Al-Qalam 68:6
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Which of You Is Afflicted?
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ ٦
Which of you is the demented.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Which of you is the afflicted.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “maftun” as one struck by trial and madness, or as trial and madness itself; the commentators preferred the latter meaning here.
Reflect
Look at yourself before blaming others.
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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