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Ibrahim 17

Ayah 17 of 52 · Meccan

يَتَجَرَّعُهُۥ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُسِيغُهُۥ وَيَأۡتِيهِ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٖ وَمَا هُوَ بِمَيِّتٖۖ وَمِن وَرَآئِهِۦ عَذَابٌ غَلِيظٞ ١٧

He will gulp it but will hardly [be able to] swallow it. And death will come to him from everywhere, but he is not to die. And before him is a massive punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَتَجَرَّعُهُۥHe will sip ityatajarraʿuhu
  2. وَلَاbut notwalā
  3. يَكَادُhe will be nearyakādu
  4. يُسِيغُهُۥ(to) swallowing ityusīghuhu
  5. وَيَأۡتِيهِAnd will come to himwayatīhi
  6. ٱلۡمَوۡتُthe deathl-mawtu
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. كُلِّeverykulli
  9. مَكَانٖsidemakānin
  10. وَمَاbut notwamā
  11. هُوَhehuwa
  12. بِمَيِّتٖۖwill diebimayyitin
  13. وَمِنAnd ahead of himwamin
  14. وَرَآئِهِۦAnd ahead of himwarāihi
  15. عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  16. غَلِيظٞharshghalīẓun

Tafsir

He will continue to sip it over and over because of the severity of its bitterness, its heat, and its rottenness. But he will not be able to swallow it. He will then be overcome by death from every direction due to the severity of the punishment. But he will not die and be relieved. Instead, he will remain alive and complain of the punishment. In front of him there is another severe punishment that awaits him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran