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Al-Ahzab 66

Ayah 66 of 73 · Medinan

يَوۡمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمۡ فِي ٱلنَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَٰلَيۡتَنَآ أَطَعۡنَا ٱللَّهَ وَأَطَعۡنَا ٱلرَّسُولَا۠ ٦٦

The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allāh and obeyed the Messenger."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَوۡمَ(The) Dayyawma
  2. تُقَلَّبُwill be turned abouttuqallabu
  3. وُجُوهُهُمۡtheir faceswujūhuhum
  4. فِيinfī
  5. ٱلنَّارِthe Firel-nāri
  6. يَقُولُونَthey will sayyaqūlūna
  7. يَٰلَيۡتَنَآO we wishyālaytanā
  8. أَطَعۡنَاwe (had) obeyedaṭaʿnā
  9. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  10. وَأَطَعۡنَاand obeyedwa-aṭaʿnā
  11. ٱلرَّسُولَا۠the Messengerl-rasūlā

Tafsir

On the Day of Judgement their faces will be turned in the hellfire, and they will say out of severe regret and remorse: “If only we obeyed Allah by doing what He commanded us to and refrained from the things He prohibited us from, and obeyed the Messenger in what he brought from his Lord!”

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