Ya-Sin 36:48
Ya Sin · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 443
When?
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٤٨
And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
They ask: “When will this promise be, if you are truthful?”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, the question is mockery. What awaits them is a single cry, the first blowing of the Trumpet: it seizes them while they quarrel, and they can neither make a will nor return to their families.
Reflect
If there is a reconciliation you are postponing, make it 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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