يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- ஒருநாள் நாம் (உங்களைப்) பெரும் பிடியாகப் பிடிப்போம்; நிச்சயமாக (அந்நாளில்) நாம் பழி தீர்ப்போம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- දැඩි ග්රහණයකින් අප ග්රහණය කරන දින නියත වශයෙන් ම අපි සම ප්රතිචාර දක්වන්නෝ වෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- جس دن ہم بڑی سخت پکڑ پکڑیں گے ، بالیقین ہم بدلہ لینے والے ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- われが猛襲する（審判の）日，本当にわれは，（厳正に）報復する。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我进行最大的袭击之日，我必定要惩罚他们。
Tafsir of 44:16
Alarming the Idolators with News of the Day when the Sky will bring forth a visible Smoke Allah says, these idolaters are playing about in doubt, i.e., the certain truth has come to them, but they doubt it and do not believe in it. Then Allah says, warning and threatening them: فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى السَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ (Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke.) It was narrated that Masruq said, "We entered the Masjid -- i.e., the Masjid of Kufah at the gates of Kindah -- and a man was reciting to his companions, يَوْمَ تَأْتِى السَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ (the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke.) He asked them; `Do you know what that is' That is the smoke that will come on the Day of Resurrection. It will take away the hearing and sight of the hypocrites, but for the believers it will be like having a cold."' He said, "We came to Ibn Mas`ud, may Allah be pleased with him, and told him about that.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
