ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مُّعۡرِضُونَ ١
[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- ٱقۡتَرَبَ(Has) approachediq'taraba
- لِلنَّاسِfor [the] mankindlilnnāsi
- حِسَابُهُمۡtheir accountḥisābuhum
- وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
- فِي(are) infī
- غَفۡلَةٖheedlessnessghaflatin
- مُّعۡرِضُونَturning awaymuʿ'riḍūna
Tafsir
People’s being taken to account for their actions on the Day of Judgment has come close, but they are turning away from the afterlife in their unmindfulness, due to their being preoccupied with the world.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran