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wa-qālat ʾūlāhum li-ʾukhrāhum fa-mā kāna lakum ʿalaynā min faḍlin fa-dhūqū l-ʿadhāba bi-mā kuntum taksibūna
And the first of them will say to the last of them, ‘You have no merit over us! So taste the punishment because of what you used to earn.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘A’raf, Verse 39
39. "And the foremost of them will say to the last of them: 'So there is no preference for you over us. Therefore, taste the chastisement for what you used to earn."
The verse begins as follows:
Some commentators have said that the verse means that, in Hell, a former community will say to the latter community that they are not superior to them from the point of attitude and intellect.
They tell them that they themselves chose infidelity, and they have no interference in that choice. Consequently, they should themselves tolerate the punishment of Allah.