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

An-Nisa 4:123

Word by word

لَّيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَآ أَمَانِىِّ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۗ مَن يَعْمَلْ سُوٓءًا يُجْزَ بِهِۦ وَلَا يَجِدْ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

It [i.e., Paradise] is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allāh a protector or a helper.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

لا يُنال هذا الفضل العظيم بالأماني التي تتمنونها أيها المسلمون، ولا بأماني أهل الكتاب من اليهود والنصارى، وإنما يُنال بالإيمان الصادق بالله تعالى، وإحسان العمل الذي يرضيه. ومن يعمل عملا سيئًا يجز به، ولا يجد له سوى الله تعالى وليّاً يتولى أمره وشأنه، ولا نصيرًا ينصره، ويدفع عنه سوء العذاب.

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