Surah Sad 38:28 — translation and meaning

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أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ

Word by Word

أَمْ
am
Or
نَجْعَلُ
naj'alu
should We treat
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
آمَنُوا
amanu
believe
وَعَمِلُوا
wa'amilu
and do
الصَّالِحَاتِ
al-salihati
righteous deeds
كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ
kal-muf'sidina
like those who spread corruption
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
أَمْ
am
Or
نَجْعَلُ
naj'alu
should We treat
الْمُتَّقِينَ
al-mutaqina
the pious
كَالْفُجَّارِ
kal-fujari
like the wicked

Transliteration

Am naj'alul lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati kalmufisdeena fil ardi am naj'alul muttaqeena kalfujjaar

Translation

Or should we treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allah like the wicked?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I will never make those who believe in Allah, follow His messenger and do good deeds like those who make the corruption on earth through disbelief and sins, nor will I make those who are mindful of their Lord by carrying out His orders and refraining from His prohibitions like the disbelievers and hypocrites who are engrossed in sins. Making them both equal is an injustice which does not befit Allah. But rather Allah will reward the pious believers by entry into Paradise and punish the wretched disbelievers by entry into the fire, because they are not equal in Allah’s sight so their reward is not equal in His sight too.

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

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