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Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke)

Verse 16of 59

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.

Word-by-word meaning

يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
نَبْطِشُnabṭishuWe will seize
ٱلْبَطْشَةَl-baṭshata(with) the seizure
ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓl-kub'rāthe greatest
إِنَّاinnāindeed, We
مُنتَقِمُونَmuntaqimūna(will) take retribution

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Alarming the Idolators with News of the Day when the Sky will bring forth a visible SmokeAllah says, these idolaters are playing about in doubt, i.e., the certain truth has come to them, but they doubt it and do not believe in it. Then Allah says, warning and threatening them:فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى السَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ(Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke.) It was narrated that Masruq said, "We entered the Masjid -- i.e.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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