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Al-Ma'arij 11

Ayah 11 of 44 · Meccan

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ ١١

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚThey will be made to see each otheryubaṣṣarūnahum
  2. يَوَدُّWould wishyawaddu
  3. ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُthe criminall-muj'rimu
  4. لَوۡiflaw
  5. يَفۡتَدِيhe (could be) ransomedyaftadī
  6. مِنۡfrommin
  7. عَذَابِ(the) punishmentʿadhābi
  8. يَوۡمِئِذِۭ(of) that Dayyawmi-idhin
  9. بِبَنِيهِby his childrenbibanīhi

Tafsir

Each human will see their relatives clearly, yet despite that no one will ask another due to the horror of the scenario. The one deserving of the hellfire will wish to present his children to the punishment instead of himself.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran