Al-Muddaththir 74:19
The Cloaked One · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 576
How He Plotted!
فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ ١٩
(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
So may he be destroyed, how he deliberated!
Insight
According to Elmalılı, though in Arabic this phrase is originally a curse, it is also used to remark on something formidable, and sometimes in mockery.
Reflect
Use your mind to find the truth, not to reject it.
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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