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سُورَةُ إِبۡرَاهِيمَ · 14:50
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سَرَابِيلُهُم مِّن قَطِرَانٍۢ وَتَغْشَىٰ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ

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Their garments of liquid pitch and their faces covered by the Fire.

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Introduction

This is āyah 50 of Sūrat Ibrahim (Abraham), the 72nd sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 13. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
72 of 114
Surah
Ibrahim (14)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

And you will see the criminals that Day, Muqarranun (bound together) in fetters (49)Their garments will be of Qatiran (tar), and fire will cover their faces (50)That Allah may requite each person according to what he has earned. Truly, Allah is swift at reckoning (51) The Condition of the criminals on the Day of Resurrection Allah said, يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ (On the Day when the earth will be changed to another earth and so will be the heavens) 'and the creations will be brought before their Lord, and you, O Muhammad, will witness the criminals who committed the crimes of Kufr and mischief,' مُّقَرَّنِينَ (Muqarranin) bound together, each with his or her like, just as Allah said, احْشُرُوا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَأَزْوَاجَهُمْ (Assemble those who did wrong, together with their companions.)[37:22] وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ (And when the soul…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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