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Sad 28

Ayah 28 of 88 · Meccan

أَمۡ نَجۡعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ نَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلۡفُجَّارِ ٢٨

Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allāh like the wicked?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. نَجۡعَلُshould We treatnajʿalu
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  5. وَعَمِلُواْand dowaʿamilū
  6. ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِrighteous deedsl-ṣāliḥāti
  7. كَٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَlike those who spread corruptionkal-muf'sidīna
  8. فِيinfī
  9. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  10. أَمۡOram
  11. نَجۡعَلُshould We treatnajʿalu
  12. ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَthe piousl-mutaqīna
  13. كَٱلۡفُجَّارِlike the wickedkal-fujāri

Tafsir

I will never make those who believe in Allah, follow His messenger and do good deeds like those who make the corruption on earth through disbelief and sins, nor will I make those who are mindful of their Lord by carrying out His orders and refraining from His prohibitions like the disbelievers and hypocrites who are engrossed in sins. Making them both equal is an injustice which does not befit Allah. But rather Allah will reward the pious believers by entry into Paradise and punish the wretched disbelievers by entry into the fire, because they are not equal in Allah’s sight so their reward is not equal in His sight too.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran