سُوْرَةُ الرَّعْدِ

Surah Ar-Ra'd (13) — Ayah 25

The Thunder · Medinan · Juz 13 · Page 252

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مِيثَـٰقِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۙ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ ﴿25﴾
And those who break the Covenant of Allâh, after its ratification, and sever that which Allâh has commanded to be joined (i.e. they sever the bond of kinship and are not good to their relatives), and work mischief in the land, on them is the curse (i.e. they will be far away from Allâh’s Mercy), and for them is the unhappy (evil) home (i.e. Hell).
وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna And those who
يَنقُضُونَ yanquḍūna break
عَهْدَ ʿahda the covenant
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
مِنۢ min from
بَعْدِ baʿdi after
مِيثَـٰقِهِۦ mīthāqihi contracting it
وَيَقْطَعُونَ wayaqṭaʿūna and sever
مَآ what
أَمَرَ amara (has been) commanded
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu (by) Allah
بِهِۦٓ bihi for it
أَن an to
يُوصَلَ yūṣala be joined
وَيُفْسِدُونَ wayuf'sidūna and spread corruption
فِى in
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۙ l-arḍi the earth
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ulāika Those
لَهُمُ lahumu for them
ٱللَّعْنَةُ l-laʿnatu (is) the curse
وَلَهُمْ walahum and for them
سُوٓءُ sūu (is) an evil
ٱلدَّارِ l-dāri home

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(Ayah25){وَ الَّذِيْنَ يَنْقُضُوْنَ …:} According to its style, the Noble Qur’an, which mentions disbelief along with faith, evil along with good, and Hell along with Paradise, after mentioning the qualities of those who fulfill their covenants and their good outcome, has mentioned the evil qualities of those who break their covenants and their bad outcome.

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25. 1. This describes the fate of the wicked in contrast to the righteous so that a person may strive to avoid such a gathering.

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25. And those who break the covenant with Allah after it has been firmly made, and sever what Allah has commanded to be joined, and spread corruption [34] in the land—for such people there is a curse, and for them is an evil home (in the Hereafter).

[34] According to the divine practice, here too, along with the people of Paradise, the people of Hell are mentioned, and their qualities are described as being completely opposite to those of the believers. Therefore, their outcome will also be the exact opposite of the people of Paradise. Instead of Paradise, they will be thrown into Hell, and instead of prayers of peace, curses and rebuke will befall them.