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Surah Yunus, Ayah 45 (10:45)

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وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ كَأَن لَّمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا سَاعَةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّهَارِ يَتَعَارَفُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ …

Quran 10:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Yunus (“Jonah”), a Meccan surah of 109 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 214 of the Madani Mushaf.

10:45
وَيَوْمَيَحْشُرُهُمْكَأَنلَّمْيَلْبَثُوٓا۟إِلَّاسَاعَةًمِّنَٱلنَّهَارِيَتَعَارَفُونَبَيْنَهُمْ ۚقَدْخَسِرَٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِلِقَآءِٱللَّهِوَمَاكَانُوا۟مُهْتَدِينَ٤٥
wayawma yaḥshuruhum ka-an lam yalbathū illā sāʿatan mina l-nahāri yataʿārafūna baynahum qad khasira alladhīna kadhabū biliqāi l-lahi wamā kānū muh'tadīna

And on the Day when He will gather them, [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] but an hour of the day, [and] they will know each other. Those will have lost who denied the meeting with Allāh and were not guided.(45)

Word by word

  1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd the Day
  2. يَحْشُرُهُمْyaḥshuruhumHe will gather them
  3. كَأَنka-anas if
  4. لَّمْlamthey had not remained
  5. يَلْبَثُوٓا۟yalbathūthey had not remained
  6. إِلَّاillāexcept
  7. سَاعَةًsāʿatanan hour
  8. مِّنَminaof
  9. ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe day
  10. يَتَعَارَفُونَyataʿārafūnathey will recognize each other
  11. بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumbetween them
  12. قَدْqadCertainly
  13. خَسِرَkhasira(will have) lost
  14. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  15. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
  16. بِلِقَآءِbiliqāithe meeting
  17. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(with) Allah
  18. وَمَاwamāand not
  19. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  20. مُهْتَدِينَmuh'tadīnathe guided ones

Tafsir (commentary) of 10:45

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The Feeling of Brevity toward the Worldly Life at the Gathering on the Day of Resurrection

To remind people of the establishment of the Hour and their resurrection from their graves to the gathering for the Day of Judgment, Allah says:

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ

(And on the Day when He shall gather (resurrect) them.) Similarly Allah said:

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُواْ إِلاَّ سَاعَةً مِّن نَّهَارٍ

(On the Day when they will see that (torment) with which they are promised (threatened, it will be) as if they had not stayed more than an hour in a single day.)46:35 Allah also said:

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُواْ إِلاَّ عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَـهَا

(The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.) 79:46

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى الصُّورِ وَنَحْشُرُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمِئِذٍ زُرْقاً - يَتَخَـفَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلاَّ عَشْراً - نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلاَّ يَوْماً

(The Day when the Trumpet will be blown (the second blowing): that Day, We shall gather the criminals, blue eyed. They will speak in a very low voice to each other (saying): "You stayed not longer than ten (days)." We know very well what they will say, when the best among them in knowledge and wisdom will say: "You stayed no longer than a day!") 20:102-104 and,

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُواْ غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ

(And on the Day that the Hour will be established, the criminals will swear that they stayed not but an hour.)30:55 These all are evidence of the brevity of the worldly life compared to the Hereafter. Allah said:

قَـلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ - قَالُواْ لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَاسْأَلِ الْعَآدِّينَ - قَالَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

(He (Allah) will say: "What number of years did you stay on earth" They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep account." He (Allah) will say: "You stayed not but a little, if you had only known!") 23:112-124 Allah then said:

يَتَعَارَفُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ

(They will recognize each other) The children will know their parents and relatives will recognize one another. They will know them just like they used to know them during the life in this world. However, on that Day everyone will be busy with himself. Allah then said:

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى الصُّورِ فَلاَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ

(Then, when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no kinship among them.)23:101 Allah also said:

وَلاَ يَسْـَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيماً

(And no friend will ask a friend (about his condition).)70:10 Allah then said:

قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِلِقَآءِ اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهْتَدِينَ

(Ruined indeed will be those who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided.) This is similar to the Ayah:

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

(Woe that Day to the deniers.)77:15 Woe to them because they will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. That is indeed the great loss. There is no loss greater than the loss of one who will be taken away from his dear ones on the Day of Grief and Regret.

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