Tafsir for verse: 6:47
قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتَكُمۡ إِنۡ أَتَىٰكُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱللَّهِ بَغۡتَةً أَوۡ جَهۡرَةً هَلۡ يُهۡلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٤٧ ﴿47﴾
47Say, “Tell me if the punishment of Allah comes upon you whether suddenly or openly, shall any people be destroyed except the unjust?’
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Commentary
When the suddenness occurs, it happens without one being aware of it, and its signs appear. It is said, 'suddenly or openly.' And according to Al-Hasan: 'at night or during the day.' It was recited as 'suddenly or openly.' [The phrase 'suddenly or openly' is as mentioned in Abu Su'ud and Al-Baydawi. In some copies of this book, it is written as 'suddenly or openly,' and it was noted: 'either by moving the ghain and the ha.'] Is it that only the wrongdoers will be destroyed? It was recited: 'Is it that destruction occurs?' with the opening of the ya.
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