سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 40
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿40﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Verily, those who belie Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations) and treat them with arrogance, for them the gates of heaven will not be opened, and they will not enter Paradise until the camel goes through the eye of the needle (which is impossible). Thus do We recompense the Mujrimûn (criminals, polytheists and sinners).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Verses
وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
wa-is'takbarū
and (were) arrogant
عَنْهَا
ʿanhā
towards them
لَا
lā
(will) not
تُفَتَّحُ
tufattaḥu
be opened
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
أَبْوَٰبُ
abwābu
(the) doors
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
(of) the heaven
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَدْخُلُونَ
yadkhulūna
they will enter
ٱلْجَنَّةَ
l-janata
Paradise
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَلِجَ
yalija
passes
ٱلْجَمَلُ
l-jamalu
the camel
فِى
fī
through
سَمِّ
sammi
(the) eye
ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ
l-khiyāṭi
(of) the needle
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
نَجْزِى
najzī
We recompense
ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
l-muj'rimīna
the criminals
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40. Surely, those who denied Our signs and acted arrogantly towards them—the gates of the heavens will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel passes through the eye of a needle [40]. And thus do We recompense the criminals.
[40] This is an Arabic idiom used in the context of something impossible to accomplish, meaning just as it is impossible for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle, in the same way, it is impossible for people of satanic character to enter Paradise. In fact, entry into Paradise is out of the question; when the angels take the soul of such people towards the heavens, even the door of the sky is not opened for them, whereas the righteous are given a grand welcome. The soul of the wicked is thrown down from there, and after failing the test of the grave, it is imprisoned in Sijjin. The meaning of ﴿وَلَجَ﴾ is to enter, squeeze into, or attempt to enter a tight place, like a sword entering its sheath or rainwater entering the earth. And the meaning of awlaja is to insert something into a tight place or to push it in, as in the divine statement: ﴿يُوْلِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُوْلِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِ ۭ﴾ [الحديد: 6] meaning Allah causes the night to enter into the day and the day into the night. The same subject is mentioned by Allah in another place as follows: ﴿يُكَوِّرُ الَّيْلَ عَلَي النَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ النَّهَارَ عَلَي الَّيْلِ﴾ [الزمر: 5] meaning He wraps the night over the day and the day over the night. And ﴿يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِيْ سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ﴾ [7۔ الاعراف: 40] is an Arabic idiom.
[40] This is an Arabic idiom used in the context of something impossible to accomplish, meaning just as it is impossible for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle, in the same way, it is impossible for people of satanic character to enter Paradise. In fact, entry into Paradise is out of the question; when the angels take the soul of such people towards the heavens, even the door of the sky is not opened for them, whereas the righteous are given a grand welcome. The soul of the wicked is thrown down from there, and after failing the test of the grave, it is imprisoned in Sijjin. The meaning of ﴿وَلَجَ﴾ is to enter, squeeze into, or attempt to enter a tight place, like a sword entering its sheath or rainwater entering the earth. And the meaning of awlaja is to insert something into a tight place or to push it in, as in the divine statement: ﴿يُوْلِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُوْلِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِ ۭ﴾ [الحديد: 6] meaning Allah causes the night to enter into the day and the day into the night. The same subject is mentioned by Allah in another place as follows: ﴿يُكَوِّرُ الَّيْلَ عَلَي النَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ النَّهَارَ عَلَي الَّيْلِ﴾ [الزمر: 5] meaning He wraps the night over the day and the day over the night. And ﴿يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِيْ سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ﴾ [7۔ الاعراف: 40] is an Arabic idiom.
