Quran 46:24

Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 24

Juz 26 · Page 505 · Ruku 440 · Meccan

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُّمْطِرُنَا بَلْ هُوَ مَا ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم بِهِۦ رِيحٌ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Word by word

فَلَمَّا falammā Then when رَأَوْهُ ra-awhu they saw it عَارِضًۭا ʿāriḍan (as) a cloud مُّسْتَقْبِلَ mus'taqbila approaching أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ awdiyatihim their valleys قَالُوا۟ qālū they said هَـٰذَا hādhā This عَارِضٌۭ ʿāriḍun (is) a cloud مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚ mum'ṭirunā bringing us rain بَلْ bal Nay هُوَ huwa it مَا mā (is) what ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم is'taʿjaltum you were asking it to be hastened بِهِۦ ۖ bihi you were asking it to be hastened رِيحٌۭ rīḥun a wind فِيهَا fīhā in it عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun (is) a punishment أَلِيمٌۭ alīmun painful

Transliteration

Falamma raawhu AAaridanmustaqbila awdiyatihim qaloo hatha AAaridunmumtiruna bal huwa ma istaAAjaltum bihi reehunfeeha AAathabun aleem

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of) a cloud traversing the sky, coming to meet their valleys, they said, "This cloud will give us rain!" "Nay, it is the (Calamity) ye were asking to be hastened!- A wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

قال الله تعالى : ( فلما رأوه عارضا مستقبل أوديتهم ) أي : لما رأوا العذاب مستقبلهم ، اعتقدوا أنه عارض ممطر ، ففرحوا واستبشروا به ، وقد كانوا ممحلين محتاجين إلى المطر ، قال الله تعالى : ( بل هو ما استعجلتم به ريح فيها عذاب أليم ) أي : هو العذاب الذي قلتم : ( فأتنا بما تعدنا إن كنت من الصادقين )