ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٦
[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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ٱصۡلَوۡهَا Burn in it iṣ'lawhā فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ then be patient fa-iṣ'birū أَوۡ or aw لَا (do) not lā تَصۡبِرُواْ be patient taṣbirū سَوَآءٌ (it is) same sawāon عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ for you ʿalaykum إِنَّمَا Only innamā تُجۡزَوۡنَ you are being recompensed tuj'zawna مَا (for) what mā كُنتُمۡ you used to kuntum تَعۡمَلُونَ do taʿmalūna Tafsir Taste the heat of this fire and suffer it. Be patient over suffering its heat or not; your patience or impatience is all the same. You will not be rewarded today except with the disbelief and sins you used to commit in the world”.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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