سُوْرَةُ الطُّوْرِ
Surah At-Tur (52) — Ayah 30
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ ﴿30﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Or do they say: "(Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is a poet! We await for him some calamity by time!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَمْ
am
Or
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
(do) they say
شَاعِرٌۭ
shāʿirun
A poet
نَّتَرَبَّصُ
natarabbaṣu
we wait
بِهِۦ
bihi
for him
رَيْبَ
rayba
a misfortune of time
ٱلْمَنُونِ
l-manūni
a misfortune of time
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 30) {اَمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهٖ رَيْبَ الْمَنُوْنِ: ’’تَرَبَّصَ يَتَرَبَّصُ‘‘} (tafa‘‘ul) "To await the coming of some evil or good." {’’ الْمَنُوْنِ ‘‘ ’’مَنَّ يَمُنُّ مَنًّا‘‘} (n) means "to cut." {’’ الْمَنُوْنِ ‘‘} on the pattern of {’’فَعُوْلٌ‘‘} (the one who cuts) refers to death, because it cuts the rope of life, and also to time, because it too keeps cutting away the days of life. The original meaning of {’’ رَيْبَ ‘‘} is doubt and restlessness, but when it is used with time, it refers to the calamities of time, because they keep a person restless.
From here, Allah Almighty, in a tone of denial and amazement, mentioned the ignorant statements of these polytheists fifteen (15) times with the word {’’ اَمْ ‘‘}, and after every {’’ اَمْ ‘‘}, established a charge against them by asking a question, to which none of them has an answer. Thus, in this verse it is said: «اَمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ شَاعِرٌ » "Or do they say that he is a poet?" After quoting this statement of the disbelievers, there was no need for refutation, because the very existence of the Noble Qur’an is sufficient to refute it. However, an answer was given to their statement that we await the calamities of time for him, that some disaster may befall him, or his time of death may come, with which the chain of his call will come to an end.
From here, Allah Almighty, in a tone of denial and amazement, mentioned the ignorant statements of these polytheists fifteen (15) times with the word {’’ اَمْ ‘‘}, and after every {’’ اَمْ ‘‘}, established a charge against them by asking a question, to which none of them has an answer. Thus, in this verse it is said: «اَمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ شَاعِرٌ » "Or do they say that he is a poet?" After quoting this statement of the disbelievers, there was no need for refutation, because the very existence of the Noble Qur’an is sufficient to refute it. However, an answer was given to their statement that we await the calamities of time for him, that some disaster may befall him, or his time of death may come, with which the chain of his call will come to an end.
