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Surah an-Nahl (The Bee ) 16 : 85

وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(16:85:1)
wa-idhā
And when
(16:85:2)
raā
(will) see
(16:85:3)
alladhīna
those who
(16:85:4)
ẓalamū
wronged
(16:85:5)
l-ʿadhāba
the punishment
(16:85:6)
(16:85:7)
yukhaffafu
it will be lightened
(16:85:8)
(16:85:9)
(16:85:10)
(16:85:11)
yunẓarūna
will be given respite

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Explanatory Note

‘Our Lord, these are our partners whom we used to invoke instead of You.’ But they will throw their word back at them, saying: ‘You are indeed liars. ‘On that day, they shall proffer submission to God; and all their inventions will have forsaken them. Upon those who disbelieve and debar others from the path of God We will heap suffering upon suffering in punishment for all the corruption they wrought. (Verses 84-88)

The scene begins with the prophets being called as witnesses, giving their accounts of the treatment they received from their peoples when they conveyed God’s messages to them. The unbelievers will be standing there, not permitted to speak or make any plea or argument. They will not be allowed to make amends in order to satisfy their Lord, for it is too late to do so. It is a time for reckoning and the determination of fates. “And when the wrongdoers actually see the suffering [that awaits them], it will in no way be mitigated for them, nor will they be granted respite.” (Verse 85)

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The following internal evidence shows that this Surah was revealed during the last Makkan stage of Prophethood:

1.         V. 41 clearly shows that persecution had forced some Muslims to emigrate to Abyssinia before the revelation of this Surah.

2.         It is evident from v. 106 that at that time the persecution of the Muslims was at its height and a problem had arisen where Muslims under persecution were being forced to utter words of blasphemy.

3.         V. 112-114 clearly refer to the end of a seven year famine that had struck Makkah some years after the beginning of Prophethood.

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