هَلۡ
يَنظُرُونَ
إِلَّآ
أَن
تَأۡتِيَهُمُ
ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
أَوۡ
يَأۡتِيَ
رَبُّكَ
أَوۡ
يَأۡتِيَ
بَعۡضُ
ءَايَٰتِ
رَبِّكَۗ
يَوۡمَ
يَأۡتِي
بَعۡضُ
ءَايَٰتِ
رَبِّكَ
لَا
يَنفَعُ
نَفۡسًا
إِيمَٰنُهَا
لَمۡ
تَكُنۡ
ءَامَنَتۡ
مِن
قَبۡلُ
أَوۡ
كَسَبَتۡ
فِيٓ
إِيمَٰنِهَا
خَيۡرٗاۗ
قُلِ
ٱنتَظِرُوٓاْ
إِنَّا
مُنتَظِرُونَ
١٥٨
Are they awaiting the coming of the angels, or your Lord ˹Himself˺, or some of your Lord’s ˹major˺ signs? On the Day your Lord’s signs arrive, belief will not benefit those who did not believe earlier or those who did no good through their faith.1 Say, “Keep waiting! We too are waiting.”
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Disbelievers Await the Commencement of the Hereafter, or Some of its Portents
Allah sternly threatens the disbelievers, those who defy His Messengers, deny His Ayat and hinder from His path,
هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلاَ أَن تَأْتِيهُمُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ رَبُّكَ
(Do they then wait for anything o
…The Disbelievers Await the Commencement of the Hereafter, or Some of its Portents
Allah sternly threatens the disbelievers, those who defy His Messenge
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