Al-Waqi'ah Verse 46

and persisted in the worst of sin.[[ i.e., associating others with Allah in worship and denying the resurrection and judgment. ]]

and persisted in the gravest sin [of polytheism].

and persisted in the Great Sin,

and persisted in great sin,

And they have been persisting in the heinous offence.

And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!

and had persisted in the Great Sin.

But persisted in that greater sin,

And were stubborn upon the great sin (of disbelief).

and they used to persist in the great sin.

And would persist in committing the greatest sin (of unbelief or associating partners with God and denying the afterlife).

But (they) persisted in extreme sinfulness.

And they were persisting/insisting on the sin the great.

And were stubborn upon the great sin (of disbelief).

And they persisted in the great violation (or great sin).

And were persisting in great sin (joining partners in worship along with Allah, committing murders and other crimes, etc.)

Surely they lived before that in ease.

And they persisted in the great violation.

And used to persist in the awful sin.

and persisted in heinous sins.

and persisted in the great sin

And were persisting in great sin.

and they persisted obstinately in awful sin,

And they used to persist in immense wrongdoing.

and they used to persist in the great sin, namely, idolatry.

وَكَانُوا يُصِرُّونَ

And were persisting,

means, they persisted and did not intend to repent,

عَلَى الْحِنثِ الْعَظِيمِ



in great sin.

in disbelief in Allah and claiming that the idols and rivals were gods besides Allah.

It means idolatry, according to Ibn Abbas.

This is also the meaning reported from Mujahid, Ikrimah, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others.

Allah said,

وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَيِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَيِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ