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

Ali 'Imran 3:188

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لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَآ أَتَوا۟ وَّيُحِبُّونَ أَن يُحْمَدُوا۟ بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا۟ فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُم بِمَفَازَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

And never think that those who rejoice in what they have perpetrated and like to be praised for what they did not do - never think them [to be] in safety from the punishment, and for them is a painful punishment.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولا تظنن الذين يفرحون بما أَتَوا من أفعال قبيحة كاليهود والمنافقين وغيرهم، ويحبون أن يثني عليهم الناس بما لم يفعلوا، فلا تظنهم ناجين من عذاب الله في الدنيا، ولهم في الآخرة عذاب موجع. وفي الآية وعيد شديد لكل آت لفعل السوء معجب به، ولكل مفتخر بما لم يعمل، ليُثنيَ عليه الناس ويحمدوه.

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