سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْۣبِيَآءِ
Surah Al-Anbiyaa (21) — Ayah 97
وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَـٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَـٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿97﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And the true promise (Day of Resurrection) shall draw near (of fulfillment). Then (when mankind is resurrected from their graves), you shall see the eyes of the disbelievers fixedly staring in horror. (They will say): "Woe to us! We were indeed heedless of this - nay, but we were Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱقْتَرَبَ
wa-iq'taraba
And has approached
ٱلْوَعْدُ
l-waʿdu
the promise
ٱلْحَقُّ
l-ḥaqu
[the] true
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
then behold
هِىَ
hiya
[it]
شَـٰخِصَةٌ
shākhiṣatun
(are) staring
أَبْصَـٰرُ
abṣāru
(the) eyes
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
يَـٰوَيْلَنَا
yāwaylanā
O woe to us
قَدْ
qad
Verily
كُنَّا
kunnā
we had been
فِى
fī
in
غَفْلَةٍۢ
ghaflatin
heedlessness
مِّنْ
min
of
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
بَلْ
bal
nay
كُنَّا
kunnā
we were
ظَـٰلِمِينَ
ẓālimīna
wrongdoers
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.
97. 1 That is, after the emergence of Yajuj and Majuj, the promise of the Day of Judgment, which is true, will come very near, and when this Day of Judgment is established, due to its intense terror, the eyes of the disbelievers will remain wide open in astonishment.
