Do not think that unbelievers will subvert (the authority of God) on earth. Their abode is Hell; and what an evil destination!
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (think not) o muhammad (that the disbelievers) of mecca (can escape) from allah's punishment (in the land. fire) in the hereafter (will be their home) their abode, (a hapless journey's end) to which they will return with the satans! this verse was revealed about abu jahl and his host.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and do not suppose (read tahsabanna or yahsabanna, the subject of the verb being the messenger) that those who disbelieve can escape, us, in the land, by eluding us. for their abode will be, their return will be [to], the fire, and it is surely an evil destination, it is an [evil] place of return.
