سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 8
وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿8﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if We delay the torment for them till a determined term, they are sure to say, "What keeps it back?" Verily, on the day it reaches them, nothing will turn it away from them, and they will be surrounded by (or fall in) that at which they used to mock!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَئِنْ
wala-in
And if
أَخَّرْنَا
akharnā
We delay
عَنْهُمُ
ʿanhumu
from them
ٱلْعَذَابَ
l-ʿadhāba
the punishment
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
for
أُمَّةٍۢ
ummatin
a time
مَّعْدُودَةٍۢ
maʿdūdatin
determined
لَّيَقُولُنَّ
layaqūlunna
they will surely say
مَا
mā
What
يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗ
yaḥbisuhu
detains it
أَلَا
alā
No doubt
يَوْمَ
yawma
(On) the Day
يَأْتِيهِمْ
yatīhim
it comes to them
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
مَصْرُوفًا
maṣrūfan
(will be) averted
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
وَحَاقَ
waḥāqa
and will surround
بِهِم
bihim
them
مَّا
mā
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used (to)
بِهِۦ
bihi
mock at [it]
يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
yastahziūna
mock at [it]
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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.
8. 1. Here, استعجال (seeking hastily) has been described as mockery because that استعجال was, in fact, a form of mockery. In any case, the purpose is to explain that one should not be heedless due to Allah’s delay; His grasp can come at any time.
