سُوْرَةُ يٰسٓ
Surah Yaseen (36) — Ayah 52
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا مَنۢ بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا ۜ ۗ هَـٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿52﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They will say: "Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our place of sleep." (It will be said to them): "This is what the Most Gracious (Allâh) had promised, and the Messengers spoke truth!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They [will] say
يَـٰوَيْلَنَا
yāwaylanā
O woe to us
مَنۢ
man
Who
بَعَثَنَا
baʿathanā
has raised us
مِن
min
from
مَّرْقَدِنَا ۜ ۗ
marqadinā
our sleeping place
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This (is)
مَا
mā
What
وَعَدَ
waʿada
(had) promised
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
l-raḥmānu
the Most Gracious
وَصَدَقَ
waṣadaqa
and told (the) truth
ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
l-mur'salūna
the Messengers
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.
52. 1. Interpreting the grave as a place of sleep does not mean that there will be no punishment for them in the graves; rather, compared to the terrifying scenes and the intensity of punishment they will witness later, the life in the grave will feel like a dream to them.
