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قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ﴿٧٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you - some of that for which you are impatient.

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
أَنanthat
يَكُونَyakūnais
رَدِفَradifaclose behind
لَكُمlakumyou
بَعْضُbaʿḍusome
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) that which
تَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūnayou seek to hasten

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَـذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ (And they say: "When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if you are truthful") Allah said, responding to them:قُلْ(Say) `O Muhammad,'عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ الَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ(Perhaps that which you wish to hasten on, may be close behind you.) Ibn `Abbas said, "That which you wish to hasten on has come close to you, or some of it has come close.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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