Surah An-Nahl 16:107 — translation and meaning
النحل · Verse 107 / 128 · Page 279
ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْآخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ
Word by Word
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
That (is)
بِأَنَّهُمُ
bi-annahumu
because
اسْتَحَبُّوا
is'tahabbu
they preferred
الْحَيَاةَ
al-hayata
the life
الدُّنْيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
عَلَى
ala
over
الْآخِرَةِ
al-akhirati
the Hereafter
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
لَا
la
(does) not
يَهْدِي
yahdi
guide
الْقَوْمَ
al-qawma
the people
الْكَافِرِينَ
al-kafirina
the disbelievers
Transliteration
Zaalika bi annahumus tahabbul hayaatad dunyaa 'alal Aakhirati wa annal laaha laa yahdil qawmal kaafireen
Translation
That is because they preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter and that Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Such apostasy from Islam is because they gave preference to the trivial things of this world as a benefit for their disbelief in the Hearafter and because Allah does not guide to faith people who disbelieve, but He abandons them.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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