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."
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يَوۡمَ On (the) Day yawma يَغۡشَىٰهُمُ will cover them yaghshāhumu ٱلۡعَذَابُ the punishment l-ʿadhābu مِن from min فَوۡقِهِمۡ above them fawqihim وَمِن and from wamin تَحۡتِ below taḥti أَرۡجُلِهِمۡ their feet arjulihim وَيَقُولُ and He will say wayaqūlu ذُوقُواْ Taste dhūqū مَا what mā كُنتُمۡ you used kuntum تَعۡمَلُونَ (to) do taʿmalūna 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
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