Tafsir for verse: 27:5
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمۡ سُوٓءُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ وَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلۡأَخۡسَرُونَ ٥ ﴿5﴾
5Those are the people who deserve the worst punishment and who are the worst losers in the Hereafter.
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Commentary
And when He specified the believers with what is known of them that they have good reward, and that they in the Hereafter are the winners, He mentioned what is specific to them in opposition to that, and said: ﴿Those﴾ meaning: the distant and hated ones ﴿for them﴾ meaning: specifically ﴿is a terrible punishment﴾ in both abodes: in this world with imprisonment, killing, and fear ﴿and in the Hereafter they are﴾ (p-128) the ones specifically mentioned as ﴿the greatest losers﴾ meaning: the most severely losing people because they lost what there is no loss like it, which is their souls that they cannot replace.
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