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wa-yaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna
They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’
— Ali Quli Qarai
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They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Yunus – Verse 48
48. “They say: ‘When will this promise be, if you are truthful?’”
The idolaters, ridiculing the prophets (as), used to ask them that if they were right, when the time would come for Allah’s punishment. This humiliating way of asking questions was a sort of reinforcement for those individuals who might be affected by them. However, in order to realize that an action will occur, should one necessarily know its timing. The verse says:
“They say: ‘When will this promise be, if you are truthful?’”