Ad-Dukhan Verse 29

Neither heaven nor earth wept over them, nor was their fate delayed.

Neither the heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they given any respite.

Neither heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they respited;

Neither heavens nor earth shed a tear for them, nor were they given any time.

And the heavens and the earth wept not over them, nor were they respited.

And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them; nor were they given a respite (again).

Then neither the sky shed tears over them nor the earth. They were granted no respite.

Neither did the heavens weep for them, nor the earth, nor were they granted respite.

So the heavens and the earth did not weep for them, and they were not given respite.

So neither the sky wept for them, nor the earth; nor were they granted any respite.

And neither the heaven nor the earth shed tears over them, nor were they given a respite (when the punishment became due on them).

And neither (the residents of) the heaven nor (those of) the earth mourned over them, nor were they reprieved.

So the sky/space and the earth/Planet Earth did not weep (sadden) on them, and they were not given time/delayed

So the heavens and the earth did not weep for them, and they were not given respite.

So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they respited

And the heavens and the earth wept not for them, nor were they given a respite.

Thus (it was). And We made other people inherit them.

So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they respited.

And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

The sky nor the earth cried for them, nor were they given respite.

Neither heaven nor earth shed tears for them; nor were they respited,

And the heavens and the earth wept not for them, nor were they given respite.

Neither heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they allowed any respite.

Neither heaven nor earth wept over them, nor were they reprieved.

So neither the heaven nor the earth wept for them -- in contrast to the [case with] believers, at the point of whose death weep both their places of prayer on earth and the route by which their deeds ascend the heaven; nor were they reprieved, [nor] were they deferred [until they were able] to make repentance.

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاء وَالاَْرْضُ

وَمَا كَانُوا مُنظَرِينَ



And the heavens and the earth wept not for them,

means, they had no righteous deeds which used to ascend through the gates of the heavens, which would weep for them when they died, and they had no places on earth where they used to worship Allah which would notice their loss. So they did not deserve to be given a respite, because of their disbelief, sin, transgression and stubbornness.

Ibn Jarir recorded that Sa`id bin Jubayr said,

"A man came to Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, and said to him;`O Abu Al-`Abbas, Allah says,

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاء وَالاَْرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنظَرِينَ


(And the heavens and the earth wept not for them, nor were they given respite) --

do the heavens and the earth weep for anybody?'

He, may Allah be pleased with him, said,

`Yes, there is no one who does not have a gate in the heavens through which his provision comes down and his good deeds ascend. When the believer dies, that gate is closed; it misses him and weeps for him, and the place of prayer on earth where he used to pray and remember Allah also weeps for him. But the people of Fir`awn left no trace of righteousness on the earth and they had no good deeds that ascended to Allah, so the heavens and the earth did not weep for them."'

Al-`Awfi reported something similar from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him.

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَايِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ

And neither the heaven nor the earth shed tears over them; they were not going to weep at what they were glad for; nor was the wicked's just punishment meant to be put in respite