Al-Hijr 15:83
The Rocky Tract · Meccan · Juz 14 · Page 266
The Morning Cry
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ مُصۡبِحِينَ ٨٣
But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
But the shriek seized them at early morning.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, on the morning of the fourth day of the promised punishment a blast burst over them, followed by an earthquake.
Reflect
Use each morning as if it were the last.
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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