Ali 'Imran, verse 91

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1. Indeed inna
2. those who alladhīna
3. disbelieve[d] kafarū
4. and died wamātū
5. while they wahum
6. (are) disbelievers kuffārun
7. then never falan
8. will be accepted yuq'bala
9. from min
10. any one of them aḥadihim
11. full mil'u
12. earth l-arḍi
13. (of) gold dhahaban
14. [and] (even) if walawi
15. he offered as ransom if'tadā
16. it bihi
17. Those ulāika
18. for them lahum
19. (is) a punishment ʿadhābun
20. painful alīmun
21. and not wamā
22. (will be) for them lahum
23. any min
24. helpers nāṣirīna

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 3:90.

Neither Repentance of the Disbeliever Upon Death, Nor His Ransoming Himself on the Day of Resurrection Shall be Accepted Allah threatens and warns those who revert to disbelief after they believed and who thereafter insist on disbelief until death. He states that in this case, no repentance shall be accepted from them upon their death. Similarly, Allah said, وَلَيْسَتِ التَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئَتِ حَتَّى إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ (And of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil deeds until death faces one of them) 4:18. This is why Allah said,…

• Verse 89 إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ Not so those who afterwards repent and mend their ways- God is most forgiving and merciful-
• Verse 90 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِهِمْ ثُمَّ ٱزْدَادُوا۟ كُفْرًا لَّن تُقْبَلَ تَوْبَتُهُمْ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلضَّآلُّونَ [although] the repentance of those who, having believed, then increase in their disbelief, will not be accepted. They are the ones who have gone [far] astray:
• Verse 91
• Verse 92 لَن تَنَالُوا۟ ٱلْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِن شَىْءٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ None of you [believers] will attain true piety unless you give out of what you cherish: whatever you give, God knows about it very well.
• Verse 93 ۞ كُلُّ ٱلطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلًّا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تُنَزَّلَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ ۗ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ فَٱتْلُوهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ Except for what Israel made unlawful for himself, all food was lawful to the Children of Israel before the Torah was revealed. Say, ‘Bring the Torah and read out [the relevant passage] if you are telling the truth.

• كفر kāf fā rā
• موت mīm wāw tā
• قبل qāf bā lām
• احد alif ḥā dāl
• ملا mīm lām alif
• ارض alif rā ḍād
• ذهب dhāl hā bā
• فدي fā dāl yā
• عذب ʿayn dhāl bā
• الم alif lām mīm
• نصر nūn ṣād rā

• Apostacy
• Apostasy الردة
• Death الموت
• Disbeliever الكافر
• Earth أرض
• Gold ذهب
• Help المعاونة
• Ransom الفدية

• Al-Baqarah 2:161 · Same opening إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ
• Ali 'Imran 3:22 · Same ending أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ
• Ali 'Imran 3:56 · Same ending فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ
• An-Nahl 16:37 · Same ending إِن تَحْرِصْ عَلَىٰ هُدَىٰهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَن يُضِلُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ
• Ar-Rum 30:29 · Same ending بَلِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۖ فَمَن يَهْدِى مَنْ أَضَلَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ

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