سُوْرَةُ الْمُرْسَلَاتِ

Surah Al-Mursalaat (77) — Ayah 15

The Emissaries · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 580

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿15﴾
Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!
وَيْلٌۭ waylun Woe
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ yawma-idhin that Day
لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ lil'mukadhibīna to the deniers

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15. 1. That is, destruction. Some say it is the name of a valley in Hell. This verse is repeated several times in this surah. This is because the crime of each denier will be of a different nature, and accordingly, the types of punishment will also be different. Therefore, there are different kinds of that same "Wail" which have been mentioned separately for different deniers.

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15. Woe on that Day to those who deny [9].

[9] Destruction, because for those who deny the signs of Allah, this will be a sudden calamity. They will not even imagine that the Resurrection will actually come, and when it does, they will see no way out except their own destruction. It should be noted that this verse is mentioned several times in this surah, and at each place, the reason for its relevance is different.