Surah Az-Zukhruf: Verse 39 - ولن ينفعكم اليوم إذ ظلمتم... - English

Tafsir of Verse 39, Surah Az-Zukhruf

وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

English Translation

And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

English Transliteration

Walan yanfaAAakumu alyawma ith thalamtum annakum fee alAAathabi mushtarikoona

Tafsir of Verse 39

It shall not profit you today, since you did evil, that you are partners in the chastisement.

When ye have done wrong, it will avail you nothing, that Day, that ye shall be partners in Punishment!

وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ ('Since you were wrongdoers, it will never benefit you today that you are sharing the punishment with each other.'...43:39) There can be two explanations of this verse. One is that since your 'kufr' and 'shirk' (disbelief and ascribing partners to Allah) has been proved, your longing in the Hereafter in the words, "Will that this devil had been away from me," will be of no avail, because all of you will be sharing the same punishment.

The other explanation could be that after getting in Hell, your sharing the punishment with the devil will not benefit you. In this world, indeed it happens that when a few people share the same misfortune, everyone's burden of misery becomes somewhat lighter, but there in Hell, everybody will be so terrorized that nobody will be able to lighten another's misery and hence sharing of the punishment will be of no benefit. (The translation given above is based on this interpretation.)

Verse 39 - Surah Az-Zukhruf: (ولن ينفعكم اليوم إذ ظلمتم أنكم في العذاب مشتركون...) - English