Surah An-Naba 78:27 — translation and meaning

النبأ · Verse 27 / 40 · Page 582

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

Word by Word

إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed they
كَانُوا
kanu
were
لَا
la
not
يَرْجُونَ
yarjuna
expecting
حِسَابًا
hisaban
an account

Transliteration

Innahum kaanu laa yarjoona hisaaba

Translation

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Indeed, in the world, they did not fear the Allah taking them to account in the afterlife, because they did not bring faith in the resurrection. So if they had feared the resurrection, they would have brought faith in Allah and performed good deeds.

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

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