يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلنَّاسَ سُكَٰرَىٰ وَمَا هُم بِسُكَٰرَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّ عَذَابَ ٱللَّهِ شَدِيدٌۭ
Yawma tarawnahaa tazhalu kullu murdi'atin 'ammaaa arda'at wa tada'u kullu zaati hamlin hamlahaa wa tarannaasa sukaaraa wa maa hum bisukaaraa wa lakinaa 'azaabal laahi shadeed
On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people [appearing] intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allah is severe.

Themes in this ayah

Explore in Habl →

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

4 other themes with weak connections
Labeled by AI and people · How this works

Tafsir

86%62%60%Al-JalalaynIbn AbbasIbn Kathir
Scholars largely agree on this ayah

On the day when you behold it every actually nursing female on account of this tremendous day will neglect her suckling that is she will forget it; and every pregnant female will deliver her burden and you will see mankind as though drunk because of the severity of their fear yet they will not be drunk because of any drink; but God’s chastisement is severe and so they will be terrified of it.

Related Hadiths

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3024Narrated 'Imran bin Husain:Da'if
"The Prophet (ﷺ) recited: You shall see mankind as if in a drunken state, yet they will not be in a drunken state. (22:2)
Sahih al-Bukhari #6879Narrated Abu Huraira:Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You people will be keen to have the authority of ruling which will be a thing of regret for you on the Day of Resurrection. What an excellent wet nurse it is, yet what a bad weaning one it is!"
Sunan Ibn Majah #3757It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Da'if
“People among my nation will drink wine, calling it by another name, and musical instruments will be played for them and singing girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth to swallow them up, and will turn them into monkeys and pigs.”
Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3416Ibn Abbas narrated that :Hasan
the Prophet said: “You will be gathered barefoot, naked and uncircumcised.” “A woman said: “Will we see” or “look at each other’s nakedness?” He said: “O so-and-so! Every man among them on that Day will have enough to make him careless of others.”
Sahih al-Bukhari #5022Narrated Anas:Sahih
I will narrate to you a Habith I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and none other than I will tell you of it. I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "From among the portents of the Hour are the following: Religious knowledge will be taken away; General ignorance (in religious matters) will increase; illegal Sexual intercourse will prevail: Drinking of alcoholic drinks will prevail. Men will decrease in number, and women will increase in number, so much so that fifty women will be looked after by one man."

Related Topics

Related Ayahs

Loading related ayahs…

About Quran 22:2