Ad-Dukhan 44:10 فارتقب يوم تاتي السماء بدخان مبين ١٠
فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ
يَوۡمَ
تَأۡتِي
ٱلسَّمَآءُ
بِدُخَانٖ
مُّبِينٖ
١٠
Wait then ˹O Prophet˺ for the day ˹when˺ the sky will be veiled in haze,1 clearly visible,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Alarming the Idolators with News of the Day when the Sky will bring forth a visible Smoke
Allah says, these idolaters are playing about in doubt, i.e., the certain truth has come to them, but they doubt it and do not believe in it. Then Allah says, warning and threatening them:
فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْ
…Alarming the Idolators with News of the Day when the Sky will bring forth a visible Smoke
Allah says, these idolaters are playing about in doubt, i.e.,
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