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An-Naba 38

Ayah 38 of 40 · Meccan

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا ٣٨

The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَوۡمَ(The) Dayyawma
  2. يَقُومُwill standyaqūmu
  3. ٱلرُّوحُthe Spiritl-rūḥu
  4. وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُand the Angelswal-malāikatu
  5. صَفّٗاۖ(in) rowsṣaffan
  6. لَّاnotlā
  7. يَتَكَلَّمُونَthey will speakyatakallamūna
  8. إِلَّاexceptillā
  9. مَنۡ(one) who man
  10. أَذِنَpermitsadhina
  11. لَهُ[for] himlahu
  12. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُthe Most Graciousl-raḥmānu
  13. وَقَالَand he (will) saywaqāla
  14. صَوَابٗا(what is) correctṣawāban

Tafsir

On the day when Gabriel and the angels will stand in rows, not speaking to intercede on behalf of anyone except whom the Benevolent grants them permission to intercede for, and has made a straight statement i.e. the statement of oneness of Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran