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Surah al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage ) 22 : 44

وَأَصْحَٰبُ مَدْيَنَ ۖ وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَىٰ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And the inhabitants of Madyan. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

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Word Arabic word
(22:44:1)
wa-aṣḥābu
And the inhabitants
(22:44:2)
(22:44:3)
wakudhiba
And Musa was denied
(22:44:4)
(22:44:5)
fa-amlaytu
so I granted respite
(22:44:6)
lil'kāfirīna
to the disbelievers
(22:44:7)
(22:44:8)
akhadhtuhum
I seized them
(22:44:9)
fakayfa
and how
(22:44:10)
kāna
was
(22:44:11)
nakīri
My punishment

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Explanatory Note

Moses, however, is mentioned on his own as though the reference to him constitutes a special paragraph.  Unlike other messengers, Moses was not accused of falsehood by his own people. It was Pharaoh and his chiefs that opposed Moses, levelling all sorts of accusations on him. Moreover, Moses was given very clear and numerous signs. Nevertheless, in all these cases, God granted the unbelievers respite for a while, in the same way as He now gave the Quraysh, the Prophet’s own people who fiercely opposed him, time to reflect. He then punished all those past communities very severely.

This is followed by a rhetorical question that stresses the frightening effect of God’s punishment: “How awesome was the way I rejected them?” The Arabic word, nakīr, used here for ‘rejection’, carries added connotations of violent change. The question needs no answer, as it is well known: it was a rejection demonstrated through great floods, destruction, earthquakes, fearful hurricanes, and the like.

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As this Surah contains the characteristics of both the Makkan and the Madīnan Surahs the commentators have differed as to its period of revelation but in the light of its style and themes we are of the opinion that a part of it (v. 1-24) was sent down in the last stage of the Makkan life of the Prophet a little before migration and the rest (v. 25-78) during the first stage of his Madinah life. That is why this Surah combines the characteristics of both the Makkan and the Madinah Surahs.

According to Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah and other great commentators, v. 39 is the first verse that grants the Muslims permission to wage war. Collections of hadith and books on the life of the Prophet confirm that after this permission actual preparations for war were started and the first expedition was sent to the coast of the Red Sea in Safar 2 A.H. which is known as the Expedition of Waddan or Al-Abwa.

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