Surah Al-Ahqaf (الأحقاف) • The Wind-Curved Sandhills

Quran 46:35

46:35

فَٱصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْعَزْمِ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِل لَّهُمْ ۚ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا سَاعَةً مِّن نَّهَارٍۭ ۚ بَلَـٰغٌ ۚ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

fa-iṣ'bir kamā ṣabara ulū l-ʿazmi mina l-rusuli walā tastaʿjil lahum ka-annahum yawma yarawna mā yūʿadūna lam yalbathū illā sāʿatan min nahārin balāghun fahal yuh'laku illā l-qawmu l-fāsiqūna

So be patient, [O Muḥammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them. It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?

— Saheeh International

Be steadfast [Muhammad], like those messengers of firm resolve. Do not seek to hasten the punishment for the disbelievers: on the Day they see what they had been warned about, it will seem to them that they lingered no more than a single hour of a single day [in this life]. This is a warning. Shall any be destroyed except the defiant?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Therefore be patient (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) as did the Messengers of strong will and be in no haste about them (disbelievers). On the Day when they will see that (torment) with which they are promised (i.e. threatened, it will be) as if they had not stayed more than an hour in a single day. (O mankind! this Qur’ân is sufficient as) a clear Message (or proclamation to save yourself from destruction). But shall any be destroyed except the people who are Al-Fâsiqûn (the rebellious against Allâh’s Command, the disobedient to Allâh)?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patient
كَمَاkamāas
صَبَرَṣabarahad patience
أُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose of determination
ٱلْعَزْمِl-ʿazmithose of determination
مِنَminaof
ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe Messengers
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَسْتَعْجِلtastaʿjilseek to hasten
لَّهُمْۚlahumfor them
كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumAs if they had
يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
يَرَوْنَyarawnathey see
مَاmāwhat
يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnathey were promised
لَمْlamnot
يَلْبَثُوٓا۟yalbathūremained
إِلَّاillāexcept
سَاعَةًۭsāʿatanan hour
مِّنminof
نَّهَارٍۭۚnahārina day
بَلَـٰغٌۭۚbalāghunA notification
فَهَلْfahalBut will
يُهْلَكُyuh'laku(any) be destroyed
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmuthe people
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūnathe defiantly disobedient