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Surah al-A`raf (The Elevated Places) 7 : 40

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle [i.e., never]. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(7:40:1)
(7:40:2)
alladhīna
those who
(7:40:3)
kadhabū
denied
(7:40:4)
biāyātinā
Our Verses
(7:40:5)
wa-is'takbarū
and (were) arrogant
(7:40:6)
(7:40:7)
(7:40:8)
tufattaḥu
be opened
(7:40:9)
(7:40:10)
abwābu
(the) doors
(7:40:11)
l-samāi
(of) the heaven
(7:40:12)
(7:40:13)
yadkhulūna
they will enter
(7:40:14)
l-janata
Paradise
(7:40:15)
(7:40:16)
yalija
passes
(7:40:17)
l-jamalu
the camel
(7:40:18)
(7:40:19)
sammi
(the) eye
(7:40:20)
l-khiyāṭi
(of) the needle
(7:40:21)
(7:40:22)
najzī
We recompense
(7:40:23)
l-muj'rimīna
the criminals

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Explanatory Note

Reflect as you wish on this remarkable scene, with a very thick twisted rope held opposite to a needle’s eye. When that tiny hole allows the twisted rope to go through it, then and only then, will the gates of heaven be opened to those arrogant people and their supplications or repentance be accepted. The fact is that the time allowed to them has lapsed. Hence, until such a rope goes through a needle’s eye they will remain in the fire of hell where they are all gathered, cursing one another and trying to get their punishment doubled. Such is the retribution God has in store for the evil- doers. It should perhaps be noted that the Arabic word used here for ‘thick, twisted rope’ also means ‘camel’. Thus, the scene acquires a sarcastic touch as we visualize a camel trying to go through a needle’s eye.

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A study of its contents clearly shows that the period of its revelation is about the same as that of Surah 6: al-An’am (The Grazing Livestock), i.e. the last year of the Prophet's life at Makkah, but it cannot be asserted with certainty which of these two were sent down earlier. The manner of its admonition clearly indicates that it belongs to the same period. [Ref: Mawdudi]

It is considered the longest surah revealed during the Makkan period. Some consider this surah to have been revealed after Surah 38: Sad. [Ref: Tafsir al-Maudheei, Dr. Mustafah Muslim, vol. 3, p. 2]

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