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Al-A'raf 53

Ayah 53 of 206 · Meccan

هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأۡوِيلَهُۥۚ يَوۡمَ يَأۡتِي تَأۡوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبۡلُ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشۡفَعُواْ لَنَآ أَوۡ نُرَدُّ فَنَعۡمَلَ غَيۡرَ ٱلَّذِي كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُۚ قَدۡ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ٥٣

Do they await except its result?1 The Day its result comes, those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any intercessors to intercede for us or could we be sent back to do other than what we used to do?" They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The fulfillment of what is promised in the Qur’ān.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. هَلۡDohal
  2. يَنظُرُونَthey waityanẓurūna
  3. إِلَّاexceptillā
  4. تَأۡوِيلَهُۥۚ(for) its fulfillmenttawīlahu
  5. يَوۡمَ(The) Dayyawma
  6. يَأۡتِي(will) comeyatī
  7. تَأۡوِيلُهُۥits fulfillmenttawīluhu
  8. يَقُولُwill sayyaqūlu
  9. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  10. نَسُوهُhad forgotten itnasūhu
  11. مِنfrommin
  12. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  13. قَدۡVerilyqad
  14. جَآءَتۡhad comejāat
  15. رُسُلُ(the) Messengersrusulu
  16. رَبِّنَا(of) our Lordrabbinā
  17. بِٱلۡحَقِّwith the truthbil-ḥaqi
  18. فَهَلso are (there)fahal
  19. لَّنَاfor uslanā
  20. مِنanymin
  21. شُفَعَآءَintercessorsshufaʿāa
  22. فَيَشۡفَعُواْso (that) they intercedefayashfaʿū
  23. لَنَآfor uslanā
  24. أَوۡoraw
  25. نُرَدُّwe are sent backnuraddu
  26. فَنَعۡمَلَso (that) we do (deeds)fanaʿmala
  27. غَيۡرَother thanghayra
  28. ٱلَّذِيthat whichalladhī
  29. كُنَّاwe used tokunnā
  30. نَعۡمَلُۚdonaʿmalu
  31. قَدۡVerilyqad
  32. خَسِرُوٓاْthey lostkhasirū
  33. أَنفُسَهُمۡthemselvesanfusahum
  34. وَضَلَّand strayedwaḍalla
  35. عَنۡهُمfrom themʿanhum
  36. مَّاwhatmā
  37. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  38. يَفۡتَرُونَinventyaftarūna

Tafsir

Those who disbelieve in reality only wait for what they have been warned: a painful punishment in the Afterlife as a result of their actions. The believers were also foretold about the reward of that day. Those who ignored the Qur’ān in the life of this world, not acting according to what is in it, will then say: 'Indeed the messengers of our Lord came with the truth, in which there was no doubt. If only there was a mediator who could now plead on our behalf so we could be excused from the punishment. Or if only we could return to the life of the world to do good actions that would save us instead of the bad we committed!' The disbelievers have lost themselves, gaining their own ruin because of their disbelief. Those who they used to worship beside Allah have abandoned them, and can be of no help to them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran