Skip to content
MyDeenTools

Ghafir (The Forgiver)

Verse 18of 85

وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْءَازِفَةِ إِذِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ لَدَى ٱلْحَنَاجِرِ كَٰظِمِينَ ۚ مَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنْ حَمِيمٍۢ وَلَا شَفِيعٍۢ يُطَاعُ﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَنذِرْهُمْwa-andhir'humAnd warn them
يَوْمَyawma(of the) Day
ٱلْـَٔازِفَةِl-āzifatithe Approaching
إِذِidhiwhen
ٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbuthe hearts
لَدَىladā(are) at
ٱلْحَنَاجِرِl-ḥanājirithe throats
كَـٰظِمِينَ ۚkāẓimīnachoked
مَاNot
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers
مِنْminany
حَمِيمٍۢḥamīminintimate friend
وَلَاwalāand no
شَفِيعٍۢshafīʿinintercessor
يُطَاعُyuṭāʿu(who) is obeyed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Warning of the Day of Resurrection and Allah's judgement on that Day`The Day that is drawing near' is one of the names of the Day of Judgement. It is so called because it is close, as Allah says:أَزِفَتِ الاٌّزِفَةُ - لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ (The Day of Resurrection draws near.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

Share this verse with others

WhatsAppX

These tools are free because of generous Muslims.

$10/month keeps this platform free for 50,000 people. Every visit earns you reward — Sadaqah Jariyah.

Support this project