AD DUKHAAN — Ayat 9

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ - فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى السَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ - يَغْشَى النَّاسَ هَـذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ - رَّبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مْؤْمِنُونَ - أَنَّى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَى وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ - ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْاْ عَنْهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ - إِنَّا كَاشِفُواْ الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلاً إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ - يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَى إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ

9. Nay! They play about in doubt. 10. Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke, 11. Covering mankind, this is a painful torment. 12. (They will say): ”Our Lord! Remove the torment from us, really we shall become believers!'' 13. How can there be for them an admonition, when a Messenger explaining things clearly has already come to them. 14. Then they had turned away from him and said: ”(He is) one taught, a madman!'' 15. Verily, We shall remove the torment for a while. Verily, you will revert. 16. On the Day when We shall strike you with the great Batshah. Verily, We will exact retribution.   Allah says, these idolaters are playing about in doubt, i.e., the certain truth has come to them, but they doubt it and do not believe in it. Then Allah says, warning and threatening them: