إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٨
Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِلَّاExceptillā
- مَنِ(one) whomani
- ٱسۡتَرَقَstealsis'taraqa
- ٱلسَّمۡعَthe hearingl-samʿa
- فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥthen follows himfa-atbaʿahu
- شِهَابٞa burning flameshihābun
- مُّبِينٞclearmubīnun
Tafsir
Except for those who try to secretly listen to the high realm, they will be struck with a flaming meteor and they will be burned.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran