Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 178
وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِثْمًا ۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ
And let not those who disbelieve ever think that [because] We extend their time [of enjoyment] it is better for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment.
Ali 'Imran · 3:178
Word by word
- وَلَاwalāAnd (let) not
- يَحْسَبَنَّyaḥsabannathink
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- أَنَّمَاannamāthat
- نُمْلِىnum'līWe give respite
- لَهُمْlahumto them
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) good
- لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚli-anfusihimfor themselves
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- نُمْلِىnum'līWe give respite
- لَهُمْlahumto them
- لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟liyazdādūso that they may increase
- إِثْمًۭا ۚith'man(in) sins
- وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
- عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
- مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnunhumiliating
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