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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 162

The Family of Imraan · Medinan · Juz 4 · Page 71

أَفَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَنۢ بَآءَ بِسَخَطٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿162﴾
Is then one who follows (seeks) the good Pleasure of Allâh (by not taking illegally a part of the booty) like the one who draws on himself the Wrath of Allâh (by taking a part of the booty illegally - Ghulul)? - his abode is Hell, and worst, indeed is that destination!
أَفَمَنِ afamani So is (the one) who
ٱتَّبَعَ ittabaʿa pursues
رِضْوَٰنَ riḍ'wāna (the) pleasure
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
كَمَنۢ kaman like (the one) who
بَآءَ bāa draws
بِسَخَطٍۢ bisakhaṭin on (himself) wrath
مِّنَ mina of
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
وَمَأْوَىٰهُ wamawāhu and his abode
جَهَنَّمُ ۚ jahannamu (is) hell
وَبِئْسَ wabi'sa and wretched
ٱلْمَصِيرُ l-maṣīru (is) the destination

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162. Can the one who seeks Allah’s pleasure be like the one who incurs Allah’s wrath [158]? And his abode is Hell, and what an evil destination it is!

[158]
The Need for Revelation and the Literal Meaning of "Mann":.

Here again, the comparison between the two groups is being presented, who were engaged in battle at Badr or Uhud. Among them, one group was fighting for the pleasure of Allah and the elevation of His religion, and the other was fighting to crush Allah's religion and to wipe out the Muslims from the face of existence. And it was this second group that was seized by Allah's wrath and ultimately lost its very existence, and in the Hereafter, Hell has become its destiny. In terms of fighting, the activities of both were similar, but their outcomes are the exact opposite of each other.