An-Naba 78:40
The Tidings · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 583
If Only I Were Dust
إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابࣰا قَرِيبࣰا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا ٤٠
Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: “Would that I were dust.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
The Day a man will see what his hands have sent ahead, and the disbeliever will say: “If only I were dust!”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, the punishment is near; that day everyone faces their deeds, and the disbeliever wishes he had never existed.
Reflect
Send ahead today a good deed you will see on that day.
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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