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Quran 21:40

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 40

Juz 17 · Page 325 · Ruku 280 · Meccan

بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

Word by word

بَلْ bal Nay تَأْتِيهِم tatīhim it will come to them بَغْتَةًۭ baghtatan unexpectedly فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ fatabhatuhum and bewilder them فَلَا falā then not يَسْتَطِيعُونَ yastaṭīʿūna they will be able رَدَّهَا raddahā to repel it وَلَا walā and not هُمْ hum they يُنظَرُونَ yunẓarūna will be given respite

Transliteration

Bal ta/teehim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falayastateeAAoona raddaha wala hum yuntharoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Nay, but it will come upon them unawares so that it will stupefy them, and they will be unable to repel it, neither will they be reprieved.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Nay, it may come to them all of a sudden and confound them: no power will they have then to avert it, nor will they (then) get respite.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( بل تأتيهم بغتة ) أي : " تأتيهم النار بغتة " ، أي : فجأة ) فتبهتهم ) أي : تذعرهم فيستسلمون لها حائرين ، لا يدرون ما يصنعون ، ( فلا يستطيعون ردها ) أي : ليس لهم حيلة في ذلك ، ( ولا هم ينظرون ) أي : ولا يؤخر عنهم ذلك ساعة واحدة .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.