Al-A'raaf 7:48 · The Heights · Arabic, translation, recitation

Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"and the people of the heights will call out to certain men they recognize by their marks, ‘What use were your great numbers and your false pride?"

Pickthall (classic)+

"And the dwellers on the Heights call unto men whom they know by their marks, (saying): What did your multitude and that in which ye took your pride avail you?"

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"The men on the heights will call to certain men whom they will know from their marks, saying: "Of what profit to you were your hoards and your arrogant ways?"

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

مَآ أَغْنَى عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ

("Of what benefit to you was your gathering...") meaning, your great numbers,

وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

("...and your arrogance") This Ayah means, your great numbers and wealth did not save you from Allah's torment. Rather, you are dwelling in His torment and punishment. `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas,

أَهَـؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ أَقْسَمْتُمْ لاَ يَنَالُهُمُ اللَّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ

(Are they those, of whom you swore that Allah would never show them mercy) refers to the people of Al-A`raf who will be told when Allah decrees:

ادْخُلُواْ الْجَنَّةَ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلاَ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ

((Behold! It has been said to them): "Enter Paradise, no fear shall be on you, nor shall you grieve.")

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

Когда люди на Оградах повернутся лицом к обитателям Преисподней, они увидят отвратительное зрелище, от которого придут в ужас. Они воскликнут: «Господь наш! Не помещай нас вместе с людьми несправедливыми!» Увидев обитателей Рая, они захотят поскорее присоединиться к ним и поприветствуют их миром. Когда же их взоры, вопреки их собственной воле, падут на обитателей Геенны, они пожелают не иметь ничего общего с ними.

Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

The fifth verse (48) also mentions that the people of A` raf will address the people of Hell and admonish them by saying that the wealth and power that they depended on, and because of which they had become proud and arrogant, went the way of waste for all those strengths did not work for them at their hour of need.

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