Surah An-Nisa 4:137 — translation and meaning

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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا ثُمَّ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا ثُمَّ ازْدَادُوا كُفْرًا لَّمْ يَكُنِ اللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلَا لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ سَبِيلًا

Word by Word

إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
آمَنُوا
amanu
believed
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieved
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
آمَنُوا
amanu
(again) believed
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieved
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
ازْدَادُوا
iz'dadu
increased
كُفْرًا
kuf'ran
(in) disbelief
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَكُنِ
yakuni
will
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
لِيَغْفِرَ
liyaghfira
forgive
لَهُمْ
lahum
[for] them
وَلَا
wala
and not
لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ
liyahdiyahum
will guide them
سَبِيلًا
sabilan
(to) a (right) way

Transliteration

Innal lazeena aamanoo summa kafaroo summa aamanoo summa kafaroo summaz daado kufral lam yakunil laahu liyaghfira lahum wa laa liyahdiyahum sabeelaa

Translation

Indeed, those who have believed then disbelieved, then believed, then disbelieved, and then increased in disbelief - never will Allah forgive them, nor will He guide them to a way.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who repeatedly disbelieve after accepting faith – by entering into the faith, then leaving it, entering into it again, then leaving again, and so on – and then continue in disbelief until they die as disbelievers, Allah will not forgive their sins and nor will He bring them to the straight path that leads to Him.

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

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