Surah Al-Anfal 8:37 — translation and meaning

الأنفال · Verse 37 / 75 · Page 181

ۚ لِيَمِيزَ اللَّهُ الْخَبِيثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ وَيَجْعَلَ الْخَبِيثَ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فَيَرْكُمَهُ جَمِيعًا فَيَجْعَلَهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
لِيَمِيزَ
liyamiza
That may distinguish
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
الْخَبِيثَ
al-khabitha
the wicked
مِنَ
mina
from
الطَّيِّبِ
al-tayibi
the good
وَيَجْعَلَ
wayaj'ala
and place
الْخَبِيثَ
al-khabitha
the wicked
بَعْضَهُ
ba'dahu
some of them
عَلَى
ala
on
بَعْضٍ
ba'din
others
فَيَرْكُمَهُ
fayarkumahu
and heap them
جَمِيعًا
jami'an
all together
فَيَجْعَلَهُ
fayaj'alahu
and put them
فِي
fi
in
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
Hell
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
هُمُ
humu
they
الْخَاسِرُونَ
al-khasiruna
(are) the losers

Transliteration

Liyameezal laahul khabeesa minat taiyibi wa yaj'alal khabeesa ba'dahoo 'ala ba'din fayarkumahoo jamee'an fayaj'alahoo fee Jahannnam; ulaaa'ika humul khaasiroon

Translation

[This is] so that Allah may distinguish the wicked from the good and place the wicked some of them upon others and heap them all together and put them into Hell. It is those who are the losers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Disbelievers who spend their wealth to prevent people from the path of Allah will be driven to the fire of Hell, so that Allah may isolate the wicked group of disbelievers from the pure group of believers, and so that He may place bad people, actions and wealth on top of one another in a pile and place them in the fire of Hell. They are the losers, because they will lose their souls and their families on the Day of Judgement.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"[This is] so that Allah may distinguish the wicked from the good…" — Al-Anfal 8:37 | Al Muslim Plus