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Surah Yunus, Verse 48

سورة يونس، الآية ٤٨

10:48 Juz 11 Hizb 22 Page 214 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 10:48

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٤٨

Transliteration

wayaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīna

Translation

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

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Verse 48 of Surah Yunus (10:48), a Meccan surah, is in juz 11, on page 214 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 48

Al-Mukhtasar

The stbborn disbelievers say: 'When will the punishment you promised to us occur, if you are telling the truth.'

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Other translations of verse 48

They say, “When will this warning42 come to pass, if you are truthful?”

Notes

[42] i.e., their due punishment in this life or the coming of the Hour.

And they say: "When will be this promise (the torment or the Day of Resurrection), if you speak the truth?"

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

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

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

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

Verse 48 word by word

  1. وَيَقُولُونَ wayaqūlūna And they say ق و ل
  2. مَتَىٰ matā When
  3. هَٰذَا hādhā (will) this
  4. ٱلْوَعْدُ l-waʿdu the promise (be fulfilled) 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.

  • As-Sajdah 32:12

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُوا۟ رُءُوسِهِمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ رَبَّنَآ أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَٱرْجِعْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ

    If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain."

  • Ghafir 40:84–85

    فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِۦ مُشْرِكِينَ …

    And when they saw Our punishment, they said, "We believe in Allāh alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him." …

  • At-Tur 52:13–16

    يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا …

    The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say], …

Verses with similar wording

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

  • 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?"

  • 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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