An-Najm 53:57
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The Approaching Has Approached
أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةُ ٥٧
The threatened Hour is nigh.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
The Approaching Day has approached.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “al-azifah” as that which approaches, which is drawing near; it is one of the names of the Hour.
Reflect
Feel the nearness of the Hour in your heart today.
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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