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Ibrahim 42

Ayah 42 of 52 · Meccan

وَلَا تَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَٰفِلًا عَمَّا يَعۡمَلُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَۚ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمۡ لِيَوۡمٖ تَشۡخَصُ فِيهِ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ ٤٢

And never think that Allāh is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them [i.e., their account] for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَحۡسَبَنَّthinktaḥsabanna
  3. ٱللَّهَ(that) Allahl-laha
  4. غَٰفِلًا(is) unawareghāfilan
  5. عَمَّاof whatʿammā
  6. يَعۡمَلُdoyaʿmalu
  7. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَۚthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna
  8. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  9. يُؤَخِّرُهُمۡHe gives them respiteyu-akhiruhum
  10. لِيَوۡمٖto a Dayliyawmin
  11. تَشۡخَصُwill staretashkhaṣu
  12. فِيهِin itfīhi
  13. ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُthe eyesl-abṣāru

Tafsir

O Messenger, do not think that if Allah delays the punishment of the wrongdoers that He neglected their acts of lying, obstructing the path to Allah and other such deeds. Allah is aware of these things and nothing remains hidden from Him. Indeed, Allah delays their punishment until the Day of Judgment, the day that people’s eyes will stare in horror at the terror they will witness.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran