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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

Verse 47of 78

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ ۚ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍۢ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ﴿٤٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allah will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.

Word-by-word meaning

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَwayastaʿjilūnakaAnd they ask you to hasten
بِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābithe punishment
وَلَنwalanBut never will
يُخْلِفَyukh'lifafail/violate
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
وَعْدَهُۥ ۚwaʿdahu(in) His Promise
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
يَوْمًاyawmana day
عِندَʿindawith
رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
كَأَلْفِka-alfi(is) like a thousand
سَنَةٍۢsanatinyear(s)
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
تَعُدُّونَtaʿuddūnayou count

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Here Allah consoles His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for the disbelief of those among his people who opposed him.وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ(And if they deny you, so did deny before them the people of Nuh) until His saying,وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَى(and denied was Musa.) means, despite all the clear signs and evidence that they brought.فَأمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَـفِرِينَ(But I granted respite to the disbelievers for a while,) means, `I delayed and postponed.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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