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Al-Anbya 97

Ayah 97 of 112 · Meccan

وَٱقۡتَرَبَ ٱلۡوَعۡدُ ٱلۡحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِيَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبۡصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا قَدۡ كُنَّا فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا بَلۡ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٩٧

And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱقۡتَرَبَAnd has approachedwa-iq'taraba
  2. ٱلۡوَعۡدُthe promisel-waʿdu
  3. ٱلۡحَقُّ[the] truel-ḥaqu
  4. فَإِذَاthen beholdfa-idhā
  5. هِيَ[it]hiya
  6. شَٰخِصَةٌ(are) staringshākhiṣatun
  7. أَبۡصَٰرُ(the) eyesabṣāru
  8. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  9. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  10. يَٰوَيۡلَنَاO woe to usyāwaylanā
  11. قَدۡVerilyqad
  12. كُنَّاwe had beenkunnā
  13. فِيinfī
  14. غَفۡلَةٖheedlessnessghaflatin
  15. مِّنۡofmin
  16. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  17. بَلۡnaybal
  18. كُنَّاwe werekunnā
  19. ظَٰلِمِينَwrongdoersẓālimīna

Tafsir

Their emergence, terror and violence will be a sign of the rising drawing nearer. The disbelievers will be left wide-eyed in horror, saying: Oh my, what a destruction faces us! We were indulged in futility in the world, preoccupied from preparing for this severe day. Rather, we were wrongdoers by disbelieving and committing sins.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran