كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦
It will be, on the Day they see it,1 as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., the Hour, the Resurrection.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- كَأَنَّهُمۡAs though theyka-annahum
- يَوۡمَ(the) Dayyawma
- يَرَوۡنَهَاthey see ityarawnahā
- لَمۡnotlam
- يَلۡبَثُوٓاْthey had remainedyalbathū
- إِلَّاexceptillā
- عَشِيَّةًan eveningʿashiyyatan
- أَوۡoraw
- ضُحَىٰهَاa morning thereofḍuḥāhā
Tafsir
It is as if on the day they see the Hour for themselves, they will not have remained in their worldly lives except for a single evening or morning.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran