Ayetآية

Al-A’la 87:11

The Most High · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 591

The Wretched Who Avoids

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ۝١١

But the most hapless will flout it.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall

Meaning

But the most wretched avoids it, who will burn in the greatest fire.

Insight

According to Elmalılı, the wretched one who avoids the reminder will enter the everlasting fire of Hell in the Hereafter.

Reflect

Today, face a piece of advice you have been avoiding.

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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