خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۖ وَقَدۡ كَانُواْ يُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمۡ سَٰلِمُونَ ٤٣
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound. 1
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خَٰشِعَةً Humbled khāshiʿatan أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ their eyes abṣāruhum تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ will cover them tarhaquhum ذِلَّةٞۖ humiliation dhillatun وَقَدۡ And indeed waqad كَانُواْ they were kānū يُدۡعَوۡنَ called yud'ʿawna إِلَى to ilā ٱلسُّجُودِ prostrate l-sujūdi وَهُمۡ while they wahum سَٰلِمُونَ (were) sound sālimūna Tafsir Their eyesight will be humiliated; humiliation and regret will overcome them. Yet in the world, they were asked to prostrate to Allah while they were in safety from what they will be facing on that day.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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