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Al-Qalam 42

Ayah 42 of 52 · Meccan

يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقٖ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٤٢

The Day the shin will be uncovered1 and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., when everyone will find before him great difficulty. In accordance with authentic ḥadīths, "the shin" might also refer to that of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), before which every believer will prostrate on the Day of Judgement. See footnote to 2:19.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَوۡمَ(The) Dayyawma
  2. يُكۡشَفُwill be uncoveredyuk'shafu
  3. عَنfromʿan
  4. سَاقٖthe shinsāqin
  5. وَيُدۡعَوۡنَand they will be calledwayud'ʿawna
  6. إِلَىtoilā
  7. ٱلسُّجُودِprostratel-sujūdi
  8. فَلَاbut notfalā
  9. يَسۡتَطِيعُونَthey will be ableyastaṭīʿūna

Tafsir

On the Day of Judgement, the horror will become clear and our Lord will expose a part of His Shin. The people will be invited to prostrate, so the believers will prostrate, but the disbelievers and hypocrites will remain standing, unable to prostrate.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran