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Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 51

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أَثُمَّ إِذَا مَا وَقَعَ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦٓ ۚ ءَآلْـَٔـٰنَ وَقَدْ كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ﴿51﴾
Is it then that when it has actually befallen, you will believe in it? What! Now (you believe)? And you used (aforetime) to hasten it on!"
أَثُمَّ athumma Is (it) then
إِذَا idhā when
مَا when
وَقَعَ waqaʿa (it had) occurred
ءَامَنتُم āmantum you (will) believe
بِهِۦٓ ۚ bihi in it
ءَآلْـَٔـٰنَ āl'āna Now
وَقَدْ waqad And certainly
كُنتُم kuntum you were
بِهِۦ bihi seeking to hasten it
تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ tastaʿjilūna seeking to hasten it

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(Ayah 51){اَثُمَّ اِذَا مَا وَقَعَ اٰمَنْتُمْ بِهٖ … :} That is, will you believe immediately as soon as the punishment comes? Yes, surely at that time you will believe, but when the punishment has come, how will faith be accepted? See Surah Al-Mu’min (84, 85), Yunus (91, 90), and Nisa (18). Therefore, instead of believing beforehand, your haste for the punishment is useless.

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

51. 1. But what is the benefit of believing after the punishment has come?

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Will you believe in it when it actually happens? Now (you believe), while you were impatient for it to come.

[67] That is, their demand for the punishment to come quickly is because they do not believe in it at all, and their demand is merely with the intention of denial and mockery. And they will only believe when the punishment actually befalls them, but at that time, believing or having faith in Allah's signs will be of no benefit.