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Ya-Sin 49

Ayah 49 of 83 · Meccan

مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ تَأۡخُذُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ يَخِصِّمُونَ ٤٩

They do not await except one blast1 which will seize them while they are disputing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Literally, "cry" or "shriek," meaning the first blast of the Horn which will strike dead every living thing on the earth without warning.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. مَاNotmā
  2. يَنظُرُونَthey awaityanẓurūna
  3. إِلَّاexceptillā
  4. صَيۡحَةٗa shoutṣayḥatan
  5. وَٰحِدَةٗonewāḥidatan
  6. تَأۡخُذُهُمۡit will seize themtakhudhuhum
  7. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  8. يَخِصِّمُونَare disputingyakhiṣṣimūna

Tafsir

But all these deniers of resurrection who regard it as far-fetched are waiting for is the first blast when it is blown into the trumpet, which will suddenly overtake them while they are in their worldly concerns of buying, selling, irrigating and herding and other worldly concerns.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran