Surah Muhammad 47:9 — translation and meaning

محمد · Verse 9 / 38 · Page 507

ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمَالَهُمْ

Word by Word

ذَلِكَ
dhalika
That
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
(is) because they
كَرِهُوا
karihu
hate
مَا
ma
what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
Allah has revealed
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah has revealed
فَأَحْبَطَ
fa-ahbata
so He has made worthless
أَعْمَالَهُمْ
a'malahum
their deeds

Transliteration

Zaalika bi annahum karihoo maaa anzalal laahu faahbata a'maalahum

Translation

That is because they disliked what Allah revealed, so He rendered worthless their deeds.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

That punishment that will befall them is because they detested the Qur’ān that Allah revealed to His prophet because it contained the mention of Allah’s Oneness, so Allah destroyed their deeds and they were losers in the world and the Hereafter.

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

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