The Holy Quran 2:141 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Translation

They (Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام, Ya'qoob عليه الصلاة والسلام and their children) were a group who have passed. To their benefit (for them) will be the acts they have earned (done) and to your benefit (for you) will be the acts that you earn. You will not be questioned about what they did.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Forefathers will be of no avail in the Hereafter: this same verse has passed just a little earlier, but since it had become firmly fixed in the hearts of the People of the Book, because they were descendants of great men, that however evil their deeds might be, in the end their forefathers would surely obtain forgiveness for them, this verse has been…

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