Surah Al-Hijr 15:3 — translation and meaning
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ۖ ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Word by Word
ۖ
ذَرْهُمْ
dharhum
Leave them
يَأْكُلُوا
yakulu
(to) eat
وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا
wayatamatta'u
and enjoy
وَيُلْهِهِمُ
wayul'hihimu
and diverted them
الْأَمَلُ
al-amalu
the hope
فَسَوْفَ
fasawfa
then soon
يَعْلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
they will come to know
Transliteration
Zarhum yaakuloo wa tatamatta'oo wa yulhihimul amalu fasawfa ya'lamoon
Translation
Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
O Messenger, leave these beliers to eat as the beasts eat, and to avail themselves of the finite pleasures of the world and let their hopes distract them from faith and righteous actions. They will come to know the loss they are in when they face Allah on the Day of Judgement.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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