Surah 78. An-Nabaa, Ayah 40
| إِنَّا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَابًا |
| Transliteration | : | 'in(na) -naa andharnaa -kum cadhaab(an) qareb(an) yawm yanz.ur al- mar' maa qaddamat yadaa -hu wa- yaqol al- kaafir yaa layta -ne kuntu turaab(an) |
| Pickthall | : | Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!" |
| Asad | : | Verily, We have warned you of suffering near at hand - [suffering] on the Day when man shall [clearly] see what his hands have sent ahead, and when he who has denied the truth shall say, "Oh, would that I were mere dust...!"21 |
| Malik | : | Indeed We have forewarned you of an imminent punishment which lies close-at-hand, on the Day when man shall see what his hands have sent forth and the unbeliever will cry: "I wish! I could remain merely dust." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Verily We have warned you of a Penalty near the Day when man will see (the Deeds) which his hands have sent forth and the Unbeliever will say "Woe unto me! Would that I were (mere) dust!" 5914 5915 |
Note - 5914Is Judgment very near? Yes. There are three stages of
Judgment. (1) Many of our sins and wrong-doings find
their penalty in this very life. It may not be an open or
striking event, but it corrodes the soul and conscience
all the time. Let us therefore tum back to Allah in
repentance and ask for forgiveness. (2) Where the Penalty
is not actually perceived or is not visible in this life,
Death is considered the Lesser Judgment for each
individual soul: see n. 5822 to lxxv. 22. Death may come
to anyone at any time, and we must all be ready for it.
(3) Then there is the final Judgment, when the whole of
the present order passes away, and there is a New World.
Time as we know it will not exist. Fifty thousand years
as we reckon now will be but as a Day: lxx. 4. According
to those standards even this Final Judgment is quite
near, and we must prepare for it. For it will be too late
then for repentance.
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Note - 5915The Unbeliever, the Rejecter of Allah, will then find
himself in a world of absolute Reality, in which there
will be no place for him. He will neither live nor die:
xx. 74. He will wish that he could be reduced to
nothingness, but even that would not be possible.
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Is Judgment very near? Yes. There are three stages of Judgment. (1) Many of our sins and wrong-doings find their penalty in this very life. It may not be an open or striking event, but it corrodes the soul and conscience all the time. Let us therefore tum back to Allah in repentance and ask for forgiveness. (2) Where the Penalty is not actually perceived or is not visible in this life, Death is considered the Lesser Judgment for each individual soul: see n. 5822 to lxxv. 22. Death may come to anyone at any time, and we must all be ready for it. (3) Then there is the final Judgment, when the whole of the present order passes away, and there is a New World. Time as we know it will not exist. Fifty thousand years as we reckon now will be but as a Day: lxx. 4. According to those standards even this Final Judgment is quite near, and we must prepare for it. For it will be too late then for repentance. |
