سورة یسٓ
Surah Yâ Sîn 36:52
O Perfect Man! · Verse 52 of 83
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا مَنْ بَعَثَنَا مِنْ مَرْقَدِنَا ۜ ۗ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
They will say (to one an other), `O woe be on us! Who has aroused us from our sleeping place?´ `This is the same thing as the Most Gracious (God) had promised and the Messengers (of God) did indeed speak the truth´ (will be the reply they receive).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They will say: "Ah! Woe unto us! Who hath raised us up from our beds of repose?"... (A voice will say:) "This is what (Allah) Most Gracious had promised. And true was the word of the messengers!
Ahmed Ali
Saying: "Ah woe, who has roused us from our sleep?" This is what Ar-Rahman had promised, and whose truth the apostles had affirmed.
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Ali Unal
They will cry: "Woe to us! Who has raised us from our place of sleep? (We have come to know that) this is what the All-Merciful promised, and that the Messengers spoke the truth!"
Daryabadi
They will say: Ah woe Unto us! who hath roused us from our sleeping-place? This is that which the Compassionate had promised, and truly spake the sent ones.
Faridul Haque
Saying, “O our misfortune! Who has raised us from our sleep? This is what the Most Gracious had promised, and the Noble Messengers had spoken the truth!”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They will say: O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent promised and the messengers told the truth.
Maulvi Sher Ali
They will say to one another, `O woe to us ! who has raised us from our place of sleep? This is what the Gracious God had promised, and the Messengers, indeed, spoke the truth.'
Muhammad Asad
They will say: "Oh, woe unto us! Who has roused us from our sleep [of death]?"
Muhammad Musin Khan
They will say: "Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our place of sleep." (It will be said to them): "This is what the Most Beneficent (Allah) had promised, and the Messengers spoke truth!"
Muhammad Pickthall
Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth.
Muhammad Sarwar
They will say, "Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our graves? This is what the Beneficent God has promised. The Messengers have also spoke the truth".
Muhammed ali Shakir
They shall say: O woe to us! who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent Allah promised and the messengers told the truth.
Rashad Khalifa
They will say, "Woe to us. Who resurrected us from our death? This is what the Most Gracious has promised. The messengers were right."
Shabbir Ahmed
They will say, “Oh, woe to us! Who has awakened us from our beds of sleep? This is what the Beneficent promised, and the Messengers spoke the truth.”
Commentary 36:52 Marqadمَّرْقَد is a resting or a sleeping place. When on Judgment Day the disbelievers will be raised, they will cry in despair, “O woe be on us! Who has…
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا مَن بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا
36:52 Marqadمَّرْقَد is a resting or a sleeping place. When on Judgment Day the disbelievers will be raised, they will cry in despair, “O woe be on us! Who has aroused us from our sleeping place”? An objection might be raised with respect to this interpretation. Can we say that the grave is a place of rest for the disbelievers? How can this be when the disbelievers are facing the punishment of the grave? The answer to this is that it is a matter of comparison. The chastisement of Gehenna is great, but the punishment that a disbeliever must suffer in the grave is comparatively lighter. When compared with the punishment after Resurrection, the punishment of the grave is therefore restful, comfortable, and easy to bear. It has been described merely as a window opened towards the fires of Hell. Remember that in the Hereafter the trumpet will be blown twice. Soon after the trumpet is blown for the first time all of the people will become motionless, as if in a stupor. On the second blow, they will be raised. The condition experienced between the two notes of the trumpet is likened to the place of rest spoken of here. As the Holy Qur’ân says, That Day there shall be a blast of the trumpet and all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth will fall into a swoon except whom Allâh will like to spare. Then there will be a blast another time and people shall stand up (awaiting judgment before their Lord).” (39:68)