Tafseer of Yaseen · Yaseen · 36:48
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
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The statement concerning the explanation of His words, exalted is He: وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ (48) ("And they say: When is this promise, if you are truthful?") (48)
He, exalted is His mention, says: and these polytheists (mushrikīn), who deny the threat of Allah and the resurrection after death, say, while hastily demanding from their Lord the punishment: ( مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ ) ("when is this promise?"), that is, the promise of the coming of the Hour, ( إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ) ("if you are truthful"), O people. And this they say to the people who believe in Allah and His Messenger.
