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77:33
كانه جمالت صفر ٣٣
كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتٌۭ صُفْرٌۭ ٣٣
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and ˹as dark˺ as black camels.”1
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Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
Madinah
Ḥamzah
Kufah
Ibn Kathīr
Makkah
Khalaf
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Basrah
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Kufah
Yaʿqūb
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ʿĀṣim
Kufah
Readings
جِمَالَتٌ
jimālatun
جِمَالَاتٌ
jimālātun
“yellow camels”
These two readings are plurals of 'camel', the second being a plural of a plural. This is a comparison between the sparks from Hellfire and marching groups of camels, in terms of quantity and quick succession.
جُمَالَاتٌ
jumālātun
“yellow ropes”
This reading entails a comparison with a ship's ropes, in terms of the extension of those sparks and their movements.

Explanation

These readings provide complementary meanings [Ibn 'Ashur].

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran