Overall meaning : On the Day of Judgement, you will see the believers, men and women, with their light shining before them and on their right hands. They will be told, ‘Good news for you today: Gardens beneath which rivers flow, in which you will abide for ever. That is indeed the supreme triumph.’
On that day the hypocrites, men and women, will say to the believers, ‘Wait for us, so that we may have some of your light.’ They will be mockingly told, ‘Go back to the world and seek a light for yourselves there!’ Then a separating wall with a gate will be set up between them and the believers. On the inner side of the gate—the side of the believers—will be mercy, but on the outer side of it —the side of the unbelievers—will be torment.
The hypocrites will call out to the believers from outside the dividing wall, saying, ‘Were we not with you in the life of the world, praying and fasting together and doing exactly as you did?!’ ‘Yes, you were,’ the believers will reply, ‘but you only made an outward show of faith, and so you have now brought ruin upon yourselves. You seduced yourselves by your hypocrisy; you looked forward to the believers’ ruin and doubted the truth; and your false hopes deceived you until Allah’s decree of your death came to you, and the Deceiver—Satan—deceived you concerning Allah! So today no ransom with which to save yourselves from the punishment will be accepted from you, hypocrites, nor from the unbelievers. Your abode is the Fire—a terrible destination indeed!’