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

Ghafir 40:18

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وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةِ إِذِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ لَدَى ٱلْحَنَاجِرِ كَـٰظِمِينَ ۚ مَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ يُطَاعُ

And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وحذِّر -أيها الرسول- الناس من يوم القيامة القريب، وإن استبعدوه، إذ قلوب العباد مِن مخافة عقاب الله قد ارتفعت من صدورهم، فتعلقت بحلوقهم، وهم ممتلئون غمًّا وحزنًا. ما للظالمين من قريب ولا صاحب، ولا شفيع يشفع لهم عند ربهم، فيستجاب له.

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