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Quran 29:53

Surah Al-Ankaboot, Verse 53

Juz 21 · Page 403 · Ruku 347 · Meccan

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Word by word

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ wayastaʿjilūnaka And they ask you to hasten بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ bil-ʿadhābi [with] the punishment وَلَوْلَآ walawlā And if not أَجَلٌۭ ajalun (for) a term مُّسَمًّۭى musamman appointed لَّجَآءَهُمُ lajāahumu surely (would) have come to them ٱلْعَذَابُ l-ʿadhābu the punishment وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم walayatiyannahum But it will surely come to them بَغْتَةًۭ baghtatan suddenly وَهُمْ wahum while they لَا lā (do) not يَشْعُرُونَ yashʿurūna perceive

Transliteration

WayastaAAjiloonaka bilAAathabiwalawla ajalun musamman lajaahumu alAAathabuwalaya/tiyannahum baghtatan wahum la yashAAuroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They bid thee hasten on the doom (of Allah). And if a term had not been appointed, the doom would assuredly have come unto them (ere now). And verily it will come upon them suddenly when they perceive not.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment (for them): had it not been for a term (of respite) appointed, the Punishment would certainly have come to them: and it will certainly reach them,- of a sudden, while they perceive not!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى مخبرا عن جهل المشركين في استعجالهم عذاب الله أن يقع بهم ، وبأس الله أن يحل عليهم ، كما قال تعالى : ( وإذ قالوا اللهم إن كان هذا هو الحق من عندك فأمطر علينا حجارة من السماء أو ائتنا بعذاب أليم ) [ الأنفال : 32 ] ، وقال هاهنا : ( ويستعجلونك بالعذاب ولولا أجل مسمى لجاءهم العذاب ) أي : لولا ما حتم الله من تأخير العذاب إلى يوم القيامة لجاءهم العذاب قريبا سريعا كما استعجلوه .

ثم قال : ( وليأتينهم بغتة ) أي : فجأة ، ( وهم لا يشعرون .)

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.