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Al-A'raf 40

Ayah 40 of 206 · Meccan

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ عَنۡهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمۡ أَبۡوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدۡخُلُونَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلۡجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ ٱلۡخِيَاطِۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٤٠

Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle [i.e., never]. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. كَذَّبُواْdeniedkadhabū
  4. بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاOur Versesbiāyātinā
  5. وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْand (were) arrogantwa-is'takbarū
  6. عَنۡهَاtowards themʿanhā
  7. لَا(will) notlā
  8. تُفَتَّحُbe openedtufattaḥu
  9. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  10. أَبۡوَٰبُ(the) doorsabwābu
  11. ٱلسَّمَآءِ(of) the heavenl-samāi
  12. وَلَاand notwalā
  13. يَدۡخُلُونَthey will enteryadkhulūna
  14. ٱلۡجَنَّةَParadisel-janata
  15. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  16. يَلِجَpassesyalija
  17. ٱلۡجَمَلُthe camell-jamalu
  18. فِيthroughfī
  19. سَمِّ(the) eyesammi
  20. ٱلۡخِيَاطِۚ(of) the needlel-khiyāṭi
  21. وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālika
  22. نَجۡزِيWe recompensenajzī
  23. ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَthe criminalsl-muj'rimīna

Tafsir

Those who reject Allah’s clear signs and verses, and are too proud to follow them, have lost everything, because the gates of heaven will not open to their actions because of their disbelief; nor will they open for their souls when they die. Such people will never enter Paradise until the camel – one of the largest animals – goes into the eye of a needle – one of the smallest things. The aforementioned is impossible, and so is the idea that they will ever enter Paradise. In such a way does Allah reward those who stubbornly do wrong.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran