Surah Ali 'Imran 3:90 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 90 / 200 · Page 61

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ ثُمَّ ازْدَادُوا كُفْرًا لَّن تُقْبَلَ تَوْبَتُهُمْ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الضَّالُّونَ

Word by Word

إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieved
بَعْدَ
ba'da
after
إِيمَانِهِمْ
imanihim
their belief
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
ازْدَادُوا
iz'dadu
they increased
كُفْرًا
kuf'ran
(in) disbelief
لَّن
lan
never
تُقْبَلَ
tuq'bala
will be accepted
تَوْبَتُهُمْ
tawbatuhum
their repentance
وَأُولَئِكَ
wa-ulaika
and those
هُمُ
humu
they
الضَّالُّونَ
al-daluna
(are) those who have gone astray

Transliteration

Innal lazeena kafaroo ba'da eemaanihim summaz daadoo kufral lan tuqbala tawbatuhum wa ulaaa'ika humud daaalloon

Translation

Indeed, those who reject the message after their belief and then increase in disbelief - never will their [claimed] repentance be accepted, and they are the ones astray.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who disbelieve after having faith, and stick to this disbelief until they die, then repenting to Allah and asking for forgiveness at the time of death, will not have this accepted from them, as the time for acceptance would have expired. They are those who have lost their way from the straight path which leads to Allah.

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

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