Al-Qalam 68:46

SAHIH
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ

Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim musqaloon

— Al-Qalam 68:46, Sahih International

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Al-Qalam 68:46 (Sahih International).

"Al-Qalam 68:46." Sahih International. Web.

Al-Qalam 68:46, Sahih International.

Tafsir (Commentary)

Tafsir Ibn Kathir — Isma'il ibn Umar Ibn Kathir

<h2>The Terror of the Day of Judgement</h2><p>After Allah mentions that those who have Taqwa, will have Gardens of Delight with their Lord, He explains when this will be, and its actual occurrence. He says,</p><p>يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ</p><p>(The Day when the Shin shall be laid bare and they shall be called to prostrate themselves, but they shall not be able to do so.) meaning, the Day of Judgement and the horrors, earthquakes, trials, tests and great matters that will occur during it. Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri said that he heard the Prophet saying,</p><p>«يَكْشِفُ رَبُّنَا عَنْ سَاقِهِ، فَيَسْجُدُ لَهُ كُلُّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُؤْمِنَةٍ، وَيَبْقَى مَنْ كَانَ يَسْجُدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً، فَيَذْهَبُ لِيَسْجُدَ، فَيَعُودُ ظَهْرُهُ طَبَقًا وَاحِدًا»</p><p>(Our Lord will reveal His Shin, and every believing male and female will prostrate to Him. The only people who will remain standing are those who prostrated in the worldly life only to be seen and heard (showing off). This type of person will try to prostrate at that time, but his back will made to be one stiff plate (the bone will not bend or flex).)" This Hadith was recorded in the Two Sahihs and other books from different …

Other Translations

PICKTHALL

Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed?

YUSUF-ALI

Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-

HILALI-KHAN

Or is it that you (O Muhammad SAW) ask them a wage, so that they are heavily burdened with debt?

ITANI

Or do you ask them for a fee, so they are burdened with debt?