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hādhā hudan wa-lladhīna kafarū bi-ʾāyāti rabbihim lahum ʿadhābun min rijzin ʾalīmun-i
This is [true] guidance, and there is a painful punishment due to defilement for those who defy the signs of their Lord.
— Ali Quli Qarai
45Al-JāthiyahالجاثيةVerse 11 of 37
The Crouching45. Al-Jāthiyahالجاثية
al-Jāthiyah
The Crouching
MeccanVerse 11 of 37
Surah al-Jathiya - Verse 11
11. This [Qur’an] is guidance and those who disbelieve in the Ayat (signs, proofs, Verses) of their Lord, for them there is a painful and awe inspiring torment.
The word rijz denotes anxiety and may connote rijs (“filth”). The Verse may connote that disbelievers are being chastised by polluted and disgusting material. The demonstrative pronoun hadha
(“this”)
refers to the Quranic Verses revealed to the Prophet (S) for the guidance of mankind. Those who were not guided by the Qur’an, but persisted in their disbelief and underrated the Divinely Revealed Verses for their guidance and attainment of felicity shall taste torment and chastisement.