That He may question the truthful about their truth.1184 And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.
Notes
[1184] i.e., that He may ask the prophets what they conveyed to their people and what response they received. "The truthful" may also refer to those who believed in the message conveyed by the prophets and imparted it to others.
Verse 8 of Surah Al-Ahzab (33:8), a Medinan surah, is in juz 21, on page 419 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Allah took this firm covenant from the prophets so He can ask the truthful Messengers regarding their truthfulness, to silence the disbelievers, and Allah has prepared for those who disbelieve in Him and His Messengers a painful punishment on the Day of Judgment, and it is the fire of hell.
so that He may question the truthful6 about their truthfulness, and He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.
Notes
[6] i.e., so that He may ask the "prophets" what they conveyed and what response they received. The "truthful" may also refer to those who believed in the prophets’ message and imparted it to others.
That He may ask the truthful (Allâh’s Messengers and His Prophets) about their truth (i.e. the conveyance of Allâh’s Message that which they were charged with). And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful torment (Hell-fire).
That He may ask the loyal of their loyalty. And He hath prepared a painful doom for the unfaithful.
That (Allah) may question the (custodians) of Truth concerning the Truth they (were charged with): And He has prepared for the Unbelievers a grievous Penalty.
That He may question the truthful of their truth, and He has prepared for the unbelievers a painful punishment.
That He might ask the sincere of their sincerity; and He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful torment.
