Surah Al-Mulk 67:25
سُورَةُ المُلۡكِ · Meccan · Verse 25 of 30
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Translation
They say, ‘If what you say is true, when will this promise be fulfilled?’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'And they say: When will this promise come, if you are truthful?' Ibn Ashur notes the demand is not a sincere question but a challenge, treating the unknown timing of the reckoning as if it disproved the reckoning itself. al-Biqa'i reads it as mockery dressed up as inquiry. Ask yourself: 'if it were real, why hasn't it happened yet?' is a reflex I know well, I use the delay of a consequence as evidence it won't come. But a promise is not made false by being unscheduled. Where in my life am I mistaking 'not yet' for 'never', and living off the comfort of a deadline I can't see?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i, Ibn Kathir.
Reflect on this verse
Open Surah Al-Mulk 67:25 in Maani to reflect on it through the Five Lenses: its wording, its context, what it means for you, its connections across the Quran and its lessons, grounded in classical tafsir.