Surah An-Naml 27:71 — translation and meaning

النمل · Verse 71 / 93 · Page 383

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

Word by Word

وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaquluna
And they say
مَتَى
mata
When
هَذَا
hadha
(will) this
الْوَعْدُ
al-wa'du
promise (be fulfilled)
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
صَادِقِينَ
sadiqina
truthful

Transliteration

Wa yaqooloona mataa haazal wa'du in kuntum saadiqeen

Translation

And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The disbelievers amongst your people who deny the resurrection say: “When will the punishment you and the believers promise us occur, if you are true in what you claim of that?”

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

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