They will say: "We believe in it." How could they reach it from a place of no return?
And they will say, “We accept faith in it”; and how can they attain it from so far away? (After they have crossed the limit of life allotted to them.)
and they say, 'We believe in it'; but how can they reach from a place far away,
and will cry, “We do [now] believe in it!” But how can they [hope to] attain [to salvation] from so far away,
And then they will say: we believe therein. But whence can there be the attainment of faith from a place so afar.
And they will say (in the Hereafter): "We do believe (now);" but how could they receive (Faith and the acceptance of their repentance by Allah) from a place so far off (i.e. to return to the worldly life again).
And they say, “We have believed in it.” But how can they attain it from a distant place?
They will then say: “We believe in it”; but whence can they attain it from so far-off a place?
And they will say: "We do believe (now);" but how could they receive (Tanawush) from a place so far off.
And say: We (now) believe therein. But how can they reach (faith) from afar off,
They will say, ‘We believe in it [now]!’ But how can they attain it from a far-off place,
and say: 'We believe in it' But how can they reach from a place that is distant,
And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking [of faith] from a place far away?
and then they will say, "We have faith in the Quran." How can they have any faith when they are far away from this world.
And they shall say: We believe in it. And how shall the attaining (of faith) be possible to them from a distant place?
Waq<u>a</u>loo <u>a</u>mann<u>a</u> bihi waann<u>a</u> lahumu a<b>l</b>ttan<u>a</u>wushu min mak<u>a</u>nin baAAeed<b>in</b>
then they will say, "We now believe in Him." But how will they attain to faith, having gone so far away from it?
And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the (Truth)"; but how could they receive (Faith) from a position (so far off,-
وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ
And they will say when they see their fate: “We have brought faith in the day of judgment”, but how will they pursue and acquire faith when the place for accepting faith has gone far from them, by their leaving the worldly abode, the abode of action and no reward, to the abode of the Hereafter, the abode of reward and no action?
And they will say when they see their fate: “We have brought faith in the day of judgment”, but how will they pursue and acquire faith when the place for accepting faith has gone far from them, by their leaving the worldly abode, the abode of action and no reward, to the abode of the Hereafter, the abode of reward and no action?
<p>The word: تَّنَاوُشُ (tanawush) in verse 52: وَقَالُوا آمَنَّا بِهِ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ (And they will say, “ We believe in Him." And how can they achieve it (the faith) from a place (so) far off?) means to pick up something by stretching one's hand. Then, it is obvious that one can pick up only what is near at hand. If it is very far, it will be out of reach. The subject of the verse is that disbelievers and deniers, once they see reality as it is on the Day of Judgment, will say, "We have now come to believe in the Qur'an, or the messenger of Allah to whom it was revealed." But, they would not know that the time and place for embracing 'Iman (faith) has receded far away from them for the reason that 'Iman is a thing of the life of the mortal world and that alone is what is accepted. The 'Akhirah (the Hereafter) is not the venue of deeds, the place to act right (darul-'amal). Nothing done there can be taken into account. Therefore, how is it possible that they pick up the great wealth of 'Iman just by stretching their hand for it.</p>
The word: تَّنَاوُشُ (tanawush) in verse 52: وَقَالُوا آمَنَّا بِهِ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ (And they will say, “ We believe in Him." And how can they achieve it (the faith) from a place (so) far off?) means to pick up something by stretching one's hand. Then, it is obvious that one can pick up only what is near at hand. If it is very far, it will be out of reach. The subject of the verse is that disbelievers and deniers, once they see reality as it is on the Day of Judgment, will say, "We have now come to believe in the Qur'an, or the messenger of Allah to whom it was revealed." But, they would not know that the time and place for embracing 'Iman (faith) has receded far away from them for the reason that 'Iman is a thing of the life of the mortal world and that alone is what is accepted. The 'Akhirah (the Hereafter) is not the venue of deeds, the place to act right (darul-'amal). Nothing done there can be taken into account. Therefore, how is it possible that they pick up the great wealth of 'Iman just by stretching their hand for it.