سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 77
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا ذَا عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ ﴿77﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Until, when We open for them the gate of severe punishment, then lo! they will be plunged into destruction with deep regrets, sorrows and in despair.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
Until
إِذَا
idhā
when
فَتَحْنَا
fataḥnā
We opened
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
for them
بَابًۭا
bāban
a gate
ذَا
dhā
of a punishment
عَذَابٍۢ
ʿadhābin
of a punishment
شَدِيدٍ
shadīdin
severe
إِذَا
idhā
behold
هُمْ
hum
They
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
مُبْلِسُونَ
mub'lisūna
(will be in) despair
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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77. Until We opened upon them a severe punishment [77], then at that moment they fell into utter despair [78].
[77] By severe punishment is meant that which the disbelievers suffered at the hands of the Muslims, and which began with the Battle of Badr.
[78]
The Meaning of "Balis": Resorting to Revenge Due to Despair:
The word ﴿مُبْلِسُوْنَ﴾ has appeared, and "Balis" means to become extremely hopeless due to grief, or to become sorrowful due to intense despair, and then, on the basis of that despair, to become enraged or to flare up. There is a verse by Sa'di:
Nabini keh chun gar beh 'ajiz shavad
Bar azar be changal chashm-e palang
Translation:
Do you not see that when a cat becomes helpless before a leopard and becomes certain of its death, it attacks the leopard and claws out its eye? That is, the state of these disbelievers is such that as they continue to be struck and see the possibility of their success fading away, instead of choosing the right path, they become even more enraged. They gather other nations and other polytheist tribes with them and, collectively attacking the Muslims, try to wipe them off the face of the earth.
[77] By severe punishment is meant that which the disbelievers suffered at the hands of the Muslims, and which began with the Battle of Badr.
[78]
The Meaning of "Balis": Resorting to Revenge Due to Despair:
The word ﴿مُبْلِسُوْنَ﴾ has appeared, and "Balis" means to become extremely hopeless due to grief, or to become sorrowful due to intense despair, and then, on the basis of that despair, to become enraged or to flare up. There is a verse by Sa'di:
Nabini keh chun gar beh 'ajiz shavad
Bar azar be changal chashm-e palang
Translation:
Do you not see that when a cat becomes helpless before a leopard and becomes certain of its death, it attacks the leopard and claws out its eye? That is, the state of these disbelievers is such that as they continue to be struck and see the possibility of their success fading away, instead of choosing the right path, they become even more enraged. They gather other nations and other polytheist tribes with them and, collectively attacking the Muslims, try to wipe them off the face of the earth.
