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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 38

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٣٨

21:38 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 325 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:38

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٣٨

Transliteration

wayaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīna

Translation

And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

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Verse 38 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:38), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 325 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 38

Al-Mukhtasar

And the disbelievers who reject resurrection say in their haste, “O Muslims! If indeed you are truthful in what you claim, when will this resurrection that you promise us with, happen?”

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Other translations of verse 38

They say, “When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?”

And they say: "When will this promise (come to pass), if you are truthful."

And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?

They say: "When will this promise come to pass, if ye are telling the truth?"

And they say: When will this threat come to pass if you are truthful?

And they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), in case you are sincere?"

Verse 38 word by word

  1. وَيَقُولُونَ wayaqūlūna And they say ق و ل
  2. مَتَىٰ matā When (will be fulfilled)
  3. هَٰذَا hādhā this
  4. ٱلْوَعْدُ l-waʿdu promise و ع د
  5. إِن in if
  6. كُنتُمْ kuntum you are ك و ن
  7. صَٰدِقِينَ ṣādiqīna truthful ص د ق

Verses related to verse 38

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Az-Zumar 39:16

    لَهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمِن تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ ذَٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ عِبَادَهُۥ يَٰعِبَادِ فَٱتَّقُونِ

    They will have canopies [i.e., layers] of fire above them and below them, canopies. By that Allāh threatens [i.e., warns] His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.

  • Al-A’raf 7:41

    لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

  • Ibrahim 14:50

    سَرَابِيلُهُم مِّن قَطِرَانٍ وَتَغْشَىٰ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ

    Their garments of liquid pitch and their faces covered by the Fire

  • Ar-Ra’d 13:34

    لَّهُمْ عَذَابٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَقُّ وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ

    For them will be punishment in the life of [this] world, and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they will not have from Allāh any protector.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Yunus 10:48

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • An-Naml 27:71

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • Saba 34:29

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • Ya-Sin 36:48

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • Al-Mulk 67:25

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • Al-Waqi’ah 56:87

    تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

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