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Al-Anbya 46

Ayah 46 of 112 · Meccan

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتۡهُمۡ نَفۡحَةٞ مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٤٦

And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَئِنAnd ifwala-in
  2. مَّسَّتۡهُمۡtouches themmassathum
  3. نَفۡحَةٞa whiffnafḥatun
  4. مِّنۡofmin
  5. عَذَابِ(the) punishmentʿadhābi
  6. رَبِّكَ(of) your Lordrabbika
  7. لَيَقُولُنَّsurely they will saylayaqūlunna
  8. يَٰوَيۡلَنَآO woe to usyāwaylanā
  9. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  10. كُنَّا[we] werekunnā
  11. ظَٰلِمِينَwrongdoersẓālimīna

Tafsir

O Messenger! If some of punishment of your Lord was to afflict these people who are seeking it hastily, they would then say, “Woe to our destruction and loss! We were wrong in our ascribing partners to Allah and rejecting what Muhammad peace be upon him brought to us!”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran