Quran 21:46
Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 46
Juz 17 · Page 326 · Ruku 281 · Meccan
وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
Word by word
وَلَئِن wala-in And if مَّسَّتْهُمْ massathum touches them نَفْحَةٌۭ nafḥatun a whiff مِّنْ min of عَذَابِ ʿadhābi (the) punishment رَبِّكَ rabbika (of) your Lord لَيَقُولُنَّ layaqūlunna surely they will say يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ yāwaylanā O woe to us إِنَّا innā Indeed, we كُنَّا kunnā [we] were ظَـٰلِمِينَ ẓālimīna wrongdoers
Transliteration
Wala-in massat-hum nafhatun min AAathabirabbika layaqoolunna ya waylana inna kunnathalimeen
Translations
Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
And if a breath of thy Lord's punishment were to touch them, they assuredly would say: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong-doers.
Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali
If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they will then say, "Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!"
تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir
وقوله : ( ولئن مستهم نفحة من عذاب ربك ليقولن يا ويلنا إنا كنا ظالمين ) أي : ولئن مس هؤلاء المكذبين أدنى شيء من عذاب الله ، ليعترفن بذنوبهم ، وأنهم كانوا ظالمين أنفسهم في الدنيا .