سُوْرَةُ الطَّلَاقِ
Surah At-Talaaq (65) — Ayah 8
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِۦ فَحَاسَبْنَـٰهَا حِسَابًا شَدِيدًا وَعَذَّبْنَـٰهَا عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا ﴿8﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And many a town (population) revolted against the Command of its Lord and His Messengers; and We called it to a severe account (i.e. torment in this worldly life), and We shall punish it with a horrible torment (in Hell in the Hereafter).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَكَأَيِّن
waka-ayyin
And how many
مِّن
min
of
قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin
a town
عَتَتْ
ʿatat
rebelled
عَنْ
ʿan
against
أَمْرِ
amri
(the) Command
رَبِّهَا
rabbihā
(of) its Lord
وَرُسُلِهِۦ
warusulihi
and His Messengers
فَحَاسَبْنَـٰهَا
faḥāsabnāhā
so We took it to account
حِسَابًۭا
ḥisāban
an account
شَدِيدًۭا
shadīdan
severe
وَعَذَّبْنَـٰهَا
waʿadhabnāhā
and We punished it
عَذَابًۭا
ʿadhāban
a punishment
نُّكْرًۭا
nuk'ran
terrible
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.
8. 1. عَتَتُ, i.e., rebelled and transgressed and showed arrogance against following the command of Allah Almighty and following His messengers.
7. 2. Nakira, a horrible and strange matter, both reckoning and punishment, refer to worldly accountability and punishment, or according to some, there is an inversion of order in the speech. 'Azaaban nakira' is the punishment that befell them in the world in the form of famine, sinking, transformation, etc., and 'hisaban shadeedan' is that which will occur in the Hereafter.
7. 2. Nakira, a horrible and strange matter, both reckoning and punishment, refer to worldly accountability and punishment, or according to some, there is an inversion of order in the speech. 'Azaaban nakira' is the punishment that befell them in the world in the form of famine, sinking, transformation, etc., and 'hisaban shadeedan' is that which will occur in the Hereafter.
