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Al-'Ankabut 55

Ayah 55 of 69 · Meccan

يَوۡمَ يَغۡشَىٰهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَمِن تَحۡتِ أَرۡجُلِهِمۡ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٥٥

On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَوۡمَOn (the) Dayyawma
  2. يَغۡشَىٰهُمُwill cover themyaghshāhumu
  3. ٱلۡعَذَابُthe punishmentl-ʿadhābu
  4. مِنfrommin
  5. فَوۡقِهِمۡabove themfawqihim
  6. وَمِنand fromwamin
  7. تَحۡتِbelowtaḥti
  8. أَرۡجُلِهِمۡtheir feetarjulihim
  9. وَيَقُولُand He will saywayaqūlu
  10. ذُوقُواْTastedhūqū
  11. مَاwhatmā
  12. كُنتُمۡyou usedkuntum
  13. تَعۡمَلُونَ(to) dotaʿmalūna

Tafsir

On the day when the punishment will cover them from above and will be spread under their feet, Allah will say to them, rebuking them, “Taste the requital of the idolatry and sins you used to commit!”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran