Tafsir for verse: 21:12
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ ١٢ ﴿12﴾
12So, as soon as they sensed Our punishment (approaching them), they started fleeing from it.
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Commentary
Then he clarified its state when the calamity was permitted upon it, and he said: "So when they sensed" meaning the people of it perceived with their senses "Our punishment" meaning what is in it of greatness "then they" (p-395) meaning without any pause at all "from it" meaning the village "were running" fleeing from it quickly like one who drives the horses - meaning urges them - for racing, after their arrogance against the messengers and their saying to them "We will surely expel you from our land or you will return to our religion" [Ibrahim: 13]. So the tongue of the state called out to them, reproaching and denouncing their condition and terrifying them:
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