Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayah 48
وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًۭا يَعْرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
E i compagni dell'Arâf chiameranno gli uomini che riconosceranno per il loro aspetto, dicendo: “Le ricchezze e l'orgoglio non vi hanno giovato in nulla.
wanādā aṣḥābu l-aʿrāfi rijālan yaʿrifūnahum bisīmāhum qālū mā aghnā ʿankum jamʿukum wamā kuntum tastakbirūna
Word by word
- وَنَادَىٰٓ wanādā And (will) call out
- أَصْحَـٰبُ aṣḥābu (the) companions
- ٱلْأَعْرَافِ l-aʿrāfi (of) the heights
- رِجَالًۭا rijālan (to) men
- يَعْرِفُونَهُم yaʿrifūnahum whom they recognize
- بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ bisīmāhum by their marks
- قَالُوا۟ qālū saying
- مَآ mā Not
- أَغْنَىٰ aghnā (has) availed
- عَنكُمْ ʿankum [to] you
- جَمْعُكُمْ jamʿukum your gathering
- وَمَا wamā and what
- كُنتُمْ kuntum you were
- تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ tastakbirūna arrogant (about)
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
("Of what benefit to you was your gathering...") meaning, your great numbers,
("...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,
(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:
((Behold! It has been said to them): "Enter Paradise, no fear shall be on you, nor shall you grieve.")