The Holy Quran 40:48 — Surah Ghafir

Arabic text

قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُلٌّ فِيهَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ ٱلْعِبَادِ

Translation

The haughty (proud) ones will say, "We are all together in the Fire (and shall all suffer here for our kufr. We can neither help you nor ourselves). Allaah has already passed judgement between His bondsmen (and we have been doomed to Jahannam. There can be no reversing Allaah's judgement)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, those who made themselves out to be great in the world will reply: today we and you are all caught in the same affliction. Almighty Allah has pronounced the verdict of punishment upon each of us in accordance with his crime, utterly final and irrevocable. Now there is no longer any chance of anyone being of use to anyone.

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