لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- [That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நீங்கள் ஒரு நிலையிலிருந்து மற்றொரு நிலைக்கு நிச்சயமாக ஏறிப்போவீர்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- සැබැවින් ම පියවරෙන් පියවර නුඹලා (ඉදිරියට) ගමන් කරන්නෙහු ම ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- یقیناً تم ایک حالت سے دوسری حالت پر پہنچو گے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- あなたがたは,必ず一層から他層に登るであろう。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你们必定遭遇重重的灾难。
Tafsir of 84:19
Swearing by the Various Stages of Man's Journey It has been reported from `Ali, Ibn `Abbas, `Ubadah bin As-Samit, Abu Hurayrah, Shaddad bin Aws, Ibn `Umar, Muhammad bin `Ali bin Al-Husayn, Makhul, Bakr bin `Abdullah Al-Muzani, Bukayr bin Al-Ashaj, Malik, Ibn Abi Dhi'b, and `Abdul-`Aziz bin Abi Salamah Al-Majishun, they all said, "Ash-Shafaq is the redness (in the sky).`Abdur-Razzaq recorded from Abu Hurayrah that he said, "Ash-Shafaq is the whiteness." So Ash-Shafaq is the redness of the horizon, either before sunset, as Mujahid said or after sunset, as is well known with the scholars of the Arabic Language. Al-Khalil bin Ahmad said, "Ash-Shafaq is the redness that appears from the setting of sun until the time of the last `Isha' (when it is completely dark).…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)