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Fatir 39

Ayah 39 of 45 · Meccan

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَكُمۡ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيۡهِ كُفۡرُهُۥۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ كُفۡرُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ إِلَّا مَقۡتٗاۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ كُفۡرُهُمۡ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا ٣٩

It is He who has made you successors upon the earth. And whoever disbelieves - upon him will be [the consequence of] his disbelief. And the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them in the sight of their Lord except in hatred; and the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them except in loss.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. هُوَHehuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. جَعَلَكُمۡmade youjaʿalakum
  4. خَلَٰٓئِفَsuccessorskhalāifa
  5. فِيinfī
  6. ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚthe earthl-arḍi
  7. فَمَنAnd whoeverfaman
  8. كَفَرَdisbelieveskafara
  9. فَعَلَيۡهِthen upon himfaʿalayhi
  10. كُفۡرُهُۥۖ(is) his disbeliefkuf'ruhu
  11. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  12. يَزِيدُincreaseyazīdu
  13. ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna
  14. كُفۡرُهُمۡtheir disbeliefkuf'ruhum
  15. عِندَnearʿinda
  16. رَبِّهِمۡtheir Lordrabbihim
  17. إِلَّاexceptillā
  18. مَقۡتٗاۖ(in) hatredmaqtan
  19. وَلَاand notwalā
  20. يَزِيدُincreaseyazīdu
  21. ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna
  22. كُفۡرُهُمۡtheir disbeliefkuf'ruhum
  23. إِلَّاexceptillā
  24. خَسَارٗا(in) losskhasāran

Tafsir

It is He who made some of you, O people, succeed others on earth. Those who deny Allah and what the messengers brought, then the sin and retribution of their disbelief will be borne by them. Their disbelief does not harm their Lord. The disbelief of the disbelievers adds only to their Lord’s displeasure and hatred for them. The disbelief of the disbelievers adds only to their loss, as they will lose what Allah would have prepared for them in Paradise had they believed.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran