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

An-Nisa 4:42

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يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَعَصَوُا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ لَوْ تُسَوَّىٰ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ ٱللَّهَ حَدِيثًا

That Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they could be covered by the earth. And they will not conceal from Allāh a [single] statement.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يوم يكون ذلك، يتمنى الذين كفروا بالله تعالى وخالفوا الرسول ولم يطيعوه، لو يجعلهم الله والأرض سواء، فيصيرون ترابًا، حتى لا يبعثوا وهم لا يستطيعون أن يُخفوا عن الله شيئًا مما في أنفسهم، إذ ختم الله على أفواههم، وشَهِدَتْ عليهم جوارحهم بما كانوا يعملون.

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