Aal-i-Imraan 3:22 · The Family of Imraan · Arabic, translation, recitation

Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"the deeds of such people will come to nothing in this world and in the next and no one will help them."

Pickthall (classic)+

"Those are they whose works have failed in the world and the Hereafter; and they have no helpers."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"They are those whose works will bear no fruit in this world and in the Hereafter nor will they have anyone to help."

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

Chastising the Jews for Their Disbelief and for Killing the Prophets and Righteous People

This Ayah chastises the People of the Book for the transgression and prohibitions they committed by their denials in the past and more recent times, of Allah's Ayat and the Messengers. They did this due to their defiance and rejection of the Messengers, denial of the truth and refusal to follow it. They also killed many Prophets when they conveyed to them what Allah legislated for them, without cause or criminal behavior committed by these Prophets, for they only called them to the truth,

وَيَقْتُلُونَ الَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْقِسْطِ مِنَ النَّاسِ

(And kill those men who order just dealings) thus, demonstrating the worst type of arrogance. Indeed, the Prophet said,

«الْكِبْرُ بَطَرُ الْحَقِّ وَغَمْطُ النَّاس»

(Kibr (arrogance) is refusing the truth and degrading people)

This is why when they rejected the truth and acted arrogantly towards the creation, Allah punished them with humiliation and disgrace in this life, and humiliating torment in the Hereafter. Allah said,

فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

(then announce to them a painful torment) meaning, painful and humiliating,

أُولَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـلُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالاٌّخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـصِرِينَ

(They are those whose works will be lost in this world and in the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers. ).

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

Речь идет о злодеях, которые отказались уверовать в знамения Аллаха, обвинили во лжи Божьих посланников и совершили самое страшное преступление против тех, перед кем люди находятся в самом большом долгу. Они лишили жизни многих Божьих посланников и праведных богословов, повелевавших придерживаться справедливости, к которой призывали небесные религии и здравый разум. Деяния этих грешников были бесполезными в этом мире и окажутся тщетными в Последней жизни, потому что они заслужили мучительное наказание. Никто не спасет их от расплаты, и никто не защитит их от лютой кары.