سُوْرَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ
Surah Al-Ankaboot (29) — Ayah 35
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَا مِنْهَآ ءَايَةًۢ بَيِّنَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿35﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And indeed We have left thereof an evident Ayâh (a lesson and a warning and a sign - the place where the Dead Sea is now in Palestine) for a folk who understand.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَد
walaqad
And verily
تَّرَكْنَا
taraknā
We have left
مِنْهَآ
min'hā
about it
ءَايَةًۢ
āyatan
a sign
بَيِّنَةًۭ
bayyinatan
(as) evidence
لِّقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
for a people
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
who use reason
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 35) {وَ لَقَدْ تَّرَكْنَا مِنْهَاۤ اٰيَةًبَيِّنَةً …:} By the clear sign is meant the remnants of that town which still remain. This happened in such a way that Jibreel (Gabriel), peace be upon him, uprooted their towns from the depths of the earth and raised them up to the clouds of the sky, then turned them upside down and threw them down (as a result, that entire region sank far below the surface of the earth), and upon them was rained a shower of layered stones of baked clay, which were marked by the Lord, the Exalted. This incident is a sign in the sense that this area is located on the trade route that goes from Makkah to Syria, and the disbelievers of Makkah could see it with their own eyes when coming and going on their trade journeys, to witness what happened to the nation that crossed the limits. Allah, the Exalted, has mentioned this in Surah Al-Hijr (76) and Surah As-Saffat (137).
