سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 64
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذْنَا مُتْرَفِيهِم بِٱلْعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمْ يَجْـَٔرُونَ ﴿64﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Until when We seize those of them who lead a luxurious life with punishment: behold they make humble invocation with a loud voice.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
Until
إِذَآ
idhā
when
أَخَذْنَا
akhadhnā
We seize
مُتْرَفِيهِم
mut'rafīhim
their affluent ones
بِٱلْعَذَابِ
bil-ʿadhābi
with the punishment
إِذَا
idhā
behold
هُمْ
hum
They
يَجْـَٔرُونَ
yajarūna
cry for help
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.
(Ayah 64){ حَتّٰۤى اِذَاۤ اَخَذْنَا مُتْرَفِيْهِمْ بِالْعَذَابِ … : ’’ يَجْـَٔرُوْنَ ‘‘ ’’جُؤَارٌ‘‘} In fact, it refers to the bellowing of a cow or ox in severe distress. By punishment is apparently meant the punishment that comes in this world, whether in the form of a calamity or in the form of death, because it comes in the presence of comfort or rather, prosperity. Whether the punishment comes upon the prosperous disbelievers or the destitute disbelievers, both are alike in their screaming or rather, bellowing, but the mention of {’’مُتْرَفِيْنَ‘‘} (the prosperous) in particular seems to be because these people are at the forefront in opposing the truth or rather,, due to their leadership, become the cause for the destitute people to remain in disbelief. (See Surah Saba: 31 to 33) Therefore, at the time of the descent of punishment, their condition is described that all their arrogance or rather, pride will be finished or rather, they will bellow like an ox in severe distress.
