Quran Quote  :  Do not turn your eyes covetously towards the embellishments of worldly life that We have bestowed upon various kinds of people to test them. - 20:131

Quran-10:50 Surah Yunus English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَتَىٰكُمۡ عَذَابُهُۥ بَيَٰتًا أَوۡ نَهَارٗا مَّاذَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُ مِنۡهُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ

Transliteration:( Qul 'a ra'aytum in ataakum 'azaabuhoo bayaatan aw nahaaran maazaa yasta'jilu minhul mujrimoon )

50. Say: "Tell me, if His punishment comes upon you by night or day [144], what is there that the guilty are hastening [145] for?" (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(50) Say, "Have you considered: if His punishment should come to you by night or by day - for which [aspect] of it would the criminals be impatient?"[527] (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Yunus Ayat 50 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

144. By this is meant in your state of negligence because the infidels are
SO engrossed in sleep during the night and in their commerce during the
day that they are totally unware of what else is taking place.
145.By this is meant the infidels are too busy. mocking and staying in a
state of negligence, while the believers are engrossed in making efforts to
save themselves from the fears of punishment.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Yunus verse 50 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Yunus ayat 48 which provides the complete commentary from verse 48 through 52.

(10:50) Tell them: ‘Did you consider (what you would do) were His chastisement to fall upon you suddenly by night or by day? So why are the culprits seeking to hasten its coming?

Ala-Maududi

(10:50) Tell them: ‘Did you consider (what you would do) were His chastisement to fall upon you suddenly by night or by day? So why are the culprits seeking to hasten its coming?


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

(50) Say, "Have you considered: if His punishment should come to you by night or by day - for which [aspect] of it would the criminals be impatient?"[527]

[527]- "Impatience" refers to the disbelievers' ridicule of the Prophet (ﷺ) by telling him to produce Allāh's punishment as proof of his truthfulness.

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