Surah 41:29
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۞وَقَيَّضۡنَا لَهُمۡ قُرَنَآءَ فَزَيَّنُواْ لَهُم مَّا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَحَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ فِيٓ أُمَمٖ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ
We have allotted to them comrades, and they have made what is before them and behind them appear enticing to them. The word about the communities of jinn and humankind (which) have passed away before them has proved true against them (as well). Surely they were losers.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَا تَسۡمَعُواْ لِهَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَٱلۡغَوۡاْ فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَغۡلِبُونَ
Those who disbelieve say, ‘Do not listen to this Qur’ān, but talk frivolously about it, so that you may overcome (them).’
فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗا وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّهُمۡ أَسۡوَأَ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
We shall indeed make those who disbelieve taste a harsh punishment, and We shall indeed repay them for the worst of what they have done.
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ أَعۡدَآءِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّارُۖ لَهُمۡ فِيهَا دَارُ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجۡحَدُونَ
That is the payment of the enemies of God – the Fire – where they will have the Home of Eternity as payment for their having denied Our signs.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ رَبَّنَآ أَرِنَا ٱلَّذَيۡنِ أَضَلَّانَا مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ نَجۡعَلۡهُمَا تَحۡتَ أَقۡدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ
Those who disbelieve (will) say, ‘Our Lord, show us those of the jinn and humankind who led us astray. We shall place them beneath our feet, so that they may be among the lowest.’
Allah tells us that He is the One Who sends the idolators astray, and that this happens by His will and decree. He is the All-Wise in His actions, when He appoints for them close companions from among the devils of men and Jinn.
means, they made their deeds attractive to them in the past. As far as the future is concerned, they only see themselves as doing good, as Allah says:
{And the Word is justified against them} means, the Word of torment, just as it was justified against the nations of the past who did what they did, men and Jinn alike.
{Indeed they (all) were the losers.} means, they are all equal in terms of loss and being doomed.
How the disbelievers advised One Another not to listen to the Qur'an, and the Recompense for that
means, they advised one another not to pay heed to the Qur'an or obey its commands.
{and make noise in the midst of its} means, when it is recited, do not listen to it. This was the view of Mujahid. "And make noise in the midst of its (recitation)" means whistling and trying to make the Messenger of Allah confused when he recited Qur'an, which is what the Quraysh did.
{that you may overcome.} means, this is the practice of these ignorant disbelievers and those who follow in their footsteps, when they hear the Qur'an. Allah commanded us to be different from that, and said:
Then Allah says:
meaning, in return for what they do when they hear the Qur'an.
means, for their evil deeds.
It was reported that 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said, concerning the phrase,
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 8, Page 533-535)