Meccan·Surah 74

المدثر

Surah Al-Muddaththir — Ayah 46

The Cloaked One

56 Ayahs·Verse 74:46
74:46

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Context in Surah Al-Muddaththir

Nearby ayahs help place verse 74:46 in sequence and meaning.

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

Until there came to us the certainty."

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.