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Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 48

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36:48 Juz 23 Hizb 45 Page 443 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 36:48

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٤٨

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 48 of Surah Ya-Sin (36:48), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 443 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 48

Al-Mukhtasar

The disbelievers who deny the resurrection say in denial of it and regarding it as far-fetched: When is this resurrection if you, O believers, are true in your claim that it is to occur?

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Other translations of verse 48

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

And they say: "When will this promise (i.e. Resurrection) be fulfilled, if you are truthful?"

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

Further, they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), if what ye say is true?"

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

And they say, "When will this promise be, in case you are sincere?"

Verse 48 word by word

  1. وَيَقُولُونَ wayaqūlūna And they say ق و ل
  2. مَتَىٰ matā When (is)
  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 48

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ash-Shuraa 42:18

    يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مُشْفِقُونَ مِنْهَا وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا ٱلْحَقُّ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُمَارُونَ فِى ٱلسَّاعَةِ لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it, but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.

  • Al-Ma’arij 70:43

    يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

    The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

  • As-Saffat 37:20–21

    وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ …

    They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense." …

  • Ar-Rum 30:55–56

    وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُوا۟ غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ كَذَٰلِكَ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْفَكُونَ …

    And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded. …

  • An-Nahl 16:77

    وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَآ أَمْرُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمْحِ ٱلْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    And to Allāh belongs the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And the command for the Hour is not but as a glance of the eye or even nearer. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

  • Al-Isra 17:52

    يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."

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?"

  • Al-Anbya 21:38

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is 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?"

  • 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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