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سُورَةُ المُزَّمِّلِ · 73:17
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فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًۭا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا

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Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white- haired?

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Introduction

This is āyah 17 of Sūrat Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One), the 3rd sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 29. 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
3 of 114
Surah
Al-Muzzammil (73)

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 be patient with what they say, and keep away from them in a good way (10)And leave Me alone to deal with the deniers, those who are in possession of good things of life. And give them respite for a little (11)Verily, with Us are Ankal, and Jahim (12)And a food that chokes, and a painful torment (13)On the Day when the earth and the mountains will (Tarjufu) shake, and the mountains will be a heap of sand poured out (14)Verily, We have sent to you a Messenger to be a witness over you, as We did send a Messenger to Fir'awn (15)But Fir'awn disobeyed the Messenger; so We seized him with a severe punishment (16)Then how can you protect yourselves from the punishment, if you disbelieve, on a Day that will make the children gray-headed (17)Whereon the heaven will be cleft asunder? His promise is certainly to be accomplished (18) The Command to be Patient with the Harms of the Disbelievers a…
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.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

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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