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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مُّعْرِضُونَ﴿١

Translation (Sahih International)

[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱقْتَرَبَiq'taraba(Has) approached
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor [the] mankind
حِسَابُهُمْḥisābuhumtheir account
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
فِى(are) in
غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatinheedlessness
مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnaturning away

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahThe Virtues of Surat Al-Anbiya'Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid said that `Abdullah said, "Banu Isra'il, Al-Kahf, Maryam, Ta Ha and Al-Anbiya' - they are among the earliest and most beautiful Surahs and they are my treasure."بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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