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Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran - 68:42

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Translation for 68:42

يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقٖ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٤٢
˹Beware of˺ the Day the Shin will be bared,1 and all will be asked to prostrate, but the wicked will not be able to do so,

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Like the Face and the Hands, the Shin is believed by many scholars to be one of the qualities of Allah, in a way befitting His Majesty and Honour. The fact that Allah has a Shin is supported by an authentic ḥadîth narrated by Bukhâri and Muslim. According to Ibn Kathîr and Aṭ-Ṭabari, since baring the shin in the Arab culture is associated with the heat of battle, some interpret the verse metaphorically, so the meaning would be: “˹Beware of˺ the Day when horror sets in.”