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Al-Ahqaf 35

Ayah 35 of 35 · Meccan

فَٱصۡبِرۡ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡعَزۡمِ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِل لَّهُمۡۚ كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا سَاعَةٗ مِّن نَّهَارِۭۚ بَلَٰغٞۚ فَهَلۡ يُهۡلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٣٥

So be patient, [O Muḥammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them.1 It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., for Allāh's punishment of the disbelievers.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱصۡبِرۡSo be patientfa-iṣ'bir
  2. كَمَاaskamā
  3. صَبَرَhad patienceṣabara
  4. أُوْلُواْthose of determinationulū
  5. ٱلۡعَزۡمِthose of determinationl-ʿazmi
  6. مِنَofmina
  7. ٱلرُّسُلِthe Messengersl-rusuli
  8. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  9. تَسۡتَعۡجِلseek to hastentastaʿjil
  10. لَّهُمۡۚfor themlahum
  11. كَأَنَّهُمۡAs if they hadka-annahum
  12. يَوۡمَ(the) Dayyawma
  13. يَرَوۡنَthey seeyarawna
  14. مَاwhatmā
  15. يُوعَدُونَthey were promisedyūʿadūna
  16. لَمۡnotlam
  17. يَلۡبَثُوٓاْremainedyalbathū
  18. إِلَّاexceptillā
  19. سَاعَةٗan hoursāʿatan
  20. مِّنofmin
  21. نَّهَارِۭۚa daynahārin
  22. بَلَٰغٞۚA notificationbalāghun
  23. فَهَلۡBut willfahal
  24. يُهۡلَكُ(any) be destroyedyuh'laku
  25. إِلَّاexceptillā
  26. ٱلۡقَوۡمُthe people l-qawmu
  27. ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَthe defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqūna

Tafsir

So be patient - O Messenger - against your people’s denial of you just as the messengers of firm resolve were patient. These were the following messengers in addition to our Prophet (peace be upon him): Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them). Do not seek to hasten the punishment for them. The deniers from your people, on the day when they will see the punishment that they are warned about in the Hereafter, will be as if they did not remain in the world except for an hour of a day due to the length of their punishment. This Qur’ān that is revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him) is a notice to all people as well to the jinn, and only those who go against Allah by disbelief and sins will be destroyed by the punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran