Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:35 — translation and meaning

الأحقاف · Verse 35 / 35 · Page 506

ۚ ۚ ۚ فَاصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُولُو الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِل لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا سَاعَةً مِّن نَّهَارٍ بَلَاغٌ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Word by Word

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فَاصْبِرْ
fa-is'bir
So be patient
كَمَا
kama
as
صَبَرَ
sabara
had patience
أُولُو
ulu
those of determination
الْعَزْمِ
al-'azmi
those of determination
مِنَ
mina
of
الرُّسُلِ
al-rusuli
the Messengers
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تَسْتَعْجِل
tasta'jil
seek to hasten
لَّهُمْ
lahum
for them
كَأَنَّهُمْ
ka-annahum
As if they had
يَوْمَ
yawma
(the) Day
يَرَوْنَ
yarawna
they see
مَا
ma
what
يُوعَدُونَ
yu'aduna
they were promised
لَمْ
lam
not
يَلْبَثُوا
yalbathu
remained
إِلَّا
illa
except
سَاعَةً
sa'atan
an hour
مِّن
min
of
نَّهَارٍ
naharin
a day
بَلَاغٌ
balaghun
A clear Message
فَهَلْ
fahal
But will
يُهْلَكُ
yuh'laku
(any) be destroyed
إِلَّا
illa
except
الْقَوْمُ
al-qawmu
the people
الْفَاسِقُونَ
al-fasiquna
the defiantly disobedient

Transliteration

Fasbir kamaa sabara ulul 'azmi minar Rusuli wa laa tasta'jil lahum; ka annahum Yawma yarawna maa yoo'adoona lam yalbasooo illaa saa'atam min nahaar; balaagh; fahal yuhlaku illal qawmul faasiqoon

Translation

So be patient, [O Muhammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them. It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So be patient - O Messenger - against your people’s denial of you just as the messengers of firm resolve were patient. These were the following messengers in addition to our Prophet (peace be upon him): Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them). Do not seek to hasten the punishment for them. The deniers from your people, on the day when they will see the punishment that they are warned about in the Hereafter, will be as if they did not remain in the world except for an hour of a day due to the length of their punishment. This Qur’ān that is revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him) is a notice to all people as well to the jinn, and only those who go against Allah by disbelief and sins will be destroyed by the punishment.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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