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سُورَةُ المُرۡسَلَاتِ · 77:30
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ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّۢ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍۢ

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Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns

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Introduction

This is āyah 30 of Sūrat Al-Mursalaat (The Emissaries), the 33rd 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
33 of 114
Surah
Al-Mursalaat (77)

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

(It will be said to the disbelievers): "Depart you to that which you used to deny! (29)"Depart you to a shadow in three columns, (30)"Neither shady nor of any use against the fierce flame of the Fire. (31)Verily, it (Hell) throws sparks (huge) as Al-Qasr (32)As if they were Sufr camels (33)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)(34)That will be a Day when they shall not speak (during some part of it)(35)And they will not be permitted to put forth any excuse (36)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)(37)That will be a Day of Decision! We have brought you and the men of old together (38)So, if you have a plot, use it against Me (Allah)(39)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)(40) The driving of the Criminals to their Final Abode in Hell and how it will be done Allah informs about the disbelievers who deny the final abode, the recompen…
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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