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
فَكَيۡفَ Then how fakayfa تَتَّقُونَ will you guard yourselves tattaqūna إِن if in كَفَرۡتُمۡ you disbelieve kafartum يَوۡمٗا a Day yawman يَجۡعَلُ (that) will make yajʿalu ٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنَ the children l-wil'dāna شِيبًا gray-haired shīban 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
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