سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ

Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 39

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وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ ﴿39﴾
The first of them will say to the last of them: "You were not better than us, so taste the torment for what you used to earn."
وَقَالَتْ waqālat And (will) say
أُولَىٰهُمْ ūlāhum (the) first of them
لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ li-ukh'rāhum to (the) last of them
فَمَا famā Then not
كَانَ kāna is
لَكُمْ lakum for you
عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā upon us
مِن min any
فَضْلٍۢ faḍlin superiority
فَذُوقُوا۟ fadhūqū so taste
ٱلْعَذَابَ l-ʿadhāba the punishment
بِمَا bimā for what
كُنتُمْ kuntum you used to
تَكْسِبُونَ taksibūna earn

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.