Translation:
"This Day shall no ransom be accepted of you, nor of those who rejected Allah. 5294 Your abode is the Fire: that is the proper place to claim you: and an evil refuge it is!"
"This Day shall no ransom be accepted of you, nor of those who rejected Allah. 5294 Your abode is the Fire: that is the proper place to claim you: and an evil refuge it is!"
Translation:
“And so, no ransom 20 shall be accepted today from you, and neither from those who were [openly] bent on denying the truth. Your goal is the fire: it is your [only] refuge - 21 and how evil a journey’s end!”
“And so, no ransom 20 shall be accepted today from you, and neither from those who were [openly] bent on denying the truth. Your goal is the fire: it is your [only] refuge - 21 and how evil a journey’s end!”
Commentary:
20 I.e., belated repentance.
21 Lit., "your friend" (mawlakum) - i.e., "the only thing by which you may hope to be purified and redeemed": cf. the saying of the Prophet mentioned in note 10 on 40:12; see also the last note 15 above.
20 I.e., belated repentance.
21 Lit., "your friend" (mawlakum) - i.e., "the only thing by which you may hope to be purified and redeemed": cf. the saying of the Prophet mentioned in note 10 on 40:12; see also the last note 15 above.
5294 In personal responsibility there is no room for vicarious ransom or for ransom by payments of gold or silver or by sacrifice of possessions. Nor can the crime be expiated for after Judgement 'You' and 'those who rejected Allah' are two ways of looking at the same persons. 'You are rejected because you rejected Allah.'