Surah Ali 'Imran 3:24 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 24 / 200 · Page 53

ۖ ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لَن تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ إِلَّا أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَاتٍ وَغَرَّهُمْ فِي دِينِهِم مَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Word by Word

ۖ
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
That
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
(is) because they
قَالُوا
qalu
say
لَن
lan
Never
تَمَسَّنَا
tamassana
will touch us
النَّارُ
al-naru
the Fire
إِلَّا
illa
except
أَيَّامًا
ayyaman
(for) days
مَّعْدُودَاتٍ
ma'dudatin
numbered
وَغَرَّهُمْ
wagharrahum
And deceived them
فِي
fi
in
دِينِهِم
dinihim
their religion
مَّا
ma
what
كَانُوا
kanu
they were
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftaruna
inventing

Transliteration

Zaalika bi annahum qaaloo lan tamassanan naaru illaaa ayyaamam ma'doodaatinw wa gharrahum fee deenihim maa kaanoo yaftaroon

Translation

That is because they say, "Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days," and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They turned away from the truth and ignored it because they used to think that the fire of Hell will only touch them for a few days and they will then enter Paradise. This belief deceived them and made them bold against Allah and His religion.

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

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