَلَ مِنۡهُ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٨٥
And whoever desires other than Islām as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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وَمَن And whoever waman يَبۡتَغِ seeks yabtaghi غَيۡرَ other than ghayra ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمِ [the] Islam l-is'lāmi دِينٗا (as) religion dīnan فَلَن then never falan يُقۡبَلَ will be accepted yuq'bala مِنۡهُ from him min'hu وَهُوَ and he wahuwa فِي in fī ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ the Hereafter l-ākhirati مِنَ (will be) from mina ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ the losers l-khāsirīna Tafsir Whoever seeks a path other than that which Allah has endorsed – the path of surrendering (Islam) – it will not be accepted from them by Allah. They will be of those who have lost their souls by entering the fire of Hell.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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