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Al-Mu'minun 64

Ayah 64 of 118 · Meccan

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذۡنَا مُتۡرَفِيهِم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمۡ يَجۡـَٔرُونَ ٦٤

Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment,1 at once they are crying [to Allāh] for help.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In worldly life, before the punishment of the Hereafter. Although general, the description includes specifically the punishment of the Quraysh by famine.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. حَتَّىٰٓUntilḥattā
  2. إِذَآwhenidhā
  3. أَخَذۡنَاWe seizeakhadhnā
  4. مُتۡرَفِيهِمtheir affluent onesmut'rafīhim
  5. بِٱلۡعَذَابِwith the punishmentbil-ʿadhābi
  6. إِذَاbeholdidhā
  7. هُمۡTheyhum
  8. يَجۡـَٔرُونَcry for helpyajarūna

Tafsir

Until when I punish those among them who lived in luxury in the world with the punishment on the Day of Judgment, they shall raise their voices calling out for help.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran