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Surah Yunus, Verse 50

سورة يونس، الآية ٥٠

10:50 Juz 11 Hizb 22 Page 214 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 10:50

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَتَىٰكُمْ عَذَابُهُۥ بَيَٰتًا أَوْ نَهَارًا مَّاذَا يَسْتَعْجِلُ مِنْهُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ۝٥٠

Transliteration

qul ara-aytum in atākum ʿadhābuhu bayātan aw nahāran mādhā yastaʿjilu min'hu l-muj'rimūna

Translation

Say, "Have you considered: if His punishment should come to you by night or by day - for which [aspect] of it would the criminals be impatient?"527

Notes

[527] "Impatience" refers to the disbelievers' ridicule of the Prophet (ﷺ) by telling him to produce Allāh's punishment as proof of his truthfulness.

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Verse 50 of Surah Yunus (10:50), 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 50

Al-Mukhtasar

Say O Messenger to these people who wish to hasten on the punishment: 'Inform me if the punishment of Allah came toy ou at any time of the night or day, what is it of this punishment exactly that you want to be brought quickly– happiness and joy? Or would it be sorrow and regret? Therefore, you should not seek to hasten it.'

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Other translations of verse 50

Say, “What do you think, if His punishment were to overtake you by night or by day, what part of it would the wicked seek to hasten43?

Notes

[43] They flippantly seek Allah’s punishment as proof of the Prophet’s (ﷺ) truthfulness.

Say: "Tell me, if His torment should come to you by night or by day, which portion thereof would the Mujrimûn (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals) hasten on ?"

Say: Have ye thought: When His doom cometh unto you as a raid by night, or in the (busy) day; what is there of it that the guilty ones desire to hasten?

Say: "Do ye see,- if His punishment should come to you by night or by day,- what portion of it would the sinners wish to hasten?

Say: Tell me if His punishment overtakes you by night or by day! what then is there of it that the guilty would hasten on?

Say, "Have you seen (that), in case His torment comes up to you at night (Or in their homes) or day-time, what is there of it that the criminals seek to hasten?

Verse 50 word by word

  1. قُلْ qul Say ق و ل
  2. أَرَءَيْتُمْ ara-aytum Do you see ر أ ي
  3. إِنْ in if
  4. أَتَىٰكُمْ atākum comes to you أ ت ي
  5. عَذَابُهُۥ ʿadhābuhu His punishment ع ذ ب
  6. بَيَٰتًا bayātan (by) night ب ي ت
  7. أَوْ aw or
  8. نَهَارًا nahāran (by) day ن ه ر
  9. مَّاذَا mādhā what (portion)
  10. يَسْتَعْجِلُ yastaʿjilu of it would (wish to) hasten ع ج ل
  11. مِنْهُ min'hu of it would (wish to) hasten
  12. ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ l-muj'rimūna the criminals ج ر م

Verses related to verse 50

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • 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." …

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