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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Hajj 22:48

Word by word

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهَا وَإِلَىَّ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

And for how many a city did I prolong enjoyment while it was committing wrong. Then I seized it, and to Me is the [final] destination.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وكثير من القرى كانت ظالمة بإصرار أهلها على الكفر، فأمهلتهم ولم أعاجلهم بالعقوبة فاغتروا، ثم أخَذْتُهم بعذابي في الدنيا، وإليَّ مرجعهم بعد هلاكهم، فأعذبهم بما يستحقون.

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