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Surah Yaseen (36) — Ayah 18
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿18﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They (people) said: "For us, we see an evil omen from you: if you cease not, we will surely stone you, and a painful torment will touch you from us."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
تَطَيَّرْنَا
taṭayyarnā
[we] see an evil omen
بِكُمْ ۖ
bikum
from you
لَئِن
la-in
If
لَّمْ
lam
not
تَنتَهُوا۟
tantahū
you desist
لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ
lanarjumannakum
surely, we will stone you
وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم
walayamassannakum
and surely will touch you
مِّنَّا
minnā
from us
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ
alīmun
painful
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.
18. 1. It is possible that some people had embraced faith and, because of them, the nation was divided into two groups, which they attributed to the misfortune of the messengers (نعوذ باللّٰہ). Or perhaps the sequence of rainfall had stopped, so they thought that this was the misfortune brought by these messengers. نعوذ باللّٰہِ مِنْ ذٰلِکَ. Just as even today, ill-natured and people who are devoid of religion and Shariah, consider the people of faith and piety to be the ones who are inauspicious.
