Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 77
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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[77] By severe punishment is meant that which the disbelievers suffered at the hands of the Muslims, and which began with the Battle of Badr.
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The Meaning of "Balis": Resorting to Revenge Due to Despair:
The word ﴿مُبْلِسُوْنَ﴾ has appeared, and "Balis" means to become extremely hopeless due to grief, or to become sorrowful due to intense despair, and then, on the basis of that despair, to become enraged or to flare up. There is a verse by Sa'di:
Nabini keh chun gar beh 'ajiz shavad
Bar azar be changal chashm-e palang
Translation:
Do you not see that when a cat becomes helpless before a leopard and becomes certain of its death, it attacks the leopard and claws out its eye? That is, the state of these disbelievers is such that as they continue to be struck and see the possibility of their success fading away, instead of choosing the right path, they become even more enraged. They gather other nations and other polytheist tribes with them and, collectively attacking the Muslims, try to wipe them off the face of the earth.
