سُوْرَةُ اٰلِ عِمْرٰنَ
Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 106
يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَكَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ ﴿106﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
On the Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) when some faces will become white and some faces will become black; as for those whose faces will become black (to them will be said): "Did you reject Faith after accepting it? Then taste the torment (in Hell) for rejecting Faith."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَوْمَ
yawma
(On the) Day
تَبْيَضُّ
tabyaḍḍu
would become white
وُجُوهٌۭ
wujūhun
(some) faces
وَتَسْوَدُّ
wataswaddu
and would become black
وُجُوهٌۭ ۚ
wujūhun
(some) faces
فَأَمَّا
fa-ammā
As for
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whose
ٱسْوَدَّتْ
is'waddat
turn black
وُجُوهُهُمْ
wujūhuhum
[their] faces
أَكَفَرْتُم
akafartum
Did you disbelieve
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ
īmānikum
your belief
فَذُوقُوا۟
fadhūqū
Then taste
ٱلْعَذَابَ
l-ʿadhāba
the punishment
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَكْفُرُونَ
takfurūna
disbelieve
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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106. On the Day when some faces will be bright and some faces will be dark, it will be said to those whose faces are dark: "Did you disbelieve after having believed [97]? Then taste the punishment for what you used to disbelieve."
[97]
Sectarianism is Disbelief:
In the previous verse, the mention was of the true sect and the misguided sects. In this verse, the meaning of adopting disbelief after having faith is not that they became Jews, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, etc. Rather, it means that by including many baseless and false things in their religion, or by denying some essentials of the faith, or by adopting atheistic beliefs, they departed from the true religion. This is disbelief less than outright disbelief, and all these matters are referred to by the word "kufr" (disbelief). Thus, on the Day of Resurrection, only those faces will be bright who remained steadfast and firm upon the true religion. And these are the people who will be under the shade of Allah's mercy, while those who, by joining misguided sects, adopted the path of disbelief—their faces will be blackened, and they will have a painful punishment.
[97]
Sectarianism is Disbelief:
In the previous verse, the mention was of the true sect and the misguided sects. In this verse, the meaning of adopting disbelief after having faith is not that they became Jews, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, etc. Rather, it means that by including many baseless and false things in their religion, or by denying some essentials of the faith, or by adopting atheistic beliefs, they departed from the true religion. This is disbelief less than outright disbelief, and all these matters are referred to by the word "kufr" (disbelief). Thus, on the Day of Resurrection, only those faces will be bright who remained steadfast and firm upon the true religion. And these are the people who will be under the shade of Allah's mercy, while those who, by joining misguided sects, adopted the path of disbelief—their faces will be blackened, and they will have a painful punishment.
