Surah 14 Ibrahim — Ayah 42
وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَٰفِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍۢ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ
അക്രമികള് പ്രവര്ത്തിച്ച് കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നതിനെപ്പറ്റി അല്ലാഹു അശ്രദ്ധനാണെന്ന് നീ വിചാരിച്ച് പോകരുത്. കണ്ണുകള് തള്ളിപ്പോകുന്ന ഒരു (ഭയാനകമായ) ദിവസം വരെ അവര്ക്കു സമയം നീട്ടികൊടുക്കുക മാത്രമാണ് ചെയ്യുന്നത്.
walā taḥsabanna l-laha ghāfilan ʿammā yaʿmalu l-ẓālimūna innamā yu-akhiruhum liyawmin tashkhaṣu fīhi l-abṣāru
Word by word
- وَلَا walā And (do) not
- تَحْسَبَنَّ taḥsabanna think
- ٱللَّهَ l-laha (that) Allah
- غَـٰفِلًا ghāfilan (is) unaware
- عَمَّا ʿammā of what
- يَعْمَلُ yaʿmalu do
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ۚ l-ẓālimūna the wrongdoers
- إِنَّمَا innamā Only
- يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ yu-akhiruhum He gives them respite
- لِيَوْمٍۢ liyawmin to a Day
- تَشْخَصُ tashkhaṣu will stare
- فِيهِ fīhi in it
- ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ l-abṣāru the eyes
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah gives Respite to the Disbelievers and is never unaware of what They do
Allah says, `O Muhammad, do not think that Allah is unaware of what the unjust disbelievers do. Do not think because Allah gave them respite and delayed their punishment that He is unaware or ignoring punishing them for what they do. Rather, Allah keeps full account of this for them and keeps it on record against them,
(but He gives them respite up to a Day when the eyes will stare in horror.) from the horror of the Day of Resurrection.' Allah next mentions how they will all be raised up from their graves and hurriedly gathered for the Day of Gathering,
(hastening forward), in a hurry. Allah said in other Ayat,
(Hastening towards the caller.) 54:8
(On that Day mankind will follow strictly Allah's caller, no crookedness will they show him.) 20:108 until,
(And (all) faces shall be humbled before the Ever Living, the Sustainer.) 20:111 Allah said: another Ayah,
(The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly.) 70:43 Allah said next,
(with necks outstretched) meaning, raising their heads up, according to Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and several others. Allah said next,
(their gaze returning not towards them) meaning, their eyes are staring in confusion, trying not to blink because of the horror and tremendous insights they are experiencing, and fear of what is going to strike them, we seek refuge with Allah from this end. This is why Allah said,
(and their hearts empty.) meaning, their hearts are empty due to extreme fear and fright. Qatadah and several others said that the places of their hearts are empty then, because the hearts will ascend to the throats due to extreme fear. Allah said next to His Messenger ,