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Ash-Shuraa 18

Ayah 18 of 53 · Meccan

يَسۡتَعۡجِلُ بِهَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهَاۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مُشۡفِقُونَ مِنۡهَا وَيَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا ٱلۡحَقُّۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُمَارُونَ فِي ٱلسَّاعَةِ لَفِي ضَلَٰلِۭ بَعِيدٍ ١٨

Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it,1 but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 They had challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) to bring it on immediately.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَسۡتَعۡجِلُSeek to hastenyastaʿjilu
  2. بِهَا[of] itbihā
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. لَا(do) notlā
  5. يُؤۡمِنُونَbelieveyu'minūna
  6. بِهَاۖin itbihā
  7. وَٱلَّذِينَand those whowa-alladhīna
  8. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  9. مُشۡفِقُونَ(are) fearfulmush'fiqūna
  10. مِنۡهَاof itmin'hā
  11. وَيَعۡلَمُونَand knowwayaʿlamūna
  12. أَنَّهَاthat itannahā
  13. ٱلۡحَقُّۗ(is) the truthl-ḥaqu
  14. أَلَآUnquestionablyalā
  15. إِنَّindeedinna
  16. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  17. يُمَارُونَdisputeyumārūna
  18. فِيconcerningfī
  19. ٱلسَّاعَةِthe Hourl-sāʿati
  20. لَفِي(are) certainly inlafī
  21. ضَلَٰلِۭerrorḍalālin
  22. بَعِيدٍfarbaʿīdin

Tafsir

Those who do not believe in it seek to hasten it, because they do not believe in reckoning, reward or punishment. But those who have faith in Allah are fearful of it because they do not know their fate after it and they certainly know it to be the truth in which there is no doubt. Indeed, those who dispute about the Hour and doubt its occurrence are in error that is far from the truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran