Ayetآية

Al-Mursalat 77:6

The Emissaries · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 580

Excuse or Warning

عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ۝٦

To excuse or to warn.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall

Meaning

As justification or warning.

Insight

According to Elmalılı, this is an excuse that erases faults for those on the truth, and a warning for those on falsehood.

Reflect

Read the Qur’an as an excuse for your faults and a warning for your heedlessness.

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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