Al-Mursalat Verse 33

and ˹as dark˺ as black camels.”[[ lit., yellow camels. Black camels’ hair glistens yellow in sunlight. ]]

as if they were tawny camels.

sparks like to golden herds.

and as bright as copper.

As though they were camels yellow tawny.

"As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."

which seem as though they are yellow-coloured camels.

So like golden camels."

Seeming like yellow camels.

[bright] like yellow camels.

(Scattered abroad) as if they were yellow camels.

(Sparks) that look like tawny camels.

As though it (is) camels yellow .

Seeming like yellow camels.

As if they were tawny camels.

As if they were Jimalatun Sufr (yellow camels or bundles of ropes)."

Woe on that day to the rejectors!

As if they were tawny camels.

(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.

and yellow camels.

as black camels.

As if they were Sufr camels.

and as bright as a herd of yellow camels.

As if they were yellow camels.

as if they were [dark] yellow camels (jimltun is the plural of jimalatun, the plural of jamalun; a variant reading has jimlatun), in terms of their shape and colour. In hadth [it is stated], `The sparks of humans [thrown into the air by the Fire] are black as pitch (qr)'; the Arabs call dark camels sufr, `yellow', because a touch of yellow is mixed with their blackish colour, and therefore it is said that `yellow' in this verse [actually] means `black', on account of what has been mentioned; but some say no [to this interpretation]; (sharar is the plural of sharra; qr is qr, `pitch').

As if they were Sufr camels.

means, black camels.

This is the view of Mujahid, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, and Ad-Dahhak, and Ibn Jarir favored this view.

Ibn `Abbas Mujahid, and Sa`id bin Jubayr said about,
جِمَالَتٌ صُفْرٌ
(Sufr camels.)

"Meaning ropes of ships."

إِنَّهَا تَرْمِي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ


Verily, it (Hell) throws sparks as Al-Qasr.

Imam Al-Bukhari recorded from Ibn `Abbas that he said;

"We were directed to the timber a length of three cubits or more in order to use it for construction of buildings. We used to call it Al-Qasr.

كَأَنَّهُ جِمَالَتٌ صُفْرٌ

As if they were Sufr camels.

These (Jimalat) are ropes of ships that are bundled until they resemble the intestines of men."

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَيِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ