Surah 27. An-Naml, Ayah 82
| ۞ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَابَّةً مِنَ الْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- 'idhaa waqaca al- qawl calay -him akhrajnaa la- -hum daabbah min al- 'ard. tukallim -hum 'anna an- naas kaano bi- 'aayaat -naa laa yoqinon |
| Pickthall | : | And when the word is fulfilled concerning them, We shall bring forth a beast of the earth to speak unto them because mankind had not faith in Our revelations. |
| Asad | : | Now, [as for the deaf and blind of heart-] when the word [of truth] stands revealed against them,73 We shall bring forth unto them out of the earth a creature which will tell them that mankind had no real faith in Our messages.74 |
| Malik | : | When the time to fulfill Our word comes to pass, We will bring out from the earth a monster that shall speak to them, because the people did not believe in Our revelations. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And when the Word is fulfilled against them (the unjust) We shall produce from the earth a beast to (face) them: he will speak to them for that mankind did not believe with assurance in our Signs. 3312 3313 |
Note - 73Lit., "comes to pass against them" - i.e., when the truth
becomes obvious to them against all their expectations,
and thus confounds them utterly: an allusion to the
approach of the Last Hour, Resurrection and God's
Judgment, all of which they were wont to regard as
"fables of ancient times" (cf. verses {67-68} above).
Alternatively, the phrase idha waqa'a al-qawl 'alayhim
may be understood as "when the sentence [of doom] is
passed on them", i.e., at the approach of the Last Hour,
when it will be too late for repentance.
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Note - 74The "creature brought forth out of the earth" is
apparently an allegory of man's "earthly" outlook on life
- in other words, the soul-destroying materialism
characteristic of the time preceding the Last Hour. This
"creature" parabolically "tells" men that their
submergence in exclusively materialistic values - and,
hence, their approaching self-destruction - is an outcome
of their lack of belief in God. (See also {7:175-176} and
the corresponding note [141].)
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Note - 3312The Word: the Decree or Sentence, the Decision to end the
respite and restore the true values of right and wrong in
a new world: their cup of iniquity will then have been
full.
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Note - 3313The Beast will be one of the Signs of the Last Days to
come, before the present World passes away and the new
World is brought into being. If taklimuhum is read
instead of tukallimuhum, it would mean that the Beast
would wound them.
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Lit., "comes to pass against them" - i.e., when the truth becomes obvious to them against all their expectations, and thus confounds them utterly: an allusion to the approach of the Last Hour, Resurrection and God's Judgment, all of which they were wont to regard as "fables of ancient times" (cf. verses {67-68} above). Alternatively, the phrase idha waqa'a al-qawl 'alayhim may be understood as "when the sentence [of doom] is passed on them", i.e., at the approach of the Last Hour, when it will be too late for repentance. |
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The "creature brought forth out of the earth" is apparently an allegory of man's "earthly" outlook on life - in other words, the soul-destroying materialism characteristic of the time preceding the Last Hour. This "creature" parabolically "tells" men that their submergence in exclusively materialistic values - and, hence, their approaching self-destruction - is an outcome of their lack of belief in God. (See also {7:175-176} and the corresponding note [141].) |
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The Word: the Decree or Sentence, the Decision to end the respite and restore the true values of right and wrong in a new world: their cup of iniquity will then have been full. |
