Tafsir Ibn Kathir on Al-Hijr 15:3

Surah Al-Hijr 15:3

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Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

ذرهم يٲكلوا ويتمتعوا

Leave them to eat and enjoy, this is a stern and definitive threat for them, like His saying,

قل تمتعوا فٳن مصيركم إلى النار

Say: "Enjoy your brief life! But certainly, your destination is the Fire!'' (14:30)

كلوا وتمتعوا قليﻼ إنكم مجرمون

(O disbelievers!) Eat and enjoy yourselves (in this worldly life) for a little while. Verily, you are the guilty. (77:46) Allah says:

ويلههم اﻻمل

let them be preoccupied with false hope. i.e., distracted from repentance and turning to Allah, for,

فسوف يعلمون

They will soon come to know! that is, their punishment

Tafsir of Al-Hijr 15:3