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An-Naba (The Tidings)

Verse 38of 40

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا﴿٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

Word-by-word meaning

يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
يَقُومُyaqūmuwill stand
ٱلرُّوحُl-rūḥuthe Spirit
وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the Angels
صَفًّۭا ۖṣaffan(in) rows
لَّاnot
يَتَكَلَّمُونَyatakallamūnathey will speak
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنْman(one) who
أَذِنَadhinapermits
لَهُlahu[for] him
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
وَقَالَwaqālaand he (will) say
صَوَابًۭاṣawāban(what is) correct

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

No one will dare to speak before Allah -- not even the Angels - without first receiving PermissionAllah informs of His magnificence and His majesty, and that He is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is in them and between them. He explains that He is the Most Gracious, Whose mercy covers all things. Then He says,لاَ يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَاباً(With Whom they cannot dare to speak.) meaning, no one is able to begin addressing Him except by His permission.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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