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Taha 111

Ayah 111 of 135 · Meccan

۞ وَعَنَتِ ٱلۡوُجُوهُ لِلۡحَيِّ ٱلۡقَيُّومِۖ وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَنۡ حَمَلَ ظُلۡمٗا ١١١

And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.1 And he will have failed who carries injustice.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnotes describing these attributes in 2:255.

2 i.e., sin or wrongdoing towards Allāh or any of His creation.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَعَنَتِAnd (will be) humbledwaʿanati
  2. ٱلۡوُجُوهُthe facesl-wujūhu
  3. لِلۡحَيِّbefore the Ever-Livinglil'ḥayyi
  4. ٱلۡقَيُّومِۖthe Self-Subsistingl-qayūmi
  5. وَقَدۡAnd verilywaqad
  6. خَابَwill have failedkhāba
  7. مَنۡ(he) whoman
  8. حَمَلَcarriedḥamala
  9. ظُلۡمٗاwrongdoingẓul'man

Tafsir

The faces of the servants will humble and surrender before the Eternal One who does not die and who takes care of the affairs of His servants by managing and administering them. And the one Who carried sin has lost, due to his taking himself to places of destruction.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran