ٱلْمُلْك : ٢٧

  • فَلَمَّا But when
  • رَأَوۡهُ they (will) see it
  • زُلۡفَةٗ approaching
  • سِيٓـَٔتۡ (will be) distressed
  • وُجُوهُ (the) faces
  • ٱلَّذِينَ (of) those who
  • كَفَرُواْ disbelieved
  • وَقِيلَ and it will be said
  • هَٰذَا This
  • ٱلَّذِي (is) that which
  • كُنتُم you used (to)
  • بِهِۦ for it
  • تَدَّعُونَ call
But when they see it1 approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."2
Footnotes
1 The punishment of which they were warned.
2 When they challenged their prophets, saying, "Bring on the punishment, if you are truthful."
But when they see it, that is, the chastisement, after the gathering, near at hand, the faces of those who disbelieved will be awry, blackened, and it will be said, that is, the keepers [of Hell] will say to them: 'This is that, chastisement, which, the warning of which, you used to make claims about', [claims to the effect] that you would not be resurrected - this is the narration of a situation that will take place [in the future], and which has been expressed using the past tense in order to confirm that it will actually take place.