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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ شَىْءٌ عَظِيمٌۭ﴿١

Translation (Sahih International)

O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO mankind
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuO mankind
ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūFear
رَبَّكُمْ ۚrabbakumyour Lord
إِنَّinnaIndeed
زَلْزَلَةَzalzalata(the) convulsion
ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿati(of) the Hour
شَىْءٌshayon(is) a thing
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Another Version of this HadithAt-Tirmidhi recorded from `Imran bin Husayn that when the words,يَـأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمُ(O mankind! Have Taqwa of your Lord.) Until His saying,وَلَـكِنَّ عَذَابَ اللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ(but Allah's torment is severe.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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