Surah Al-Ahqaf — Ayah 24 (Anglo-Saxon English) — Video

Name: Al-Ahqaf — Ayah 24 (Vertical)
Uploaded: 2025-08-24T22:28:50+00:00
Description: Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of) a cloud traversing the sky, coming to meet their valleys, they said, "This cloud will give us rain!" "Nay, it…

Al-Ahqaf • Ayah 24 of 35 • Anglo-Saxon English

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا هَٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُمْطِرُنَا ۚ بَلْ هُوَ مَا اسْتَعْجَلْتُمْ بِهِ ۖ رِيحٌ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Translation:

Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of) a cloud traversing the sky, coming to meet their valleys, they said, "This cloud will give us rain!" "Nay, it is the (Calamity) ye were asking to be hastened!- A wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty! Al-Ahqaf 46:24 ^⧉

Tafsir:

The tafsir of this ayah is mentioned in Al-Ahqaf 46:25 ^⧉

The people of Ad mistook the clouds of destruction for rain clouds. They understood the reality only when the raging winds entered their townships and reduced them to ruins. Man is so reckless that he does not accept the Truth even when on the brink of disaster. He accepts it only after the opportunity to repent has been taken away from him.

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