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Az-Zumar 47

Ayah 47 of 75 · Meccan

وَلَوۡ أَنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا وَمِثۡلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفۡتَدَوۡاْ بِهِۦ مِن سُوٓءِ ٱلۡعَذَابِ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ وَبَدَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمۡ يَكُونُواْ يَحۡتَسِبُونَ ٤٧

And if those who did wrong had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby from the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection. And there will appear to them from Allāh that which they had not taken into account.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Of His anger and punishment.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. أَنَّAnd ifanna
  3. لِلَّذِينَthose wholilladhīna
  4. ظَلَمُواْdid wrongẓalamū
  5. مَا(had) whatevermā
  6. فِي(is) infī
  7. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  8. جَمِيعٗاalljamīʿan
  9. وَمِثۡلَهُۥand (the) like of itwamith'lahu
  10. مَعَهُۥwith itmaʿahu
  11. لَٱفۡتَدَوۡاْthey would ransomla-if'tadaw
  12. بِهِۦwith itbihi
  13. مِنfrommin
  14. سُوٓءِ(the) evilsūi
  15. ٱلۡعَذَابِ(of) the punishmentl-ʿadhābi
  16. يَوۡمَ(on the) Dayyawma
  17. ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ(of) the Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  18. وَبَدَاAnd (will) appearwabadā
  19. لَهُمto themlahum
  20. مِّنَfrommina
  21. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  22. مَاwhatmā
  23. لَمۡnotlam
  24. يَكُونُواْthey hadyakūnū
  25. يَحۡتَسِبُونَtaken into accountyaḥtasibūna

Tafsir

If those who wronged themselves, by worshipping other than Allah and committing sins, could have all of the wealth and treasures on this earth to ransom themselves from the severe punishment on the day of resurrection, they would do so. However even if they did, the ransom would not be accepted from them. Rather they will face from Allah various types of torment they never used to expect

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran