Al-Balad 90:16
The City · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 594
A Needy One in the Dust
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينࣰا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ ١٦
Or some poor wretch in misery.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Or a needy one in the dust.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “matrabah” as being covered in dust, like a saying for one who sleeps on the ground with a stone for a pillow: it expresses dire poverty.
Reflect
Today, think about helping the one in greatest need.
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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