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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Ar-Ra'd 13:18

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لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُۥ لَوْ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْحِسَابِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

For those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

للمؤمنين الذين أطاعوا الله ورسوله الجنة، والذين لم يطيعوا وكفروا به لهم النار، ولو كانوا يملكون كل ما في الأرض وضِعْفه معه لبذلوه فداء لأنفسهم من عذاب الله يوم القيامة، ولن يُتَقبل منهم، أولئك يحاسَبون على كل ما أسلفوه من عمل سيِّئ، ومسكنهم ومقامهم جهنم تكون لهم فراشًا، وبئس الفراش الذي مهدوه لأنفسهم.

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