Surah Ali 'Imran 3:91 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 91 / 200 · Page 61

ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِم مِّلْءُ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا وَلَوِ افْتَدَى بِهِ أُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ

Word by Word

ۗ
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieve[d]
وَمَاتُوا
wamatu
and died
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
كُفَّارٌ
kuffarun
(are) disbelievers
فَلَن
falan
then never
يُقْبَلَ
yuq'bala
will be accepted
مِنْ
min
from
أَحَدِهِم
ahadihim
any one of them
مِّلْءُ
mil'u
full
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
earth
ذَهَبًا
dhahaban
(of) gold
وَلَوِ
walawi
[and] (even) if
افْتَدَى
if'tada
he offered as ransom
بِهِ
bihi
it
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
alimun
painful
وَمَا
wama
and not
لَهُم
lahum
(will be) for them
مِّن
min
from
نَّاصِرِينَ
nasirina
any helpers

Transliteration

Innal lazeena kafaroo wa maatoo wa hum kuffaarun falany yuqbala min ahadihim mil'ul ardi zahabanw wa lawiftadaa bih; ulaaa 'ika lahum 'azaabun aleemunw wa maa lahum min naasireen

Translation

Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. For those there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who disbelieve and die while in disbelief will not be able to ransom themselves from receiving the punishment of Allah, even were they to try and ransom themselves with the weight of the entire earth in gold. They will have a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers on the Day of Judgement to remove them from their suffering.

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

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