Adh-Dhariyat 51:31
The Winnowing Winds · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 522
What Is Your Errand?
۞قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٣١
(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah).
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
He said: “What is your business, O messengers?”
Insight
Elmalılı explains “khatb” as an important matter: after this good news, what is the real reason you were sent?
Reflect
Ask yourself today the real purpose of what you’re doing.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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