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An-Naba (The Tidings)

Verse 40of 40

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا﴿٤٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّآinnāIndeed We
أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْandharnākum[We] have warned you
عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(of) a punishment
قَرِيبًۭاqarībannear
يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
يَنظُرُyanẓuruwill see
ٱلْمَرْءُl-maruthe man
مَاwhat
قَدَّمَتْqaddamathave sent forth
يَدَاهُyadāhuhis hands
وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand will say
ٱلْكَافِرُl-kāfiruthe disbeliever
يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO I wish
كُنتُkuntuI were
تُرَٰبًۢاturābandust

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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