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Sura 72
Aya 24
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حَتّىٰ إِذا رَأَوا ما يوعَدونَ فَسَيَعلَمونَ مَن أَضعَفُ ناصِرًا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًا

Muhammad Asad

[Let them, then, wait] until the time when they behold that [doom] of which they were forewarned:1 for then they will come to understand which [kind of man] is more helpless and counts for less!2
  • I.e., on the Day of Judgment. Cf. the second paragraph of 19:75, which is similarly phrased.
  • Lit., "is weaker as to helpers and less in numbers" - i.e., less significant despite its greater numbers.