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 Surah Ali 'Imran 3:21-27 [3/20] ↕
  
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إِنَّIndeed,
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
يَكْفُرُونَdisbelieve
بِـَٔـايَـٰتِin (the) Signs (of)
ٱللَّهِAllah
وَيَقْتُلُونَand they kill
ٱلنَّبِيِّــۧنَthe Prophets
بِغَيْرِwithout
حَقٍّright
وَيَقْتُلُونَand they kill
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
يَأْمُرُونَorder
بِٱلْقِسْطِ[with] justice
مِنَamong
ٱلنَّاسِthe people,
فَبَشِّرْهُمthen give them tidings
بِعَذَابٍof a punishment
أَلِيمٍpainful.
﴿٢١﴾
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَThose
ٱلَّذِينَ(are) the ones who -
حَبِطَتْbecame worthless
أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْtheir deeds
فِىin
ٱلدُّنْيَاthe world
وَٱلْأَخِرَةِand (in) the Hereafter.
وَمَاAnd not
لَهُم(will be) for them
مِّنany
نَّـٰصِرِينَhelpers.
﴿٢٢﴾
أَلَمْ تَرَHave you not seen
إِلَى[to]
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
أُوتُواْwere given
نَصِيبًاa portion
مِّنَof
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِthe Scripture?
يُدْعَوْنَThey are invited
إِلَىٰto
كِتَـٰبِ(the) Book
ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah
لِيَحْكُمَthat (it should) arbitrate
بَيْنَهُمْbetween them,
ثُمَّthen
يَتَوَلَّىٰturns away
فَرِيقٌa party
مِّنْهُمْof them
وَهُمand they (are)
مُّعْرِضُونَthose who are averse.
﴿٢٣﴾
ذَٲلِكَThat
بِأَنَّهُمْ(is) because they
قَالُواْsay,
لَن`Never
تَمَسَّنَاwill touch us
ٱلنَّارُthe Fire
إِلَّآexcept
أَيَّامًا(for) days
مَّعْدُودَٲتٍ‌ۖnumbered.`
وَغَرَّهُمْAnd deceived them
فِىin
دِينِهِمtheir religion
مَّاwhat
كَانُواْthey were
يَفْتَرُونَinventing.
﴿٢٤﴾
فَكَيْفَThen how (will it be)
إِذَاwhen
جَمَعْنَـٰهُمْWe will gather them
لِيَوْمٍon a Day -
لَّاno
رَيْبَdoubt
فِيهِin it.
وَوُفِّيَتْAnd will be paid in full
كُلُّevery
نَفْسٍsoul
مَّاwhat
كَسَبَتْit earned
وَهُمْand they
لَا(will) not
يُظْلَمُونَbe wronged.
﴿٢٥﴾
قُلِSay
ٱللَّهُمَّ`O Allah!
مَـٰلِكَOwner
ٱلْمُلْكِ(of) the Dominion,
تُؤْتِىYou give
ٱلْمُلْكَthe dominion
مَن(to) whom
تَشَآءُYou will
وَتَنزِعُand You take away
ٱلْمُلْكَthe dominion
مِمَّنfrom whom
تَشَآءُYou will,
وَتُعِزُّand You honor
مَنwhom
تَشَآءُYou will,
وَتُذِلُّand You humiliate
مَنwhom
تَشَآءُ‌ۖYou will.
بِيَدِكَIn Your hand
ٱلْخَيْرُ‌ۖ(is all) the good.
إِنَّكَIndeed, You
عَلَىٰ(are) on
كُلِّevery
شَىْءٍthing
قَدِيرٌAll-Powerful.
﴿٢٦﴾
تُولِجُYou cause to enter
ٱلَّيْلَthe night
فِىin
ٱلنَّهَارِthe day
وَتُولِجُand You cause to enter
ٱلنَّهَارَthe day
فِىin
ٱلَّيْلِ‌ۖthe night,
وَتُخْرِجُand You bring forth
ٱلْحَىَّthe living
مِنَfrom
ٱلْمَيِّتِthe dead,
وَتُخْرِجُand You bring forth
ٱلْمَيِّتَthe dead
مِنَfrom
ٱلْحَىِّ‌ۖthe living,
وَتَرْزُقُand You give provision
مَن(to) whom
تَشَآءُYou will
بِغَيْرِwithout
حِسَابٍmeasure.`
﴿٢٧﴾

اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ يَكۡفُرُوۡنَ بِاٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ وَيَقۡتُلُوۡنَ النَّبِيّٖنَ بِغَيۡرِ حَقٍّۙ وَّيَقۡتُلُوۡنَ الَّذِيۡنَ يَاۡمُرُوۡنَ بِالۡقِسۡطِ مِنَ النَّاسِۙ فَبَشِّرۡهُمۡ بِعَذَابٍ اَ لِيۡمٍ‏  اُولٰٓـئِكَ الَّذِيۡنَ حَبِطَتۡ اَعۡمَالُهُمۡ فِى الدُّنۡيَا وَالۡاٰخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمۡ مِّنۡ نّٰصِرِيۡنَ‏  اَلَمۡ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذِيۡنَ اُوۡتُوۡا نَصِيۡبًا مِّنَ الۡكِتٰبِ يُدۡعَوۡنَ اِلٰى كِتٰبِ اللّٰهِ لِيَحۡكُمَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلّٰى فَرِيۡقٌ مِّنۡهُمۡ وَهُمۡ مُّعۡرِضُوۡنَ‏  ذٰ لِكَ بِاَنَّهُمۡ قَالُوۡا لَنۡ تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ اِلَّاۤ اَيَّامًا مَّعۡدُوۡدٰتٍ​ وَغَرَّهُمۡ فِىۡ دِيۡنِهِمۡ مَّا كَانُوۡا يَفۡتَرُوۡنَ‏  فَكَيۡفَ اِذَا جَمَعۡنٰهُمۡ لِيَوۡمٍ لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيۡهِ وَوُفِّيَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُوۡنَ‏  قُلِ اللّٰهُمَّ مٰلِكَ الۡمُلۡكِ تُؤۡتِى الۡمُلۡكَ مَنۡ تَشَآءُ وَتَنۡزِعُ الۡمُلۡكَ مِمَّنۡ تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَنۡ تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَنۡ تَشَآءُ​ ؕ بِيَدِكَ الۡخَيۡرُ​ؕ اِنَّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ قَدِيۡرٌ‏  تُوۡلِجُ الَّيۡلَ فِى النَّهَارِ وَتُوۡلِجُ النَّهَارَ فِى الَّيۡلِ​ وَتُخۡرِجُ الۡحَـىَّ مِنَ الۡمَيِّتِ وَتُخۡرِجُ الۡمَيِّتَ مِنَ الۡحَـىِّ​ وَتَرۡزُقُ مَنۡ تَشَآءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٍ‏ 
Translation
(3:21) Give those who refuse to follow the directives of Allah, who slay the Prophets unjustly, and who slay those who enjoin justice, give them glad tidings of a grievous chastisement.19 (3:22) These are the people whose works have gone to waste in this world and in the World to Come.20 They have none to help them.21 (3:23) Have you not noticed those who have been given a portion of the Book? Whenever their learned men are summoned to the Book of Allah to judge the differences between them,22 a party of them turns away in aversion. (3:24) This is because they say: 'The fire of Hell shall not touch us except for a limited number of days.'23 The false beliefs which they have forged have deluded them in their faith. (3:25) How, then, will they fare when We shall gather them all together to witness the Day about (the coming of) which there is no doubt, and when every human being shall be repaid in full for what he has done, and none shall be wronged? (3:26) Say: 'O Allah, Lord of all dominion! You give dominion to whom You will, and take away dominion from whom You will, and You exalt whom You will, and abase whom You will. In Your Hand is all good. Surely You are All-Power-ful. (3:27) You cause the night to pass into the day and the day to pass into the night. You bring forth the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living, and You give sustenance to whom You will beyond all reckoning.'24
Commentary

19. This is a sarcastic remark. Its purpose is to bring home to them that the misdeeds about which they are so jubilant, and which they regard as their proud achievements, will ultimately lead them to a painful end.

20. They have spent their efforts and energies in a manner leading to catastrophic results in this world and the Next.

21. No power can make these misdeeds either bear good fruit or prevent them bearing evil fruit. The powers upon which the wrong-doers rely for support in this world and in the World to Come will not be of any help to them.

22. They are asked to acknowledge the Book of God as the final arbiter in all matters, and to submit to its judgement, accepting as right whatever this Book holds to be right, and as wrong whatever it holds to be wrong. The Book of God referred to here is the Torah and the Injil, while the expression 'those who have been given a portion of the Book' refers to the Jewish and Christian religious scholars. (For the Quranic view of the Torah and the Injil see n. 2 above - Ed.)

23. These people considered themselves to be God's favourites and cherished the illusion that, regardless of what they did, they were bound to enter Paradise. They took the view that since they were believers, were descended from pious people, followed noble Prophets, and were disciples and admirers of holy men, Hell would not dare touch them. They also thought that even if they were thrown into Hell they would remain there for a few days only, to be purged of the impurity of the sins which had afflicted them, and would then be sent straight to Paradise. Such notions had made them so bold that even when they committed the most atrocious crimes and the most mortal of sins, and brazenly deviated from Truth and rectitude, their hearts remained utterly unmoved by the fear of God.

24. Those who disbelieved and disobeyed were seen to be prosperous, whereas the believers, with their devotion and loyalty to God, suffered all the deprivation, persecution and torment to which the Prophet and his followers were subjected around the year 3 A.H. The contrasting states of the two groups of men were the reverse of what would naturally be expected. This raised disturbing questions in people's minds about the underlying wisdom of this phenomenon. The verse conveys God's answer.