Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 47
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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47. 2. This story will come in Surah Al-A'raf; some indication has already passed before. That is, you too can be declared accursed like them.
47. 3. That is, when He commands something, then no one can oppose Him nor can anyone prevent it.
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[79] That is, your crimes have become so severe that you deserve the same punishment that was given to the People of the Sabbath. Either your faces will be disfigured in such a way that your faces will be turned towards your backs, or you will be turned into apes as they were. Therefore, it is better for them to believe before such a humiliation is imposed upon them. Literally, the apparent meaning of
﴿فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلٰٓي اَدْبَارِهَآ﴾
is as mentioned above. However, these words are also used figuratively, in which case it would mean that the prosperity and progress We had granted you would be reversed, and you would be thrown into the depths of humiliation, and you would be returned to the days of slavery and captivity that you had previously witnessed, and you would be expelled from Arabia and once again sent back to the state of helplessness and disgrace in the land of Syria. Thus, this was a prophecy that was fulfilled word for word in the time of the Prophet ﷺ and then in the era of Umar Farooq ؓ. When these people were exiled from Madinah, they had to leave carrying even their stoves and grinding stones on their heads. In this verse, two types of alternative punishments are mentioned: either We will return you to your former state of misery, slavery, and disgrace, or We will send upon you a punishment like that which befell the People of the Sabbath in the time of Dawud ؑ, and they were turned into apes. Thus, of these two, the first form of punishment befell these rebellious Jews of Madinah.
