سُوْرَةُ الْحَجِّ
Surah Al-Hajj (22) — Ayah 47
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ ۚ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ ﴿47﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they ask you to hasten on the torment! And Allâh fails not His Promise. And verily, a day with your Lord is as a thousand years of what you reckon.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ
wayastaʿjilūnaka
And they ask you to hasten
بِٱلْعَذَابِ
bil-ʿadhābi
the punishment
وَلَن
walan
But never will
يُخْلِفَ
yukh'lifa
fail/violate
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَعْدَهُۥ ۚ
waʿdahu
(in) His Promise
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
يَوْمًا
yawman
a day
عِندَ
ʿinda
with
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
كَأَلْفِ
ka-alfi
(is) like a thousand
سَنَةٍۢ
sanatin
year(s)
مِّمَّا
mimmā
of what
تَعُدُّونَ
taʿuddūna
you count
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.
47. 1. Therefore, these people hasten according to their own reckoning. But in Allah’s reckoning, even one day is like a thousand years. In this sense, if He grants someone a respite of one day (24 hours), it is a thousand years; if He grants half a day’s respite, it is five hundred years; if He grants six hours (which is a quarter of 24 hours), then a period of two hundred and fifty years is required for the punishment. In this way, if someone receives a respite of one hour from Allah, it means a respite of approximately forty years (Aysar al-Tafasir). Another meaning is that in Allah’s power, one day and a thousand years are equal, so there is no difference between hastening and delaying. They demand hastening, while He delays. However, it is certain that He will definitely fulfill His promise. Some have interpreted this as referring to the Hereafter, that due to the intensity and horror, one day of the Day of Judgment will seem like a thousand years, and for some, even fifty thousand years. Others have said that the day of the Hereafter will actually be a thousand years.
