The Holy Quran 3:91 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِم مِّلْءُ ٱلْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا وَلَوِ ٱفْتَدَىٰ بِهِۦٓ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ

Translation

Verily those who commit kufr and die as Kuffaar, the earth full of gold shall never be accepted from any of them if they ever wish to offer it as ransom (to save themselves from punishment on the Day of Qiyaamah). For them shall be a painful punishment and they shall have no helpers (to save them from Allaah's punishment; without Imaan, no action is acceptable).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

No deed is accepted without faith: that is, unlike the governments of this world, no bribe of gold and silver will work there; there only the wealth of faith can be of use. Suppose a disbeliever had a heap of gold so great that it would fill the whole earth, and he gave all of it away in charity as a pious act; with Allah it would not carry the weight of a…

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