الواقعة
Al-Waqi'ah
Surah 56
Verse 10
الواقعة
The Inevitable • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
English - Five Volume Translation
English - Short Commentary Translation
English - Topics
56:10
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Second, those on the left hand — how unlucky are those on the left hand! —
English - Five Volume Translation
Second, those on the left hand—how unlucky are those on the left hand!—[4100]
Important Words:
اصحاب المشئمة (those on the left hand). مشئمة is derived from أشأم which means, he desired the left, as أیمن signifies, he desired the right. ما أشأمه means, how unlucky he is! مشئمة means, the left side or direction; contrary to یمنة and میمنة. They say نظرت یمنة وشأمة i.e. I looked in the right and in the left direction (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
In v. 42 this group of disbelievers have been called اصحاب الشمال i.e. companions of the left hand. In 12:54 the Quran describes them as النفس الامارة (the spirit prone to evil), i.e. those who choose not to walk in the light of wisdom and knowledge but are led into iniquities and immoral paths.
English - Short Commentary Translation
And those on the left hand—how unlucky are those on the left hand![2960]
The soul prone to evil (12:54).