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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ






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فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ (٣٧) وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا (٣٨) فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِىَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ (٣٩) وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ (٤٠) فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِىَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ (٤١)







In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful






An-Naziat

Then, as for him who rebelled (37) And chose the life of the world, (38) Lo! hell will be his home. (39) But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust, (40) Lo! the Garden will be his home. (41) 79:37-41





Tafsir Ibn Kathir





بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ





[فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَى ]


(Then for him who transgressed) meaning, who rebels and behaves arrogantly.


[وَءاثَرَ الْحَيَوةَ الدُّنْيَا ]


(And preferred the life of this world,) meaning, he gives it precedence over the matters of his religion and his Hereafter.


[فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِىَ الْمَأْوَى ]


(Verily his abode will be the Hell ) meaning, his final destination will be Hell, his food will be from the tree of Zaqqum, and his drink will be from Hamim.


[وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى ]


(But as for him who feared standing before his Lord and forbade himself from desire.) meaning, he fears the standing before Allah, he fears Allah's judgement of him, he prevents his soul from following its desires, and he compels it to obey its Master.


[فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِىَ الْمَأْوَى ]


(Verily Paradise will be his abode.) meaning, his final abode, his destination, and his place of return will be the spacious Paradise. Then Allah says,
 
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