Ayetآية

Al-Inshiqaq 84:11

The Sundering · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 589

Calling for Destruction

فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورࣰا ۝١١

He surely will invoke destruction.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall

Meaning

He will cry out for destruction.

Insight

Elmalılı explains “thubur” as destruction: he cries, “O destruction, where are you? Come, let me perish and be rid of this agony!”

Reflect

Give up today something you would regret.

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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