قُلْ إِنَّ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ
Qul inna alawwaleena waalakhireena
Yusuf Ali
Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,
Recitation
Pickthall
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time
Shakir
Say: The first and the last,
Hausa — Gumi
Ka ce: "Lalle mutãnen farko da na ƙarshe."
Yoruba
The Yoruba translation exists only as a scanned image.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Allah the Exalted said,
قُلْ إِنَّ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَى مِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ﴿٥٠﴾
Say:
"(Yes) verily, those of old, and those of later times. All will surely be gathered together for appointed meeting of a known Day.''
meaning, `Say, O Muhammad, that the earlier and latter generations of the Children of Adam will be gathered for the Day of Resurrection and none of them will be left out.
Allah the Exalted said:
ذلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّجْمُوعٌ لَّهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّشْهُودٌ
وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُ إِلاَّ لاًّجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ
يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لاَ تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِىٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ
That is a Day whereon mankind will be gathered together, and that is a Day when all will be present. And We delay it only for a term fixed. On the Day when it comes, no person shall speak except by His leave. Some among them will be wretched and (others) blessed. (11:103-105)
He also said here,
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَى مِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوم
All will surely be gathered together for appointed meeting of a known Day.
because that time is precisely designated and will not come late, early, nor increase or decrease.
تفسير ابن كثير
قال الله تعالى " قل إن الأولين والآخرين لمجموعون إلى ميقات يوم معلوم " أي أخبرهم يا محمد أن الأولين والآخرين من بني آدم سيجمعون إلى عرصات القيامة لا يغادر منهم أحدا كما قال تعالى " ذلك يوم مجموع له الناس وذلك يوم مشهود وما نؤخره إلا لأجل معدود يوم يأت لا تكلم نفس إلا بإذنه فمنهم شقي وسعيد " .
تفسير القرطبي
لهم يا محمد
إعراب — grammatical analysis
«قُلْ» أمر فاعله مستتر «إِنَّ الْأَوَّلِينَ» إن واسمها «وَالْآخِرِينَ» معطوف على الأولين