( هو الذي جعلكم خلائف في الأرض ) أي : يخلف بعضكم بعضا ، وقيل : جعلكم أمة خلفت من قبلها . ورأت فيمن قبلها ، ما ينبغي أن تعتبر به . ( فمن كفر فعليه كفره ) أي : عليه وبال كفره ( ولا يزيد الكافرين كفرهم عند ربهم إلا مقتا ) غضبا ( ولا يزيد الكافرين كفرهم إلا خسارا )
It is He who made some of you, O people, succeed others on earth. Those who deny Allah and what the messengers brought, then the sin and retribution of their disbelief will be borne by them. Their disbelief does not harm their Lord. The disbelief of the disbelievers adds only to their Lord’s displeasure and hatred for them. The disbelief of the disbelievers adds only to their loss, as they will lose what Allah would have prepared for them in Paradise had they believed.