Tafsir for verse: 9:52
قُلۡ هَلۡ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحۡدَى ٱلۡحُسۡنَيَيۡنِۖ وَنَحۡنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمۡ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابٖ مِّنۡ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوۡ بِأَيۡدِينَاۖ فَتَرَبَّصُوٓاْ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ ٥٢ ﴿52﴾
52Say, “What you are expecting for us is nothing but one of the two good things (martyrdom or victory). And we are expecting for you that Allah sends to you a punishment from Himself or at our hands. So, wait. Of course, we are waiting with you.”
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Commentary
Except for one of the two good things, or one of the two outcomes, each of which has good consequences. They are victory and martyrdom. And we are waiting for you for one of the two evils, which may be the two evils. Either Allah will strike you with a punishment from Him, which is a calamity from the sky, as it descended upon 'Aad and Thamud, or a punishment by our hands, which is killing for disbelief. So wait for us regarding what we mentioned of our consequences. Indeed, we are with you waiting for what your outcome will be. There is no doubt that each of us will encounter what he is waiting for and will not surpass it.
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