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Surah An-Naml, Verse 82

سورة النمل، الآية ٨٢

27:82 Juz 20 Hizb 39 Page 384 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 27:82

وَإِذَا وَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَآبَّةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ ۝٨٢

Transliteration

wa-idhā waqaʿa l-qawlu ʿalayhim akhrajnā lahum dābbatan mina l-arḍi tukallimuhum anna l-nāsa kānū biāyātinā lā yūqinūna

Translation

And when the word [i.e., decree] befalls them,1087 We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth speaking to them, [saying] that the people were, of Our verses, not certain [in faith].

Notes

[1087] At the approach of the Hour.

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Tafsir of verse 82

Al-Mukhtasar

When the punishment becomes binding and established for them, due to their disbelief and sins, and the worst of people remain, I shall take out for them near to the Final Hour one of its greatest signs, which is a creature from the earth which will speak to them with what they understand that the people did not believe My verses which were revealed to My Prophet.

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Other translations of verse 82

When the decree [of the Hour] comes to pass against them, We will bring forth to them a beast26 out of the earth that will tell them that the people had no faith in Our verses.

Notes

[26] The emergence of this beast is one of the major signs of the Day of Judgment; it will speak to people.

And when the Word (of torment) is fulfilled against them, We shall bring out from the earth a beast4 for them, to speak to them because mankind believed not with certainty in Our Ayât (Verses of the Qur’ân and Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم).

Notes

[4] (V.27:82) See the footnote of (V.6:158).

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.

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.

And when the word shall come to pass against them, We shall bring forth for them a creature from the earth that shall i wound them, because people did not believe in Our communications.

And when the Saying befalls them, We will bring out for them from the earth a beast that will speak to them that mankind had no certitude in Our signs.

Verse 82 word by word

  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. وَقَعَ waqaʿa (is) fulfilled و ق ع
  3. ٱلْقَوْلُ l-qawlu the word ق و ل
  4. عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim against them
  5. أَخْرَجْنَا akhrajnā We will bring forth خ ر ج
  6. لَهُمْ lahum for them
  7. دَآبَّةً dābbatan a creature د ب ب
  8. مِّنَ mina from
  9. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth أ ر ض
  10. تُكَلِّمُهُمْ tukallimuhum speaking to them ك ل م
  11. أَنَّ anna that
  12. ٱلنَّاسَ l-nāsa the people أ ن س
  13. كَانُوا۟ kānū were ك و ن
  14. بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا biāyātinā of Our Signs أ ي ي
  15. لَا lā not
  16. يُوقِنُونَ yūqinūna certain ي ق ن

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2901a

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to us all of a sudden as we were (busy in a discussion). He said: What do you discuss about? They (the Companions) said. We are discussing about the Last Hour. Thereupon he said: It will not come until you see ten signs before and (in this connection) he made a mention of…

إِنَّهَا لَنْ تَقُومَ حَتَّى تَرَوْنَ قَبْلَهَا عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَذَكَرَ الدُّخَانَ وَالدَّجَّالَ وَالدَّابَّةَ وَطُلُوعَ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا وَنُزُولَ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَيَأْجُوجَ…

Narrated by Hudhayfa ibn Asīd al-Ghifārī + 9 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2947b

Hasten in performing these good deeds (before these) six things (happen): (the appearance) of the Dajjal, the smoke, the beast of the earth, the rising of the sun from the west, the general turmoil (leading to large-scale massacre) and death of masses and individuals.

بَادِرُوا بِالأَعْمَالِ سِتًّا الدَّجَّالَ وَالدُّخَانَ وَدَابَّةَ الأَرْضِ وَطُلُوعَ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا وَأَمْرَ الْعَامَّةِ وَخُوَيِّصَةَ أَحَدِكُمْ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 2 other versions

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