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Surah As-Saffat, Verse 12

سورة الصافات، الآية ١٢

37:12 Juz 23 Hizb 45 Page 446 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 37:12

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ ۝١٢

Transliteration

bal ʿajib'ta wayaskharūna

Translation

But you wonder, while they mock,

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Verse 12 of Surah As-Saffat (37:12), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 446 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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Tafsir of verse 12

Al-Mukhtasar

O Muhammad! You are amazed at the power of Allah and His management of the affairs of His creation; you are astonished at the idolaters rejecting the resurrection. While these idolaters mock at what you say regarding the resurrection, due to their extreme denial of it.

Tafsir of the whole Surah As-Saffat

Other translations of verse 12

Rather you are astonished, while they ridicule it,

Nay, you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) wondered (at their insolence) while they mock (at you and at the Qur’ân).

Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock

Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,

Nay! you wonder while they mock,

No indeed, you wonder, and they scoff,

Verse 12 word by word

  1. بَلْ bal Nay
  2. عَجِبْتَ ʿajib'ta you wonder ع ج ب
  3. وَيَسْخَرُونَ wayaskharūna while they mock س خ ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4692

`Abdullah bin Mas`ud recited "Haita laka (Come you)," and added, "We recite it as we were taught it."

لَكَ قَالَ وَإِنَّمَا نَقْرَؤُهَا كَمَا عُلِّمْنَاهَا ‏{‏مَثْوَاهُ‏}‏ مُقَامُهُ ‏{‏أَلْفَيَا‏}‏ وَجَدَا ‏‏{‏أَلْفَوْا آبَاءَهُمْ‏}‏ ‏{‏أَلْفَيْنَا‏}‏ وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ‏‏{‏بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ‏}‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

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