سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ

Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 50

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فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ ﴿50﴾
But when We removed the torment from them, behold, they broke their covenant (that they will believe if We remove the torment from them).
فَلَمَّا falammā But when
كَشَفْنَا kashafnā We removed
عَنْهُمُ ʿanhumu from them
ٱلْعَذَابَ l-ʿadhāba the punishment
إِذَا idhā behold
هُمْ hum They
يَنكُثُونَ yankuthūna broke (their word)

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(Ayah 50) {فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ اِذَا هُمْ يَنْكُثُوْنَ: ’’ اِذَا ‘‘} is denoting suddenness, which means "suddenly," that is, as soon as the punishment is removed, they immediately break the covenant. They do not bother to reflect, nor does any sense of shame prevent them from breaking the covenant.

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50. But whenever We removed the punishment from them, they would immediately break their promise [49].

[49] That is, every time they broke their promise, they kept making their crime of rebellion more and more severe. From this, one can estimate how severe a punishment they were to receive in accordance with their crimes.