Translation:
On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above them and from below them, 3487 and (a Voice) shall say: "Taste you (the fruits) of your deeds!" 3488
On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above them and from below them, 3487 and (a Voice) shall say: "Taste you (the fruits) of your deeds!" 3488
Translation:
[encompass them] on the Day when suffering will overwhelm them from above them and from beneath their feet, 52 whereupon He shall say: “Taste [now the fruit of] your own doings!”
[encompass them] on the Day when suffering will overwhelm them from above them and from beneath their feet, 52 whereupon He shall say: “Taste [now the fruit of] your own doings!”
Commentary:
52 I.e., from all directions and from many causes.
52 I.e., from all directions and from many causes.
3487 Cf. a similar phrase in 6:65.
3488 This is not merely a reproach, but a justification of the Punishment. "It is you who brought it on yourselves by your evil deeds: blame none but yourselves. Allah's Mercy gave you many chances: His Justice has now overtaken you."