سُوْرَةُ يُوْنُسَ
Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 50
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَتَىٰكُمْ عَذَابُهُۥ بَيَـٰتًا أَوْ نَهَارًا مَّاذَا يَسْتَعْجِلُ مِنْهُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ﴿50﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say: "Tell me, if His torment should come to you by night or by day, which portion thereof would the Mujrimûn (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals) hasten on ?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَرَءَيْتُمْ
ara-aytum
Do you see
إِنْ
in
if
أَتَىٰكُمْ
atākum
comes to you
عَذَابُهُۥ
ʿadhābuhu
His punishment
بَيَـٰتًا
bayātan
(by) night
أَوْ
aw
or
نَهَارًۭا
nahāran
(by) day
مَّاذَا
mādhā
what (portion)
يَسْتَعْجِلُ
yastaʿjilu
of it would (wish to) hasten
مِنْهُ
min'hu
of it would (wish to) hasten
ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
l-muj'rimūna
the criminals
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
The literal meaning of {قُلْ اَرَءَيْتُمْ اِنْ اَتٰىكُمْ عَذَابُهٗ …:’’ اَرَءَيْتُمْ ‘‘} is "Have you seen," but the Arabs mean by it {’’اَخْبِرُوْنِيْ‘‘}, that is, if you have seen, then tell. {’’ بَيَاتًا ‘‘} means at night, the house is called { ’’ بَيْتٌ ‘‘} for this reason, that a person spends the night there. This is the second answer to their question {’’ مَتٰي هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ ‘‘}, that is, if, for the sake of argument, the punishment comes suddenly at night while sleeping or during the busyness of the day, then what is that sweet and pleasant thing for which the criminals are demanding hastily? It is, in fact, an extremely bitter and unbearable thing; after its arrival, believing will not be beneficial, and in the Hereafter, eternal punishment is before them. So, when this is the case, why are they hastening its arrival?
