سُوْرَةُ صٓ
Surah Saad (38) — Ayah 16
وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿16﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They say: "Our Lord! Hasten to us Qittanâ (i.e. our Record of good and bad deeds so that we may see it) before the Day of Reckoning!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they say
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
عَجِّل
ʿajjil
Hasten
لَّنَا
lanā
for us
قِطَّنَا
qiṭṭanā
our share
قَبْلَ
qabla
before
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) Day
ٱلْحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
(of) the Account
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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16. And they say, "Our Lord! Hasten our charge sheet for us before the Day of Reckoning [18]."
[18]
The Disbelievers' Demand: "Give Us Our Book of Deeds Now":
Since the disbelievers of Makkah denied resurrection after death, the Day of Judgment, the book of deeds, and all matters of reckoning, therefore, mockingly, just as they used to say, "Why do you not bring the punishment with which you threaten us?" in the same way, they also used to say, "Give us our book of deeds, which we are to receive on the Day of Resurrection, right now, and settle the account for the punishment written for us in this world itself."
[18]
The Disbelievers' Demand: "Give Us Our Book of Deeds Now":
Since the disbelievers of Makkah denied resurrection after death, the Day of Judgment, the book of deeds, and all matters of reckoning, therefore, mockingly, just as they used to say, "Why do you not bring the punishment with which you threaten us?" in the same way, they also used to say, "Give us our book of deeds, which we are to receive on the Day of Resurrection, right now, and settle the account for the punishment written for us in this world itself."
