تَلۡفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا كَٰلِحُونَ ١٠٤
The Fire will sear their faces, and they therein will have taut smiles.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Their lips having been contracted by scorching until the teeth are exposed.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- تَلۡفَحُWill burntalfaḥu
- وُجُوهَهُمُtheir faceswujūhahumu
- ٱلنَّارُthe Firel-nāru
- وَهُمۡand theywahum
- فِيهَاin itfīhā
- كَٰلِحُونَ(will) grin with displaced lipskāliḥūna
Tafsir
The fire will burn their faces. Therein, their top and bottom lips will shrink away from their teeth, due to severe frowning.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran