فَكَيۡفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَضۡرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمۡ وَأَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ ٢٧
Then how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَكَيۡفَThen howfakayfa
- إِذَاwhenidhā
- تَوَفَّتۡهُمُtake them in deathtawaffathumu
- ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُthe Angelsl-malāikatu
- يَضۡرِبُونَstrikingyaḍribūna
- وُجُوهَهُمۡtheir faceswujūhahum
- وَأَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡand their backswa-adbārahum
Tafsir
What will you think of the punishment and the gruesome state they will be in when the angels assigned to remove their souls will remove them, striking their faces and backs with steel hammers.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran