Surah Saad: Verse 16 - وقالوا ربنا عجل لنا قطنا... - English

Tafsir of Verse 16, Surah Saad

وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

English Translation

And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"

English Transliteration

Waqaloo rabbana AAajjil lana qittana qabla yawmi alhisabi

Tafsir of Verse 16

They say, 'Our Lord, hasten to us our share before the Day of Reckoning.'

They say: "Our Lord! hasten to us our sentence (even) before the Day of Account!"

عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا (0 our Lord, give us our share [ of the punishment ] sooner, - 38:16 ). The word: قِطّ (qitt) used here is, in reality, the document through which someone has been promised with a reward. Later, this word came to be used also as a 'share' in an absolute sense. Here, this very sense is meant, that is, 'let us have whatever share is coming to us from the reward and punishment of the Hereafter right here in this world.'

Verse 16 - Surah Saad: (وقالوا ربنا عجل لنا قطنا قبل يوم الحساب...) - English