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Ghafir 18

Ayah 18 of 85 · Meccan

وَأَنذِرۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةِ إِذِ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ لَدَى ٱلۡحَنَاجِرِ كَٰظِمِينَۚ مَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنۡ حَمِيمٖ وَلَا شَفِيعٖ يُطَاعُ ١٨

And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَنذِرۡهُمۡAnd warn themwa-andhir'hum
  2. يَوۡمَ(of the) Dayyawma
  3. ٱلۡأٓزِفَةِthe Approachingl-āzifati
  4. إِذِwhenidhi
  5. ٱلۡقُلُوبُthe heartsl-qulūbu
  6. لَدَى(are) atladā
  7. ٱلۡحَنَاجِرِthe throatsl-ḥanājiri
  8. كَٰظِمِينَۚchokedkāẓimīna
  9. مَاNotmā
  10. لِلظَّٰلِمِينَfor the wrongdoerslilẓẓālimīna
  11. مِنۡanymin
  12. حَمِيمٖintimate friendḥamīmin
  13. وَلَاand nowalā
  14. شَفِيعٖintercessorshafīʿin
  15. يُطَاعُ(who) is obeyedyuṭāʿu

Tafsir

O Messenger, warn them of the day of judgment. This day of judgment which has drawn near and is coming, and everything which is coming will soon arrive. When the hearts will rise, due to its intense horror, until they reach the throats, They will all be silent, with none of them speaking except whom the Merciful gives permission to. Those who wronged themselves through idolatry and sins will not have any friend, relative or an intercessor who will listen, even if he had the ability to intercede.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran