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Surah al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage ) 22 : 72

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ يَكَادُونَ يَسْطُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا ۗ قُلْ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمُ ۗ ٱلنَّارُ وَعَدَهَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, "Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that? [It is] the Fire which Allāh has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination."

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Word Arabic word
(22:72:1)
wa-idhā
And when
(22:72:2)
tut'lā
are recited
(22:72:3)
(22:72:4)
āyātunā
Our Verses
(22:72:5)
bayyinātin
clear
(22:72:6)
taʿrifu
you will recognize
(22:72:7)
(22:72:8)
wujūhi
(the) faces
(22:72:9)
alladhīna
(of) those who
(22:72:10)
kafarū
disbelieve
(22:72:11)
l-munkara
the denial
(22:72:12)
yakādūna
They almost
(22:72:13)
yasṭūna
attack
(22:72:14)
bi-alladhīna
those who
(22:72:15)
yatlūna
recite
(22:72:16)
(22:72:17)
āyātinā
Our Verses
(22:72:18)
qul
Say
(22:72:19)
afa-unabbi-ukum
Then shall I inform you
(22:72:20)
bisharrin
of worse
(22:72:21)
(22:72:22)
(22:72:23)
l-nāru
The Fire
(22:72:24)
waʿadahā
Allah (has) promised it
(22:72:25)
l-lahu
Allah (has) promised it
(22:72:26)
alladhīna
(for) those who
(22:72:27)
kafarū
disbelieve
(22:72:28)
wabi'sa
and wretched
(22:72:29)
l-maṣīru
(is) the destination

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Explanatory Note

The most singular thing is that while they worship false deities of which they have no knowledge, they refuse to listen to the voice of truth. They are hardened in their attitude, threatening to strike at those who recite God’s revelations to them. They cannot answer an argument with an equally valid counter argument, or reply to evidence with anything that is similarly powerful. Instead, they resort to heavy-handed tactics, violence and oppression, realizing that they have no leg to stand on. This is always the case with tyrants who think only of suppressing the truth, knowing that they have no other way to answer it.

Hence, the Qur’ān delivers a clear warning, pointing to the inevitable outcome: “Say: Shall I tell you of something worse than that?” What is worse than the evil they harbour within themselves, and the oppression they embark upon? “It is the fire which God has promised to those who deny Him.” This is the right reply for the oppression they engage in. And the final comment is: “How vile an end.”

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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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