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Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 33

سورة المطففين، الآية ٣٣

83:33 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 588 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 83:33

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ ۝٣٣

Transliteration

wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna

Translation

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

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Verse 33 of Surah Al-Mutaffifin (83:33), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 588 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 33

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah did not appoint them to guard their deeds so that they could make this statement of theirs.

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Other translations of verse 33

although they were not sent as their keepers.

But they (disbelievers, sinners) had not been sent as watchers over them (the believers).

Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

But they had not been sent as keepers over them!

And they were not sent to be keepers over them.

And in no way were they sent preservers over them.

Verse 33 word by word

وَمَآ wamā But not
أُرْسِلُوا۟ ur'silū they had been sent ر س ل
عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim over them
حَٰفِظِينَ ḥāfiẓīna (as) guardians ح ف ظ

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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

Al-Mu’minun 23:108–111
قَالَ ٱخْسَـُٔوا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ …

He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me. …

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