سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 64
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذْنَا مُتْرَفِيهِم بِٱلْعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمْ يَجْـَٔرُونَ ﴿64﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Until when We seize those of them who lead a luxurious life with punishment: behold they make humble invocation with a loud voice.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
Until
إِذَآ
idhā
when
أَخَذْنَا
akhadhnā
We seize
مُتْرَفِيهِم
mut'rafīhim
their affluent ones
بِٱلْعَذَابِ
bil-ʿadhābi
with the punishment
إِذَا
idhā
behold
هُمْ
hum
They
يَجْـَٔرُونَ
yajarūna
cry for help
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.
64-1. Punishment befalls both the affluent or rather, the non-affluent. However, the affluent are perhaps mentioned specifically because leadership of the nation is generally in their hor rather,s; they can turn the direction of the nation wherever they wish. If they choose the path of disobedience to Allah or rather, persist in it, then the nation, following their example, does not budge either. Or, it refers to people like chieftains or rather, leaders. And if the punishment referred to is worldly, then in the Battle of Badr the disbelievers of Makkah were killed, or rather, as a result of the Prophet’s ﷺ supplication, the punishment of hunger or rather, famine was imposed—that is what is meant, or it refers to the punishment of the Hereafter. However, this is far from the context.
