قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَـٰدِمِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- [Allāh] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "சிறிது காலத்தில் அவர்கள் நிச்சயமாகக் கைசேதப்பட்டவர்களாகி விடுவார்கள்" என்று கூறினார்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- මද කලකින් සැබැවින් ම ඔවුන් පසුතැවිලි වන්නන් බවට පත් වනු ඇතැයි ඔහු පැවසුවේ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- جواب ملا کہ یہ تو بہت ہی جلد اپنے کئے پر پچھتانے لگیں گے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれは仰せられた。「暫くしたら，かれらは必ず悔いるであろう。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 主说：不久，他们必然要悔恨。
Tafsir of 23:40
The Story of `Ad or Thamud Allah tells us that after the people of Nuh, He created another nation. It was said that this was `Ad, because they were the successors of the people of Nuh. Or it was said that they were Thamud, because Allah says: فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ (So, the Sayhah overtook them in truth.) Allah sent to them a Messenger from among themselves, and he called them to worship Allah Alone with no partner or associate, but they belied him, opposed him and refused to follow him because he was a human being like them, and they refused to follow a human Messenger. They did not believe in the meeting with Allah on the Day of Resurrection and they denied the idea of physical resurrection. They said: أَيَعِدُكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا مِتٌّمْ وَكُنتُمْ تُرَاباً وَعِظماً أَنَّكُمْ مُّخْرَجُونَ - هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ (Does he promise you that when you have died and have become dust and bones, you shall come out alive (resurrected) Far, very far is that which you are promised!) meaning, very unlikely.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
