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Al-Hajj 72

Ayah 72 of 78 · Medinan

وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلۡمُنكَرَۖ يَكَادُونَ يَسۡطُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ يَتۡلُونَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَاۗ قُلۡ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرّٖ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمُۚ ٱلنَّارُ وَعَدَهَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٧٢

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, "Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that?1 [It is] the Fire which Allāh has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., worse than the rage you feel against those who recite Allāh's verses or worse than your threats against them.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. تُتۡلَىٰare recitedtut'lā
  3. عَلَيۡهِمۡto themʿalayhim
  4. ءَايَٰتُنَاOur Versesāyātunā
  5. بَيِّنَٰتٖclearbayyinātin
  6. تَعۡرِفُyou will recognizetaʿrifu
  7. فِيonfī
  8. وُجُوهِ(the) faceswujūhi
  9. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  10. كَفَرُواْdisbelievekafarū
  11. ٱلۡمُنكَرَۖthe deniall-munkara
  12. يَكَادُونَThey almostyakādūna
  13. يَسۡطُونَattackyasṭūna
  14. بِٱلَّذِينَthose whobi-alladhīna
  15. يَتۡلُونَreciteyatlūna
  16. عَلَيۡهِمۡto themʿalayhim
  17. ءَايَٰتِنَاۗOur Versesāyātinā
  18. قُلۡSayqul
  19. أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُمThen shall I inform youafa-unabbi-ukum
  20. بِشَرّٖof worsebisharrin
  21. مِّنthanmin
  22. ذَٰلِكُمُۚthatdhālikumu
  23. ٱلنَّارُThe Firel-nāru
  24. وَعَدَهَاAllah (has) promised itwaʿadahā
  25. ٱللَّهُAllah (has) promised itl-lahu
  26. ٱلَّذِينَ(for) those whoalladhīna
  27. كَفَرُواْۖdisbelievekafarū
  28. وَبِئۡسَand wretchedwabi'sa
  29. ٱلۡمَصِيرُ(is) the destinationl-maṣīru

Tafsir

When you recite My clear verses of the Qur’ān unto them, you will recognise the objecting frowns of the disbelievers when they hear them. It is as if they would violently assault those who recite My verses unto them in extreme anger. O Messenger! Say to them: “Shall I inform you of something which is worse than this anger and frowning of yours? It is the hellfire which Allah has promised to enter the disbelievers into. How terrible their abode is!”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran