Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Balad, Ayah 12

Al-Balad · Ayah 12 · View Ayah
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And what will show you what will make known to you what the obstacle is? that he is to surmount — intended to emphasise its enormity this statement is a parenthetical one. He explains the way to surmount it by saying

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(Ah, what will convey unto thee) O Muhammad (what the Ascent is!) it is a smooth hurdle between Paradise and hell. Allah said this to arouse the Prophet's astonishment.

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