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

Ghafir 40:85

Word by word

فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنفَعُهُمْ إِيمَـٰنُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا ۖ سُنَّتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ فِى عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

But never did their faith benefit them once they saw Our punishment. [It is] the established way of Allāh which has preceded among His servants. And the disbelievers thereupon lost [all].

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فلم يك ينفعهم إيمانهم هذا حين رأوا عذابنا; وذلك لأنه إيمان قد اضطروا إليه، لا إيمان اختيار ورغبة، سنة الله وطريقته التي سنَّها في الأمم كلها أن لا ينفعها الإيمان إذا رأوا العذاب، وهلك عند مجيء بأس الله الكافرون بربهم، الجاحدون توحيده وطاعته.

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