Surah An-Nisa 4:138 — translation and meaning

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بَشِّرِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

Word by Word

بَشِّرِ
bashiri
Give tidings
الْمُنَافِقِينَ
al-munafiqina
(to) the hypocrites
بِأَنَّ
bi-anna
that
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عَذَابًا
adhaban
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمًا
aliman
painful

Transliteration

Bashshiril munaafiqeena bi anna lahum 'azaaban aleemaa

Translation

Give tidings to the hypocrites that there is for them a painful punishment -

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Prophet, announce to the hypocrites – who show themselves as believers on the outside, but hide disbelief inside – that on the Day of Judgement Allah will give them a painful punishment.

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

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