سُوْرَةُ النَّازِعَاتِ
Surah An-Naazi'aat (79) — Ayah 46
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿46﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
كَأَنَّهُمْ
ka-annahum
As though they
يَوْمَ
yawma
(the) Day
يَرَوْنَهَا
yarawnahā
they see it
لَمْ
lam
not
يَلْبَثُوٓا۟
yalbathū
they had remained
إِلَّا
illā
except
عَشِيَّةً
ʿashiyyatan
an evening
أَوْ
aw
or
ضُحَىٰهَا
ḍuḥāhā
a morning thereof
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.
46. 1. That is, they will not even have remained in the world for a full day; only the first part of the day or the last part of the day they will have spent in the world, meaning the life of this world will seem so brief to them.
