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Surah An-Naazi'aat (79) — Ayah 46
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا ﴿46﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
كَأَنَّهُمْ
ka-annahum
As though they
يَوْمَ
yawma
(the) Day
يَرَوْنَهَا
yarawnahā
they see it
لَمْ
lam
not
يَلْبَثُوٓا۟
yalbathū
they had remained
إِلَّا
illā
except
عَشِيَّةً
ʿashiyyatan
an evening
أَوْ
aw
or
ضُحَىٰهَا
ḍuḥāhā
a morning thereof
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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46. When they see it, it will seem to them as if they had stayed (in the world) only for an evening or a morning [29].
[29] Regarding past events, a person thinks that an incident which occurred decades ago is as if it happened just yesterday. This is the state of this worldly life, in which he observes the alternation of night and day and can calculate the months and years. However, in the realm of Barzakh, there will be no day or night, just as after three hundred years had passed over the People of the Cave, they could not determine whether they had slept in the cave for a whole day or just part of a day. Exactly this situation will occur for people on the Day of Resurrection, and the disbelievers, upon witnessing the Day of Resurrection, will think that their worldly life did not even last a full day. Alas, if only we had spent this short period in obedience to Allah Almighty and come here in that state.
[29] Regarding past events, a person thinks that an incident which occurred decades ago is as if it happened just yesterday. This is the state of this worldly life, in which he observes the alternation of night and day and can calculate the months and years. However, in the realm of Barzakh, there will be no day or night, just as after three hundred years had passed over the People of the Cave, they could not determine whether they had slept in the cave for a whole day or just part of a day. Exactly this situation will occur for people on the Day of Resurrection, and the disbelievers, upon witnessing the Day of Resurrection, will think that their worldly life did not even last a full day. Alas, if only we had spent this short period in obedience to Allah Almighty and come here in that state.
