Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayah 44
وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ أَن قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّۭا فَهَلْ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّۭا ۖ قَالُوا۟ نَعَمْ ۚ فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن لَّعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
A zavolají obyvatelé ráje na obyvatele ohně: "My shledali jsme, že to, co Pánem naším bylo slíbeno, je pravda. Zdaž i vy jste shledali slib Pána svého pravdivým?" A odpovědí: "Ano!" A tehdy zavolá hlasatel mezi nimi: "Nechť Bůh prokleje nespravedlivé,
wanādā aṣḥābu l-janati aṣḥāba l-nāri an qad wajadnā mā waʿadanā rabbunā ḥaqqan fahal wajadttum mā waʿada rabbukum ḥaqqan qālū naʿam fa-adhana mu-adhinun baynahum an laʿnatu l-lahi ʿalā l-ẓālimīna
Word by word
- وَنَادَىٰٓ wanādā And will call out
- أَصْحَـٰبُ aṣḥābu (the) companions
- ٱلْجَنَّةِ l-janati (of) Paradise
- أَصْحَـٰبَ aṣḥāba (to the) companions
- ٱلنَّارِ l-nāri (of) the Fire
- أَن an that
- قَدْ qad Indeed
- وَجَدْنَا wajadnā we found
- مَا mā what
- وَعَدَنَا waʿadanā (had) promised us
- رَبُّنَا rabbunā our Lord
- حَقًّۭا ḥaqqan true
- فَهَلْ fahal So have
- وَجَدتُّم wajadttum you found
- مَّا mā what
- وَعَدَ waʿada (was) promised
- رَبُّكُمْ rabbukum (by) your Lord
- حَقًّۭا ۖ ḥaqqan (to be) true
- قَالُوا۟ qālū They will say
- نَعَمْ ۚ naʿam Yes
- فَأَذَّنَ fa-adhana Then will announce
- مُؤَذِّنٌۢ mu-adhinun an announcer
- بَيْنَهُمْ baynahum among them
- أَن an [that]
- لَّعْنَةُ laʿnatu (The) curse
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
- عَلَى ʿalā (is) on
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ l-ẓālimīna the wrongdoers
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
People of Hellfire will feel Anguish upon Anguish
Allah mentioned how the people of the Fire will be addressed, chastised and admonished when they take their places in the Fire,
("We (dwellers of Paradise) have indeed found true what our Lord had promised us; have you (dwellers of Hell) also found true what your Lord promised (warned)" They shall say: "Yes.") In Surat As-Saffat, Allah mentioned the one who had a disbelieving companion,
(So he looked down and saw him in the midst of the Fire. He said: "By Allah! You have nearly ruined me. Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I would certainly have been among those brought forth (to Hell)." (The dwellers of Paradise will say!) "Are we then not to die (any more) Except our first death, and we shall not be punished") 37:55-59. Allah will punish the disbeliever for the claims he used to utter in this life. The angels will also admonish the disbelievers, saying,
(This is the Fire which you used to belie. Is this magic or do you not see Taste you therein its heat and whether you are patient of it or impatient of it, it is all the same. You are only being requited for what you used to do) 52:14-16. The Messenger of Allah admonished the inhabitants of the well at Badr:
(O Abu Jahl bin Hisham! O `Utbah bin Rabi`ah! O Shaybah bin Rabi`ah (and he called their leaders by name)! Have you found what your Lord promised to be true (the Fire) I certainly found what my Lord has promised me to be true (victory).) `Umar said, "O Allah's Messenger! Do you address a people who have become rotten carrion" He said,
(By He in Whose Hand is my soul! You do not hear what I am saying better than they do, but they cannot reply.) Allah's statement,
(Then a crier will proclaim between them) will herald and announce,
(The curse of Allah is on the wrongdoers) meaning, the curse will reside with the wrongdoers. Allah then described them by saying,
(Those who hindered (men) from the path of Allah, and would seek to make it crooked) meaning, they hindered the people from following Allah's path, His Law, and what the Prophets brought. They sought to make Allah's path appear crooked and winding, so that no one would follow it. Allah said,
(and they were disbelievers in the Hereafter) They disbelieved in the Meeting with Allah in the Hereafter, They used to deny this will ever occur, not accepting it nor believing in it. This is why they used to discount the seriousness of the evil deeds and statements that they committed, because they did not fear any reckoning or punishment. Therefore, they were and are indeed the worst people in statement and action.