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Al-Muzzammil 17

Ayah 17 of 20 · Meccan

فَكَيۡفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرۡتُمۡ يَوۡمٗا يَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنَ شِيبًا ١٧

Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white-haired?1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Another meaning is "How can you avoid [punishment]" on such a Day?

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَكَيۡفَThen howfakayfa
  2. تَتَّقُونَwill you guard yourselvestattaqūna
  3. إِنifin
  4. كَفَرۡتُمۡyou disbelievekafartum
  5. يَوۡمٗاa Dayyawman
  6. يَجۡعَلُ(that) will makeyajʿalu
  7. ٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنَthe childrenl-wil'dāna
  8. شِيبًاgray-hairedshīban

Tafsir

So how will you protect yourselves - if you reject Allah and deny His messenger - from a long, severe day that will make the head of young children white because of the severity of its horror and its length.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran