An-Najm 53:60
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Do You Laugh?
وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ ٦٠
And laugh and not weep.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And you laugh and do not weep?
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is their laughing, treating the warnings as amusement, and not weeping at the terror of the warnings and the gravity of their state.
Reflect
Let your heart soften as you read a verse 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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