إِنَّا
كَاشِفُواْ
ٱلۡعَذَابِ
قَلِيلًاۚ
إِنَّكُمۡ
عَآئِدُونَ
١٥
Indeed, We will remove ˹that˺ torment for a while, and you ˹Meccans˺ will return ˹to disbelief˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief].
— Saheeh International
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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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