Surah Al-'Alaq
Quran 96:18
Read Quran 96:18 from Surah Al-'Alaq (The Clot) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 96:18
سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ١٨
We will call the guards of hell.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 96. Al-'Alaq (The Clot)
- Ayah
- 18 of 19
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 96:18
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 96:18
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ } أي: خزنة جهنم، لأخذه وعقوبته، فلينظر أي: الفريقين أقوى وأقدر؟ فهذه حالة الناهي وما توعد به من العقوبة.