سورة النَّمل
Surah Al-Naml 27:82
The Tribe of Naml-Namlites · Verse 82 of 93
وَإِذَا وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَابَّةً مِنَ الْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And when the judgment becomes due against them (-the unjust) We shall bring forth for them a (grossly) materialistic person which will rule over them (and also an insect which shall wound them to cause plague). That is because the people did not have firm faith in Our Messages.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And when the Word is fulfilled against them (the unjust), we shall produce from the earth a beast to (face) them: He will speak to them, for that mankind did not believe with assurance in Our Signs.
Ahmed Ali
When the sentence will have been passed against them, We shall bring forth beastly brutes from the earth who will torment them, for men certainly do not believe Our signs.
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Ali Unal
When the time for the fulfillment of the word (of punishment) about them comes, We will bring forth for them a living creature from the earth who will speak to them – that people have no certainty of faith in Our signs and Revelations.
Daryabadi
And when the word shall come to be fulfilled concerning them, We shall bring forth a beast of the earth speaking unto them, that the people have not of Our signs been convinced.
Faridul Haque
And when the Word (promise) appears upon them, We shall bring forth for them a beast from the earth to speak to them - because the people were not accepting faith in Our signs. (This beast will rise from the earth, when the Last Day draws near.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And when the word comes to pass against them, We shall bring forth for them a creature from the earth that will speak to them, because people did not believe in Our messages.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And when the sentence is passed against them, WE shall bring forth for them an insect out of the earth which shall wound them because people did not believe in Our Signs.
Muhammad Asad
Now, [as for the deaf and blind of heart - I when the word [of truth] stands revealed against them, We shall bring forth unto them out of the earth a creature which will tell them that mankind had no real faith in Our messages.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And when the Word (of torment) is fulfilled against them, We shall bring out from the earth a beast to them, which will speak to them because mankind believed not with certainty in Our Ayat (Verses of the Qur'an and Prophet Muhammad SAW).
Muhammad Pickthall
And when the word is fulfilled concerning them, We shall bring forth a beast of the earth to speak unto them because mankind had not faith in Our revelations.
Muhammad Sarwar
When the word about them comes true We shall make a creature appear to them on earth who will tell them that people had no faith in Our revelations.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And when the word shall come to pass against them, We shall bring forth for them a creature from the earth that shall i wound them, because people did not believe in Our communications.
Rashad Khalifa
At the right time, we will produce for them a creature, made of earthly materials, declaring that the people are not certain about our revelations.
Shabbir Ahmed
When the Word comes to pass against them, We will cause the poor exploited ones to rise up, practically telling people that they did not have conviction in Our messages.
Commentary 27:82 “The creature from the earth which will speak to them” is apparently an allegory of the human beings earthly outlook on life. These people are those who…
وَإِذَا وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَابَّةً مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ
27:82 “The creature from the earth which will speak to them” is apparently an allegory of the human beings earthly outlook on life. These people are those who have lost all sense of the higher values of life, along with those whose labour has gone to waste in mere worldly pursuits but who nonetheless think they are doing good deeds (18:104). In other words, the soul-destroying materialism is characteristic of the time preceding the Last Hour. However, if Dâbbah دَابَّةً is taken in the sense of an insect and Tukallimuتُكَلِّمُ should mean, “it will bite them,” it will be a reference to the appearance of diseases and epidemics caused by microorganisms in the latter days. The verse was also construed this way by the Holy Prophet (pbuh).