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Ar-Rum 55

Ayah 55 of 60 · Meccan

وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُقۡسِمُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُواْ غَيۡرَ سَاعَةٖۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَانُواْ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٥٥

And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَوۡمَAnd (the) Daywayawma
  2. تَقُومُwill (be) establishedtaqūmu
  3. ٱلسَّاعَةُthe Hourl-sāʿatu
  4. يُقۡسِمُwill swearyuq'simu
  5. ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَthe criminalsl-muj'rimūna
  6. مَاnotmā
  7. لَبِثُواْthey remainedlabithū
  8. غَيۡرَbutghayra
  9. سَاعَةٖۚan hoursāʿatin
  10. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  11. كَانُواْthey werekānū
  12. يُؤۡفَكُونَdeludedyu'fakūna

Tafsir

On the day judgement shall occur, the criminals will swear that had not been in their graves except a very short period of time. Likewise they were deluded in the world by denying the truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran