Surah Taghabun ayat 5 Tafsir Quran 64:5

﴿أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَأُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن قَبْلُ فَذَاقُوا وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ﴾
[ التغابن: 5]

64:5 Has there not come to you the news of those who disbelieved before? So they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.

Has there not come to you O disbelievers of Mecca the tidings the story of those who disbelieved before and thus tasted the evil consequences of their conduct? they tasted the punishment for disbelief in this world. And there will be for them in the Hereafter a painful chastisement?

Have you people not been given a narrative of the eventful misfortunes which befell those who denied Allah among past generations, and how they tasted the fatal consequence of the evil way they conducted themselves in life? And there is yet an unsparing penalty and a condign punishment

A Warning delivered through mentioning the End of the Disbelieving Nations Informing about the past nations and the torment and disciplinary lessons that they suffered because of opposing the Messengers and denying the truth.
Allah says; أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُاْ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَبْلُ ( Has not the news reached you of those who disbelieved aforetime ) meaning, information about them and what happened to them, فَذَاقُواْ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ ( And so they tasted the evil result of their disbelief. ) They tasted the evil consequences of their denial and sinful actions.
And it refers to the punishment and humiliation they received in the life of the world, وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ( and theirs will be a painful torment. ) in the Hereafter, added to the torment they received in this life.
Allah explained why; ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ ( That was because there came to them their Messengers with Bayyinat, ) supporting arguments, evidence, and clear proofs, فَقَالُواْ أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا ( but they said:"Shall mere men guide us" ) They discounted and dismissed the possibility that the Message would be sent to a human and that their guidance would come by the hands of a man like themselves, فَكَفَرُواْ وَتَوَلَّواْ ( So they disbelieved and turned away. ) they denied the truth and turned away from abiding by it, وَّاسْتَغْنَى اللَّهُ ( But Allah was not in need. ) of them, وَاللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ ( And Allah is not need, Worthy of all praise. )

(64:5) Has the news of the unbelievers of the past not reached you? (They disbelieved) and then tasted its evil consequence. A grievous chastisement awaits them. *10

Has there not come to you the meaning

*10) That is, " The evil that they tasted in the world in consequence of their misdeeds was neither the real punishment of their crimes nor the full punishment.
The real and full punishment they have yet to suffer in the Hereafter.
However, the people can learn a lesson from the torment that visited them.
They can see how the nations which adopted an attitude of unbelief against their Lord, went an degenerating and consequently met with an evil and disgraceful end. " ( For further explanation, see E.N.'s 5, 6 of Al-A'raf, E.N.
105 of Hud ).

 

A Warning delivered through mentioning the End of the Disbelieving Nations Informing about the past nations and the torment and disciplinary lessons that they suffered because of opposing the Messengers and denying the truth.
Allah says; أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُاْ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَبْلُ ( Has not the news reached you of those who disbelieved aforetime ) meaning, information about them and what happened to them, فَذَاقُواْ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ ( And so they tasted the evil result of their disbelief. ) They tasted the evil consequences of their denial and sinful actions.
And it refers to the punishment and humiliation they received in the life of the world, وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ( and theirs will be a painful torment. ) in the Hereafter, added to the torment they received in this life.
Allah explained why; ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ ( That was because there came to them their Messengers with Bayyinat, ) supporting arguments, evidence, and clear proofs, فَقَالُواْ أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا ( but they said:"Shall mere men guide us" ) They discounted and dismissed the possibility that the Message would be sent to a human and that their guidance would come by the hands of a man like themselves, فَكَفَرُواْ وَتَوَلَّواْ ( So they disbelieved and turned away. ) they denied the truth and turned away from abiding by it, وَّاسْتَغْنَى اللَّهُ ( But Allah was not in need. ) of them, وَاللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ ( And Allah is not need, Worthy of all praise. )

( Hath not the story ) the event ( reached you ) O people of Mecca ( of those who disbelieved of old ) of the nations who were before, how We dealt with them ( and so did taste the ill effects of their conduct ) and so did taste the punishment they deserved in the life of the world by being chastised and destroyed, ( and theirs will be a painful doom ) in the Hereafter.

Has not the news reached you of those who disbelieved aforetime? And so they tasted the evil result of their disbelief, and theirs will be a painful torment.

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