An-Núr 24:39 والذين كفروا اعمالهم كسراب بقيعة يحسبه الظمان ماء حتى اذا جاءه لم يجده شييا ووجد الله عنده فوفاه حسابه والله سريع الحساب ٣٩
وَٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوٓاْ
أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ
كَسَرَابِۭ
بِقِيعَةٖ
يَحۡسَبُهُ
ٱلظَّمۡـَٔانُ
مَآءً
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
جَآءَهُۥ
لَمۡ
يَجِدۡهُ
شَيۡـٔٗا
وَوَجَدَ
ٱللَّهَ
عِندَهُۥ
فَوَفَّىٰهُ
حِسَابَهُۥۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
سَرِيعُ
ٱلۡحِسَابِ
٣٩
As for the disbelievers, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert, which the thirsty perceive as water, but when they approach it, they find it to be nothing. Instead, they find Allah there ˹in the Hereafter, ready˺ to settle their account. And Allah is swift in reckoning.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allāh before him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allāh is swift in account.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Two Examples of two kinds of Disbelievers
These are two examples which Allah sets forth of two kinds of disbelievers. Similarly He sets forth two parables of the hypocrites at the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah: one involving fire and the other involving water. Similarly, in Surat Ar-Ra`d He gives two
…Two Examples of two kinds of Disbelievers
These are two examples which Allah sets forth of two kinds of disbelievers. Similarly He sets forth two parab
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