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Al-Anbya 39

Ayah 39 of 112 · Meccan

لَوۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٣٩

If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The completion of the sentence is understood to be "...they would not be asking in disbelief and ridicule to be shown the punishment."

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَوۡIflaw
  2. يَعۡلَمُknewyaʿlamu
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  5. حِينَ(the) timeḥīna
  6. لَا(when) notlā
  7. يَكُفُّونَthey will avertyakuffūna
  8. عَنfromʿan
  9. وُجُوهِهِمُtheir faceswujūhihimu
  10. ٱلنَّارَthe Firel-nāra
  11. وَلَاand notwalā
  12. عَنfromʿan
  13. ظُهُورِهِمۡtheir backsẓuhūrihim
  14. وَلَاand notwalā
  15. هُمۡtheyhum
  16. يُنصَرُونَwill be helpedyunṣarūna

Tafsir

If these disbelieving rejecters of the resurrection were to know of the time when they will not be able to turn the hellfire away from their faces and backs, they would not be so hasty in seeking it. If only they were to know that there shall be no one to help relieve them of the punishment, and if only they were convinced of its reality, they would not be so hasty either.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran