هَلۡ
يَنظُرُونَ
إِلَّآ
أَن
تَأۡتِيَهُمُ
ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
أَوۡ
يَأۡتِيَ
رَبُّكَ
أَوۡ
يَأۡتِيَ
بَعۡضُ
ءَايَٰتِ
رَبِّكَۗ
يَوۡمَ
يَأۡتِي
بَعۡضُ
ءَايَٰتِ
رَبِّكَ
لَا
يَنفَعُ
نَفۡسًا
إِيمَٰنُهَا
لَمۡ
تَكُنۡ
ءَامَنَتۡ
مِن
قَبۡلُ
أَوۡ
كَسَبَتۡ
فِيٓ
إِيمَٰنِهَا
خَيۡرٗاۗ
قُلِ
ٱنتَظِرُوٓاْ
إِنَّا
مُنتَظِرُونَ
١٥٨
Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.
— M. Pickthall
Do they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs1 of your Lord? The Day that some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting."
— Saheeh International
Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or thy Lord (Himself), or certain of the signs of thy Lord! the day that certain of the signs of thy Lord do come, no good will it do to a soul to believe in them then if it believed not before nor earned righteousness through its faith. Say: "Wait ye: we too are waiting."
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Disbelievers Await the Commencement of the Hereafter, or Some of its Portents
Allah sternly threatens the disbelievers, those who defy His Messengers, deny His Ayat and hinder from His path,
هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلاَ أَن تَأْتِيهُمُ الْمَلَئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ رَبُّكَ
(Do they then wait for anything ot
…The Disbelievers Await the Commencement of the Hereafter, or Some of its Portents
Allah sternly threatens the disbelievers, those who defy His Messenge
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