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by Allah for the deeds of the disbelievers. It means that they will derive no benefit from the deeds they performed in this world, because they associated others with Allah in them. They are like ashes scattered by the wind, from which no benefit can be derived. Thus, this is the meaning of His saying, Exalted is He:
“They will be unable”—that is, the disbelievers—“to retain anything of what they had earned” in this world, “in the Hereafter. That is what is far astray.” ⦗193a⦘
اللَّهُ لِأَعْمَالِ الْكُفَّارِ، يُرِيدُ: أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَنْتَفِعُونَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمُ الَّتِي عَمِلُوهَا فِي الدُّنْيَا لِأَنَّهُمْ أَشْرَكُوا فِيهَا غَيْرَ اللَّهِ كَالرَّمَادِ الَّذِي ذَرَتْهُ الرِّيحُ لَا يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى:
﴿لَا يَقْدِرُونَ﴾ يَعْنِي: الْكُفَّارَ ﴿مِمَّا كَسَبُوا﴾ فِي الدُّنْيَا، ﴿عَلَى شَيْءٍ﴾ في الآخرة، ١٩٣/أ ﴿ذَلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَعِيدُ﴾ .