Ghafir 40:18
The Forgiver · Meccan · Juz 24 · Page 469
The Approaching Day
وَأَنذِرۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةِ إِذِ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ لَدَى ٱلۡحَنَاجِرِ كَٰظِمِينَۚ مَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِنۡ حَمِيمࣲ وَلَا شَفِيعࣲ يُطَاعُ ١٨
Warn them (O Muhammad) of the Day of the approaching (doom), when the hearts will be choking the throats, (when) there will be no friend for the wrong-doers, nor any intercessor who will be heard.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Warn them of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “al-azifah” as the approaching calamity, the hour of death, or the Hour of Resurrection.
Reflect
Prepare today for the approaching 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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