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As-Sajdah 21

Ayah 21 of 30 · Meccan

وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢١

And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment1 short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will return [i.e., repent].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the disasters and calamities of this world.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمAnd surely, We will let them tastewalanudhīqannahum
  2. مِّنَofmina
  3. ٱلۡعَذَابِthe punishmentl-ʿadhābi
  4. ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰthe nearerl-adnā
  5. دُونَbeforedūna
  6. ٱلۡعَذَابِthe punishmentl-ʿadhābi
  7. ٱلۡأَكۡبَرِthe greaterl-akbari
  8. لَعَلَّهُمۡso that they maylaʿallahum
  9. يَرۡجِعُونَreturnyarjiʿūna

Tafsir

I will definitely make these disbelievers who left the obedience of their Lord and do not repent, suffer trials and afflictions in the worldly life, for perhaps due to those worldly afflictions, they will repent to Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran