Surah Ali 'Imran 3:188 — translation and meaning

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ۖ لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَا أَتَوا وَّيُحِبُّونَ أَن يُحْمَدُوا بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُم بِمَفَازَةٍ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Word by Word

ۖ
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَحْسَبَنَّ
tahsabanna
think
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
(that) those who
يَفْرَحُونَ
yafrahuna
rejoice
بِمَا
bima
in what
أَتَوا
ataw
(they have) brought
وَّيُحِبُّونَ
wayuhibbuna
and they love
أَن
an
that
يُحْمَدُوا
yuh'madu
they be praised
بِمَا
bima
for what
لَمْ
lam
not
يَفْعَلُوا
yaf 'alu
they do
فَلَا
fala
so (do) not
تَحْسَبَنَّهُم
tahsabannahum
think (that) they
بِمَفَازَةٍ
bimafazatin
(will) escape
مِّنَ
mina
from
الْعَذَابِ
al-'adhabi
the punishment
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
(is a) punishment
أَلِيمٌ
alimun
painful

Transliteration

Laa tahsabannal lazeena yafrahoona bimaaa ataw wa yuhibbona ai yuhmadoo bimaa lam yaf'aloo falaa tahsabunnahum bimafaazatim minal 'azaabi wa lahum 'azaabun aleem

Translation

And never think that those who rejoice in what they have perpetrated and like to be praised for what they did not do - never think them [to be] in safety from the punishment, and for them is a painful punishment.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Do not think, O Prophet, that those who rejoice in the shameful actions they have committed, and who love people to praise them for good things which they did not do, are secure and safe from the punishment. Rather, Hell is their place, and they will have a painful punishment.

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

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"And never think that those who rejoice in what they have perpetr…" — Ali 'Imran 3:188