Surah Ali 'Imran 3:151 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۚ سَنُلْقِي فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا الرُّعْبَ بِمَا أَشْرَكُوا بِاللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ سُلْطَانًا وَمَأْوَاهُمُ النَّارُ وَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الظَّالِمِينَ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۚ
سَنُلْقِي
sanul'qi
We will cast
فِي
fi
in
قُلُوبِ
qulubi
(the) hearts
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
(of) those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieve
الرُّعْبَ
al-ru'ba
[the] terror
بِمَا
bima
because
أَشْرَكُوا
ashraku
they associated partners
بِاللَّهِ
bil-lahi
with Allah
مَا
ma
what
لَمْ
lam
not
يُنَزِّلْ
yunazzil
He sent down
بِهِ
bihi
about it
سُلْطَانًا
sul'tanan
any authority
وَمَأْوَاهُمُ
wamawahumu
and their refuge
النَّارُ
al-naru
(will be) the Fire
وَبِئْسَ
wabi'sa
and wretched
مَثْوَى
mathwa
(is the) abode
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
[of] the wrongdoers

Transliteration

Sanulqee fee quloobil lazeena kafarur ru'ba bimaaa ashrakoo billaahi maa lam yunazzil bihee sultaana-nw wa maawaahumun Naar; wa bi'sa maswaz zaalimeen

Translation

We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down [any] authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah will put great fear in the hearts of the disbelievers, so that they are not able to stand firm to fight you. This is because of worshipping false gods next to Allah, and following their own desires, when no proof has been sent down to them to do so. Their resting place in the Afterlife will be the fire of Hell. What a miserable resting place the fire of Hell is for the wrongdoers!

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

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"We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for…" — Ali 'Imran 3:151