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Al-A'raf 48

Ayah 48 of 206 · Meccan

وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَعۡرَافِ رِجَالٗا يَعۡرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَىٰهُمۡ قَالُواْ مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنكُمۡ جَمۡعُكُمۡ وَمَا كُنتُمۡ تَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٤٨

And the companions of the Elevations will call to men [within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, "Of no avail to you was your gathering1 and [the fact] that you were arrogant."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., great numbers or gathering of wealth.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَنَادَىٰٓAnd (will) call outwanādā
  2. أَصۡحَٰبُ(the) companionsaṣḥābu
  3. ٱلۡأَعۡرَافِ(of) the heightsl-aʿrāfi
  4. رِجَالٗا(to) menrijālan
  5. يَعۡرِفُونَهُمwhom they recognizeyaʿrifūnahum
  6. بِسِيمَىٰهُمۡby their marksbisīmāhum
  7. قَالُواْsayingqālū
  8. مَآNotmā
  9. أَغۡنَىٰ(has) availedaghnā
  10. عَنكُمۡ[to] youʿankum
  11. جَمۡعُكُمۡyour gatheringjamʿukum
  12. وَمَاand whatwamā
  13. كُنتُمۡyou werekuntum
  14. تَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَarrogant (about)tastakbirūna

Tafsir

The companions of the Heights will call to people in Hell who had disbelieved, whom they recognize by their marks: ;It did not benefit you in the slightest when they used to gather together to prevent people from Allah’s path and arrogantly turn away from the truth.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran