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Surah al-Qalam (The Pen ) 68 : 42

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(68:42:1)
yawma
(The) Day
(68:42:2)
yuk'shafu
will be uncovered
(68:42:3)
(68:42:4)
sāqin
the shin
(68:42:5)
wayud'ʿawna
and they will be called
(68:42:6)
ilā
to
(68:42:7)
l-sujūdi
prostrate
(68:42:8)
(68:42:9)
yastaṭīʿūna
they will be able

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Explanatory Note

This verse puts this scene before them as if it is taking place at the moment of address. Thus, they are challenged to bring in their alleged partners, when this day appears as a reality, unattached in God's knowledge to a particular time. To put it before the addressees in this way gives it a very strong and profound effect. So, on the Day of Judgement, when matters are so dire and people are in great distress, these arrogant people will be asked to prostrate themselves, but they will be unable to do so, either because the time for this has lapsed, or because their bodies are so tense they will not respond. Be that as it may, the image here is one of extreme distress.

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This is one of the earliest Surahs to be revealed at Makkah and its subject matter shows that it was sent down at the time when opposition to the Prophet had grown very harsh and oppressive.

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