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Saba 52

Ayah 52 of 54 · Meccan

وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٥٢

And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking1 [of faith] from a place far away?2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Literally, "taking of something within easy reach," in other words, "How can they expect to obtain faith at this point?"

2 i.e., their former life on earth, wherein they had every opportunity but which is now gone, never to return.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالُوٓاْAnd they will saywaqālū
  2. ءَامَنَّاWe believeāmannā
  3. بِهِۦin itbihi
  4. وَأَنَّىٰBut howwa-annā
  5. لَهُمُfor themlahumu
  6. ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ(will be) the receivingl-tanāwushu
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. مَّكَانِۭa placemakānin
  9. بَعِيدٖfar offbaʿīdin

Tafsir

And they will say when they see their fate: “We have brought faith in the day of judgment”, but how will they pursue and acquire faith when the place for accepting faith has gone far from them, by their leaving the worldly abode, the abode of action and no reward, to the abode of the Hereafter, the abode of reward and no action?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran