سُوْرَةُ الْحَجِّ

Surah Al-Hajj (22) — Ayah 2

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يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلنَّاسَ سُكَـٰرَىٰ وَمَا هُم بِسُكَـٰرَىٰ وَلَـٰكِنَّ عَذَابَ ٱللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ ﴿2﴾
The Day you shall see it, every nursing mother will forget her nursling, and every pregnant one will drop her load, and you shall see mankind as in a drunken state, yet they will not be drunken, but severe will be the Torment of Allâh.
يَوْمَ yawma (The) Day
تَرَوْنَهَا tarawnahā you will see it
تَذْهَلُ tadhhalu will forget
كُلُّ kullu every
مُرْضِعَةٍ mur'ḍiʿatin nursing mother
عَمَّآ ʿammā that which
أَرْضَعَتْ arḍaʿat she was nursing
وَتَضَعُ wataḍaʿu and will deliver
كُلُّ kullu every
ذَاتِ dhāti pregnant woman
حَمْلٍ ḥamlin pregnant woman
حَمْلَهَا ḥamlahā her load
وَتَرَى watarā and you will see
ٱلنَّاسَ l-nāsa [the] mankind
سُكَـٰرَىٰ sukārā intoxicated
وَمَا wamā while not
هُم hum they
بِسُكَـٰرَىٰ bisukārā (are) intoxicated
وَلَـٰكِنَّ walākinna but
عَذَابَ ʿadhāba (the) punishment
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
شَدِيدٌۭ shadīdun (will be) severe

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.

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